The Digital New Economy and the New Educator.

Menzies, Heather

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ERIC Number: EJ557826

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Publication Date: 1997

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The Digital New Economy and the New Educator.

Menzies, Heather

Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, v23 n2 p43-59 Fall 1997

Examines economic trends of digitization, downsizing, globalization, and privatization and their relationship to virtual education. Urges educators to consider social and cultural values and the contrast between the social-bonding model of communication underlying the public culture of education and the transmission model underlying the culture of business. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Educators, Communication (Thought Transfer), Distance Education, Economic Change, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries, Technological Advancement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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