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Untangling the Web : applications of the Internet and other information technologies to higher education

Author: David McArthur; Matthew W Lewis; Rand Education (Institute)
Publisher: Santa Monica : Rand, 1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : Document : eBook   Computer File : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Computer File, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: David McArthur; Matthew W Lewis; Rand Education (Institute)
ISBN: 0833026178 9780833026170
OCLC Number: 38890728
Notes: "MR-975-EDU"--Cover, p. [4].
Description: xxii, 114 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Figures --
A Qualified Vision --
Qualifications on the Vision: Why the Road to Revolution Might Be Rocky --
The Plan --
Benefits for Learning and Instruction Delivery --
Reducing Costs and Increasing Productivity --
CAI and CBT --
Distance Learning --
Internet Impact: Distance Learning, Cost Reduction, and Increased Access --
Reflection: The Death of Distance As a Barrier to Learning --
Increasing Quality and Productivity --
CAI and CBT --
Intellilgent Tutoring Systems --
Interactive Learning Environments --
Internet Impact: Turning Expensive Stand-Alone Systems into Cheaper Distance-Learning Technologies --
Reflection: Many Interesting Options, Many Hard Choices --
Improving the Creation of Instruction and Learning Materials --
Expanding Traditional Methods of Production --
Digital Libraries: New Media, New Services, New Institutions --
Tools to Find and Organize Information --
Aggregating Single Libraries into Mega-Libraries --
Obstacles to Building Productive Digital Libraries --
Digital Publishers: Jumping into the Future or Holding onto the Past? --
Internet Impact: Innovative Ways to Create New Instruction and Learning Materials --
Challenges to Building Productive Individual Publishing Communities in Higher Education --
Reflection: Many Interesting Options, Many Hard Choices: A Reprise --
Creating Connected Educational Communities --
BioMedNet: An Example of Electronic Communities --
Virtual Universities: Old Wine in New Bottles? --
Athena --
GNA --
Reflection: Networked Communities and Higher-Education Goals.
Responsibility: David J. McArthur, Matthew W. Lewis.

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