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ERIC Number: EJ622269
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-5692
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Sites for Power and Knowledge? Towards a Critique of the Virtual University.
Newman, Rhona; Johnson, Fred
British Journal of Sociology of Education, v20 n1 p79-88 Mar 1999
Argues that the idea of virtual universities supporting the formation of skilled and educated personnel is unfeasible. Reports on a qualitative study of the views and experiences of a small sample of Northern Ireland university staff who have been engaged in the instructional applications of the World Wide Web. (CMK)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse, Postmodernism, Qualitative Research, Universities, Virtual Universities, World Wide Web
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
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