Conceptualising the Digital University

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.

• 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.