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E-Commerce and Higher Education - The Future Of Cyber-education

THE FUTURE OF CYBER-EDUCATION

Many fundamental questions remain unanswered. Among these are: Who owns the rights to courseware and other online educational materials? What conditions should govern employment of instructors in virtual universities? What limitations should be placed on Internet use by educational institutions and for-profit endeavors? How should privacy be protected in the e-learning environment? And what guidelines should govern research conducted online? But while the precise nature of e-learning remains fiercely contested, the rush of universities to set up infrastructure on the Internet continues unabated.

FURTHER READING:

Barker, Jacquelyn. "Sophisticated Technology Offers Higher Education Options." Technological Horizons In Education Journal. November 2000.

Birchard, Karen. "European Nations Promote Online Education." Chronicle of Higher Education. April 27, 2001. Available from chronicle.com.

Blumenstyk, Goldie. "Colleges Get Free Web Pages, but with a Catch: Advertising." Chronicle of Higher Education. September 3, 1999.

Bollag, Burton. "Developing Countries Turn to Distance Education." Chronicle of Higher Education. June 15, 2001.

Carnevale, Dan and Jeffrey Young. "Who Owns On-Line Courses? Colleges and Professors Start to Sort It Out." Chronicle of Higher Education. December 17, 1999.

Carr, Sarah. "With National e-University, Britain Gets in the Online-Education Game." Chronicle of Higher Education. Au-gust 17, 2001.

Charp, Sylvia. "E-Learning." Technological Horizons in Education Journal. April 2001.

Clayton, Mark. "Click 'n Learn." Christian Science Monitor. August 15, 2000.

Cohen, David. "In Cyberuniversities, a Place for South Korea's Women." Chronicle of Higher Education. April 6, 2001. Available from chronicle.com.

Dunn, Samuel. "The Virtualizing of Education." The Futurist. March/April 2000.

Farrington, Gregory; and Stephen Bronack. "Higher Education Online: How Do We Know What Works—And What Doesn't?" Technological Horizons in Education Journal. May 2001.

Green, Joshua. "The Online Education Bubble." American Prospect. October 23, 2000.

Grossman, Wendy. "On-Line U." Scientific American. July 1999. Available from www.sciam.com.

Johnston, Chris. "The Information Age Draws Nearer." The Times Educational Supplement. January 5, 2001.

Katz, Stanley. "In Information Technology, Don't Mistake a Tool for a Goal." Chronicle of Higher Education. June 15, 2001.

Kleiner, Carolyn. "Degrees of Separation." U.S. News & World Report. 2001. Available from www.usnews.com.

Marcus, David. "A Scholastic Gold Mine." U.S. News & World Report. January 24, 2000. Available from www.usnews.com.

Michaels, James W.; and Dirk Smillie. "Webucation." Forbes. May 15, 2000. Available from www.forbes.com.

Morris, Kathleen. "Wiring the Ivory Tower." Business Week. August 9, 1999.

Nobel, David. "Digital Diploma Mills: The Automation of Higher Education." First Monday. January 5, 1998. Available from www.firstmonday.dk.

Stross, Randall. "The New Mailbox U: Discarding Standards in Pursuit of a Buck." U.S. News & World Report. January 15, 2001. Available from www.usnews.com.

Weiss, Stefanie. "Virtual Education 101." Washington Post. April 9, 2000.

SEE ALSO: Digital Divide; Intellectual Property; Legal Issues

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over 2 years ago

rachel marie aclao

cyber education is still a dream since it is quite extravagant but if it will be realized i do believed that it will bridged the excruciating dilemma in our quality of education