LEADER 05298nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910814813603321 005 20240515164635.0 010 $a1-280-47732-6 010 $a9786610477326 010 $a1-84150-813-6 035 $a(CKB)111056486992586 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000367158 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12152137 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000367158 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10418736 035 $a(PQKB)10166277 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000264795 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11237397 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264795 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10294475 035 $a(PQKB)10483388 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC283049 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL283049 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10014647 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL47732 035 $a(OCoLC)437175870 035 $a(PPN)128944722 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486992586 100 $a20010924d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnderstanding virtual universities /$fRoy Rada 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBristol $cIntellect$d2001 215 $aiv, 122 p. $cill., ports 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-84150-853-5 311 $a1-84150-052-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront 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. 327 $aDigital 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. 330 $aAnticipating 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. 606 $aEducation, Higher$xEffect of technological innovations on 606 $aTelecommunication in higher education 606 $aDistance education 615 0$aEducation, Higher$xEffect of technological innovations on. 615 0$aTelecommunication in higher education. 615 0$aDistance education. 676 $a378.1758 700 $aRada$b R$g(Roy),$f1951-$0143553 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814813603321 996 $aUnderstanding virtual universities$93925115 997 $aUNINA