1st Edition
Digital Technology and the Contemporary University Degrees of digitization
By Neil Selwyn
Copyright 2014
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
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Digital Technology and the Contemporary University examines the often messy realities of higher education in the ‘digital age’. Drawing on a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives, the book explores the intimate links between digital technology and wider shifts within contemporary higher education – not least the continued rise of the managerialist ‘bureaucratic’ university. It... Read more
Part I – Beyond the rhetoric of the digital university 1. Universities and digital technology: hype, hope and fear 2. Digital technology and higher education ‘reform’ Part II – The realities of universities and digital technology 3. Digital systems: digital technology and the organization of universities 4. Digital labour: digital technology and the working lives of university staff 5. Digital study: digital technology and the ‘student experience’ 6. Digital ‘stuff’: digital technology and the material university Part III – So what now? 7. Looking back: making sense of universities in the digital age 8. Looking forward: reimagining digital technology and the contemporary university
Biography
Neil Selwyn is Professor of Education at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
