Understanding Virtual Universities

By: Roy Rada

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Hardcover | 1 March 2013 | Edition Number 1

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All those involved in Higher Education are under pressure to familiarise themselves with the newest developments in Information Technology, and to understand the ways in which they can make use of these resources. The purpose of this book is to help academics from all disciplines to take full advantage of IT. Anticipating a future in which distance learning and virtual reality tutoring systems play a central role in university teaching, Roy Rada provides guidelines for making use of such technological opportunities. The chapters cover:

* distance learning for individual students

* groups in classrooms - focusing on interactive technology

* the university as a whole

* emerging market forces in Higher Education and training for industry

Unlike competing books that focus on specific aspects of the subject, Understanding Virtual Universities combines managerial, social and technical issues, to provide a comprehensive approach to Information Technology for Higher Education.

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Preface	p. 1
Contribution and Use	p. 1
Audience	p. 1
Knowledge Base and Author Experience	p. 2
What is Covered and What Not	p. 2
Acknowledgements	p. 2
Introduction	p. 4
Education in Cyberspace	p. 4
Integration across Levels	p. 6
The Culture of Universities	p. 7
Learning and Content	p. 10
Introduction	p. 10
Learning and Pedagogy	p. 11
Taxonomy of Learning Types, Learning by Doing, Pedagogy
Delivering Interactive Content	p. 13
Historical Snapshot
Multiple-choice Questions
Directions in Testing
Intelligent Tutors
Virtual Reality Tutors
Meta-analysis
Hypertext versus Paper
System Standard
Producing Interactive Content	p. 24
Regional Effort
Organizational Issues
Course Architecture and Life Cycle
Summary	p. 29
Teaching and Class	p. 31
Introduction	p. 31
Groupware	p. 32
Communication	p. 33
Video Conferencing
Group Hypertext
Bulletin Boards
Multiple Channel
Virtual Classroom	p. 37
System
Student Experiences
Teacher Costs
Other Cases
Studio Course	p. 40
Studio Course Structure
Results
Efficiency and Peer-Peer Assessment	p. 42
1996 and 1997 Version
1998 Version
Meta-analysis	p. 46
Conclusion	p. 47
Administering Universities	p. 49
Introduction	p. 49
History of Universities and Technology	p. 50
Medieval Times
17th through 19th Century
20th Century
Libraries and the Internet
Delivering Degrees	p. 56
Distance Education Survey
Trends by Discipline
Trends by Date
An Online Degree
Open University
University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Running a University	p. 59
A Model of Change
Budgets
Unbundling the Product
Quality Control
Producing University Information Systems	p. 69
Generations
Different University Needs
All Purpose
Limited Systems
A Historical Example
A Common Architecture of Components
A Structure/Function Model
Digital Nervous System	p. 77
New Marketing Opportunities	p. 79
Using the Internet to Advertise	p. 80
Educating Employees and Customers	p. 80
Global Giants
Industry Patterns
Associate of Arts Degree in Telecommunications
Customers are Students
Brokers	p. 83
The Model
School U Company
Teacher U Student
Catalogs and Auctions
Franchises and Consultants
Publishers	p. 91
A Diverse Conglomerate
Specialty Publisher
Conclusion	p. 93
Conclusion	p. 95
Summary	p. 95
Five-year Future	p. 96
Thirty-year Future	p. 98
Dialectics	p. 99
Friction-Free Education	p. 99
Epilogue	p. 101
Exercises and Answers	p. 103
Learning and Courseware	p. 104
Learning and Pedagogy
Courseware Types
Courseware Production
Teaching and Classrooms	p. 107
Groupware
Communication Channels
Asynchronous Classroom
Studio Course
Efficiency and Group Roles
Administering Schools	p. 110
History
Delivering
Systems
Quality Control
New Marketing Opportunities	p. 112
Employees
Brokers
Publishers
Conclusion	p. 115
References	p. 116
Index	p. 120
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