Universities, Disruptive Technologies, and Continuity in Higher Education [electronic resource] : The Impact of Information Revolutions /
Moodie, Gavin.author.
This book seeks to understand the effects of the current information revolution on universities by examining the effects of two previous information revolutions: Gutenberg’s invention and proof of printing in 1450 and the Scientific Revolution from the mid- fifteenth to the end of the seventeenth century. Moodie reviews significant changes since the early modern period in universities’ students, libraries, curriculum, pedagogy, lectures, assessment, research, and the dissemination of these changes across the globe. He argues that significant changes in the transmission and dissemination of disciplinary knowledge are shaped by the interaction of three factors: financial, technological, and physical resources; the nature, structure and level of knowledge; and the methods available for managing knowledge.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1 Changing Universities -- Chapter 2 Students and Society -- Chapter 3 Libraries -- Chapter 4 Curriculum -- Chapter 5 Pedagogical Change -- Chapter 6 Lectures -- Chapter 7 Assessment -- Chapter 8 Advancing Knowledge -- Chapter 9 Disseminating Knowledge -- Chapter 10 Progress and Prospects. .
This book seeks to understand the effects of the current information revolution on universities by examining the effects of two previous information revolutions: Gutenberg’s invention and proof of printing in 1450 and the Scientific Revolution from the mid- fifteenth to the end of the seventeenth century. Moodie reviews significant changes since the early modern period in universities’ students, libraries, curriculum, pedagogy, lectures, assessment, research, and the dissemination of these changes across the globe. He argues that significant changes in the transmission and dissemination of disciplinary knowledge are shaped by the interaction of three factors: financial, technological, and physical resources; the nature, structure and level of knowledge; and the methods available for managing knowledge.
Higher education.
Higher Education.