Paul-Henri Duron: Digital technology and the dynamics of innovation in higher education

The thesis focuses on digital technology and the dynamics of innovation in higher education through the study of two open-source software programmes – the self-marking online exercise systems WIMS and PL – which are developed, maintained and used by academic staff. The first has been in use for around twenty years but is facing the obsolescence of its source code. The second is supported by a small section of the community and is still in the development phase at the IGM. The aim is to produce a sociological analysis at the intersection of the sociology of science and technology and the sociology of work, with a strong focus on the interactionist approach.