The Digital University - Building a Learning Community

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Reza Hazemi, Stephen Hailes

   Pages 1-5

3. Universities, Dearing, and the Future

   • Stephen Hailes, Reza Hazemi

   Pages 7-25

4. Managing Distance Learning: New Challenges for Faculty

   • Lisa Kimball

   Pages 27-40

5. Collaborative Interactions in Support of Learning: Models, Metaphors and Management

   • Kent Norman

   Pages 41-56

6. Managing Tertiary Education in a Global Virtual Environment: Networked Educational Management

   • Philip Uys

   Pages 57-70

7. eClass

   • Jason A. Brotherton, Gregory D. Abowd

   Pages 71-93

8. Learning Gains in a Multi-user Discussion System used with Social Science Students — The coMentor Experience

   • Graham R. Gibbs

   Pages 95-111

9. The Application of Business Groupware Technologies to Support Collaborative Learning with Face-to-Face Students

   • Clive Holtham, Mark D’Cruz, Ashok Tiwari

   Pages 113-124

10. A Review of the Use of Asynchronous E-Seminars in Undergraduate Education

    • Jacqueline Taylor

    Pages 125-138

11. Support for Authoring and Managing Web- Based Coursework: The TACO Project

    • Martina Angela Sasse, Rachada Monthienvichienchai, Christopher Harris, Ismail Ismail, Richard Wheeldon

    Pages 139-166

12. Using Lotus Notes for Asynchronous Collaborative Learning and Research

    • Susan Armitage, Mark Bryson

    Pages 167-180

13. Quality of Use of Multimedia Learning Systems: Practical Considerations

    • J. Kirakowski

    Pages 181-192

14. Design for Motivation

    • Kristina Edström

    Pages 193-202

15. Educational Metadata: Friendly Fire?

    • Rachada Monthienvichienchai, Martina Angela Sasse, Richard Wheeldon

    Pages 203-214

16. Learning Activities in a Virtual Campus

    • Claude Viéville

    Pages 215-227

17. The Relevance and Impact of Collaborative Working for Management in a Digital University

    • Brian R. Mitchell

    Pages 229-246

18. Back Matter

    Pages 247-252

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Ben Shneiderman The turbulence generated by the integration of information technology into higher education provokes more conversations than the weather. The hot winds of hyperpromises and the cold front of angry skeptics are clouding the judgment of administrators, faculty members, and national planners. A clear forecast is not likely to appear until implementations are in place and thoughtful evaluations are conducted. This edited collection points the way towards more clear thinking by presenting detailed reports about promising projects and a hint of the thoughtful evaluations that will be so important in the coming years. Multi-level evaluations will be necessary for developers to refine their user interfaces, for professors to adjust their teaching, and for administrators to understand how university life is being changed. The changes implied by the digital university are nicely categorized by the Dearing Report's four areas of activity: teaching, research, systems support, and administration. First generation collaborative software tools are already being applied in all four areas, and they are likely to become more sophisticated, integrated, and ubiquitous. Evaluating the impact of these tools in each area will be a prime occupation for several decades.

• Community
• Groupware
• Internet
• collaboration
• collaborative learning
• digital
• education
• human-computer interaction (HCI)
• learning
• management
• multimedia
• teaching
• technology
• university
• virtual classroom

• Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK

  Stephen Hailes

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