Access to Knowledge: New Information Technologies and the Emergence of the Virtual University

by Tarcisio Della Santa (Editor), F.Ted Tschang (Editor)

Overview

This book examines how the higher education environment is being shaped by new information technologies, with a particular focus on technologies based in the Internet. This work will illustrate a vision of how virtual universities and their elements are emerging, and of how they can be shaped to the needs of knowledge-based societies. It will also examine what requirements and policies are necessary to effect the worldwide transformation of educational systems, especially given the disparate needs and capabilities across countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080436708
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	12/18/2000
Series:	Issues in Higher Education , #16
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	452
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.98(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction to issues in higher education. Preface. Authors. Introduction. (T. Tschang, T. Della Senta). Knowledge-Based Perspectives on Learning and Institutional Change. Virtual universities and learning environments: characterizing their emergence and design (T. Tschang). Learning environments: the virtual university and beyond (M. Dillinger). Reforming the educational knowledge base: course content and skills in the internet age (J. Szczypula et al.). Transforming Learning Environments with New Technologies. Internet technologies: towards advanced infrastructure and learning applications (Ng Chong). Course delivery systems for the virtual university (P. Brusilovsky, P. Miller). Digital libraries and virtual universities (C.L. Borgman). Social foundations for collaboration in virtual environments (G. Mark). Moving Towards the Virtual University: Institutional Experiences from Different Regions. Institutional models for virtual universities (R. Mason). From traditional distance learning to virtual distance learning in higher education in Africa: trends and challenges (M. Juma). Graduate studies at a distance: the construction of a Brazilian model (R. Barcia et al.). The ITESM virtual university: towards a transformation of Higher Education (M.M. Perez). Distance higher education and a new trend of virtual universities in Asia (A. Yoshida). The internet and virtual universities: towards learning and knowledge systems (T. Tschang) Author index. Subject index.

Editorial Reviews

An outgrowth of the United Nations University/Institute of Advanced Studies' Virtual University Initiative, initially planned as input for the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education in Paris in October 1998, but grown beyond that. Scholars of education, information, and other fields from many countries analyze the thinking about the potential of online education to solve educational problems around the world, and the software systems being developed for it. The 14 reports cover knowledge-based perspectives on learning and institutional change, transforming learning environments with new technologies, and institutional experiences from different regions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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