The Digital University - Building a Learning Community

by Stephen Hailes (Editor), Reza Hazemi (Editor)

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 the virtual classroom, vicarious learning, and educational metadata. The main body of the text focuses on asynchronous collaboration by examining the following four key principles, experiences, evaluation, and benefits. A timely and up-most important guide to all aspects of modern university education in the digital age.

272 pages, Paperback

First published December 18, 2001