%0 Journal Article %T On reification: a reinterpretation of designed and emergent practice %A Chris Tompsett %A Graham Alsop %J Research in Learning Technology %D 2003 %I Co-Action Publishing %R 10.3402/rlt.v11i2.11277 %X This paper is a response to the article: 'Examining the five-stage e-moderating model: designed and emergent practice in the learning technology profession, published in ALT-J 11 (1). Whilst we agree with the concerns of the authors on the problems of commodification and the increasing control of learning technology from a financial or predominantly management perspective, we wish to offer a reinterpretation of the research by taking a stricter analysis of the events described by the authors %U http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/11277