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Critical Approaches to Online Learning

Publication date
2025
Authored by
Julian McDougall Professor in Media and Education, Head of the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice at Bournemouth University and Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
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Joy Jarvis Professor of Educational Practice at the University of Hertfordshire and a UK National Teaching Fellow
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Karen Mpamhanga Professor of Higher Education and Professional Learning in the School of Education at the University of Hertfordshire
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Book Review

This book provides a critical and contemporary deep dive into the socio-material, technological and pedagogical practices at work in virtual and digital higher education. Examples are drawn from disciplinary pedagogies with a focus on blended and hybrid approaches and the pivot to fully online made urgent by COVID-19 but drawing on existing best practice. This is a critical-reflective interrogation of recent developments in online learning offered by three British practitioners. A strong chapter on social justice and inclusion and digital learning makes it worth reading.

APA Citation

McDougall, J., Jarvis, J. & Mpamhanga, K. (2025). Critical Approaches to Online Learning. Routledge.

Target Audiences
Faculty and Instructors
Program, Course and Instructional Designers
Topics
Blended Learning
COVID-19
Online Learning Implementation
Publication date
2025
Authored by
Julian McDougall Professor in Media and Education, Head of the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice at Bournemouth University and Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Joy Jarvis Professor of Educational Practice at the University of Hertfordshire and a UK National Teaching Fellow
Karen Mpamhanga Professor of Higher Education and Professional Learning in the School of Education at the University of Hertfordshire