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The Worst Four-Letter Word in Higher Education Today? Uber.

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Merrimack College

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eLearn Volume 2016 Issue 1010-01-2016Article No.: 1https://doi.org/10.1145/3005691.3004256

Published:05 October 2016Publication History

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Uber has become the worst four-letter word in higher education. It connotes the unbundling and deprofessionalization of faculty work. The only way to get over this worry is to realize Uber and similar technologies are just another four-letter word: a tool. This will allow us to rethink and recreate our role in this "age of disruption."

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eLearn Volume 2016, Issue 10
October
10-01-2016
EISSN:1535-394X
DOI:10.1145/3005691
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