Untangling the Web [[electronic resource] ] : applications of the Internet and other information technologies to higher learning / / David J. McArthur, Matthew W. Lewis

• Autore: McArthur David <1951->
• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, : Rand, 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (127 p.)
• Disciplina: 025.06/37
• Soggetto topico: Education, Higher - Computer network resources; Internet in education; World Wide Web
• Altri autori: LewisMatthew W
• Note generali: "MR-975-EDU"--Cover, p. [4].
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-114).
• Nota di contenuto: ""PREFACE""; ""FIGURES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""IMPROVING THE CREATION OF INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING MATERIALS""; ""CREATING EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITIES""; ""COMPETING WITH NEW PROVIDERS""; ""ADDRESSING POLICY ISSUES AND PLANNING""; ""How Will Higher Education Acquire Sufficient Internet Infrastructure?""; ""How Will Higher Education Acquire Quality Courseware and Educate Staff?""; ""How Will Higher Education Choose Among Many Models for Using the Internet and Web?""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW""; ""A QUALIFIED VISION"" ; ""Qualifications on the Vision: Why the Road to Revolution Might Be Rocky""""THE PLAN""; ""BENEFITS FOR LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION DELIVERY""; ""REDUCING COSTS AND INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY""; ""CAI and CBT""; ""Distance Learning""; ""Internet Impact: Distance Learning, Cost Reduction, and Increased Access""; ""Reflection: The Death of Distance As a Barrier to Learning""; ""INCREASING QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY""; ""CAI and CBT""; ""Intelligent Tutoring Systems""; ""Interactive Learning Environments"" ; ""Internet Impact: Turning Expensive Stand-Alone Systems into Cheaper Distance- Learning Technologies""""Reflection: Many Interesting Options, Many Hard Choices""; ""IMPROVING THE CREATION OF INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING MATERIALS""; ""EXPANDING TRADITIONAL METHODS OF PRODUCTION""; ""DIGITAL LIBRARIES: NEW MEDIA, NEW SERVICES, NEW INSTITUTIONS""; ""Tools to Find and Organize Information""; ""Aggregating Single Libraries into Mega-Libraries""; ""Obstacles to Building Productive Digital Libraries""; ""DIGITAL PUBLISHERS: JUMPING INTO THE FUTURE OR HOLDING ONTO THE PAST?"" ; ""INTERNET IMPACT: INNOVATIVE WAYS TO CREATE NEW INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING MATERIALS""""Challenges to Building Productive Individual Publishing Communities in Higher Education""; ""REFLECTION: MANY INTERESTING OPTIONS, MANY HARD CHOICESâ€? A REPRISE""; ""CREATING CONNECTED EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITIES""; ""BIOMEDNET: AN EXAMPLE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES""; ""VIRTUAL UNIVERSITIES: OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES?""; ""Athena""; ""GNA""; ""REFLECTION: NETWORKED COMMUNITIES AND HIGHER- EDUCATION GOALS""; ""COMPETING WITH NEW EXTERNAL PROVIDERS OF EDUCATION""; ""WHAT ARE EXTERNAL PROVIDERS?"" ; ""MICROSOFT TAKES OVER""""TRAINING MODEL VERSUS HIGHER-EDUCATION MODEL""; ""REFLECTION: HIGHER EDUCATION, EXTERNAL PROVIDERS, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYâ€? FLIGHT, FIGHT, OR FRIENDS?""; ""Flight""; ""Fight""; ""Friends""; ""ADDRESSING PLANNING AND POLICY: HOW TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE INTERNET AND WWW IN HIGHER EDUCATION""; ""REALITY CHECK: WHAT REALLY WORKS NOW AND WHAT WILL WORK IN THE FUTURE""; ""What Works in Business""; ""What Higher Education Can Learn from Business""; ""POLICY ISSUES BYPASSED AND THOSE DISCUSSED"" ; ""HOW WILL HIGHER EDUCATION ACQUIRE SUFFICIENT INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE?""
• Titolo autorizzato: Untangling the Web
• ISBN: 0-8330-4331-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782903403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II