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Inspire to learn

Learning with 'e's

Universities are replete with lecture capture tools, interactive media, web based content and personal response technologies; students arrive equipped with social media and mobile devices; technology supported distance education has been long established; universities are experimenting with flipped classrooms, gaming and MOOCs.

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Cultural hegemony and disruption

Learning with 'e's

In a Gramscian sense, hegemony describes the power exercised by the ruling class over the population in order to maintain control of the means of production. Wikipedia is popular because it can be accessed from anywhere using a web enabled mobile phone. And when all factors are analysed, this should be no surprise.