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Scholarship July 3, 2025

The Virtual University: The Internet and Resource-Based Learning

The Wabash Center

Author
Ryan, Steve, Bernard Scott, Howard Freeman, and Daxa Patel
Publisher
Stylus, Sterling, VA
ISBN
0749425083
Table of Contents
About the authors
Series editor's foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction

ch. 1 A changing context - education and the Internet
ch. 2 Learning, teaching and course design with resource-based learning
ch. 3 Technologies of delivery and interaction on the Internet
ch. 4 Using the Internet: course development and delivery
ch. 5 Resources on the World Wide Web
ch. 6 Computer mediated communications for collaborative learning
ch. 7 Using the Internet: Computer Aided Assessment
ch. 8 Integrated systems
ch. 9 Changing cultures in HE
ch. 10 Around the corner

Glossary
References
Subject Index
Author Index
The Virtual University provides up-to-date practical advice on a technology-based delivery system that can offer solutions to many of the problems of increasing demand for, and changing expectations about, higher education.

This book discusses the increased accessibility to the Internet, the development of new educational possibilities and how these have led to a variety of resources being used for learning. In clear and accessible terms the authors show how to use web sites, software, and the other resources necessary to design and deliver complete and effective virtual courses. Chapters include valuable information on how to access digital archives and databases, virtual museums, and electronic journals.

The book concludes with an eye to the future of education, and the authors highlight a number of the upcoming issues and debates that all educators will need to be aware of as education enters the next century. (From the Publisher)