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- Emerging digital technologies provide both opportunities
and challenges for academics, students, administrators and others
involved in higher education. The Internet breaks down geographical
barriers, allowing people to access vast quantities of information
and convey messages to others all over the world. High-speed
digital networks give rise to the prospect of a convergence between
'traditional' and 'flexible' approaches to learning. It is now
possible for students to enrol in courses offered by institutions
or organisations on the other side of the world without ever
setting foot on a university campus. New 'virtual' universities,
some unashamedly profit-driven and with little commitment to
traditional scholarly values, have sprung up across the globe.
The introduction of electronic media in higher education has
altered, in both subtle and obvious ways, the relationship between
students and their teachers.
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- These innovations have prompted considerable debate, the
range and nature of which is
reflected in the contributions to this outstanding new book.
Experts from around the world who are deeply involved in these
evolving educational processes distil here their experience,
in a volume designed to provide direct insights for all who are
facing up to the new challenges posed for teaching and research.
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- ISBN 0 947568 78 6
- 2001
- £30.00/US$55.00
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