What is it about?
Algorithmic cultures can influence and potentially disrupt established educational practices. This paper focusses on how new web technologies and publishing models might impact extended student writing activities such as dissertations and projects, and draws in particular on our experiences related to undergraduate archaeology dissertations. We discuss how the traditional dissertation might be reframed as a shareable 'research object'.
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Why is it important?
While there is interest in the idea of higher education students as 'producers' rather than 'consumers' of knowledge, there are few examples of how this might affect the ways in which students actually present their work and are assessed.
Perspectives
Both authors supervise undergraduate dissertation work and this paper in part reflects their concern about how to make better use of their efforts and the new knowledge that is generated.
Patrick Carmichael
University of Bedfordshire
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This page is a summary of: Disrupting the dissertation: Linked data, enhanced publication and algorithmic culture, E-Learning and Digital Media, May 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2042753017731356.
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