ABSTRACT
This book responds to an ever-increasing call from educators, policy makers, journalists, parents and the public at large for analysis that cuts through the hype surrounding the information revolution to address key issues associated with new media in higher education and learning. This collection is of value to those who are seeking a critical, non-commercial exposition of both the enormous opportunities and challenges for higher education that are tied to the use of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the development of distance education and distributed learning.
The chapters are written by leading exponents, practitioners and researchers from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and the collection as a whole spans national boundaries and reaches beyond the research community to relate to issues of policy and practice.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I Audiences for new media in higher education
chapter 1|4 pages
Technology and the future of the university: a sober view A . MICHAEL NOLL
chapter 2|11 pages
Defining moments: the tension between richness and reach TRE VO R H AY WO O D
chapter 3|6 pages
Making the case online: Harvard Business School multimedia S Y LV I A SENSIPER
chapter 5|23 pages
Students’ difficulties in a Web-based distance education course
part |2 pages
PART II Reconfiguring institutional arrangements
chapter 6|29 pages
A new game in town: competitive higher education in American research universities L L OY D ARMST RO N G
part |2 pages
Part III Utilizing new ICTs and organizational forms in higher education
chapter 13|21 pages
Distance education provision by universities
chapter 14|9 pages
The Virtual University of Applied Sciences: a flagship German project RO S E M M WAG NER
part |2 pages
PART IV Governing digital academe