Gutenberg's effects on universities

History of Education

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 450-467

  Moodie, Gavin ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

curriculum; Gutenberg; MOOCs; Printing; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904629122     PISSN: 0046760X     EISSN: 14645130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0046760X.2014.930186     Document Type: Article

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1. An early sketch of some of thesefindings was presented in Gavin Moodie, 'From Gutenberg to Google Books: "Disruptive Technology"and the Disruption of Pedagogy', paper prepared for the Australian Historical Association's 31st annual conference, 12 July 2012, Adelaide. I thank two anonymous reviewers for History of Educationfor their most valuable comments and for their most constructive suggestions. I also thank the journal's previous and current editors for their support and encouragement in revising the manuscript. The text has been improved substantially as a result.
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