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A. W. (Tony) Bates is president and CEO of Tony Bates Associates Ltd., a private consulting company specializing in the planning and management of e-learning and distance education. He was formerly director of Distance Education and Technology at the University of British Columbia. Bates is the author of nine books, including Managing Technological Change: Strategies for College and University Leaders and Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education.
Albert Sangrà is director of Research and Educational Innovation and Methodology at Universidade Oberta de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. He is also director of Edu Lab, an educational innovation laboratory specializing in the application of new technologies to distance education.
Figures and Tables | p. ix |
Preface | p. xi |
Executive Summary | p. xix |
The Challenge of Change | p. 1 |
Recent Developments in Technology and Education | p. 25 |
Tracking Existing Strategies for Technology Integration | p. 52 |
Leadership and Strategy | p. 77 |
Organizational Structures and Initiatives to Support Technology Integration | p. 102 |
Quality Assurance | p. 130 |
Resources, Money, and Decision Making | p. 149 |
Barriers to Change and Two Ways to Remove Them | p. 182 |
Building a Twenty-First-Century University or College | p. 209 |
References | p. 239 |
About the Authors | p. 249 |
Index | p. 251 |
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