The Innovative ETD: Innovations and Obsolescence

November 10, 2005 at 7:29 am · Filed under web2.0

Abstract As a way of taking advantage of some of the benefits that new media technologies present for post-graduate education, the innovative adaptation of the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) offers a robust means. Most notably this is because it is similar to the traditional print thesis and thus provides a rigorous transitory position into new technologies from a position that the broader academic community can understand. However, there are a number of hazards that face the unsuspecting postgraduate student who ventures into the online word, thesis in arm. In this paper I will discuss some of the decisions faced on my own ‘journey of discovery’ through the experience gained through communicating my own postgraduate work through the framework of an innovative ETD. A major decision faced by an author of an innovative ETD is between technical innovation and long-term technical preservation.

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