04919oam 2200613 a 450 991096271580332120251117005924.01-61728-369-X9781617611025(pbk)(CKB)2670000000041846(OCoLC)662453087(CaPaEBR)ebrary10680828(SSID)ssj0000415942(PQKBManifestationID)12139567(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415942(PQKBWorkID)10421981(PQKB)10898517(MiAaPQ)EBC3020690(Au-PeEL)EBL3020690(CaPaEBR)ebr10680828(BIP)23681233(EXLCZ)99267000000004184620080822d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDigital technologies in higher education sweeping expectations and actual effects /Sarah Guri-Rosenblit1st ed.New York Nova Science Publisherscop. 20091 online resource (192 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-60692-238-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-166) and indexIntro -- DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIESIN HIGHER EDUCATION:SWEEPING EXPECTATIONSAND ACTUAL EFFECTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- THE TOWER OF BABEL SYNDROME -- CONFUSING TERMINOLOGY -- 'E-LEARNING' AND 'DISTANCE EDUCATION': NOT THE SAMETHING -- On Remoteness and Proximity -- Target Populations -- A NEW PARADIGM IN LEARNING/TEACHINGPRACTICES? -- SWEEPING EXPECTATIONS -- ACADEMIC FACULTY: TRADITIONAL ROLES THROUGHOUTHISTORY -- ACADEMIC FACULTY IN THE DIGITAL ERA: NEW ROLESAND CHALLENGING DEMANDS -- Distributed Teaching Responsibility -- Time Consumption and Lack of Incentives -- Lack of Technological Literacy and Support Systems -- Burnout -- Intellectual Property Rights -- PRINCIPLES OF GOOD PRACTICE IN UNIVERSITY TEACHINGAS BENCHMARKS -- 1. Good Practice Encourages Student-Faculty Contact -- 2. Good Practice Encourages Cooperation Among Students -- 3. Good Practice Encourages Active Learning -- 4. Good Practice Gives Prompt Feedback -- 5. Good Practice Emphasizes Time on Task -- 6. Good Practice Communicates High Expectations -- 7. Good Practice Respects Diverse Talents and Ways of Learning -- REVOLUTION OR EVOLUTION? -- Add-on Functions -- Impact Studies on Students' Achievements -- Institutional Policies -- SOME ERRONEOUS ASSUMPTIONS -- SPACE AND TIME AS BARRIERS TO OVERCOME -- THE URGE TO BROADEN ACCESS -- SELF-EVIDENT ADVANTAGES OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES -- NATURAL STUDY INCLINATIONS OF YOUNG STUDENTS -- IMPARTING INFORMATION VERSUS CONSTRUCTINGKNOWLEDGE -- MAKING PROFITS AND ACHIEVING ECONOMIES-OF-SCALE -- DIVERSE HIGHER EDUCATIONENVIRONMENTS -- DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPED COUNTRIES -- China, India and Some other Emerging Economies -- Digital Divide -- Africa -- The Potential of the Mobile Technologies in Developing Countries -- NATIONAL ACADEMIC CULTURES AND POLICIES -- Mass Media in Distance Teaching Universities -- Government Policies.Advantages of Anglo-Saxon Countries -- Continental European Countries -- Unique Attributes of the US Higher Education Culture -- ACADEMIC VERSUS BUSINESS CULTURES -- DIFFERENT-TYPE INSTITUTIONS -- Communication: Merits and Problems -- Access: On Equality and Duplication -- Update of Study Materials: Potential and Difficulties -- DIVERSE SUBJECT-MATTERS -- NAVIGATING BETWEEN CONTRASTINGTRENDS -- GLOBALIZATION VERSUS NATIONAL NEEDS -- BROADENING ACCESS VERSUS MARKETIZATION -- COMPETITION VERSUS COLLABORATION -- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY VERSUS INTELLECTUALPHILANTHROPY -- QUO VADIS? - SOME FUTURE TRENDS -- PROMOTING INSTITUTIONAL DIVERSITY -- ENHANCING FLEXIBILITY -- CHANGING ROLES OF ACADEMIC FACULTY -- CONSOLIDATING RESEARCH FINDINGS ON TEACHING ANDLEARNING -- EMERGENCE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.This work looks at how new technologies challenge higher education institutions world-wide to redefine their student constituencies, their partners and competitors and to redesign their research infrastructures and teaching practices.Ensenyament universitariEnsenyament assistit per ordinadorEnsenyament universitariEfecte de les innovacions tecnològiquesTecnologia educativalemacLlibres electrònicsEnsenyament universitariEnsenyament assistit per ordinadorEnsenyament universitariEfecte de les innovacions tecnològiquesTecnologia educativa378.1/734Guri-Rozenblit Sarah1867553MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962715803321Digital technologies in higher education4475173UNINA