Roadblocks On The Information Highway

Download or read book Roadblocks on the Information Highway written by Jane Bachnik and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Bachnik, Jane M.: Social challenges to the IT revolution in Japanese education. (Introduction). 2. Aya, Yoshida ; Bachnik, Jane M.: A nationwide assessment of IT implementation in higher education. 3. Hidetoshi, Ando: The unbearable lightness of being an IT service provider. A case study. 4. Slater, David H.: No faculty service stations on the information highway. A case study. 5. Bachnik, Jane M.: Do IT yourself. Short circuits in technical support services. 6. Rtischev, Dimitry ; Cole, Robert E.: Social and structural barriers to the IT revolution in high-tech industries. 7. Morris-Suzuki, Tessa ; Rimmer, Peter J.: Cyberstructure, society, and education in Japan. 8. Masahiro, Narita: Barriers to educational use of the Internet. 9. Shire, Karen A.: Lessons from a program to develop faculty IT skills. 10. Kumar, Kumar R. ; Shire, Karen A. ; Bachnik, Jane M.: Developing a university website. A webmaster's perspective. 11. McVeigh, Brian J.: Implementing IT in the "perfect bureaucracy". 12. Anderson, Ronald E.: Teaching, learning, and computing in Japan and the United States. 13. Scott, Douglass J.: The significance of off-line learning for on-line projects. 14. Noyuri, Mima: On-line technology is not enough. Transforming the teacher-student learning process. 15. Taku, Sugimoto: Three critical gaps in computer literacy. 16. Brumby, Edwin H.: Technology and the tyranny of tradition in Japanese higher education. 17. Bachnik, Jane M.: Technology and the status quo. The paradox of reform. (Conclusion).