The Future of Value in Digitalised Higher Education: Why Data Privacy Should Not Be Our Biggest Concern

Autor/in	Komljenovic, Janja
Titel	The Future of Value in Digitalised Higher Education: Why Data Privacy Should Not Be Our Biggest Concern
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 83 (2022) 1, S.119-135 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Komljenovic, Janja)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-020-00639-7
Schlagwörter	Media Adaptation; COVID-19; Pandemics; Higher Education; Curriculum Design; Global Approach; Information Security; Educational Technology; Information Technology; Technology Integration; Political Influences; Teaching Methods; Commercialization; Educational Policy; Universities; Economic Factors + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Medienverwendung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lehrplangestaltung; Globales Denken; Unterrichtsmedien; Informationstechnologie; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; University; Universität; Ökonomischer Faktor
Abstract	Universities around the world are increasingly digitalising all of their operations, with the current COVID-19 pandemic speeding up otherwise steady developments. This article focuses on the political economy of higher education (HE) digitalisation and suggests a new research programme. I foreground three principal arguments, which are empirically, theoretically, and politically crucial for HE scholars. First, most literature is examining the impacts of digitalisation on the HE sector and its subjects alone. I argue that current changes in digitalising HE cannot be studied in isolation from broader changes in the global economy. Specifically, HE digitalisation is embedded in the expansion of the digital economy, which is marked by new forms of value extraction and rentiership. Second, the emerging research on the intersection of marketisation and digitalisation in HE seems to follow the theories of marketisation qua production and commodification. I argue that we need theories with better explanatory power in analysing the current digitalisation dynamics. I propose to move from commodification to assetisation, and from prices to rents. Finally, universities are digitalising in the time when the practice is superseding policy, and there is no regulation beyond the question of data privacy. However, digital data property is already a reality, governed by 'terms of use', and protected by the intellectual property rights regime. The current pandemic has led to 'emergency pedagogy', which has intensified overall digitalisation in the sector and is bypassing concerns of data value redistribution. I argue that we urgently need public scrutiny and political action to address issues of value extraction and redistribution in HE. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01