Techno-pedagogic discourse and the online learning assetization regime.

Autor/in	Ayers, David F.
Titel	Techno-pedagogic discourse and the online learning assetization regime.
Quelle	In: Higher education, 90 (2025) 6, S. 1613-1633Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560; 1573-174X
DOI	10.1007/s10734-025-01395-2
Schlagwörter	Multimedia; Lehre; Studium; Internet; Student; Ausland; USA
Abstract	Research on academic capitalism has critiqued the commodification of knowledge, but it has not critiqued assetization. The difference between commodification and assetization is more than a technical distinction. Extracting value from assets requires a different regime of coordination than what is required for extracting value from commodities. Through an analysis of 132 texts related to the online course review process at 16 research universities in the USA, I propose and problematize an online learning assetization regime which transforms discipline-based knowledge into digital content that can be owned, controlled, and managed as a university asset. This process potentially alienates faculty from pedagogical decision making; entices, beguiles, or coerces faculty to transfer intellectual property rights to the university; and shifts faculty from structures of academic governance to the private law of contracts. I show how techno-pedagogic discourse mystifies the online learning assetization regime even as it exhorts faculty and staff to accommodate it. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).
Erfasst von	Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, Bonn
Update	2026/4