There is an increasing need for education since the workforce of today is expected to be
highly educated and continuously learn. Distance education is a powerful response to meet …

Despite the widespread adoption of mobile information and communication technology,
there are still relatively few studies of their use. Previous studies often fail to capture the …

Online learning communities facilitate communication between people who share common
interests and learn collaboratively using networked technologies. Researchers and …

There is a demand for increased cooperation between higher education institutes and
surrounding society, and different frameworks for such cooperation have been developed …

After decades of digital developments, we are now entering a truly digital era. Digital
information and communication technology has become a naturally embedded part of the …

This work develops the thesis that there is a strong relationship between the regulation of
disruptive technology and the Internet-based participatory democracy. In other words …

The general purpose of this thesis is to understand how participation in the activity of
education relates to communication and tools. This purpose unfolds by drawing on possible …

This paper is an essay on the discursive politics of education. Data from a small study,
combined with a review of the related literature, suggest that the overarching concept …

This paper discusses the issue of learner participation in a net-based higher education
course. With the starting point in recent educational policies formulated by the European …

Recently, the continuing digitalisation of our social and analogue lives has assumed a new
dimension. This dimension has resulted from of the introduction of portable information and …