Digital technologies in higher education : sweeping expectations and actual effects / / Sarah Guri-Rosenblit

• Autore: Guri-Rozenblit Sarah
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, cop. 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.1/734
• Soggetto topico: Ensenyament universitari - Ensenyament assistit per ordinador; Ensenyament universitari - Efecte de les innovacions tecnològiques; Tecnologia educativa
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-166) and index
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Digital technologies in higher education
• ISBN: 1-61728-369-X; 9781617611025
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910962715803321
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