1st Edition

In Search of the Virtual Class Education in an Information Society

By Lalita Rajasingham, John Tiffin Copyright 1995
222 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

'Shirley zips into her skin-tight school uniform, which on the outside looks something like a ski suit. The lining of the suit in fact contains cabling that makes the suit a communication system and there are pressure pads where the suit touches skin that give a sense of touch. Next, she sits astride something that is a bit like a motorbike, except that it has no wheels and is attached firmly to... Read more
1. The vision 2. Education is communication 3. In a class of its own 4. The writing on the wall 5. Roads to the virtual class 6. Telelearning in cyberspace 7. Virtual Reality 8. The virtual class 9. Think global 10. Act local

Biography

Rajasingham, Lalita; Tiffin, John

'This book has many strengths: it uses Australian and New Zealand examples; it is current and topical; it uses an evolving sequence of scenarios to build the concept of the virtual class for the reader...' - Australian Library Review

'A thought provoking book.' - British Journal of Educational Technology