Digital academe : the new media and institutions of higher education and learning ; [... international conference on "New Media in Higher Education and Learning" organized in 1999

This book responds to an ever-increasing call from educators, policy makers, journalists, parents and the public at large for analysis that cuts through the hype surrounding the information revolution to address key issues associated with new media in higher education and learning. This collection is of value to those who are seeking a critical, non-commercial exposition of both the enormous opportunities and challenges for higher education that are tied to the use of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the development of distance education and distributed learning. The chapters are written by leading exponents, practitioners and researchers from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and the collection as a whole spans national boundaries and reaches beyond the research community to relate to issues of policy and practice. Introduction, New Media And Institutions Of Higher Education And Learning / William H. Dutton And Brian D. Loader -- Technology And The Future Of The University : A Sober View / A. Michael Noll -- Defining Moments : The Tension Between Richness And Reach / Trevor Haywood -- Making The Case Online : Harvard Business School Multimedia / Sylvia Sensiper -- Targeting Working Professionals : The Case Of Master Of Arts In Gerontology / Edward Schneider, Maria Henke And Carl Renold -- Students' Difficulties In A Web-based Distance Education Course : An Ethnographic Study / Noriko Hara And Rob Kling -- New Game In Town : Competitive Higher Education In American Research Universities / Lloyd Armstrong -- Jones International University : A Pioneering Virtual University / Pamela S. Pease -- Open University Of Catalonia : A European Virtual University Initiative / Emma Kiselyova -- Distance Learning Through Highly-interactive Tutorials / Alfred Bork -- Promoting Scholarship Through Design / Tamara Sumner -- Infrastructure And Institutional Change In The Networked University / Philip E. Agre -- Competition And Collaboration In Online Distance Learning / Walter S. Baer -- Distance Education Provision By Universities : How Institutional Contexts Affect Choices / Oliver Boyd-barrett -- Virtual University Of Applied Sciences : A Flagship German Project / Rose M.m. Wagner -- Virtual Learning And The Network Society / Martin Harris -- Informational View Of The University / Neil Pollock -- 'information Society' As Theory Or Ideology : A Critical Perspective On Technology, Education And Employment In The Information Age / Nicholas Garnham -- New Information Technologies And The Restructuring Of Higher Education : The Constitutional View / Sandra Braman -- New Media And Distance Education : Eu And Us Perspectives / Alain Dumort -- Virtual University Is-- The University Made Concrete? / James Cornford -- Enhancing Discourse On New Technology Within Higher Education / Michele H. Jackson And Stephen D. Mcdowell -- Toward A Digital Academe : Guiding Principles For Innovations In Online Education / William H. Dutton [and Others]. Edited By William H. Dutton And Brian D. Loader. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [336]-358) And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 8 List of illustrations......Page 12 Notes on contributors......Page 13 Foreword by Asa Briggs......Page 17 Preface......Page 21 Acknowledgments......Page 24 List of abbreviations and acronyms......Page 27 List of relevant Web sites......Page 30 Introduction......Page 34 1 Technology and the future of the university: a sober view......Page 68 2 Defining moments: the tension between richness and reach......Page 72 3 Making the case online: Harvard Business School multimedia......Page 83 4 Targeting working professionals: the case of a Master of Arts in Gerontology......Page 89 5 Students’ difficulties in a Web-based distance education course......Page 95 6 A new game in town: competitive higher education in American research universities......Page 120 7 Jones International University......Page 149 8 The Open University of Catalonia......Page 154 9 Distance learning through highly-interactive tutorials......Page 161 10 Promoting scholarship through design......Page 168 11 Infrastructure and institutional change in the networked university......Page 185 12 Competition and collaboration in online distance learning......Page 202 13 Distance education provision by universities......Page 218 15 Virtual learning and the network society......Page 248 16 The informational view of the university......Page 265 17 ‘Information Society’ as theory or ideology......Page 286 18 New information technologies and the restructuring of higher education: the constitutional view......Page 301 19 New media and distance education: EU and US perspectives......Page 323 20 The virtual university is ... the university made concrete?......Page 334 21 Enhancing discourse on new technology within higher education......Page 351 22 Toward a digital academe......Page 361 Bibliography......Page 369 Index......Page 392 Digital Academe draws together contributions from leading international practitioners, educationalists and researchers to offer informed perspectives on developments and options in distance education and distributed learning I greatly appreciate being asked to write a forward to this lively and in many places provocative book.