Mega - Universities and Knowledge Media: Technology Strategies for Higher Education

John Daniel

Psychology Press, 1998 - Education - 212 pages

Many campus universities are now adopting and adapting distance education for some of their activities. Sir John Daniel discusses the changing role of distance education and training and how to gain a competitive advantage. The central question of the book is how the knowledge media can contribute to the renewal of universities, particularly through the further development of distance learning. Part of the book examines universities that have risen to the challenges of cost and accessibility by using technology in its widest sense.

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• Challenges on Campus: 13
• The MegaUniversities: 29
• The Essentials of Distance Education: 46
• Universities and Competitive Advantage: 67
• Making Technology Attractive: 86
• The Knowledge Media: 101
• Implementing a Technology Strategy: 136
• Profiles: 166
• The Indira Gandhi National Open University IGNOU: 172
• The Korea National Open University KNOU Korea: 180
• Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia UNED: 186
• The Open University UKOU United Kingdom: 193
• Subject Index: 206

About the author

Daniel held vice-presidential positions at Athabasca Univesity, Alberta, and Concordia University, Quebec, before becoming President of Laurentian University, Ontario. He later moved to England as Vice-Chancellor of the Open University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Mega - Universities and Knowledge Media: Technology Strategies for Higher Education; Histoire des grandes villes du monde; Open and Distance Learning Series
• Author: John Daniel
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Psychology Press, 1998
• ISBN: 0749426349, 9780749426347
• Length: 212 pages
• Subjects: Education / Computers & Technology; Education / General; Education / Higher