加拿大高校的教育技术采购:环境扫描

Standards Pub Date : 2024-02-23 DOI:10.3390/standards4010001
Hannah Ali, Sapolnach Prompiengchai, Steve Joordens
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教育技术(EdTech)在中学后教育机构中的使用越来越多,导致教育技术在市场上空前泛滥。随后,院校决定采购哪些教育技术。这一采购过程是一个连续的过程,在一个极端,机构采取分散(自下而上)的方式,由机构内的个人独立决定教育技术的采购,或者采取集中(自上而下)的方式,由机构决定教育技术必须符合的标准和规范。本研究采用问卷调查和结构化访谈的方式,探讨标准的重要性,并确定实施集中采购所面临的相关挑战。调查问卷分发给了加拿大各地大专院校参与教育技术采购的人员。结果表明,在大多数机构中,与隐私和安全、可访问性以及数据保护实践相关的标准在教育技术采购中发挥着更大的作用。随着机构的集中化程度越来越高,标准的使用也在不断增加;但是,这些标准还没有得到结构化的依赖。本研究提出了一些方法,以便在采购过程中纳入标准,并解决采购教育技术所面临的许多挑战,从而提高教育技术采购的效率和效益。
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Educational Technology Procurement at Canadian Colleges and Universities: An Environmental Scan
There has been an increase in the use of education technology (EdTech) within post-secondary institutions, which has resulted in an unprecedented overflow of EdTech in the market. Institutions then make decisions on which EdTech to procure. This procurement process occurs on a continuum, where on one extreme, an institution takes a decentralized (bottom–up) approach where individuals within an institution independently decide on EdTech procurement, or a centralized (top–down) approach where the institution decides on criteria and standards that the EdTech must meet. This study administered a questionnaire and conducted structured interviews to explore how important standards are, and to identify the associated challenges with implementing centralized procurement. It was distributed to individuals involved in EdTech procurement at universities and colleges across Canada. The results showed that standards related to Privacy and Security, Accessibility, and Care of Data Practices play a larger role in EdTech procurement within most institutions. The use of standards is increasing as institutions become more centralized; however, they are not yet relied on in a structured way. This study suggests ways to move towards a procurement process that incorporates standards and addresses many of the identified challenges with procuring EdTech, thus, improving the efficiency and efficacy of EdTech procurement.
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