The Development of Virtual Education: A Global Perspective

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col.regionCaribbean and Americasen_US
col.regionEuropeen_US
col.regionAfricaen_US
col.regionAsiaen_US
col.regionPacificen_US
dc.contributor.editorFarrell, Glen M
dc.coverage.placeNameIndiaen_US
dc.coverage.placeNameNew Zealanden_US
dc.coverage.placeNameAustraliaen_US
dc.coverage.placeNameSouth Africaen_US
dc.coverage.placeNamePeruen_US
dc.coverage.placeNameColumbiaen_US
dc.coverage.placeNameVenezuelaen_US
dc.coverage.placeNameCubaen_US
dc.coverage.placeNameArgentinaen_US
dc.coverage.placeNameMexicoen_US
dc.coverage.placeNameUSen_US
dc.coverage.placeNameCanadaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-09T09:39:27Z
dc.date.available2014-12-09T09:39:27Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.description.abstractThe term "virtual education" is something that is heard with increasing frequency now as the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) becomes ever more present in the conduct of open and distance education. To examine the degree to which the "virtual institution" has really arrived, The Commonwealth of Learning, with funding from the British Department for International Development, commissioned an international group of experts to look at this phenomenon and provide a snapshot report. While it is clear that the application of ICTs to the practice of open and distance learning is growing rapidly, the study team determined that the concept of truly virtual education is still more rhetorical than real. The report provides a detailed look at the differences in this development around the world through a series of regionally-based papers and concludes with a number of suggestions for policy makers and education leaders regarding the development of models for virtual learningen_US
dc.identifier.isbn1895369746
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11599/49
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCommonwealth of Learning (COL)en_US
dc.subjectVirtual Educationen_US
dc.subjectVirtual Universitiesen_US
dc.titleThe Development of Virtual Education: A Global Perspectiveen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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