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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960859403321

Titolo

Higher education's strategic response to on-line learning : critical perspectives and creative successes / / guest editors, Baron Kunstler and Jonathan Gueverra

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2007

ISBN

1-281-07932-4

9786611079321

1-84663-649-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (72 p.)

Collana

On the Horizon ; ; 15, no. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

KunstlerBarton

GueverraJonathan

Disciplina

371.33

371.33/4

Soggetti

Distance education - Computer network resources

Computer-assisted instruction

Ensenyament a distĂ ncia

Ensenyament assistit per ordinador

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Table of contents; Prolegomena to a discourse; Changing the landscape: more institutions pursue online offerings; Repositioning for a virtual culture; Teaching online in the Bronx: local distance education; Strategic initiatives in the online environment: opportunities and challenges; New questions for online learning, and new answers: the case of the CUNY Online Baccalaureate; Pedagogy and technology - which has the upper hand? Lessons from technological implementation at the College of Judea and Samaria, Israel; From distance to online: a consortium approach

Sommario/riassunto

The History of online education has been compressed into a brief period, but it has already undergone several phases: from initial euphoria over the possibilities for expanded enrollments to a realization that online learning posed a new set of knotty pedagogical



and institutional issues, to a current maturing phase. In this latter phase there is a pressing need for a public dialog that addresses the institutional challenges inherent in online education, and that provides examples of successful