Moving Towards The Virtual University
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Virtual University?
Author: Henk van der Molen
language: en
Publisher: Portland Press, London
Release Date: 2001
Higher education institutions around the world are experimenting with many different types of virtual learning environments. This book argues that information and communication technologies will have a major impact on teaching and learning and universities should have a strategy to meet this change. It posits that institutions and individuals will not be able to individually obtain the best advantages from these new technologies, that there is need for specialization and cooperation. Experiences with Internet learning indicate that students, as well as teachers, have to accept patterns quite different from the traditional teaching-learning pattern. Traditional university staff may resist these changes, but institutions which do not adjust to the new opportunities are likely to shrink or even disappear.
Technology-Enhanced Learning and the Virtual University
Author: Michael David Sankey
language: en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date: 2023-09-20
Since the first works on Higher Education Administration in the 1970s no comprehensive work in terms of purpose and scope of Higher Education has been published. There have been important changes in people’s aspirations vis-à-vis higher education globally. In parallel, the higher education systems, worldwide, have been undergoing constant transformation in response to these aspirations. From governments, employers and prospective students and their parents, the stakeholders in higher education system are now extremely varied paying close attention to the various aspects of higher education - from infrastructure, on-campus safety and security to administration, faculty and curricula. The present series attempts to take into account the issues of importance to all the stakeholders. Hence the series not only pays attention to the purpose and outcomes of higher education but also the economics surrounding higher education vis a vis marketization. The nitty gritty of running and maintaining a university infrastructure, impact of globalization and internationalization on delivery and demand of higher education, the commoditization of research, and changing paradigms of teaching and learning fall within the purview of the series. The increasing competition from other entities to provide degrees, certificates or other forms of credentials makes it important to have a work that brings all of the elements together to see how they actually interact and inter-relate from a systems perspective. The present series attempts to comprehensively attend to these issues and provide a complete reference resource to all those involved and interested in setting up of a Higher Education institution and its administration.
The Virtual University
E-learning and the virtual university are examples of the use of information and communication technology (ICT) as a teaching and learning approach and an organizational structure. Both raise issues associated with the phenomenon of cross-border education. This publication explores the related ICT policy, planning and management implications of several new or reorganized institutions of higher education. Three background chapters describe the context - the trends and challenges and the impact of cross-border education. Eight case studies from different regions and representing various institutional models tell the story of their development and relate what they have learned.