The Graduate Centre of CUNY has a great video on the future of digital universities on fora.tv. In this keynote address video titled "‘The Classroom is Sacred’: Digitization Without Commercialization," Professor Vaidhyanathan’s addresses the myriad challenges facing university faculty, administrators and students in finding the best ways to embrace emerging digital technologies to improve teaching, research and learning without giving in to commercial pressures or arguments about efficiency or cost savings. Prof. Vaidhyanathan suggests that we approach the implementation of academic technologies in the classroom with a sense of experimentation and modesty. [from the site]
Siva Vaidhyanathan is a cultural historian and media scholar, and is currently an associate professor of Media Studies and Law at the University of Virginia. He blogs at http://www.googlizationofeverything.com/ – which is also the title of his upcoming book to be released later this year. You can also follow him on twitter http://twitter.com/sivavaid
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