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James L. Morrison |
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Professor of Educational Leadership |
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UNC-Chapel Hill |
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The changing environment |
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The influence of networked learning and
information technology tools |
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What are the issues? |
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Globalization |
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Deregulation |
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Mergers |
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Economic restructuring |
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Need for up-to-date, college trained, workforce;
for continuous retraining |
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Exploding clientele |
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Changing clientele |
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Older, working, raising children |
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Takes longer to get degree |
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Concern for cost |
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Cyber-Universities |
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1993: 93 |
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1997: 762 |
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Transition from learned infrastructure
to learning infrastructure; from campus-centric to consumer-centric |
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Technologically sophisticated |
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Expect user-friendly services |
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Want accessible, available education at
their time, place, and medium of choice |
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Want dependable one-stop or no-stop service that
is high tech but personable |
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New competition |
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Old-line institutions have discovered
satellites and the Internet |
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Traditional “service areas” fair game |
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New for-profit educational providers |
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Certification monopoly at risk |
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employers concerned about competency |
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employers relying less on diplomas |
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Outcomes assessment coming on line |
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Western Governors University |
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Diminution |
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Net PC |
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Simulations |
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Virtual reality |
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Expert systems |
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WWW; Web course mgt |
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Low-earth-orbit satellites |
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Wireless networks |
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Web TV |
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Video conferencing |
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Package knowledge |
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Deliver knowledge |
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Access knowledge |
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Acquire knowledge |
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Partnerships with colleges and other educational
service providers for continuing education |
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Multimedia courses developed by dispersed teams |
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Boundryless service area |
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Faculty roles: from actor to director |
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Plagiarism |
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Unreliable sources |
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Can the institution |
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Mandate distance learning? |
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Assign faculty to teach DL classes? |
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Use previously created faculty courses? |
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Intellectual property |
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Ownership |
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Control |
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Fair use |
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Faculty workload/compensation |
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Contact hours |
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Preparation |
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Expertise |
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Student evaluation |
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Changing role of institutional research to
include responsibility
for external analysis |
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Developing IT infrastructure |
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Using data warehousing |
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Using information technology tools to make a
user friendly environment for students, alumni, and administrators |
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Driving forces |
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Globalization |
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Economic restructuring |
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Telecommunications/
technology |
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Changing form and structure of higher education |
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