EXPLOITING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
IN HIGHER EDUCATION:
AN ISSUES PAPER
ISBN 0 7266 0330 9
9 October 1996
Contents
1. Introduction
2. The Higher Education Community in the next Decade
2.1.1 Funding Issues
2.1.2 Increased Demand for Lifelong Learning
2.1.3 Competition and Collaboration
2.1.4 Management Information Systems
2.1.5 Staffing Issues
2.1.6 Pressures on Facilities
2.1.7 Changes in Student Base and Individual Expectations and Demands
2.1.8 Links with the Local, Regional and International Community
2.1.9 Accountability and Efficiency Pressures
2.1.10 Pressures of Technological Changes
2.1.11 A Paradigm Shift?
3. Developments in Information Technology
3.1 Networking Technology
3.2 Computer Systems
3.2.1 The Current Position
3.2.2 Predictions for 1999
3.2.3 Predictions for 2004
3.3 Information Sources and Navigation Tools
3.3.1 Navigation Tools
3.4 Advanced Technologies
4. The Application of IT to Higher Education
4.1 The Learning Experience
4.1.1 The Teaching and Learning Process
4.1.2 The Potential of Information Technology
4.1.3 Driving Forces
4.1.4 Development of Courseware
4.1.5 Delivery Methods
4.1.6 Implications for Higher Education
4.2 Research
4.3 Electronic Information
4.4 External Links
4.5 The Campus of the Future
4.5.1 Access/Security
4.5.2 Environmental Controls
4.5.3 Administration and Management
4.5.4 Conclusion
4.6 Summary
5. Towards an Agenda
5.1 A Vision of Education
5.2 Strategies at the National Level
5.3 Strategies at the University Level
5.3.1 Strategic Planning for Information Technology
5.3.2 Infusing IT into Teaching and Learning
5.4 The Teaching Staff and the Use of IT
5.4.1 The Support Crisis
5.5 Meeting Students' Needs
5.5.1 Conclusion
6. Summary of Key Issues
7. References
8. Glossary
9. Membership of the Joint Information Systems Committee
10. Membership of the AVCC Standing Committee on Information Resources
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