In recent years the powerful social cultural and economic changes wrought bydigital technology have led many to forecast the end of the university as weknow it.... » 

In recent years the powerful social cultural and economic changes wrought bydigital technology have led many to forecast the end of the university as weknow it. This book for the first time employs extensive research and casestudies to explain why these predictions even if perhaps somewhat prematureare on solid ground.The Digital Revolution and the Coming of the Postmodern University shows howthe Internet highspeed electronic communications and personal computersnecessitate a radical rethinking of what is meant by higher education. Thebook calls into question both the traditionalists skepticism about thebenefits of new technology and the corporate elearning advocates failure tograsp that education is more than what happens on a computer screen. The authorprovides concrete data and models for more democratic restructured systems ofinstruction that not only take advantage of advanced learning technologies butpromote the globalization of higher education.This is an essential read for anyone concerned about the future of highereducation. «