The theory and practice of the virtual university: Working through the work of making work mobile

Neil Pollock; James Cornford

doi:10.1023/A:1020977705523

The theory and practice of the virtual university: Working through the work of making work mobile

Neil Pollock, James Cornford

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Abstract

The coming of new Information CommunicationTechnologies (ICTs) has prompted muchcontroversy in higher education. Scholars andadministrators have been excited by thepotential – perhaps the threat – of the`virtual' university. But whilst much has beenwritten about `virtual higher education', lesshas been said about the actual `work' involved.Drawing upon insights from the sociology oftechnology, this paper reports on the attemptsof one university to reconcile ideas about`virtuality' with the more established networksand infrastructures of traditional universitylife. This research is based upon aparticipant-observation study carried out inthe UK.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	359-373
Number of pages	15
Journal	Minerva
Volume	40
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020977705523
Publication status	Published - Dec 2002

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