Student Engagement in the Digital University

Student Engagement in the Digital University challenges mainstream conceptions and assumptions about students' engagement with digital resources in higher education, framing it as embodied, socially situated, and taking place in complex networks of human and non-human actors.

Lesley Gourlay is Head of the Department of Culture, Communication and Media and Reader in Education and Technology at the Institute of Education, University College London, UK. She is Co-Convener of the Society for Research into Higher Education's UK-wide Digital University Network, and Executive Editor for the journal Teaching in Higher Education. Martin Oliver is Professor of Education and Technology and the Head of the Centre for Doctoral Education at the Institute of Education, University College London, UK. He has edited the journals Research in Learning Technology and Learning, Media and Technology, and is Past President of the Association for Learning Technology.

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Digital Hype, Myths and Fantasies Chapter 3: Hidden Texts and the Digital Invisible Chapter 4: The Trouble with Frameworks Chapter 5: Researching Digital Engagement Chapter 6: Entanglements with the Digital Chapter 7: Nonhuman Actors, Materiality and Embodiment Chapter 8: Beyond Context Chapter 9: Fluid Assemblages and Resilience Chapter 10: The Organisation as Assemblage Chapter 11: The Assemblage as Lens Chapter 12: Conclusions