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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. The 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.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. The 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.
Synopsis
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. The 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.
Booknews
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)