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About this book
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.
Reviews
“Most histories of technology trace progress from primitive beginnings to contemporary achievements. Not this extraordinary book. Applying the methods of Science and Technology Studies, Hamilton depicts the history of online education as a conflict over the nature of education embodied in a variety of sociotechnical systems. These systems are distinguished by the philosophy of education they support. Will education adapt to technology or will it adapt technology? That question divides the alternatives. Hamilton’s main purpose is to explain the origins and development of that divide, but in the process he explains clearly and convincingly why and how higher education can integrate the Internet while resisting the ‘evangelical discourse’ of automation.” (Andrew Feenberg, Author of Questioning Technology)
“We are now a number of decades into the so-called digital revolution, and university campuses have hardly become the‘relics’ some had predicted. In this sophisticated and perceptive study, Hamilton provides a compelling account of socio-technical change and contention in academia. He begins by returning to the heady ‘dot-com’ days of the 1990s to understand much more recent developments --such as MOOCs and blended learning-- as a complex contestation of social forces. As Hamilton makes clear, these forces include not only technology itself, but also capital, management priorities, and significantly, teacher and student agency. An important and impressively intelligent book!” (Norm Friesen, Associate Professor of Educational Technology, Boise State University, USA)
About the author
Edward C. Hamilton is Chair of the School of Communication at Capilano University, Canada.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Technology and the Politics of University Reform
Book Subtitle: The Social Shaping of Online Education
Authors: Edward C. Hamilton
Series Title: Digital Education and Learning
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137503510
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-50350-3Published: 27 February 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-50351-0Published: 08 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2753-0744
Series E-ISSN: 2753-0752
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 237
Topics: Technology and Digital Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy and Politics, Educational Technology, Administration, Organization and Leadership