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American Journal of Distance Education, 1991

… 大学・経営情報学部/学報, 2002

This report summarises the progress made by the so-called Y3K team at the 11^<th> Biennial ... more This report summarises the progress made by the so-called Y3K team at the 11^<th> Biennial Fuschl Conversation, 7th-12th April 2002. The report covers the generative dialogue, and then the discussion around the trigger question that served as the main catalyst for the ...

Contemporary systems activity is divisible into that stressing the feasible and practical, and th... more Contemporary systems activity is divisible into that stressing the feasible and practical, and the more ideal-aware, focussed on mid-longer term futures, which typically involves on-going community or social systems design. The paper highlights the key differences in approach, and the scepticism/frustration that proponents in each field tend to feel for the other. With background set the paper examines the possible contribution that systems thinking could make for a much longer term future, with Y3K as a metaphor for this. This analysis, which derives from work undertaken at Asilomar 1995 and Fuschl conversations in 2000 and 2002 finds that contemporary social system design, which is driven by western culture and is action-oriented, needs adaptation before it could contribute to greater future global harmony. A truly comprehensive systems design process must accommodate a wide range of possible parameters in terms of culture and appreciation of time. An emerging paradigm as basis fo...

Constructivist Foundations, 2015

Context: Thirty years ago, members of the systems science community discovered that at their conf... more Context: Thirty years ago, members of the systems science community discovered that at their conferences, more was being accomplished in the breaks than in the sessions. Led by Bela H. Banathy, …

Systemic Practice and Action Research, 2000

Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning, 1986

At a time of economic recession, with a successful model for teaching adult undergraduates studyi... more At a time of economic recession, with a successful model for teaching adult undergraduates studying year‐long courses over a number of years, the Open University decided to undertake a high risk venture: an array of short courses in business for managers. A new ...

経営と情報静岡県立大学経営情報学部学報, Dec 15, 2000

Educational Technology, 1996

Systems for Sustainability, 1997

Dialogue as a Collective Means of Design Conversation, 2008

Usability Evaluation of Online Learning Programs, 2003

The case study examines a Level 1 undergraduate course delivered totally online to 8,500 students... more The case study examines a Level 1 undergraduate course delivered totally online to 8,500 students of the UK Open University (OU). Context, philosophy, design and learning outcomes are described. The author compares personal experience of tutoring the course to normal OU distance teaching methods and argues that computer-mediated conferencing (CMC) has a major impact on student learning styles and in changing roles within the teaching team; a learning community develops, triggering co-learning, co-tuition and cocounseling. The CMC also enables efficient academic and administrative information flow, and fast feedback for informal evaluation. The evaluation cycle is completed by reference to student feedback via a Web-site questionnaire and institutional change action. The study shows that technology to support global delivery is adequately robust, and success rates on the programme are similar to other OU courses. Pre-entry and online educational guidance is identified as an area needing further consideration.

Collaboration and cooperation within the systems community require a facility to aid recognition ... more Collaboration and cooperation within the systems community require a facility to aid recognition and appreciation of how individual contributions fit into the totality of systems practice. A framework to help in this is suggested, linked to characteristic concepts and techniques of three identified generations of systems approaches-two derived from a management-linked systems practice in the 1970s and late 1980s, the third from new attempts to design a better future.