Virtual Learning and Higher Education

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-90-420-1129-8
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 305 g

Reihe: At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries

It is clear that the Internet and other global information infrastructures provide a major challenge to Higher Education. Questions such as: the extent to which education should become ‘virtual’, the actual cost and value of such innovation and to what degree such education suits its stakeholders (e.g. students) are now discussed the world over. These issues formed the focus for a conference held at Mansfield College, Oxford in September 2002 and this book contains the most rounded and challenging papers from that event.

The book is divided into three main parts which consist of the following themes within Higher Education: current practical and planned uses for Virtual Learning; the future ‘Virtual’ vision; and the large questions that remain unanswered behind ‘Virtual Education’.

The contributors range from the nerdy end of experimenters of futuristic innovative technologies via the practitioner middle of well-known organizers of existing virtual systems to the other extreme of the critical engagement of philosophers.

This stimulating and important book is aimed at researchers of topics such as technology-driven Education, Philosophy, Innovation and Cultural Studies. It is also meant to appeal to anyone with interest in the impact that the technological virtual will have upon Higher Education in future.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Preston, David Seth

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik E-Learning, Bildungstechnologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Hochschuldidaktik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein E-Learning
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
PART I Frontierland: Exploring the Uses of Virtual Leaning Environments
Mike WARING and Kate BOARDMAN: Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn: A Developmental Framework for Teacher Training
Melissa Lee PRICE and Andy LAPHAM: The Virtual Seminar
Lynda R. ROSS and Alan DAVIS: Going from Distance to Digital: Athabasca University’s E-Learning Plan
Brent MUIRHEAD: Online Resource Page: Using Technology to Enhance Online Interactivity
PART II Into the Unknown: Charting the Future of Virtual Learning Environments in Higher Education
Craig THOMSON: Working and Learning Together: ICT-Supported Learning in Small Business
Mark STILES: Strategic and Pedagogic Requirements for Virtual Learning in the Context of Widening Participation
Mike FULLER: Assessment for Real in Virtual Learning Environments – How Far Can We Go?
PART III Looking Before Leaping: Issues In Virtual Higher Education
James WOOD: C.P. Snow Revisited: The Two Cultures of Faculty and Administration
Adrian BROMAGE: Atatvistic Avatars: Ontology, Education and ‘Virtual Worlds’
David Seth PRESTON: Virtual Values: The University in E-Crisis
Notes on Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

David Seth Preston has degrees from the universities of London, Loughborough and Sheffield. His background is in applied Information Systems especially within engineering firms. He is author of over a hundred refereed papers and four books. His interests are in the ethical issues raised by technology. He is married with three children and his main wish for the future is the continued well being of his family. His subsidiary hopes include the development of English universities that are not rife with corruption.