eLearning and Digital Publishing (eBook)

Hsianghoo Steve Ching, Paul W.T. Poon, Carmel MC Naught (Herausgeber)

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2006 | 2006
XVI, 246 Seiten
Springer Netherland (Verlag)
978-1-4020-3651-4 (ISBN)

Infos

eLearning and Digital Publishing will occupy a unique niche in the literature accessed by library and publishing specialists, and by university teachers and planners. It examines the interfaces between the work done by four groups of university staff who have been in the past quite separate from, or only marginally related to, each other-library staff, university teachers, university policy makers, and staff who work in university publishing presses. All four groups are directly and intimately connected with the main functions of universities-the creation, management and dissemination of knowledge in a scholarly and reflective manner.

This book provides a framework which clearly portrays the relationships between information literacy, eLearning and digital publishing. The structure of the book has three main sections: the first has primarily an educational focus, the second a focus on digital publishing, and the third builds on the first two sections to examine overall implications for the growth of knowledge and scholarly communication.

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Our universities are facing immense pressures from within because of the increase in the 'publish or perish' syndrome. There are severe budgetary demands on university libraries attempting to enable access to this increasing avalanche of information. University teaching also needs to prepare graduates for a rapidly changing and connected world. This book explores the role of technology in this challenging scenario. Technology is portrayed as part contributor to the challenges higher education faces, and also part contributor to the solutions we need to explore. This book is not a 'doom and gloom' exposition but is forward-looking, offering fresh insights and new strategies for understanding the nature of scholarly communication in higher education. In this book there are three threads that are constantly intertwined - information literacy, eLearning and digital publishing - with information literacy acting as the glue that connects eLearning and digital publishing. This book was designed to occupy a unique niche in the literature accessed by library and publishing specialists, and by university teachers and planners. It examines the interfaces between the work done by these four groups of university staff who have been in the past quite separate from, or only marginally related to, each other. Yet all four groups are directly and intimately connected with the main functions of universities - the creation, management and dissemination of knowledge in a scholarly and reflective manner. The structure of the book has three main sections: the first has primarily an educational focus, the second a focus on digital publishing, and the third builds on the first two sections to examine overall implications for the growth of knowledge and scholarly communication. This collection brings perspectives (in alphabetical order) from Australia, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, Singapore, Taiwan, United Kingdom and United States of America. Various chapters, therefore, examine the central concerns with different lenses. Our ability to understand the extent of the shifts that are occurring in modern universities, and still need to occur in the next few years, relies on our ability to synthesize ideas and experiences from a wide range of university staff. This is just what we hope this book offers.  

Inhalt

Contents 7
List of Contributors 9
List of Figures and Tables 11
Acknowledgements 15
1 ISSUES IN ORGANIZING AND DISSEMINATING KNOWLEDGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY 17
PART ONE 28
2 THE PROVISION OF NON-LOCAL PROGRAMMES IN HONG KONG:THE EXPERIENCE OF THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG 29
3 THE SYNERGY BETWEEN INFORMATION LITERACY AND eLEARNING 45
4 CHANGING THE MINDSET: FROM TRADITIONAL ON- CAMPUS AND DISTANCE EDUCATION TO ONLINE TEACHING AND LEARNING 61
5 DEVELOPING AND MANAGING A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DISTANCE- LEARNING PROGRAMME: THE ARL/ OLMS ONLINE LYCEUM 85
6 LEARNING TO LEARN IN NETWORKED ENVIRONMENTS: A FOCUS ON ‘ ORIENTATION’ 105
PART TWO 125
7 TRENDS IN ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING 127
8 ‘COPY AND PASTE’ OR SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION? CHANGING THE BALANCE POINT 149
9 BELIEVING SIX IMPOSSIBLE THINGS BEFORE BREAKFAST: ELECTRONIC RESOURCE COLLECTION MANAGEMENT IN A CONSORTIAL ENVIRONMENT 167
PART THREE 189
10 DIGITAL PUBLISHING AND THE KNOWLEDGE PROCESS 191
11 DEVELOPMENT OF, AND TRENDS IN, SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION IN CHINA 211
12 GLOBAL CHANGES IN SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION 237
Glossary of Acronyms 257
Subject Index 259

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.7.2006
• Reihe/Serie: Computer Supported Cooperative Work
• Reihe/Serie: Computer Supported Cooperative Work
• Zusatzinfo: XVI, 246 p.
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Unterrichts-Handreichungen
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Netzwerke
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: ACCESS • berck • E-Learning • Electronic Publishing • istance education • Management
• ISBN-10: 1-4020-3651-5 / 1402036515
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-3651-4 / 9781402036514