Envisioning a .Transformed University

Rapidly evolving information technology has played an important role in expanding the capacity to generate, distribute, and apply knowledge, which in turn has produced unpredictable and frequency disruptive change in existing social institutions. The implications for discovery-based learning institu...

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Published in:Issues in science and technology 2005-10, Vol.22 (1), p.35-42
Main Authors: DUDERSTADT, JAMES J., WULF, WM. A., ZEMSKY, ROBERT
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic libraries
Collaborative learning
Colleges & universities
Communication (Thought Transfer)
Computer Simulation
Creativity
Digital libraries
Educational Environment
Electronic Libraries
Globalization
Higher education
Information technology
Information Technology and the Research University
Instructional Innovation
Knowledge Economy
Learning
Piagetian Theory
Research Universities
School campuses
Social change
Teaching Methods
Technology
Universities
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Summary:Rapidly evolving information technology has played an important role in expanding the capacity to generate, distribute, and apply knowledge, which in turn has produced unpredictable and frequency disruptive change in existing social institutions. The implications for discovery-based learning institutions such as the research university are particularly profound. The relationship between societal change and the institutional and pedagogical footing of research universities is clear.
ISSN:0748-5492
1938-1557