Untangling the Web : applications of the Internet and other information technologies to higher learning / David J. McArthur, Matthew W. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McArthur, David, 1951-

Contributor:

Lewis, Matthew W.

Rand Education (Institute)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Computer network resources.

Education, Higher.

Internet in education.

World Wide Web.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica : Rand, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This report analyzes the role of the emerging global information infrastructure in helping higher-education institutions to improve learning and teaching, improve the creation of infrastructional and learning materials, create educational communities, compete with new providers, and address policy and planning issues.

Contents:

""PREFACE""; ""FIGURES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""IMPROVING THE CREATION OF INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING MATERIALS""; ""CREATING EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITIES""; ""COMPETING WITH NEW PROVIDERS""; ""ADDRESSING POLICY ISSUES AND PLANNING""; ""How Will Higher Education Acquire Sufficient Internet Infrastructure?""; ""How Will Higher Education Acquire Quality Courseware and Educate Staff?""; ""How Will Higher Education Choose Among Many Models for Using the Internet and Web?""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW""; ""A QUALIFIED VISION""

""Qualifications on the Vision: Why the Road to Revolution Might Be Rocky""""THE PLAN""; ""BENEFITS FOR LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION DELIVERY""; ""REDUCING COSTS AND INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY""; ""CAI and CBT""; ""Distance Learning""; ""Internet Impact: Distance Learning, Cost Reduction, and Increased Access""; ""Reflection: The Death of Distance As a Barrier to Learning""; ""INCREASING QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY""; ""CAI and CBT""; ""Intelligent Tutoring Systems""; ""Interactive Learning Environments""

""Internet Impact: Turning Expensive Stand-Alone Systems into Cheaper Distance- Learning Technologies""""Reflection: Many Interesting Options, Many Hard Choices""; ""IMPROVING THE CREATION OF INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING MATERIALS""; ""EXPANDING TRADITIONAL METHODS OF PRODUCTION""; ""DIGITAL LIBRARIES: NEW MEDIA, NEW SERVICES, NEW INSTITUTIONS""; ""Tools to Find and Organize Information""; ""Aggregating Single Libraries into Mega-Libraries""; ""Obstacles to Building Productive Digital Libraries""; ""DIGITAL PUBLISHERS: JUMPING INTO THE FUTURE OR HOLDING ONTO THE PAST?""

""INTERNET IMPACT: INNOVATIVE WAYS TO CREATE NEW INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING MATERIALS""""Challenges to Building Productive Individual Publishing Communities in Higher Education""; ""REFLECTION: MANY INTERESTING OPTIONS, MANY HARD CHOICES� A REPRISE""; ""CREATING CONNECTED EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITIES""; ""BIOMEDNET: AN EXAMPLE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES""; ""VIRTUAL UNIVERSITIES: OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES?""; ""Athena""; ""GNA""; ""REFLECTION: NETWORKED COMMUNITIES AND HIGHER- EDUCATION GOALS""; ""COMPETING WITH NEW EXTERNAL PROVIDERS OF EDUCATION""; ""WHAT ARE EXTERNAL PROVIDERS?""

""MICROSOFT TAKES OVER""""TRAINING MODEL VERSUS HIGHER-EDUCATION MODEL""; ""REFLECTION: HIGHER EDUCATION, EXTERNAL PROVIDERS, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY� FLIGHT, FIGHT, OR FRIENDS?""; ""Flight""; ""Fight""; ""Friends""; ""ADDRESSING PLANNING AND POLICY: HOW TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE INTERNET AND WWW IN HIGHER EDUCATION""; ""REALITY CHECK: WHAT REALLY WORKS NOW AND WHAT WILL WORK IN THE FUTURE""; ""What Works in Business""; ""What Higher Education Can Learn from Business""; ""POLICY ISSUES BYPASSED AND THOSE DISCUSSED""

""HOW WILL HIGHER EDUCATION ACQUIRE SUFFICIENT INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE?""

Notes:

"MR-975-EDU"--Cover, p. [4].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-114).

ISBN:

0-8330-4331-5

OCLC:

923689121