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.
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Pollock, N., Cornford, J. The Theory and Practice of the Virtual University: Working Through the Work of Making Work Mobile. Minerva 40, 359–373 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020977705523
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020977705523