description: The Learning Revolution is an enlightening survey of change in the teaching/learning process of higher education. Chapters contributed by prominent educational leaders examine how various colleges and universities are responding to today’s pressing challenges, particularly those concerning productivity, quality, access, and competitiveness. Technology’s role in educational change is a central theme as contributors share information on its uses, possibilities, and benefits. Contents • An overview of the learning revolutionby Diana G. Oblinger &amp; Sean C. Rush, IBM• Changes driving the transformation of higher educationby Michael Hooker, Chancellor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill• Information technology as change agentby Charles N. Tuller, Sr. VP, IBM• How technology moves institutions from preaching change to practicing itby Gregory C. Farrington, Dean, University of Pennsylvania• Mobile computing, teaching, and learningby Donald G. Sargeant, Chancellor, University of Minnesota, Crookston• Project Active and collaborative learning at Penn. Stateby Robert Dunham, Executive VP, Pennsylvania State University• Reengineering an undergraduate curriculumby Jack M. Wilson, Dean, Renesselaer Polytechnic Institute• Collaborative education and the use of discussion databasesby Steven H. Nickles, Professor of Law, Wake Forest University &amp; Craig Runde, Director, West Legal Publishing• Transforming a teaching institution to a learning institutionby Terry O’Banion, Executive Director, League for Innovation in the Community College• The library of the futureSuzanne E. Thorin, University of Indiana &amp; Virginia O. Sorkin, US Library of Congress• Balancing tradition and changeby Thomas K. Hearn, Jr., President, Wake Forest University• A learning enterprise for the cyber The Western Governors University by Hon. Michael O. Leavitt, Governor of Utah• The wired campus and institutional futuresby William F. Massy, President, Jackson Hole Higher Education Group &amp; Professor Emeritus, Stanford University• Asynchronous learning networksby A. Frank Mayadas, Program Officer, Sloan Foundation• Challenges of the learning revolutionby Diana G. Oblinger &amp; Sean C. Rush, IBM
language: English
title: The Learning Revolution : The Challenge of Information Technology in the Academy
titlecomplete: The Learning Revolution : The Challenge of Information Technology in the Academy
publisher: Anker Pub Co