Where is Value in Digital Higher Education: From Commodities to Assets

Authors

  • Janja Komljenovic Lancaster University, UK

Keywords:

Assets, digital platforms, user data, edtech industry, digitalization of higher education

Abstract

Students, academics, and higher education institutions’ administrators and leaders use digital platforms in their everyday work. A diversity of platforms offer various services, target different clients, and include different business models. Most of these platforms are proprietary and form the edtech industry. We should pay attention to the specific economic form of coordination in which digitalization of and in higher education is expanding, namely assetization.

Author Biography

Janja Komljenovic, Lancaster University, UK

Janja Komljenovic is senior lecturer at Lancaster University, UK. Email: j.komljenovic@lancaster.ac.uk.

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Published

2022-07-11

How to Cite

Komljenovic, J. . (2022). Where is Value in Digital Higher Education: From Commodities to Assets. International Higher Education, (111), 9–11. Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/15323

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No. 111 (2022): Summer Issue

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