Online Teaching as Virtual Work in the New (Political) Economy

Online Teaching as Virtual Work in the New (Political) Economy

Author: 
Carlone, David
Place: 
Hershey, PA
Publisher: 
IGI Global
Date published: 
2010
Record type: 
Responsibility: 
Schwartzman, Roy, jt. author
Editor: 
Long, Shawn
Journal Title: 
Communication, Relationships and Practices in Virtual Work
Source: 
Communication, Relationships and Practices in Virtual Work
Abstract: 

Online teaching and learning has been adopted throughout higher education with minimal critical attention to the challenges it poses to traditional definitions of academic labor. This chapter explores four areas where the nature of academic labor becomes contestable through the introduction of online instruction: (1) the boundaries demarcating work from personal time; (2) the relative invisibility of online labor; (3) the documentation, recognition, and rewards attendant to online instruction; and (4) the illusory empowerment of online students as consumers. The theory and practice of what constitutes “legitimate” labor in higher education require substantial reconsideration to incorporate the online dimension.

Series: 
Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development

CITATION: Carlone, David. Online Teaching as Virtual Work in the New (Political) Economy edited by Long, Shawn . Hershey, PA : IGI Global , 2010. Communication, Relationships and Practices in Virtual Work - Available at: https://library.au.int/online-teaching-virtual-work-new-political-economy