Higher education's strategic response to on-line learning : critical perspectives and creative successes / guest editors, Baron Kunstler and Jonathan Gueverra.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kunstler, Barton.

Gueverra, Jonathan.

Series:

On the Horizon - Issue 3, Volume 15

On the Horizon ; 15, no. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Distance education--Computer network resources.

Distance education.

Computer-assisted instruction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (72 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The History of online education has been compressed into a brief period, but it has already undergone several phases: from initial euphoria over the possibilities for expanded enrollments to a realization that online learning posed a new set of knotty pedagogical and institutional issues, to a current maturing phase. In this latter phase there is a pressing need for a public dialog that addresses the institutional challenges inherent in online education, and that provides examples of successful

Contents:

Cover; Table of contents; Prolegomena to a discourse; Changing the landscape: more institutions pursue online offerings; Repositioning for a virtual culture; Teaching online in the Bronx: local distance education; Strategic initiatives in the online environment: opportunities and challenges; New questions for online learning, and new answers: the case of the CUNY Online Baccalaureate; Pedagogy and technology - which has the upper hand? Lessons from technological implementation at the College of Judea and Samaria, Israel; From distance to online: a consortium approach

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-281-07932-4

9786611079321

1-84663-649-3

OCLC:

182580069