00000namaa22000004a 4500 UP-99849408841399788 Buklod 20230714082929.0 a gr ||| u ta 230714s2021 ph a rm 00| 0|engdd DEDUC rda eng DMLUC LG 996 2021 E33 L56 Lineses, Edwin Falcis author Micropolitics of appropriation the virtual learning environment policy in a higher education institution Edwin Falcis Lineses ; dissertation advisers, Eufracio C. Abaya, Clement C. Camposano, dissertation adviser ; dissertation reader, Patricia B. Arinto ; Joel C. Javiniar, Virgilio U. Manzano, members. Quezon City College of Education, University of the Philippines Diliman 2021 xii, 228 leaves illustrations (some color) 28 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Dissertation (Doctor of Philosophy in Education - Anthropology and Sociology/ of Education) University of the Philippines Diliman February 2021 This study examines the micropolitics of policy appropriation, i,e. the negotiations over the official intent, meaning, and use of virtual learning environment (VLE), among school administrators, teachers, and students, viewed in the context of a higher education institution's history and culture. At the same time, it analyzes the ways in which these negotiations are mediated by nonhuman actants (e.g. platform, internet, gadget, policy, and pandemic). The study deployed a variety of techniques of ethnographic investigation for a period of 10 months (August 2019 to May 2020). These included offline and online participants observation, lurking, documents review, and offline and online informal interviews. Observing reflexive and ethical practices in the conduct of education research, the study sought prior informed consent from research participants and observed the principles of confidentiality and anonymity. In framing the micropolitics of appropriation, the study followed certain leads from two theoretical orientation namely: the Anthropology of Policy (AoP) and the Actor-Network Theory (ANT). The AoP enabled the analysis of the various ways the purveyors of authorized VLE policy supported, controlled, and regulated the use of VLE in learning and instruction. At the same time, it facilitated and analysis of the narratives and practices reflecting the divergent ways the nonauthorized policy actors (teachers and students) interpret and respond to the policy in practices of conformity, ambivalence, token accommodation, and resistance. On the other hand, the ANT, drew attention to how the nonhuman actants afford and impose limits on the appropriations of the authorized and the nonauthorized policy actors. Falling under the rubric of educational ethnography, the study demonstrates the analytic value of AoP and ANT in understanding the nuances of policy appropriations generated by unequal power relations amongst the policymakers and the policy implementers. Such understanding leads to the formulation of a conceptual model that may be used in the analysis of educational change in higher education institutions with similar social and material realities. In practical terms, the study hopes that educational policy initiatives attend to contextually grounded structures and processes that shape and are shaped by materially policy appropriations on the ground. Internet in higher education Philippines Manila Metropolitan Area. Distance education Computer-assisted instruction . Educational technology Study and teaching (Higher) Philippines Manila Metropolitan Area. Education, Higher Effect of technological innovations on. Abaya, Eufracio C. dissertation adviser. Camposano, Clement C. dissertation adviser. Arinto, Patricia B. dissertation reader. Javiniar, Joel C. member. Manzano, Virgilio U. member. FI UP UPD DEDUC LG 996 2021 E33 L56 Thesis