A Strategic Model of Virtual University

• Published in: Procedia, social and behavioral sciences social and behavioral sciences, 2011, Vol.28, p.909-913
• Main Authors: Shahtalebi, Somaye, Shatalebi, Badri, Shatalebi, Fakhri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: communication and information technology; higher education; virtual learning; virtual university model
• ISSN: 1877-0428; 1877-0428
• DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.11.167

Human being has been facing various Millennium challenges. One of the fundamental changes that the world is now facing is globalization, communication and information technology. That affects different fields of political, social and cultural education. Today's organizations have two basic characteristics of crisis, chaos, creative and risk taking. These features demand different paradigm as well as all areas. In the field of education the big change is that current knowledge and wisdom are the only ways for creating investment in societies. Human and native investment becomes the wealth when they are stirred with knowledge in times. Knowledge, information, intellectual property, expertise and professional competence are production tool in today's society and those that lack these tools are considered poor. Virtual learning is a way for facing with millennium challenges in educational field. Virtual learning environment is a kind of area, using technology, communication and information; it eliminates time and place barriers regarding variety of training and speeds up educational opportunities with the trainers desired speed. Universities as the engine of the community create virtual environments for learning. Distance educational institutions are traditional institution uses information and communication technologies for reinforcing education. Total virtual education institutions and consortium are examples of higher education efforts, regarding changes in the current era. Considering what was mentioned earlier, this paper is intended to explain new forms of strategic model of virtual university. Being grateful to the infrastructure, this model has been developed in a way that can take human infrastructure, technology, pedagogy, socio - cultural values, social administrative and support into consideration.