Managing Technological Change: Strategies for College and University Leaders

Will Your Campus Culture Survive the Changes Brought by New Technology?Retrofitting a college or university to become technologically competitive requires significant changes not only in hardware and software but in the basic management and operation of the academy. Managing Technological Change is a timely, practical guide for campus leaders seeking strategies for creating the new, technology–based academic organization.

Spis treści:
Confronting the Technology Challenge in Universities and Colleges.
Leadership, Vision, and Planning in a Post–Fordist Organization.
Planning and Managing Courses and Programs.
Technology Infrastructure and Student Access.
Supporting Faculty.
Calculating the Costs of Teaching with Technology.
Funding Strategies, Collaboration, and Competition.
Organizing for the Management of Educational Technologies.
Research and Evaluation.
Avoiding the Faustian Contract and Meeting the Technology Challenge.

Nota biograficzna:
A.W. (TONY) BATES is director of Distance Education and Technology in the Division of Continuing Studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He has more than thirty years of experience in applying, managing, and researching the application of technologies to higher education and is one of the world′s most quoted authors in the field of distance education. A founding member of the British Open University, he has also worked as a consultant on the use of technology in university teaching for the World Bank, UNESCO, state higher education commissions in the United States, the Canadian International Development Agency, and for universities and government ministries of education in over thirty countries.

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Will Your Campus Culture Survive the Changes Brought by New Technology?Retrofitting a college or university to become technologically competitive requires significant changes not only in ha rdware and software but in the basic management and operation of the academy. Managing Technological Change is a timely, practical guide for campus leaders seeking strategies for creating the new, technology–based academic organization.