Faculty of Education - Theses
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ItemA study of media units of different size and organisation in Victorian tertiary education( 1986)This is a major thesis designed to look at how three media centres in Victorian tertiary education created in recent times by major investment are operating in comparison with three other units which have developed by demand over a period of about ten years or longer. The three units which came about by major investment are: Moorabbin College of T.A.F.E. Box Hill College of T.A.F.E. Collingwood College of T.A.F.E. The three units which have developed by demand are maintained at: The University of Melbourne, Chisholm Institute of Technology, Phillip Institute of Technology. With a number of disparate units in three educational systems (T.A.F.E, C.A.E. and University) it might be argued that they can't be compared. However direct comparison is not the issue. Overall performance and the ability of a particular unit to satisfy its clients and whether it is meeting their particular goals is. It is a comparison of original aims, current goals, the output market being served and the difficulties encountered in servicing that market. This has been done by:- (1) Where possible, looking at the original documents or statements of aims (and perhaps recollections of original staff) . (2) Looking at who was originally serviced and with what were they serviced. (3) Seeing how the management has changed and developed through the years and what have been the major influences? This includes costing staffing and equipment. (4) Examining the impact of educational/educational media theory. (5) Ascertaining how the units coped with the impact of changing technology. (6) Finding what were the original products in range and quality and what are the current products. (7) Finding if the above has changed the goals of the unit and whether these goals are being fulfilled. (8) Discovering if a teaching or other function has developed (and to what level) as well as the production function. (9) Considering what sort of staff have been employed and what was their background. (10) What type of relationships exist between unit staff and institutional clients. The results illustrate the differences between units, how they function, how that function has changed and what these changes suggest the future to be for institutionalised educational media units.