The Internet has transformed higher education by changing the way universities and colleges
teach students. As a result many institutions are struggling to understand how the next
generation of Internet technologies including Web 2.0 multimedia virtual presence gaming
and the proliferation of mobile devices will impact their students and infrastructures. .edu:
Technology and Learning Environments in Higher Education discusses how higher education
institutions can use these technologies to enable learning environments. In the future
students will have complete access to any higher education resource including expert scholars
lectures content courseware collaborative dialogues information exchanges hands-on
learning and research - no matter where they are located. If fully enabled this new learning
environment will blur the lines between on- and off-campus experiences and remove barriers to
learning and research - greatly improving the quality of education for students globally.
