TY - CHAP
T1 - Spaces and Places in the Virtual University
AU - Burbules, Nicholas C
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013.
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - Nick Burbules focuses at ‘Spaces and Places in the Virtual University’ (Chap. 12). He examines the transition of the traditional university into a partly virtual university, as we witness the growth of online courses and degree programmes as well as the increased uses of technology for the redesign of teaching and learning even within the traditional campus. He relies on the concepts of space and place to describe this transformation and relates these to changing understandings of knowledge, authority, and community within higher education. Finally, he relates this transformation to three key ideas in online education: the design of learning spaces; the social, collaborative nature of these spaces; and the potential and challenges of ubiquitous learning.
AB - Nick Burbules focuses at ‘Spaces and Places in the Virtual University’ (Chap. 12). He examines the transition of the traditional university into a partly virtual university, as we witness the growth of online courses and degree programmes as well as the increased uses of technology for the redesign of teaching and learning even within the traditional campus. He relies on the concepts of space and place to describe this transformation and relates these to changing understandings of knowledge, authority, and community within higher education. Finally, he relates this transformation to three key ideas in online education: the design of learning spaces; the social, collaborative nature of these spaces; and the potential and challenges of ubiquitous learning.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-94-007-6247-3_12
DO - 10.1007/978-94-007-6247-3_12
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85031426952
SN - 9789400762466
T3 - Educational Research
SP - 167
EP - 176
BT - Educational Research
A2 - Smeyers, Paul
A2 - Depaepe, Marc
A2 - Keiner, Edwin
PB - Springer
ER -