Journal reflections: VLE and the university

Further to our debate on the Brookes VLE, the following is well worth a look: 'Why Universities Behave Like the Music Industry' by Mikes Molesworth (MeCCSA 2008 paper):

"By comparing interactive media ‘solutions’ created by universities (VLEs, LMSs, e-portfolios) with those available freely in cyberspace, we argue that the imposition of institutional media tools onto students might be seen as a way of managing and controlling student performance in such spaces, so that power is reinstated with the institution."