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Technological Change, Virtual Learning, and Higher Education: Prospects, Problems, Potentials

Technological Change, Virtual Learning, and Higher Education: Prospects, Problems, Potentials

Mark A. Shields
Copyright: © 2000 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781878289865|ISBN10: 1878289861|EISBN13: 9781466601123
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-878289-86-5.ch010
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Shields, Mark A. "Technological Change, Virtual Learning, and Higher Education: Prospects, Problems, Potentials." Social Dimensions of Information Technology: Issues for the New Millennium, edited by G. David Garson, IGI Global, 2000, pp. 160-176. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-878289-86-5.ch010

APA

Shields, M. A. (2000). Technological Change, Virtual Learning, and Higher Education: Prospects, Problems, Potentials. In G. Garson (Ed.), Social Dimensions of Information Technology: Issues for the New Millennium (pp. 160-176). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-878289-86-5.ch010

Chicago

Shields, Mark A. "Technological Change, Virtual Learning, and Higher Education: Prospects, Problems, Potentials." In Social Dimensions of Information Technology: Issues for the New Millennium, edited by G. David Garson, 160-176. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2000. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-878289-86-5.ch010

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Abstract

This chapter takes a critical look at the current enthusiasm for on-line distance education and virtual learning, as well as some deeper cultural and institutional implications of technological modernization for higher education’s future. I address four complex questions: Does computer-based instruction really improve pedagogy and add value to the learning process? Will the spread of computing and information technologies reinforce, even exacerbate, broader social inequalities? Can on-line education contribute to sustainable intellectual communities in cyberspace? Are pressures for commercialization undermining the ethos of higher education?

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