Lessons learned from virtual universities /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2009.
Description:	115 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	New directions for higher education ; no. 146 New directions for higher education ; no. 146.
Subject:	Education, Higher -- Effect of technological innovations on. Education, Higher -- Computer-assisted instruction. Internet in higher education. Telecommunication in higher education Education, Higher -- Computer-assisted instruction. Education, Higher -- Effect of technological innovations on. Internet in higher education.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7905896

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Other authors / contributors:	Meyer, Katrina Anne.
ISBN:	0470525541 9780470525548
Notes:	"Summer 2009." Includes bibliographical references and index. Also issued online Also available on the Internet.
Summary:	Presents research-based information about virtual universities useful to other virtual institutions, and indicates lessons for traditional institutions to be drawn from the experiences of VUs. VUs have become an accepted part of the higher education landscape and have made online learning and online ways of doing business more acceptable among all higher education institutions.--publisher description.

Table of Contents:

Editor's Notes
1. Background: What the States Created
2. New Definitions for New Higher Education Institutions
3. Lessons Learned from WashingtonOnline
4. University System of Georgia's eCore: Virtual General Education
5. Western Governors University: Creating the First Virtual University
6. A Comparative Case Study of State-Level Virtual Universities
7. On the Edge of Innovation: Transition and Transformation in Statewide Administrative Models for Online Learning
8. A Review of the Short Life of the U.S. Open University
9. The Funding of Virtual Universities
10. Academic Advising in a Virtual University
11. What to Expect from a Virtual University
12. What We Need to Know About Virtual Universities
Index

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