Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: The Wired Tower: Perspectives on the Impact of the Internet on Higher Education by Matthew Serbin Pittinsky, Matthew Pittinsky ISBN: 0-13-042829-9 Publisher: Financial Times Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Focus on Universities
Comment: I was disappointed in this book. I assumed that the author would draw on a wealth of experience as the provider of Blackboard, the most common software for e-learning. Instead, the book was mostly an apologetic for why "brick and mortar" universities are superior to e-learning, and how they can add some e-learning features to maintain their dominance in the educational realm by becoming "brick and click" schools. The book does include some helpful facts and statistics, but I had hoped to find more than that. I was seeking creative ways to improve and develop e-learning. It didn't find that. The book might be helpful for some educators who are interesting tweaking the traditional university model, but not for people who are interested in more significant change.
Rating: 5
Summary: Networks in Higher Education!
Comment: Wired and wireless! This book discusses network technology in colleges and university. It is written for educators and decision makers. It provides a base level of technical understand and explains important concepts necessary to decision making. This text helps decision makers and educators set realistic goals for technology that will ultimately help with adoption.
Rating: 2
Summary: Lots of Theory, Little Know How
Comment: Matthew Pittinsky has published the slightly stale presentations and speeches that educators and theorists delivered several years ago. What might have seemed like cutting edge thinking at that time is now missing the boat for the most part. Higher education is still grappling with how to deal with what has become a buyers' market for education. Faculty, who are stuck in the paradigm of a sellers' market and protected by the cloak of tenure, are the critical players in the e-learning scenario. Pittinsky hasn't found an answer to the real problem: who will hold faculty responsible for the fiscal strength and market share of higher education? As in so many instances, online learning has crystallized the issues of who teaches, who learns, and the bottom line for strong and productive higher education institutions.
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
