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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782903403321

Autore

McArthur David <1951->

Titolo

Untangling the Web [[electronic resource] ] : applications of the Internet and other information technologies to higher learning / / David J. McArthur, Matthew W. Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, : Rand, 1998

ISBN

0-8330-4331-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (127 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LewisMatthew W

Disciplina

025.06/37

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Computer network resources

Internet in education

World Wide Web

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"MR-975-EDU"--Cover, p. [4].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-114).

Nota di contenuto

""PREFACE""; ""FIGURES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""IMPROVING THE CREATION OF INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING MATERIALS""; ""CREATING EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITIES""; ""COMPETING WITH NEW PROVIDERS""; ""ADDRESSING POLICY ISSUES AND PLANNING""; ""How Will Higher Education Acquire Sufficient Internet Infrastructure?""; ""How Will Higher Education Acquire Quality Courseware and Educate Staff?""; ""How Will Higher Education Choose Among Many Models for Using the Internet and Web?""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW""; ""A QUALIFIED VISION""

""Qualifications on the Vision: Why the Road to Revolution Might Be Rocky""""THE PLAN""; ""BENEFITS FOR LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION DELIVERY""; ""REDUCING COSTS AND INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY""; ""CAI and CBT""; ""Distance Learning""; ""Internet Impact: Distance Learning, Cost Reduction, and Increased Access""; ""Reflection: The Death of Distance As a Barrier to Learning""; ""INCREASING QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY""; ""CAI and CBT""; ""Intelligent Tutoring Systems""; ""Interactive Learning Environments""

""Internet Impact: Turning Expensive Stand-Alone Systems into Cheaper Distance- Learning Technologies""""Reflection: Many Interesting Options, Many Hard Choices""; ""IMPROVING THE CREATION OF INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING MATERIALS""; ""EXPANDING TRADITIONAL



METHODS OF PRODUCTION""; ""DIGITAL LIBRARIES: NEW MEDIA, NEW SERVICES, NEW INSTITUTIONS""; ""Tools to Find and Organize Information""; ""Aggregating Single Libraries into Mega-Libraries""; ""Obstacles to Building Productive Digital Libraries""; ""DIGITAL PUBLISHERS: JUMPING INTO THE FUTURE OR HOLDING ONTO THE PAST?""

""INTERNET IMPACT: INNOVATIVE WAYS TO CREATE NEW INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING MATERIALS""""Challenges to Building Productive Individual Publishing Communities in Higher Education""; ""REFLECTION: MANY INTERESTING OPTIONS, MANY HARD CHOICES� A REPRISE""; ""CREATING CONNECTED EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITIES""; ""BIOMEDNET: AN EXAMPLE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES""; ""VIRTUAL UNIVERSITIES: OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES?""; ""Athena""; ""GNA""; ""REFLECTION: NETWORKED COMMUNITIES AND HIGHER- EDUCATION GOALS""; ""COMPETING WITH NEW EXTERNAL PROVIDERS OF EDUCATION""; ""WHAT ARE EXTERNAL PROVIDERS?""

""MICROSOFT TAKES OVER""""TRAINING MODEL VERSUS HIGHER-EDUCATION MODEL""; ""REFLECTION: HIGHER EDUCATION, EXTERNAL PROVIDERS, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY� FLIGHT, FIGHT, OR FRIENDS?""; ""Flight""; ""Fight""; ""Friends""; ""ADDRESSING PLANNING AND POLICY: HOW TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE INTERNET AND WWW IN HIGHER EDUCATION""; ""REALITY CHECK: WHAT REALLY WORKS NOW AND WHAT WILL WORK IN THE FUTURE""; ""What Works in Business""; ""What Higher Education Can Learn from Business""; ""POLICY ISSUES BYPASSED AND THOSE DISCUSSED""

""HOW WILL HIGHER EDUCATION ACQUIRE SUFFICIENT INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE?""