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标题：POTENTIAL FOR IT-SUPPORTED ONLINE EDUCATION TO AFFECT THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION
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作者：James Weber ; Paula Weber ; Dennis Guster 等
期刊名称：Issues in Information Systems
印刷版ISSN：1529-7314
出版年度：2002
卷号：3
页码：646-652
出版社：International Association for Computer Information Systems
摘要：Information Technology (IT) has enabled enormous transformations in the value chains and strategies of firms in a wide variety of industries, forcing IT adoption in companies slow to react. Higher education is at a crossroads of adoption of IT facilitated online education, which could have a dramatic impact on the competitive environment for colleges and universities. This study addressed a necessary precondition for the successful adoption of IT facilitated online education. Students taking online classes were surveyed to determine if online education had the potential to decrease undesirable constraints inherent in traditional educational pedagogies. Results indicated that online education was viewed as facilitating student education by reducing constraints. Potential impacts in higher education are discussed.
关键词：Online Education; IT in higher education; IT and higher education strategy; Strategy