Title Access to knowledge : new information technologies and the emergence of the virtual university / edited by F. Ted Tschang and Tarcisio Della Senta

Edition First edition Published [Tokyo] : United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies ; Amsterdam ; London : Pergamon, 2001

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Description xviii, 434 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series Issues in higher education Issues in higher education (Oxford, England) Contents Machine derived contents note: Introduction to issues in higher education. Preface. Authors. Introduction. (T. Tschang, T. Della Senta). Knowledge-Based Perspectives on Learning and Institutional Change. Virtual universities and learning environments: characterizing their emergence and design (T. Tschang). Learning environments: the virtual university and beyond (M. Dillinger). Reforming the educational knowledge base: course content and skills in the internet age (J. Szczypula et al. ). Transforming Learning Environments with New Technologies. Internet technologies: towards advanced infrastructure and learning applications (Ng Chong). Course delivery systems for the virtual university (P. Brusilovsky, P. Miller). Digital libraries and virtual universities (C.L. Borgman). Social foundations for collaboration in virtual environments (G. Mark). Moving Towards the Virtual University: Institutional Experiences from Different Regions. Institutional models for virtual universities (R. Mason). From traditional distance learning to virtual distance learning in higher education in Africa: trends and challenges (M. Juma). Graduate studies at a distance: the construction of a Brazilian model (R. Barcia et al. ). The ITESM virtual university: towards a transformation of Higher Education (M.M. Perez). Distance higher education and a new trend of virtual universities in Asia (A. Yoshida). The internet and virtual universities: towards learning and knowledge systems (T. Tschang) Author index. Subject index Notes At foot of title: The United Nations University ; UNU/IAS, Institute of Advanced Studies ; IAU ; Unesco Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Subject Distance education. Internet in education. Internet in higher education. Universities and colleges -- Data processing. Virtual reality in education. Author Della Senta, Tarcisio. Tschang, F. Ted. International Association of Universities. United Nations University. LC no. 2001274670 ISBN 0080436706

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