Chapter II (IForeign,Local,Synthesis)

Chapter II Review and Related Literature This chapter focuses on information and related study, used to help proponents to find some important information that

is

ass associated

as

rel relevant

to

the

system tem

being

proposed.

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info inform rmat atio ion n

belo below w

are are

the the

fore foreig ign n

lite litera ratu ture re

gathered by the researchers. In level level

this this

study study

percep perceptio tions ns

the author authors s

of

descri describe be

the instit instituti utionon-

stakeh stakeholde olders rs transit transition ioning ing to

a

new

learning management system (LM!. "e address issues related to

cha change,

tran transi siti tion on

the

institution#s

proc proces ess, s,

prob proble lems ms

administration

enco encoun unter tered ed, ,

of

and and

the

real reali$ i$ed ed

learning via online survey data collection, analysis, and inte interp rpre reta tatio tion. n. surv survey ey, ,

whic which h

"e

furth further er

soug sought ht

e%perience.

The

inst instit itut utio ions ns

as

to

deta detail il

illu illumi mina nate te

summati ation they they

resu result lts s

prep prepar are e

the the

includes for, for,

foreseeable LM change and transition.

of LM LM

a

facu facult lty y

tran transi siti tion on

suggestions and and

move move

for

thro throug ugh, h,

&merging

'in

the

mid-))*s.

.

.

Management

systems

have evolved from somewhat basic collections of disparate applications into intricate, integrated enterprise systems+ (Leslie, **, p. !. lias and /ain 0ddin (**1! defined a learning management system (LM! as 'a software application or "eb-based technology used to plan, implement, and assess a specific learning process+ (p. 2!. Mohawk 3ollege (**)! suggested

an 'L.M..

accessible and

platform

management

of

can for

be broadly the

described

4anytime#

education

and

as a

delivery,

training.

web-

tracking

L.M.s

are

essentially software running on dedicated hardware+ (p. 1!. ome

LMs

changed

are

now

since

the

over

twenty

first

LM

years

old,

and

on

the

arrived

much

has

distance

education scene in the mid-))*s.

5ver a period of * years a great deal of change and research has unfolded in all areas of distance education. Turner

(*!

concluding

completed

that

a

distance

meta-analysis education

of

6)1

research

studies,

fits

'into

three main categories7 (! macro level research focusing on distance research

education

systems

focusing

organi$ation8

and

on (!

and

theories8

management,

micro

level

(!

meso

level

technology,

and

research

focusing

on

teaching and learning in distance education+ (p. 9!. 5ur

ob:ective herein was to add to the macro and meso level by e%amining online instructor perceptions of our institutionlevel

change

("eb3T;.