Technology and the Politics of University Reform: The Social Shaping of Online Education: 2016 (Digital Education and Learning)

Author: Edward C. Hamilton
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Category: Philosophy & Theory Of Education, Philosophy & Theory Of Education, Educational Strategies & Policy, Educational Strategies & Policy, Organization & Management Of Education, Organization & Management Of Education, Higher & Further Education, Tertiary Education, Higher & Further Education, Tertiary Education, Educational Equipment & Technology, Computer-aided Learning (CAL), Educational Equipment & Technology, Computer-aided Learning (CAL), Science: General Issues
Book Format: Hardcover

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.


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

Table Of Contents
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
About E. Hamilton
Edward C. Hamilton is Chair of the School of Communication at Capilano University, Canada.

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Artist / Author Edward C. Hamilton
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