Universities, Disruptive Technologies, and Continuity in Higher Education: The Impact of Information Revolutions
Gavin Moodie
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Hardback. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
This book seeks to understand the effects of the current information revolution on universities by examining the effects of two previous information revolutions: Gutenberg's invention and proof of printing in 1450 and the Scientific Revolution from the mid- fifteenth to the end of the seventeenth century. Moodie reviews significant changes since the early modern period in universities' students, libraries, curriculum, pedagogy, lectures, assessment, research, and the dissemination of these changes across the globe. He argues that significant changes in the transmission and dissemination of disciplinary knowledge are shaped by the interaction of ... Read more
This book seeks to understand the effects of the current information revolution on universities by examining the effects of two previous information revolutions: Gutenberg's invention and proof of printing in 1450 and the Scientific Revolution from the mid- fifteenth to the end of the seventeenth century. Moodie reviews significant changes since the early modern period in universities' students, libraries, curriculum, pedagogy, lectures, assessment, research, and the dissemination of these changes across the globe. He argues that significant changes in the transmission and dissemination of disciplinary knowledge are shaped by the interaction of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137549426
SKU
V9781137549426
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99-15
About Gavin Moodie
Gavin Moodie is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Leadership, Higher, and Adult Education at the University of Toronto, Canada, and Adjunct Professor in Education at RMIT University, Australia. He has published over fifty journal articles, chapters, and encyclopedia entries on higher education policy.
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