Access to Knowledge: New Information Technologies and the Emergence of the Virtual University

ISBN-13: 9780080436708 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 452 str.

Tarcisio Della Santa;F.Ted Tschang

Opis

Hardbound. This book examines how the higher education environment is being shaped by new information technologies, with a particular focus on technologies based in the Internet. The work will illustrate a vision of how virtual universities and their elements are emerging, and of how they can be shaped to the needs of knowledge-based societies. It will also examine what requirements and policies are necessary to effect the worldwide transformation of educational systems, especially given the disparate needs and capabilities across countries.