05298nam 2200685Ia 450 991081481360332120240515164635.01-280-47732-697866104773261-84150-813-6(CKB)111056486992586(SSID)ssj0000367158(PQKBManifestationID)12152137(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000367158(PQKBWorkID)10418736(PQKB)10166277(SSID)ssj0000264795(PQKBManifestationID)11237397(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264795(PQKBWorkID)10294475(PQKB)10483388(MiAaPQ)EBC283049(Au-PeEL)EBL283049(CaPaEBR)ebr10014647(CaONFJC)MIL47732(OCoLC)437175870(PPN)128944722(EXLCZ)9911105648699258620010924d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrUnderstanding virtual universities /Roy Rada1st ed.Bristol Intellect2001iv, 122 p. ill., portsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-84150-853-5 1-84150-052-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover -- Preliminaries -- Contents -- Preface -- Contribution and Use -- Audience -- Knowledge Base and Author Experience -- What is Covered and What Not -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Education in Cyberspace -- Integration across Levels -- The Culture of Universities -- Learning and Content -- Introduction -- Learning and Pedagogy -- Taxonomy of Learning Types -- Learning by Doing -- Pedagogy -- Delivering Interactive Content -- Historical Snapshot -- Multiple-choice Questions -- Directions in Testing -- Intelligent Tutors -- Virtual Reality Tutors -- Meta-analysis -- Hypertext versus Paper -- System Standard -- Producing Interactive Content -- Regional Effort -- Organizational Issues -- Course Architecture and Life Cycle -- Summary -- Teaching and Class -- Introduction -- Groupware -- Communication -- Video Conferencing -- Group Hypertext -- Bulletin Boards -- Multiple Channel -- Virtual Classroom -- System -- Student Experiences -- Teacher Costs -- Other Cases -- Studio Course -- Studio Course Structure -- Results -- Efficiency and Peer-Peer Assessment -- 1996 and 1997 Version -- 1998 Version -- Meta-analysis -- Conclusion -- Administering Universities -- Introduction -- History of Universities and Technology -- Millennia Past -- Medieval Times -- Seventeenth through nineteenth Century -- Twentieth Century -- Libraries and the Internet -- Delivering Degrees -- Distance Education Survey -- Trends by Discipline -- Trends by Date -- An Online Degree -- Open University -- University of Maryland, College Park, USA -- Running a University -- A Model of Change -- Budgets -- Unbundling the Product -- Quality Control -- Producing University Information Systems -- Generations -- Different University Needs -- All Purpose -- Limited Systems -- A Historical Example -- A Common Architecture of Components -- A Structure/Function Model.Digital Nervous System -- New Marketing Opportunities -- Using the Internet to Advertise -- Educating Employees and Customers -- Global Giants -- Industry Patterns -- Associate of Arts Degree in Telecommunications -- Customers are Students -- Brokers -- The Model -- School Company -- Teacher Student -- Catalogs and Auctions -- Franchises and Consultants -- Publishers -- A Diverse Conglomerate -- Specialty Publisher -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Five-year Future -- Thirty-year Future -- Dialectics -- Friction-Free Education -- Epilogue -- Exercises and Answers -- Learning and Courseware -- Learning and Pedagogy -- Courseware Types -- Courseware Production -- Teaching and Classrooms -- Groupware -- Communication Channels -- Asynchronous Classroom -- Studio Course -- Efficiency and Group Roles -- Administering Schools -- History -- Delivering -- Systems -- Quality Control -- New Marketing Opportunities -- Employees -- Brokers -- Publishers -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- A - I -- I - T -- T - Z -- Back Cover - Book Description.Anticipating a future in which distance learning and virtual reality tutoring systems play a key role in university teaching, Rada provides guidelines for making the best use of technological opportunities. This book combines managerial, social and technical issues to provide a comprehensive approach to Information Technology for Higher Education.Education, HigherEffect of technological innovations onTelecommunication in higher educationDistance educationEducation, HigherEffect of technological innovations on.Telecommunication in higher education.Distance education.378.1758Rada R(Roy),1951-143553MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814813603321Understanding virtual universities3925115UNINA