From the book lists at Adware Report:

 All information current as of 19:15:17 Pacific Time, Monday, 21 February 2005.

Untangling the Web: Applications of the Internet and Other Information Technologies to Higher Education

   by David McArthur / Matthew Lewis / California Education Roundtable / Rand Education / Rand

  Paperback:
    Rand Corporation (NBN)
    01 June, 1998

   US$15.00 

   Usually ships in 24 hours

Click the button below to . . .

    
(which will add the book to your Amazon U.S.A. "Shopping Cart")

. . . or use your browser's Back button to return to the search-list page.
Editorial description(s):

From the Publisher
In just a couple of years, the Internet and World Wide Web havetransformed communication, scholarship, and business. But whatpotential do they hold for changing higher education-the placewhere this technology, once called the ARPANET, originated overtwenty years ago? Will they help universities reduce costs in the faceof often-dramatic budget reductions? Will distance learning(dissemination of educational material and information throughelectronic and hardcopy media, rather than face-to-face), digitallibraries, and new "virtual universities" make education available tostudents cheaply, and at any place or time? Or might the Webthreaten higher education more than save it? Will nimble for-profitproviders, who now increasingly use the Internet to deliver corporatetraining, soon turn to the education market and compete with traditionalcolleges and universities? If so, how might higher-educationinstitutions respond to this challenge? How will they acquire thehardware and software needed to offer high-quality educational servicesat prices they can afford? And how can faculty quickly adapt tostyles of teaching and learning that, for example, emphasize interactivementoring instead of traditional lectures?This report is the product of a small RAND study that attempted toframe and develop some answers to these questions. It is intendedboth as a broad review of ongoing and planned applications of theInternet and Web in higher education, and as an analysis of keytechnical and educational issues-as well as broader social issuesthat these applications highlight. We hope that this report willstimulate discussions regarding the costs and benefits of Web technologiesin learning, the different models these technologies offer for providing education, and the changing relationships between traditional institutions of higher education and a new generation of providers. This paper was completed in fall of 1996 (with minor updates prior toofficial RAND publication in early 1998) and reflects the state of Web-basedtools and practices in higher education at that time. Becausethe world of cyberspace is evolving rapidly "virtual" generations aremeasured in months, not years-examples, Web links, and even institutionsdiscussed in the paper may be quickly out-of-date or extinct.The central ideas and issues, however, should have a muchlonger life, hopefully framing discussions until the Millennium andbeyond.Decisionmakers who are concerned with these technical and policyissues are a main audience for this report. It should also be of interestto academic, research, and business professionals who are concernedwith applications of information technology in education andthe social implications of those applications.The study was sponsored by the California Education Round Table.It was carried out under the auspices of RAND Education, directed byDr. Roger Benjamin.For further information on this study, contactRoger Benjamin ([email protected]),Matthew Lewis ([email protected]), orDavid McArthur ([email protected]).


About the Author
Matthew W. Lewis (Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, Carnegie-Mellon University) is an Associate Computer Scientist at RAND. Dr. Lewis is a cognitive scientist specializing in the design of information systems that support human problem solving and acquisition of cognitive skills. His research areas have included computer-based tutoring systems, exploratory and distance learning environments for high school and vocational education, and designing decision support tools for logisticians.


Book Description
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 instructional and learning materials, create educational communities, compete with new providers, and address policy and planning issues. The authors recommend that institutions coordinate technology plans and purchases; unite behind a common vision to influence the political debate; and pursue options for inexpensive end-user machines. They argue that acquiring the tools and skills with which to create Web-based distance-learning courseware can be accomplished within existing budgets if colleges and universities use existing tools and training; shift staff time from teaching to creating software; nourish grassroots publication; and examine alternative models for delivering educational services, such as creating ultrashort courses for use on an as-needed basis. They warn, however, that the effective use of technologies may threaten the current structure of higher education more than just streamline it.




Reader review(s):

(none available)
{end of page}

(Page code from the SEO Tools, Toys, and Packages site)