Publisher's Synopsis
A critical and global issue in higher education today is theimplementation of technology in our individual, institutional, andcollective settings for the enhancement of teaching and learning inthe widest sense. The scope of the issue is inclusive not only ofundergraduate and graduate teaching and learning within theclassroom and beyond, but also of the research and service oroutreach components of our mission-in short, of everything we do inhigher education.
The foundation assumptions for this exploration of issuesrelating to the impact of technology are that (1) technology,faculty members' lives and work, and faculty development areinextricably bound together; (2) learning by doing is effectivelearning; (3) the rapidity of technological change and itsimportance for education will neither diminish nor disappear; and(4) it is imperative for us to reflect and then to act inincreasingly vigorous ways on the possibilities and realities oftechnological change. We can do so positively and with enthusiasmabout improving the quality of all that we have been seeking to dofor centuries-structuring ever more effectively the formalizededucation and subsequent enlightment of those who come after us andof ourselves in the process.
These thoughts are offered as an invitation to readers toreflect, to affirm or redefine thoughts still forming, and finallyto act in the effort we are all making to incorporate exciting newtechnological capabilities into our changing world of highereducation.
This is the 76th issue of the quarterly journal NewDirections for Teaching and Learning.
