An African perspective on the Tapscott and Williams article on University Reform

By Tony Bates, on March 20th, 2010

Student computer lab, Soshanguve Campus, Tshwane University of Technology

My review of the Tapscott and Williams article prompted this response from Ms Mandi Maodzwa-Taruvinga who is teaching in the School of Education, the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. Mandi is also a Ph.D student within the Wits School of Education. Here in full is her [...]

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A critique of Tapscott and William's views on university reform

By Tony Bates, on February 14th, 2010

Tapscott, D. and Williams, A. (2010) Innovating the 21st century university: It’s Time Educause Review, Vol. 45, No. 1

First of all, thanks to both Burkhard Lehmann and Clayton Wright for directing me to this article. I had however seen it myself a couple of weeks ago, and have hesitated to respond to it, for reasons [...]

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