Your place or mine: transnational education and the locus of control

In transnational education the place – in both an organisational and a geographic sense – in which educational decisions are made impacts on the academics involved and on student learning. The subject of this paper is learning and accreditation that takes place outside a home university through offs...

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Main Authors: Ling, P., Giridharan, Beena, Mazzolini, M., Yeo, S., Goerke, Veronica, Lueckenhausen, G.
Other Authors: Frielick, S.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, Inc 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45634
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author Ling, P.
Giridharan, Beena
Mazzolini, M.
Yeo, S.
Goerke, Veronica
Lueckenhausen, G.
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Ling, P.
Giridharan, Beena
Mazzolini, M.
Yeo, S.
Goerke, Veronica
Lueckenhausen, G.
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description In transnational education the place – in both an organisational and a geographic sense – in which educational decisions are made impacts on the academics involved and on student learning. The subject of this paper is learning and accreditation that takes place outside a home university through offshore branch campuses. A case study of two Australian Universities with offshore campuses in Sarawak, Malaysia was undertaken. Policies and procedures were reviewed and an empirical study of the experiences of academics involved was conducted. The study focused on who makes decisions about curriculum content, learning and teaching activities, design and provision of educational resources, and the assessment of student work. Consequences of the organisational relationships for academics involved and for student learning are examined in this paper. On the basis of the study a high degree of local control is recommended, at least for units of study that have operated transnationally several times.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-456342023-02-13T08:01:35Z Your place or mine: transnational education and the locus of control Ling, P. Giridharan, Beena Mazzolini, M. Yeo, S. Goerke, Veronica Lueckenhausen, G. Frielick, S. Buissink-Smith, N. Wyse, P. Billot, J. Hallas, J. Whitehead, E. offshore academics organisation transnational education In transnational education the place – in both an organisational and a geographic sense – in which educational decisions are made impacts on the academics involved and on student learning. The subject of this paper is learning and accreditation that takes place outside a home university through offshore branch campuses. A case study of two Australian Universities with offshore campuses in Sarawak, Malaysia was undertaken. Policies and procedures were reviewed and an empirical study of the experiences of academics involved was conducted. The study focused on who makes decisions about curriculum content, learning and teaching activities, design and provision of educational resources, and the assessment of student work. Consequences of the organisational relationships for academics involved and for student learning are examined in this paper. On the basis of the study a high degree of local control is recommended, at least for units of study that have operated transnationally several times. 2013 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45634 Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, Inc fulltext
spellingShingle offshore academics
organisation
transnational education
Ling, P.
Giridharan, Beena
Mazzolini, M.
Yeo, S.
Goerke, Veronica
Lueckenhausen, G.
Your place or mine: transnational education and the locus of control
title Your place or mine: transnational education and the locus of control
title_full Your place or mine: transnational education and the locus of control
title_fullStr Your place or mine: transnational education and the locus of control
title_full_unstemmed Your place or mine: transnational education and the locus of control
title_short Your place or mine: transnational education and the locus of control
title_sort your place or mine: transnational education and the locus of control
topic offshore academics
organisation
transnational education
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45634