Online teaching in universities and management : divided and shaky grounds for change

![CDATA[While online teaching has been part of university teaching for a number of years now, there is increasing contestation around its negative impact on, and the future direction of, teaching. One aspect contributing to this is the incompatible views between university management and lecturers on the place, use and value of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in university teaching. These differing views contribute to a divided environment for developing future paths of change, which capitalise on using ICTs to develop innovative teaching and learning and the management of both. This issue is complex. Teaching with ICTs is a multifaceted process that is informed by many factors including the distinct nature of ICTs. This chapter offers some insights into the factors that may be contributing to the differing views held by lecturers and university management. This is done by looking outside the higher education field to research undertaken into this issue in schools. This is advantageous as it creates a distance that opens up new ways of thinking about this heated and enduring issue. Findings from the school-based study highlight the gap between ICTs and curriculum policy present in schools. It also identifies the ways that teachers are resolving the dilemmas that this gap causes. Evidence from this study is used to point to similar slippages that are occurring in universities and ways that these might be resolved. Strategies for easing these gaps are proposed. The intention is to contribute to more fertile grounds for the future use of ICTs in university teaching, learning and management.]]