Technology and the Politics of University Reform

The Social Shaping of Online Education
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-50350-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 237 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 4287 g

Reihe: Digital Education and Learning

Do new technologies mean the end of the university as we know it? Or can they be shaped in a way that balances innovation and tradition? This volume explores these questions through a critical history of online education.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hamilton, E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik E-Learning, Bildungstechnologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Medienpädagogik, Mediendidaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Online Education and the Politics of Technology
2. From Constructivism to Normative Critique: Technology, History and Politics
3. The Age of Automation: The Technical Code of Online Education to 1980
4. The Age of Ambivalence: Early Experiments in Educational Computer Conferencing
5. The Age of Evangelism: From Online Education to the Virtual University
6. The Age of Openness: From Critical Interventions to the Encoding of Online Education
7. The Ambivalence of Openness: MOOCs and the Critical Practice of Online Education

Über Autor(innen)

Edward C. Hamilton is Chair of the School of Communication at Capilano University, Canada.