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Maria Angelina Negreira, Waste Water Manager, Spain

Chapter 9 begins with a scenario of the academic career of a student in Spain in the year 2025, indicating the ways that learning technologies have helped develop her career.   From the e-portfolio of: MARIANA ANGELINA NEGREIRA, WASTE WATER … Continue reading

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Chapter 7: A business plan for an online masters program

Chapter 7 begins with a scenario about a professor who identifies funding and designs a business plan for the development of a fully online masters program. Dr. Shari Sandhu, Associate professor, Faculty of Medicine Dr. Sandhu is an associate professor … Continue reading

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Chapter 6: Quality assurance and lecture capture systems for distance education

Chapter 6 begins with a scenario about a small two year college whose quality and academic integrity have come under attack for rapidly expanding e-learning through the use of a lecture capture system. Meet George, VP Education, Cornbelt Community College Dr. … Continue reading

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Scenario 4: Renewing a license for a learning management system (Chapter 5)

In Chapter 5, the book examines some of the organizational models developed to support the integration of technology. It is argued that there needs to be ongoing mechanisms in place for dealing with technology issues as they arise, and that … Continue reading

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Scenario 3: Redesigning first and second year undergraduate programs (Chapter 4)

In Chapter 4 we examine the role of leadership in driving technology integration, then look at how institutions went about strategic planning, and its value in integrating technology. The scenario at the beginning of Chapter 4 discusses the challenge being … Continue reading

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Tracking strategies for technology integration (Chapter 3)

Chapter 3 explains how information about the ways in which technology is currently managed was collected, including criteria for assessing the extent of technology integration. There is no scenario with this chapter. Extracts from Chapter 3 can be accessed here. … Continue reading

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Meet Danny, a NetGener

Danny is 19 years old and has just started his first year in a state university. He uses new social media to extend friendships within the familiar contexts of college, sports, and other local activities. Danny is “always on,” in … Continue reading

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Meet Samantha: a 21st Century student (Chapter 1)

The scenario Samantha is 25 years old, with a one-year-old baby, and lives with her boyfriend, Shaun, who works as a trainer in a fitness center. She works part-time at a local day care center. She has an old Honda … Continue reading

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References

Links direct to the publications quoted in the book have been provided wherever possible. Please let us know of any dead links, or links where we have missed them. We will add new publications relevant to the book’s topics over … Continue reading

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Chapter 9: Building a 21st Century University or College

Opening scenario: MARIANA ANGELINA NEGREIRA, WASTE WATER MANAGER AND LIFELONG LEARNER, GRAN CANARIA, SPAIN In preceding chapters we have identified and critiqued a number of strategies employed by our case study institutions. In this chapter we have two aims. The … Continue reading

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