On the horizon. Volume 16, Number 1, The library and the internet / Guest editor, Dr. Boria Sax.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sax, Boria.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Institute for Academic and Professional Leadership.

Series:

On the Horizon - Volume 16, Edition 1

On the horizon ; v. 16, no. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational change.

Educational planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (48 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Bradford, England] : Emerald, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This e-book of On the Horizon, edited by Boria Sax, is devoted to new concepts and innovations in higher education, especially online, that may provide impetus for a paradigm shift. In his introduction entitled "The Library and the Internet," Boria Sax analyzes the ways in which digital technologies may impact the traditional tension between the realm of books and reality. In "The Café University," Cornel Reinhart argues that cutting-edge technologies from podcasts to virtual reality do not fit harmoniously with the hierarchic structures of a traditional university. In "Can we Talk?" Carla Pay

Contents:

Cover; Table of contents; Editorial; Guest editorial; Constructing the cafe ́ university: teaching and learning on the digital frontier; Can we talk? Course management software and the construction of knowledge; Adaptive individualization: the next generation of online education

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-281-38534-4

9786611385347

1-84663-791-0

OCLC:

244485564