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1 online resource (278 pages) |
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Digital Education and Learning Ser |
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Digital Education and Learning Ser
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| Contents |
Intro; Foreword; Rethinking the Culture of the Digital University; Deconstructing the Political Economy of Digital Hegemony; Critical Literacy and the Digital University; Reinventing the University as Public Good; Acknowledgements; Praise for Conceptualising the Digital University; Contents; List of Figures; Section I: Visioning the Digital University; 1: Neoliberalism and the Digital University: The Political Economy of Learning in the Twenty-First Century; Introduction: Locating 'The Digital' in a Contested Environment; On the Nature of 'The Digital' |
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Neoliberalism and the Neoliberalisation of the University: The Architecture of the Digital UniversityTechnology in the Neoliberal University; Critical Pedagogy: Paulo Freire and Higher Education; Thematic Overview; Conclusion and Forecast of the Book; References; 2: The Digital University: An Impoverished Concept; Introduction; On the Nature of the Digital: A Basis for Critical Discussion; Patterns of Critical Consciousness: An Engagement with the Literature; Government Policy: Value for Money; The Scholars: Collini, Selwyn, McCluskey, and Winter; Collini; Selwyn; McCluskey and Winter |
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The Management Consultancy: Price Waterhouse Cooper (PWC)The Think Tank: Leading the Entrepreneurial University: Meeting the Entrepreneurial Development Needs of Higher Education (Gibbs et al. 2012); The Institutional Mission Statement: Monash University; Conclusion: Reflections on the Literature; References; 3: Exploring the Digital University: Developing and Applying Holistic Thinking; Introduction: Praxis, Process, and Products; Early Directions in Understanding the Digital University: What Is a University for?; Contextual Influence and Response: Were Universities Being 'Transformed'? |
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Developing a Discursive Construction: A Dynamic Model and Conceptual Matrix for the Digital UniversityAn Overview of the Conceptual Matrix; Digital Participation and Information Literacy: Addressing the Essential and the Unfamiliar Through the Matrix; The Edinburgh Napier University Exemplar: Using the Matrix and Developing the Digitally Distributed Curriculum Construct; The Digitally Distributed Curriculum: An Initial Holistic Clustering; Key Lessons Learned: Developing Critical Consciousness of Curriculum Development; Conclusion; References; Section II: Deconstructing the Digital University |
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4: The Myth of Digital TransformationIntroduction; Alternative Views of Transformation: The Social Context for Change in Higher Education and What a University Is for; Transformation as a Troublesome Concept; The Evidence for Digital Transformation: Macro, Meso, and Micro Engagements; Emerging Possibilities for Transformative Change; Conclusions; References; 5: Digital Participation and Open Communities: From Widening Access to Porous Boundaries; Introduction; Widening Participation: Pedagogy of the Disadvantaged?; Digital Access and Participation: Open Education as Conduit of Participation |
| Summary |
Despite the increasing ubiquity of the term, the concept of the digital university remains diffuse and indeterminate. This book examines what the term 'digital university' should encapsulate and the resulting challenges, possibilities and implications that digital technology and practice brings to higher education. Critiquing the current state of definition of the digital university construct, the authors propose a more holistic, integrated account that acknowledges the inherent diffuseness of the concept. The authors also question the extent to which digital technologies and practices can allow us to re-think the location of universities and curricula; and how they can extend higher education as a public good within the current wider political context. Framed inside a critical pedagogy perspective, this volume debates the role of the university in fostering the learning environments, skills and capabilities needed for critical engagement, active open participation and reflection in the digital age. This pioneering volume will be of interest and value to students and scholars of digital education, as well as policy makers and practitioners |
| Notes |
A Brief History of Open Education |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Computer-assisted instruction
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Education, Higher -- Computer-assisted instruction
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
MacNeill, Sheila
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Smyth, Keith
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| ISBN |
9783319991603 |
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3319991604 |
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