The e-University Compendium

The e-University Compendium is a collection of 23 reports and annexes published in August 2004.

It was available from 2004 on the Higher Education Academy web site at http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/resource_database/euniversity_compendium [no longer active], and on several other sites but the passage of time has mean that many links have decayed as institutions evolve and change.

From the Introduction:

The documents that comprise the majority of this compendium were commissioned by HEFCE in the period 2000–01 to inform the planning of the proposed UK e-University. At that time a wide range of business, organisational, pedagogic and technological models for the e-University were being proposed and discussed, so that the papers took a wide view of higher education distance e-learning exemplars and systems, both in the four home nations of the UK and around the world.

The papers were later edited for publication by Paul Bacsich and Sara Frank Bristow and released in August 2004.

The chapters are as follows:

1. Introduction to Virtual Universities and e-Universities by Professor Paul Bacsich - http://virtual-learning.referata.com/wiki/File:EUNI-chap01-VUsandEUs-2004.pdf
2. Overview of the e-University Concept by Quentin Thompson - http://virtual-learning.referata.com/wiki/File:EUNI-chap02-VU-overview-2004.pdf
3. A Study on Market Issues for the Proposed e-University by John Fielden, with Professor Robin Middlehurst, Allan Schofield, Roger Rist, Svava Bjarnason, Richard Garrett, Jennifer Maxwell and Karen Abercromby - http://virtual-learning.referata.com/wiki/File:EUNI-chap03-eUni-market-2004.pdf
4. Introduction to the “Impact of the Internet” Case Studies by Professor Paul Bacsich
5. Impact of the Internet on Higher Education in the Netherlands by Petra Boezerooy and Eric Beerkens, with Professor Betty Collis, Jeroen Huisman and Professor Jef Moonen - http://virtual-learning.referata.com/wiki/File:EUNI-chap05-Netherlands-2004.pdf
6. Impact of the Internet on Higher Education in Finland by Professor Jef Moonen and Professor Betty Collis, with Eric Beerkens, Petra Boezerooy and Jeroen Huisman - http://virtual-learning.referata.com/wiki/File:EUNI-chap06-Finland-2004.pdf
7. Impact of the Internet on Higher Education in the Spanish-speaking World by Albert Sangra, Andy Wolfe, John Newton and Mark Harrison - http://virtual-learning.referata.com/wiki/File:EUNI-chap07-Spanish-2004.pdf
8. Impact of the Internet on Higher Education in Australia and Asia by Yoni Ryan, with Professor Roger King - http://virtual-learning.referata.com/wiki/File:EUNI-chap08-Australasia-2004.pdf
9. North America and Private Sector Context by Harvey Blustain - http://virtual-learning.referata.com/wiki/File:EUNI-chap09-North-America-2004.pdf
10. Report on CANARIE by Harvey Blustain - http://virtual-learning.referata.com/wiki/File:EUNI-chap10-CANARIE-2004.pdf
11. Report on UNext and Cardean University by Harvey Blustain and Phil Goldstein - http://virtual-learning.referata.com/wiki/File:EUNI-chap11-Cardean-2004.pdf
12. Report on University of Maryland University College by Harvey Blustain and Samuel J. Levy - http://virtual-learning.referata.com/wiki/File:EUNI-chap12-UMUC-2004.pdf
13. Report on JSTOR by Michael O'Leary
14. Report on Cisco Systems by Harvey Blustain and Judith Pirani
15. Introduction to the e-Tools Studies by Professor Paul Bacsich
16. The e-Tools (1) Report: Pedagogic, Assessment and Tutoring Tools (Learning Platforms) by Professor Paul Bacsich, with Professor Robin Mason, Paul Lefrere and Peter Bates
17. The e-Tools (2) Report: Electronic Learning Resources by Paul Miller, Michael Day, Ian Dolphin, Derek Morrison and Cris Woolston
18. The e-Tools (3) Report: Electronic Administrative Systems by Christopher Dean, Oleg Liber, Sandy Britain and Bill Olivier
19. Introduction to the OCF Reports by Professor Paul Bacsich, Professor Keith Baker, Jonathan Darby, Dick Davies, Charles Jennings, Professor Robin Mason, Paul Miller, Derek Morrison and Cris Woolston
20. Learning Materials and Environments: Summary Report and Recommendations by Professor Keith Baker
21. Tutorial Support Functions by Professor Robin Mason
22. Learning Programme Management Systems by Professor Paul Bacsich
23. Disability and Social Inclusion for the e-University by David French et al.

In addition there are several other components:

• Introduction
• Chronology
• Abbreviations
• Glossary
• Contributors
• A Note on House Style

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