Bringing in Large Scale Technological Change: A Case Study

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dc.contributor.advisorFriesen, Sharon
dc.contributor.authorKeng, Govan
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-20T20:47:43Z
dc.date.available2013-11-12T08:00:13Z
dc.date.issued2013-06-20
dc.date.submitted2013en
dc.description.abstractThis qualitative case study explored the broad issue of how to successfully bring about large-scale technological change, and more specifically it examined the factors involved in technological change adoption. The research question was “What are the factors that enabled or impeded the wide-scale implementation of a student information system in a large, complex urban school district?” The setting for this case study was the educational sites of the Vancouver Board of Education. The case involved the implementation of an electronic student information system called the British Columbia enterprise Student Information System or BCeSIS. Participants in this study included four key members of the change implementation team and 186 people who were directly impacted by the change initiative. From the data, the following six findings emerged of which the first four factors enabled a technological change and the last two factors hindered the change: 1) an independent implementation team, 2) distributed leadership, 3) pilot/phased implementation schedule, 4) a customized training system, 5) lack of technological infrastructure/readiness, and 6) lack of comprehensive/cohesive messaging and communications. From the findings, four key conclusions were drawn: 1) a change implementation plan should be of a heuristic iterative design, 2) a prototype implementation model be used, 3) leadership density be created, and 4) change initiatives and strategies work best when they are institution specific.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKeng, G. (2013). Bringing in Large Scale Technological Change: A Case Study (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25168en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25168
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/762
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEducation--Technology
dc.subject.classificationTechnological Changeen_US
dc.subject.classificationChange Leadershipen_US
dc.subject.classificationChange Implementationen_US
dc.subject.classificationInnovation Diffusionen_US
dc.subject.classificationChange Enablersen_US
dc.subject.classificationChange Impedimentsen_US
dc.titleBringing in Large Scale Technological Change: A Case Study
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Research
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Education (EdD)
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