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'A passionate, scholarly, deeply considered and, at the same time, practical critique of how universities internationally confuse access to digital information with developing educated and critical citizens. The book will be of value in positively shaping both pedagogic practice and institutional policies.' Alan Jenkins, Oxford Brookes University, UK 'The University of Google is my book of the year for 2007. I have nagged colleagues and friends to read ever since I saw a manuscript copy. It will have a huge impact on everyone in higher education, helping those suspicious of new media to formulate their criticisms and those eager to adopt it better placed to introduce it appropriately.' Frank Webster, City University London, UK 'Angry, experiential and humorous, this book connects with the modern teaching experience in so many ways. Any tutor, teacher or administrator who has ever had to upload a series of lecture notes with the knowledge that many students will merely download the notes and not attend the lecture will engage with this book. The pages offer guidance to bridging the gap between principles and practice. It offers practical steps to blocking students from googling their way through their degrees...This is an engaging book that should grace the shelves of any digitally-aspirant teacher.' M/C Reviews, media-culture.org.au 'It is a thoroughly researched and clearly argued work, written with passion and commitment...As the title suggests, The University of Google tackles the problems and possibilities of the online and digital realm. Brabazon is not a Luddite, and understands that such media and spaces have potential for higher education: the fault is not with the media per se, but how or why it might be used...Perhaps it is for those policy makers further up the academic pecking order that The University of Google would make the most interesting reading, as ultimately it is their decisions that affect those of us at the chalk-face.' Art/Design/Media - The Higher Education Academy '...this is an exhilarating book and I recommend it unreservedly: anyone working in education (and especially Vice Chancellors, Presidents or Rectors) ought to read this book and then go away and ask themselves why they aren't doing better by society and by the students they enroll in their institutions.' Information Research 'This book has some important things to say about what we should be doing to safeguard the quality of education, about what education is, its purpose, and how technology should be our servant not the servant of our masters. I recommend it strongly. ' Ariadne 'Professor Brabazon speaks from her experience in both Australia and the United Kingdon as a media studies lecturer. She draws on a rich reserve of stories from and about her students, as well as reports and commentaries from a broad range of academic and cultural sources...' Studies in Learning, Evaluation, Innovation and Development 'In The University of Google, Tara Brabazon offers practical suggestions for dealing with dilemmas of digital plagiarism, i-lectures, and the e-university...The University of Google aims to provide constructive solutions to educating students from under-represented groups in the age of the internet...she offers practical suggestions for teaching students critical literacy in the age of the internet, including frank and personal details that confront her in daily life...the book is creatively and engagingly written, broad and ambitious in scope...' International Review of Modern Sociology 'The book is highly detailed analysis of the topic and is illustrated with text from a great number of Brabazon's personal emails (mainly from her students). The book can be praised both for this strategy and a report on her own methods of improving digital literacy: she clearly demonstrates her passion and commitment to the issue, thus encouraging other educators to follow suit. The book is recommended to those active in university education, including lecturers and those in administration as well as students and librarians, who may benefit from an academic's analysis of learning styles and outcomes.' Information, Communication & Society 'a very passionate book written by a teacher and researcher who really worries about the developments in educational institutions. The passion is based on a comprehensive insight in matters concerning learning, literacies, communication and policies affecting the universities...It is a very brave book discussing and criticizing the implications of many of the phenomena we find it hard to oppose simply because they permeate our daily lives and the institutions in whcih we work...The book is highly recommended as a both enjoyable and frightening read.' New Library World 'Brabazon states that books about teaching are often dull. This book is not, and written in a very accessible style with reference to a wide range of literature...I would recommend this book to anyone interested in higher education and technology' Higher Education Review

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Tara Brabazon is Professor of Education and Head of the School of Teacher Education, Charles Sturt University, Australia

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