Post-Secondary Education and Technology: A Global Perspective on Opportunities and Obstacles to Development (International and Development Education) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230338313 ISBN 13: 9780230338319

Verlag: AIAA, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Unique and interdisciplinary, this book looks at trends and challenges for expanding access to post-secondary education via technology through a set of case studies and analyses

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Críticas

'Information and communications technology is making an impact in higher education around the world today. It is no longer hidden, ignored, suppressed, or an afterthought. This book transports us from decades of hopeful claims about ICT in empowering the disenfranchised to a series of extraordinary projects that offer real-world evidence that such change is no longer a possibility but a reality. It enlivens classes, enriches communities, and energizes entire countries.' - Curtis J. Bonk, Professor of Instructional Systems Technology, School of Education, Indiana University "This work is a valuable compendium of insights, focusing on timely issues that are critical for us to understand more deeply. With the cutting-edge tools and creative approaches advocated by the contributors to this volume, we can meet the myriad educational challenges that will surely confront us." - Mike Scheuermann, Associate Vice President for Instructional Technology Support and executive director of the Online Learning Council, Drexel University "The ubiquity of technology is not leading to a paradigm shift in education - the shift has already occurred. This must-read book provides effective and replicable practices for optimizing distance education to increase accessibility, educational attainment, and socio-economic mobility for 'today's' global next-generation learners!" - Kristen Betts, director of Online Learning, Armstrong Atlantic Statue University .

Reseña del editor

As the global commitment to educational access has become enshrined in all levels of society, new technologies have also been developed that hold tremendous promise for enabling these goals. This new reality provides vastly expanded possibilities for inter

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: AIAA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0230338313
• ISBN 13: 9780230338319
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 294
• Herausgeber: Clothey Rebecca A., Austin-Li Stacy, Weidman John C.