Publisher's Synopsis
"From Lecture Hall to Laptop: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Continuing Evolution of Virtual Learning in Higher Education was written for university professors, department chairs, higher education administrators, policy makers, college students, and all others who have an interest in gaining an understanding of how virtual learning has made a powerful and lasting impact upon the academe. While this book largely focuses on the skills associated with harnessing the virtual sphere for direct instructional purposes, it is also intended to offer readers an understanding of such associated topics as faculty selection and training, the growing e-learning links and relationships between higher education and K-12 schools that hold considerable future promise, and potential barriers to full adoption of virtual opportunities for those institutions that wish to proceed. Much has been written about the transformative nature of virtual education.
