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标题：Exploring E-Leadership of Principals: Increasing School Effectiveness by Learning Management System
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作者：Muhammad Akram ; Ayaz Muhammad Khan
期刊名称：Journal of Education & Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2414-8091
电子版ISSN：2410-5767
出版年度：2020
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：15-30
DOI：10.20547/jess0812008102
出版社：Geist Science
摘要：The modern globalization and development of information technology, easy and fast access to information processing activities become essential for the success of organizations. Decision making on updated data, quality monitoring and effective communication through LMS have become important and key factors for effective e-leadership that use learning management system in their schools. The current study explores the E-Leadership by secondary school principals through a learning management system provided by 3-P Learning organization Australia. This LMS is implemented in more than fifty private schools in order to increase school effectiveness. This study was conducted under the interpretive paradigm and phenomenology design was used to explore the phenomena of the Learning Management System. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten principals, coordinators and LMS supervisors and teachers. The results of this study indicate that decision making, monitoring and communication in this LMS provide extensive support for school principals in managing their organizations and active participation of teachers consequently increase the effectiveness of e-leadership. Data-based decision making is the consequence of the monitoring, and communication among the teachers, students, and parents. In order to improve e-leadership, I recommend school principal should expand the use of updated data of teaching and learn from teachers, students and parents derived through LMS.
关键词：E-leadership; school effectiveness; learning management system; elementary school principals.