The Digital University - Building a Learning Community

This is the thoroughly revised second edition of one of the first books to provide an overview of how key aspects of university life - such as teaching, academic research, administration, management and course design - are being affected by digital and web-enabled technologies. More than three-quarters of the material has been revised and updated. Still further, three new chapters now address the following aspects: the virtual classroom, vicarious learning, and educational metadata. The main body of the text focuses on asynchronous collaboration by examining the following four key topics: principles, experiences, evaluation, and benefits. A timely and up-most important guide to all aspects of modern university education in the digital age.

Contenu

1. Introduction.- 2. Universities, Dearing, and the Future.- 3. Managing Distance Learning: New Challenges for Faculty.- 4. Collaborative Interactions in Support of Learning: Models, Metaphors and Management.- 5. Managing Tertiary Education in a Global Virtual Environment: Networked Educational Management.- 6. Eclass.- 7. Learning Gains in a Multi-User Discussion System Used with Social Science Students - The Comentor Experience.- 8. The Application of Business Groupware Technologies to Support Collaborative Learning With Face-to-Face Students.- 9. A Review of the Use of Asynchronous E-Seminars in Undergraduate Education.- 10. Support for Authoring and Managing Web-Based Coursework: The Taco Project.- 11. Using Lotus Notes for Asynchronous Collaborative Learning and Research.- 12. Quality of Use of Multimedia Learning Systems: Practical Considerations.- 13. Design for Motivation.- 14. Educational Metadata: Friendly Fire?.- 15. Learning Activities in a Virtual Campus.- 16. The Relevance and Impact of Collaborative Working for Management in a Digital University.- Acronyms.