Mega-universities and knowledge media : technology strategies for higher education

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• List of Figures and Tables = ⅵ
• Series Editor's Foreword = ⅶ
• Foreword / by Russell Edgerton[President of the American Association for Higher Education] = ⅷ
• Acknowledgements = ⅹ
• Glossary of Acronyms = xii
• Introduction = 1
• 1. University Renewal for a New Millennium = 4
• Where are those new universities? = 4
• Education for all : an imperative for world security = 5
• Comfort of continuity ; challenge of change = 6
• Universities and quality = 8
• Technology and the agenda for renewal = 10
• Summary = 12
• 2. Challenges on Campus = 13
• A world of contrasts and similarities = 13
• Universities and governments = 14
• Challenges and opportunities = 16
• The undernourished core = 17
• An example : the University of Utah = 19
• Visions of the technological future = 22
• From vision to reality = 24
• Summary = 27
• 3. The Mega-Universities = 29
• What is a mega-university? = 29
• Why study the mega-universities? = 30
• Why were the mega-universities established? = 33
• Current roles in national policy = 33
• Access to communications facilities = 34
• Linkages to the rest of higher education = 35
• Students = 37
• Student performance = 37
• Curricula = 38
• Research = 38
• Cost-effectiveness = 39
• Operating systems = 40
• Production processes = 41
• Quality and recognition = 42
• International roles = 43
• Implications for campus universities = 43
• Summary = 44
• 4. The Essentials of Distance Education = 46
• Introduction = 46
• History = 47
• Technology = 50
• Pedagogy = 56
• Economy = 60
• Summary = 65
• 5. Universities and Competitive Advantage = 67
• Renewal and competition = 67
• Competitive advantage : key concepts = 68
• The success of the mega-universities = 70
• Implications = 72
• The value chain = 73
• The value chain and cost advantage = 78
• The value chain and differentiation = 79
• Technology and competitive advantage = 80
• Tests of sustainable advantage = 81
• Technology and industry structure = 82
• Issues in developing a technology strategy = 83
• Formulating a technology strategy = 84
• Summary = 85
• 6. Making Technology Attractive = 86
• Will students want it? = 86
• The technology adoption life-cycle = 88
• Crossing the chasm = 90
• The whole product = 91
• From the bowling alley to the tornado = 93
• On to Main Street = 96
• Competitive advantage = 97
• Strategic partnerships = 98
• Organizational leadership = 99
• Summary = 100
• 7. The Knowledge Media = 101
• Introduction = 101
• The agenda for renewal = 103
• Teaching effectiveness and learning productivity = 105
• Recreating the academy as a community = 122
• Production and delivery of courses and intellectual assets = 129
• Logistics in dispersed institutions = 132
• Summary = 135
• 8. Implementing a Technology Strategy = 136
• Framework for a technology strategy = 136
• Technology strategies for campus universities = 142
• A technology strategy for a mega-university : the UKOU = 149
• Summary = 162
• Conclusions = 163
• Appendix. The Mega-Universities : Profiles = 166
• The China TV University System(CTVU) = 166
• The Centre National d'Enseignement $$\bprime a$$ Distance(CNED), France = 169
• The Indira Gandhi National Open University(IGNOU), India = 172
• Universitas Terbuka(UT), Indonesia = 175
• Payame Noor University(PNU), Iran = 177
• The Korea National Open University(KNOU), Korea = 180
• The University of South Africa(UNISA) = 182
• Universidad Nacional de Educaci$$o'$$n a Distancia(UNED), Spain = 186
• Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University(STOU), Thailand = 188
• Anadolu University(AU), Turkey = 191
• The Open University(UKOU), United Kingdom = 193
• Bibliography = 197
• Subject Index = 206
• Name Index = 209