The Digital Revolution and the Coming of the Postmodern University

ISBN-13: 9780415369848 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 129 str.

Carl A. Raschke

Opis

The use of online, or digital, learning is expanding across the globe changing many aspects of society and culture. The creation of the eUniversity in the UK and other virtual universities across Europe and America has been the response to this digital revolution.

Spis treści

Preface 1. Higher Education and the Postmodern Condition 2. The Third Knowledge Revolution and the Coming of the Hyperuniversity 3. From Medieval Caravan to Information Superhighway: The New Epistemology of Learning 4. The Internet Protocol and the Emergence of a Digital Learning Architecture 5. Beyond Education: The Age of Transaction and the 'Scene' of Digital Learning 6. Hypertextuality and the New Terrain of Liberal Learning 7. Postmodernist Premises 8. The Global University 9. Knowledge

O autorze

Carl Raschke is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Denver. He writes for The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The Wallstreet Journal, and has appeared regularly on TV programmes like 'Good Morning America' and other talk shows.