PhD Proposal Details.5

Outline (Proposed Chapters)

1. Current Practice (From the Literature)
Perception and Practice

2. Theoretical ‘Crutches’
Applying old ideas to new endeavours

3. Developing a Taxonomy
Past (ideals and theory based)
Present (over reliant on current practices – non cohesive approach)
Future (PLE, removal of traditional trappings) Semantic Web and Internet 2

4. Methodologies and Tools (From Practice – Survey, Interview etc)
Who leads Current practice?
P2P, VLE (Bb, Moodle, Sakai, .LRN), Web Services (FLE3, Coppercore, Los, UoL)

Issues Arising:
Copyright (IPR, DRM)
Economy
Social Impact
Institutional Approach
Globalisation
Government Initiatives [Local and EU]

5. Application
Taxonomy through to an Ideology

6. Concluding Discussion
Ideologies and the Academy: How the language of e-learning is used in education.