Abstract
Information and communications technologies (ICTs) have had a tremendous impact on science (Selwyn, 2014). They have enabled scientists from fields as diverse as physics and economics to carry out studies that would have been inconceivable half a century ago, and they have brought forth a significant amount of new knowledge. Nevertheless, these technologies have so far only had a moderate effect on higher education and higher education institutions (HEIs) (Bates, 2014). Although educators have made use of presentation software and made teaching material available online, and administrators have made use of learning management systems and used the Internet to recruit new groups of students, the HEIs themselves and the teaching methods they employ have remained largely the same (Bates, 2014; Daniel, 1996). However, this might be about to change.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Allen, I. E. and J. Seaman (2014) Grade Change. Tracking Online Education in the United States (Wellesley, MA: Babson College/Sloan Foundation).
Bacow, L. S., Bowen, W. G., Guthrie, K. M., Lack, K. A. and M. P. Long (2012) Barriers to Adoption of Online Learning Systems in U.S. Higher Education. Retrieved from http://www.sr.ithaka.org/sites/default/files/reports/barriers-to-adoption-of-online-learning-systems-in-us-higher-education.pdf.
Baggaley, J. (2013) ‘MOOC rampant’, Distance Education, 34(3), 368–378.
Bates, T. (2014) Teaching in a Digital Age. Open Textbook. Retrieved from http://opentextbc.ca/teachinginadigitalage/
Baumol, W. and W. Bowen (1966) Performing Arts, The Economic Dilemma: A Study of Problems Common to Theater, Opera, Music, and Dance (New York: Twentieth Century Fund).
Bowen, W. G. (2013) Higher Education in the Digital Age (Princeton: Princeton University Press).
Bower, J. and C. M. Christensen (1995) ‘Disruptive technologies: Catching the wave’, Harvard Business Review, 73(1), 43–53.
Breslow L., Pritchard, D., E., DeBoer, J., Stump, G, S., Andrew, Ho, D. and D., T. Seaton (2013) ‘Studying Learning in the Worldwide Classroom: Research into edX’s First MOOC’, Research and Practice in Assessment, Volume Eight.
Brusilovsky, P. and C. Peylo (2003) ‘Adaptive and intelligent web based educational systems’, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 13, 156–169.
Canals, E. and Y. Mor (2014) MOOCs for Web Talent Network. Final report. European Commission. http://openeducationeuropa.eu/sites/default/files/Final%20Report_Web skillsMOOCs.pdf.
Casey, D. M. (2008) ‘A Journey to Legitimacy: The Historical Development of Distance Education Through Technology’, TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 52(2), 45–51.
Christensen, C. M. (1997) The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press).
Christensen, C. M. and M. E. Raynor (2003) The Innovator’s Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press).
De Freitas, S. (2013) The Final Frontiers for Higher Education? Coventry University. Retrieved http://benhur.teluq.uquebec.ca/ted/Ressources/mooc.pdf
Daniel, J. S. (1996) Mega-Universities and Knowledge Media. Technology Strategies for Higher Education (London: Kogan Page).
The Economist (2014, June 28), ‘Creative destruction,’ Leader.
EFQUEL (2011) Unique. European Universities Quality in e-Learning. Information Package. EFQUEL, Brussels.
Gaebel, M., Kupriyanova, V., Morais, R. and E. Colucci (2014) E-learning in European Higher Education Institutions: Results of a Mapping Survey Conducted in October–December2013 (Brussels: European University Association).
Gaebel, M. (2014) MOOCs — Massive Open Online Courses (Brussels: European University Association).
Hamdan, N., McKnight, P., McKnight, K. and K. M. Arfström (2013) A Review of Flipped Learning, Flipped learning network 2013.
Ho, A. D., Reich, J., Nesterko, S., Seaton, D. T., Mullaney, T., Waldo, J. and I. Chuang (2014) HarvardX and MITx: The first year of open online courses (HarvardX and MITx Working Paper No. 1).
Hollands, F. and D. Tirthali (2014a) ‘Why do institutions offer MOOCs?’ Online Learning (formerly Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks), 18(3), 1–19.
Hollands, F. M. and D. Tirthali (2014b) MOOCs: Expectations and Reality. Full Report. Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, http://cbcse.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/MOOCs_Expectations_and_Reality.pdf.
Kahn Academy, https://www.khanacademy.org/.
Lage, M. J., Platt G. J. and M. Teglia (2000) ‘Inverting the classroom. A gateway to creating an inclusive learning environment’, Journal of Economic Education, Winter, 30–43.
Long, P. and G. Siemens (2011) Penetrating the Fog: Analytics in Learning and Education. EDUCAUSE Review, 46(5), 30–32, from http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/penetrating-fog-analytics-learning-and-education.
Means, B., Toyama, Y., Murphy, R., Bakia, M. and K. Jones (2010) Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education. Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development Policy and Program Student Service).
Ng, A. (2013) Learning From MOOCs Inside Higher Ed 24.1.2013. Retrieved at https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/01/24/essay-what-professors-can-learn-moocs.
NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition. Retrieved at: www.nmc.org.
NOU 2014: 5 MOOCs for Norway — New Digital Learning Methods in Higher Education, The Ministry of Education and Research. Retrieved from https://www.regjeringen.no/contentassets/ff86edace9874505a3381b5daf6848e6/en-gb/pdfs/nou20142014000 5000en_pdfs.pdf.
OECD (2012) Connected Minds: Technology and Today’s Learners, Educational Research and Innovation (Paris: OECD Publishing).
Özyurt, Ö., Özyurt, H., Baki, A. & Güven, B.(2013) ‘Integration into mathematics classroom of an adaptive and intelligent individualized e-learning environment: implementation and evaluation of UZWEBMAT’, Computers in Human Behvior, 29, 726–738.
Pappano, L. (2012) ‘The year of the MOOC’, New York Times, November 4, Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com.
Prestidge, S. (2012) ‘The Beliefs behind the teacher that influences their ICT practices’, Computers and Education, 58, 449–458.
Romero, C., Ventura, S., Zafra, A. and P. de Bra (2009) ‘Applying web usage mining for personalizing hyperlinks in web-based adaptive educational systems’, Computers and Education, 53, 828–840.
Selwyn, N. (2014) Distrusting Educational Technology. Critical Questions for Changing Times (Abingdon: Routledge).
Tseng, J., C. R., Chu, H-C., H., G-J. & Tsai, C-C. (2008) ‘Development of an adaptive learning system with two sources of personalization information’, Computers & Education, 51, 776–786.
UNESCO (2012) Learning Analytics. Policy Brief. UNESCO Institute for Information Technology in Education, November 2012, available at http://iite.unesco.org/policy_briefs/.
Wiley, D. (2014) Koller, Thicke, and Noble: The ‘Blurred Lines’ Between Traditional Online Courses and MOOCs, from http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/3703.
Young, J. R. (2013) Beyond the MOOC Hype: A Guide to Higher Education’s High-Tech Disruption (Washington, DC: The Chronicle of Higher Education).
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Copyright information
© 2015 Arne M. Fevolden and Cathrine E. Tømte
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Fevolden, A.M., Tømte, C.E. (2015). How Information and Communication Technology Is Shaping Higher Education. In: Huisman, J., de Boer, H., Dill, D.D., Souto-Otero, M. (eds) The Palgrave International Handbook of Higher Education Policy and Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-45617-5_19
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-45617-5_19
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-57709-5
Online ISBN: 978-1-137-45617-5
eBook Packages: Palgrave Education CollectionEducation (R0)