The Virtual University. Models and Messages. Lessons from Case Studies

Full title

The Virtual University. Models and Messages. Lessons from Case Studies.

452 pages, 2006.

Authors

Edited by Susan D'Antoni

Abstract

E-learning and the virtual university are examples of the use of information and communication technology (ICT) as a teaching and learning approach and an organizational structure. Both raise issues associated with the phenomenon of cross-border education. This publication explores the related ICT policy, planning and management implications of several new or reorganized institutions of higher education. Three background chapters describe the context – the trends and challenges and the impact of cross-border education. Several case studies from different regions and representing various institutional models tell the story of their development and relate what they have learned.

Includes cases of:

UNITAR, Malaysia

Campus Numérique Francophone de Dakar, Senegal

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Spain

Universidad Virtual de Quilmes, Argentina

USQ Online, Australia

Athabasca University, Canada

African Virtual University, Kenyatta University, Kenya

University of Maryland University College (UMUC), USA

L'Université Virtuelle en Pays de la Loire, France

NetVarsity, India