Digital technologies in higher education : sweeping expectations and actual effects / Sarah Guri-Rosenblit

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guri-Rozenblit, Sarah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ensenyament universitari--Ensenyament assistit per ordinador.

Ensenyament universitari--Efecte de les innovacions tecnològiques.

Local Subjects:

Ensenyament universitari--Ensenyament assistit per ordinador.

Ensenyament universitari--Efecte de les innovacions tecnològiques.

Genre:

Llibres electrònics

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, cop. 2009

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work looks at how new technologies challenge higher education institutions world-wide to redefine their student constituencies, their partners and competitors and to redesign their research infrastructures and teaching practices.

Contents:

Intro

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIESIN HIGHER EDUCATION:SWEEPING EXPECTATIONSAND ACTUAL EFFECTS

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

THE TOWER OF BABEL SYNDROME

CONFUSING TERMINOLOGY

'E-LEARNING' AND 'DISTANCE EDUCATION': NOT THE SAMETHING

On Remoteness and Proximity

Target Populations

A NEW PARADIGM IN LEARNING/TEACHINGPRACTICES?

SWEEPING EXPECTATIONS

ACADEMIC FACULTY: TRADITIONAL ROLES THROUGHOUTHISTORY

ACADEMIC FACULTY IN THE DIGITAL ERA: NEW ROLESAND CHALLENGING DEMANDS

Distributed Teaching Responsibility

Time Consumption and Lack of Incentives

Lack of Technological Literacy and Support Systems

Burnout

Intellectual Property Rights

PRINCIPLES OF GOOD PRACTICE IN UNIVERSITY TEACHINGAS BENCHMARKS

1. Good Practice Encourages Student-Faculty Contact

2. Good Practice Encourages Cooperation Among Students

3. Good Practice Encourages Active Learning

4. Good Practice Gives Prompt Feedback

5. Good Practice Emphasizes Time on Task

6. Good Practice Communicates High Expectations

7. Good Practice Respects Diverse Talents and Ways of Learning

REVOLUTION OR EVOLUTION?

Add-on Functions

Impact Studies on Students' Achievements

Institutional Policies

SOME ERRONEOUS ASSUMPTIONS

SPACE AND TIME AS BARRIERS TO OVERCOME

THE URGE TO BROADEN ACCESS

SELF-EVIDENT ADVANTAGES OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES

NATURAL STUDY INCLINATIONS OF YOUNG STUDENTS

IMPARTING INFORMATION VERSUS CONSTRUCTINGKNOWLEDGE

MAKING PROFITS AND ACHIEVING ECONOMIES-OF-SCALE

DIVERSE HIGHER EDUCATIONENVIRONMENTS

DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

China, India and Some other Emerging Economies

Digital Divide

Africa

The Potential of the Mobile Technologies in Developing Countries

NATIONAL ACADEMIC CULTURES AND POLICIES

Mass Media in Distance Teaching Universities

Government Policies.

Advantages of Anglo-Saxon Countries

Continental European Countries

Unique Attributes of the US Higher Education Culture

ACADEMIC VERSUS BUSINESS CULTURES

DIFFERENT-TYPE INSTITUTIONS

Communication: Merits and Problems

Access: On Equality and Duplication

Update of Study Materials: Potential and Difficulties

DIVERSE SUBJECT-MATTERS

NAVIGATING BETWEEN CONTRASTINGTRENDS

GLOBALIZATION VERSUS NATIONAL NEEDS

BROADENING ACCESS VERSUS MARKETIZATION

COMPETITION VERSUS COLLABORATION

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY VERSUS INTELLECTUALPHILANTHROPY

QUO VADIS? - SOME FUTURE TRENDS

PROMOTING INSTITUTIONAL DIVERSITY

ENHANCING FLEXIBILITY

CHANGING ROLES OF ACADEMIC FACULTY

CONSOLIDATING RESEARCH FINDINGS ON TEACHING ANDLEARNING

EMERGENCE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES

REFERENCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-166) and index

ISBN:

1-61728-369-X

OCLC:

662453087