Digital collaborations are often stymied because institutions of higher education are increasingly divided between two cultures: the culture of knowledge and the culture of information. Campuses primarily remain institutions of knowledge, although practices of information acquisition can no...

This paper examines the e-learning strategies adopted by universities, from the perspective of three common objectives: widening access to educational opportunity; enhancing the quality of learning; and reducing the cost of higher education. The discussion is illustrated by drawing on case...

Globalization trends and innovations in the instructional technologies are widely believed to be creating new markets and forcing a revolution in higher education. Much of the rhetoric of "globalists" has presented a simplistic analysis of a paradigm shift in higher education markets and the way...

This article explores how classroom configuration and instructional technologies (IT) can be used to leverage good practices in accounting education and improve core competencies of undergraduate students. The Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education, (Chickering and Gamson...

The first recording in this contribution offers instructions and tips for making voice-over-PowerPoint recordings. The second recording - an answer to an industrial organization homework assignment about the lemons problem - shows how these recordings can be used to complement classroom teaching.

The current study employed two case studies, which were conducted in Taiwan, to explain the benefits of old technologies from an instructional economic perspective. The findings yielded from two case studies showed that old (inexpensive investment) and new technology (expensive investment) could...

This paper reveals the results of the “Strengthening the information literacy skills of the library users at Scientific Library of the Academy of Economic Studies from Moldova” survey. The aim of the study was to identify the role of the library while developing information literacy skills...

Public libraries support both organised and self-conducted learning in all education forms, i.e. formal, non-formal and informal learning for all age groups. They have been for centuries an integral part of the society offering free places and equal access to resources for educational and...

On 4th January 2005 the USA Information Literacy community is shocked by the Stanley Wilder's article “Information Literacy Makes all the Wrong Assumptions” published on The Chronicle of Higher Education. The article strongly criticises against Information Literacy and academic libraries. As...

Taken literally, the concept of "Information Society" means considering information as the fulcrum of everyday activities and implies attention to a number of factors, including: the volume of information available today; the variety of information content, information formats and vehicles of...