Case Studies on Information Technology in Higher Education : Implications for Policy and Practice

by Petrides, Lisa Ann

• ISBN13: 9781878289742
• ISBN10: 1878289748
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781930708464
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Igi Global

Summary

Case Studies on Information Technology in Higher Education: Implications for Policy and Practice is a collection of cases by researchers and practitioners that investigates examples of integrating IT in higher education, examining both successes and failures in college and university settings.

Table of Contents

Preface	i
Introduction	1	(6)
Lisa A. Petrides
Section I: PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT PROCESSES
Designing and Implementing a Learning Organization-Oriented Information Technology Planning and Management Process	7	(13)
James I. Penrod
Ann F. Harbor
Penn State's World Campus©: Mainstreaming a Virtual Campus Initiative	20	(14)
James H. Ryan
Gary E. Miller
Policy Processes for Technological Change	34	(9)
Richard Smith
Brian Lewis
Christine Massey
Information Management in Higher Education Administration: A Slow Drive on the Information Superhighway	43	(12)
Gunapala Edirisooriya
Development of a New University-Wide Course Management System	55	(11)
Ali Jafari
The Selection and Implementation of a Web Course Tool at the University of Texas at Austin	66	(10)
Mark Lowry Decker
Morrie Schulman
Christopher Blandy
Section II: IMPACT ON PEOPLE AND CULTURE
Access to Internet-Based Instruction for People with Disabilities	76	(13)
Sheryl Burgstahler
Social Impacts of Computer-Mediated Communication on Strategic Change Processes	89	(13)
Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic
Andy Busuttil
Implementing Relational Database Systems: Implications for Administrative Cultures and Information Resource Management	102	(16)
Andreea M. Serban
Gregory A. Malone
The Politics of Information Management	118	(10)
Lisa A. Petrides
Sharon Khanuja-Dhall
Pablo Reguerin
Risks and Rewards: Good Citizenship and Technologically Proficient Faculty	128	(16)
Scott R. Sechrist
Dorothy E. Finnegan
Section III: TEACHING AND LEARNING
Higher Education Culture and the Diffusion of Technology in Classroom Instruction	144	(13)
Kandis M. Smith
The Impact of Information Technology on Roles and Role Processes in Small Groups	157	(11)
Robert Heckman
Dave Maswick
Jamie Rodgers
Kevin Ruthen
Gary Wee
The International Negotiation Modules Project: Using Computer-Assisted Simulation to Enhance Teaching and Learning Strategies in the Community College	168	(17)
Rosalind Latiner Raby
Joyce P. Kaufman
The Harvey Project: Open Course Development and Rich Content	185	(10)
Robert S. Stephenson
The Role of Computers and Technology in Health Care Education	195	(14)
Jan K. Hart
Section IV: REFLECTIONS ON A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT
Why Not Reengineer Traditional Higher Education?	209	(8)
Zane L. Berge
Forces of Change: The Emergence of a Knowledge Society and New Generations of Learners	217	(11)
Bizhan Nasseh
Adopting Information Technologies for Instructional Environments	228	(12)
Siva Kumari
Fostering a Technology Cultural Change: The Changing Paradigms at the University of Minnesota Crookston	240	(7)
Dan Lim
About the Authors	247	(8)
Index	255