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Untangling the web : applications of the Internet and other information technologies to higher education /

This report analyzes the role of the emerging global information infrastructure in helping higher-education institutions to improve learning and teaching, improve the creation of instructional and learning materials, create educational communities, compete with new providers, and address policy and...

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Main Author: McArthur, David, 1951-
Corporate Authors: California Education Roundtable, Rand Education (Institute), Rand Corporation
Other Authors: Lewis, Matthew W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1998.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Computer network resources.
Education, Higher > Effect of technological innovations on > United States.
Telecommunication in higher education > United States.
Internet in education.
World Wide Web.
Educational innovations > United States.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780833043313
0833043315
9780833026170
0833026178
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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 RockyTHE 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 TechnologiesReflection: 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 MATERIALSChallenges 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 OVERTRAINING 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

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