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

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.

• | Author: Tarcisio Della Santa
• | Publisher: Pergamon
• | Publication Date: Dec 18, 2000
• | Number of Pages: 452 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0080436706
• | ISBN-13: 9780080436708