Unbundling the University Curriculum

Dr Kate O’Connor is Senior Lecturer in Policy and Leadership in the School of Education at La Trobe University, Australia. Kate’s research is focused on educational policy and governance in schooling and higher education, with particular interests in curriculum and digital transformations. She is currently working on projects examining state differences and curriculum hierarchies in senior secondary education, the implications and opportunities of new research data management practices for qualitative research, and the implications of unbundled online learning reforms for curriculum and knowledge in universities. Her previous book publications include Knowledge at the Crossroads (Springer, 2017) and Australia’s Curriculum Dilemmas (MUP, 2011).

• Introduction.- 1 Understanding curriculum and online learning in higher education.- Part A: Knowledge, curriculum and online learning: key concepts and debates.- 2 Academic knowledge: questions and debates.- 3 Learning and teaching in the modern university.- Part B: New initiatives, new subjects: case studies of online curriculum making.- 4 The institutions: SandstoneU and TechU.- 5 Case 1: Behavioural Ecology.- 6 Case 2: Classical Studies.- 7 Case 3: Interdisciplinary Logic.- 8 Cases 4 and 5: Business Studies.- Part C: University knowledge today: challenges and constraints.- 9 Disciplines and their significance.- 10 From constructivism to clarity and control.- 11 Curriculum and knowledge – what is being missed?.