The Global Virtual University

This book is about the shift from the modern university of the nation state to the global virtual university of the future. John Tiffin and Lalita Rajasingham launched the idea of virtual universities on the Internet with the publication of ‘In Search of the Virtual Class: Education in an Information Society’ in 1995. Since then, virtual universities have multiplied worldwide. However, the authors argue that globalisation and the Internet are still in their infancy, and universities have yet to face the challenges of global free trade in broadband telecommunications, artificial intelligence and Hyper Reality. Based on material gathered from research in the USA, Japan, Taiwan, Brazil, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand, this book describes how a global university could function in the future and presents a paradigm from which it might be constructed. This unique, visionary text will be critical reading for academics, postgraduate students and for anyone involve din policymaking and planning within the university community and administration.Additional ISBNs0415287014, 0415287022, 9780415287012, 9780415287029, 0203464672, 6610242569, 1280242566, 1134446705, 9780203464670, 9786610242566, 9781280242564, 9781134446704The Global Virtual University 1st Edition is written by Lalita Rajasingham; John Tiffin and published by Routledge. ISBNs for The Global Virtual University are 9781134446704, 1134446705 and the print ISBNs are 9780415287012, 0415287014. Additional ISBNs include 0415287014, 0415287022, 9780415287012, 9780415287029, 0203464672, 6610242569, 1280242566, 1134446705, 9780203464670, 9786610242566, 9781280242564, 9781134446704.