Access to knowledge : new information technologies and the emergence of the virtual university / edited by F. Ted Tschang and Tarcisio Della Senta.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Virtual universities and learning environments : characterizing their emergence and design / Ted Tschang -- Learning environments : the virtual university and beyond / Michael Dillinger -- Reforming the educational knowledge base : course content and skills in the Internet age / Janusz Szczypula, Ted Tschang and Om Vikas -- Internet technologies : towards advanced infrastructure and learning applications / Ng Chong -- Course delivery systems for the virtual university / Peter Brusilovsky and Philip Miller -- Digital libraries and virtual universities / Christine L. Borgman -- Social foundations for collaboration in virtual environments / Gloria Mark -- Institutional models for virtual universities / Robin Mason -- From traditional distance learning to virtual distance learning in higher education in Africa : trends and challenges / Magdallen Juma -- Graduate studies at a distance : the construction of a Brazilian model / Ricardo Barcia [and others] -- The ITESM virtual university : towards a transformation of higher education / Marisa Martín Pérez -- Distance higher education and a new trend of virtual universities in Asia / Aya Yoshida -- The Internet and virtual universities : towards learning and knowledge systems / Ted Tschang.