The Globalization Of Higher Education Through The Lens Of Technology And Accountability

Howard C. Woodard*, Sonya S. Shepherd**, MindyCrain-Dorough***, Michael D. Richardson****
* Professor and Director, Georgia College at Robins Air Force Base Campus, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA.
** Professor and Associate Department Head, Henderson Library, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA.
*** Assistant Professor of Educational Research.
**** Professor and Head, Department of Educational Leadership and Technology, both at South Eastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA.
Periodicity:July - September'2011
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.8.2.1629

Abstract

Technology has ushered in a new era in higher education making knowledge of technology essential for administrators. Technology is transforming higher education by providing a global interconnectedness that reshapes educational, social, economic and cultural life.

The globalization of networks based on travel, mobile phones, broad-band Internet and other information and communications technologies, are creating change on an unprecedented scale. Similarly, technology enables complex data transfers essential to knowledge-intensive production and distribution.

Globalization forces higher education institutions to examine their participation in the international environment and to assess their involvement in a seemingly transparent world. The potential for technology in global higher education coupled with the mobility of people, information and ideas will expand the influence of technology, globalization and higher education.

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Howard C. Woodard, Sonya S. Shepherd, Mindy Crain-Dorough and Michael D. Richardson (2011). The Globalization Of Higher Education Through The Lens Of Technology And Accountability. i-manager’s Journal of Educational Technology, 8(2), 16-24. https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.8.2.1629

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