Access to Knowledge: New Information Technologies and the Emergence of the Virtual University

By T. Della Senta, Tschang T. Tschang, F. Ted Tschang, et al.

This book examines how the higher education environment is being shaped by new information technologies, with a particular focus on technologies based in the Internet. This work will illustrate a vision of how virtual universities and their elements are emerging, and of how they can be shaped to the needs of knowledge-based societies. It will also examine what requirements and policies are necessary to effect the worldwide transformation of educational systems, especially given the disparate needs and capabilities across countries.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0080436706
• ISBN13: 9780080436708
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Pergamon
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 1.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"