Cyberschools : An Education Renaissance,9781885400765

Cyberschools : An Education Renaissance

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9781885400765
ISBN10: 1885400764
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-09-01
Publisher(s): L P C Group
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Summary

When Glenn R. Jones predicted that the new millennium would dawn with technology-based educational institutions functioning side by side with traditional universities, he had no idea how true that statement would be. In the second edition of his book, "Cyberschools: An Education Renaissance", Jones, an authority on online education, highlights how the evolvement of education mirrors advancements in society - and how society can capitalize on those changes to meet the growing demands of higher education across the globe.

Jones, CEO and founder of Jones International and its subsidiaries, has seized the reigns of technology as society transforms from the information revolution into a knowledge-based society. In this new edition of his book, Jones outlines the critical role of technology for the consideration, management and use of knowledge to deliver effective distance education to a global audience.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xiv
Introduction xvi
Technology as a transforming force
Demand for higher education
What the knowledge society demands
The knowledge worker
A renewed focus on learning
The brain under siege
Defining education
The critical issue: speed
Asking questions beyond the Web
The lesson of Athens
The Global Education Challenge
1(20)
The new adult learner
Public financing
Lessons from the World Bank
Older students: Budget-minder learners
What higher education targets
The graying demographic trend
The Costs/Benefits Equation
21(12)
U.S. higher education meets the bottom line
University techer shortages
Worker retraining: An international market
Elementary and secondary education
International problems, local solutions
Distance Education: The Roots of Cyberschools
33(14)
The medium isn't the message
A brief history
Worldwide distance higher education
TV: Education direct to your living room
Commercial TV's early forays into education
Public television
Watershed: The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
Community college TV
Annenberg/CPB and the Star Schools Program
The Virtual Classroom of the 21st Century
47(16)
The living room as classroom
Virtual classrooms: Better than real?
Virtual education visions
The virtual library
Jones's virtual library in cyberspace
The U.K. collection
Another on-line option
Teachers as holograms?
JonesKnowledge.com: An Entrepreneurial Approach
63(24)
TV's impact
Extending the human mind
JonesKnowledge.com's content providers
JonesKnowledge.com's cyberfamily
How a Jones education works
Getting started
Orientation
Attendance
Support
Paying for a JonesKnowledge.com education
The need
The primary and secondary school dilemma
What's next
The Internet Comes to School
87(24)
The Web is mainstream
The future is here
On-line pioneers
Worldwide learning revolution
Livening up K-12 education
On-line learning in Canada
The question of access
International connectivity ramps up
What's next?
Distance Learning: Defining the Market
111(18)
A campus for every continent
Worldwide electronic corporate education and training
Who's delivering distance corporate education?
U.S. universities tap the market
The global course prototype
The road ahead
The Accreditation Debate
129(12)
Principles of good practice
Accreditation: Who confers it?
Worldwide quality standards
What accreditors think
Cyberschools and You
141(14)
A how-to guide for distance learners
Distance education, not instant education
A rigorous way to learn
Distance education, not passive education
A better way to learn?
Ten question to ask
Cyberstudent opinions
Free Market Fusion: One Path
155(22)
Defining Free Market Fusion
Working together
Free Market Fusion, entrepreneurs, and institutions
Institutions: Inertia versus initiative
Risk-taking: The key role
Combining risk-taking and caution
Modeling Free Market Fusion
Structuring the relationship
Opportunities for Free Market Fusion
Challenges are plentiful
The larger arena: Tapping entrepreneurial talent
Epilogue 177(5)
Appendix A --- Principles for Distance Learning 182(28)
Appendix B --- Principles and Certification Process
Global Alliance for Transnational Education (Gate)
194(16)
Appendix C --- Key Internet Addresses 210(1)
Index 211

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