Conceptualising the Digital University: The Intersection of Policy, Pedagogy and Practice

ISBN-13: 9783319991597 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 265 str.

Bill Johnston; Sheila MacNeill; Keith Smyth

Opis

Despite the increasing ubiquity of the term, the concept of the digital university remains diffuse and indeterminate. This book examines what the term 'digital university' should encapsulate and the resulting challenges, possibilities and implications that digital technology and practice brings to higher education.

Spis treści

Section I: Visioning the Digital University

Chapter 1. Neoliberalism and the Digital University: The political economy of learning in the 21st century

Chapter 2. The digital university: An impoverished concept

Chapter 3. Exploring the digital university: Developing and applying holistic thinking

Section II: Deconstructing the Digital University

Chapter 4. The myth of digital transformation

Chapter 5. Digital participation and open communities: From widening access to porous boundaries

Chapter 6. Information literacy, digital capability and individual agency

Chapter 7. Digitally enriched learning spaces

Chapter 8. The digitally distributed curriculum

Section III: Reimagining the Digital University

Chapter 9. An extended conceptual matrix for the digital university

Chapter 10. Institutional Practice and Praxis

Chapter 11. Academic development for the Digital University

Chapter 12. Conclusion: Advancing the digital and open education agenda.

O autorze

Bill Johnston is Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Psychological Sciences and Health at the University of Strathclyde, UK. Before retiring in 2010 Bill was Senior Lecturer at Strathclyde’s Centre for Academic Practice and Learning Enhancement.

Sheila MacNeill is Senior Lecturer in Digital Learning at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. 

Keith Smyth is Professor of Pedagogy and Head of the Learning and Teaching Academy at the University of the Highlands and Islands, UK.