Technology and the Politics of University Reform: The Social Shaping of Online Education

Author:   E. Hamilton
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
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9781137503503


Pages:   237
Publication Date:   27 February 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Technology and the Politics of University Reform: The Social Shaping of Online Education


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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.

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Author:   E. Hamilton
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.287kg
ISBN:  

9781137503503


ISBN 10:   1137503505
Pages:   237
Publication Date:   27 February 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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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

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

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