The Virtual Challenge to International Cooperation in Higher Education

A Project to the Academic Cooperation Association

ISBN 3-932306-40-6

2002
paperback
120 pages

19,80 EUR

The IT revolution is reshaping higher education. Already, there are predictions of the death of the "brick-and-mortar" university, soon to be replaced by online "click" or "virtual" institutions. Even if this expectation should turn out to be exaggerated, the IT drive will eventually bring about major changes. One affected area could be the internationalisation of higher education. Will online learning replace traditional international activities in the future, such as study or teaching in another country? And will it be necessary to internationalise the content and format of curricula in the future if students can tap into programmes from all over the globe via the Internet? International experts explored these and related questions in a seminar the Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) and the Norwegian Centre for International University Cooperation (SIU) held in the summer of 2001. This publication presents the seminar's major outcomes.

What is ACA?
Founded in 1993, the Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) is a not-for-profit pan-European network of major organisations responsible in their countries for the promotion of internationalisation in education and training. Current membership is comprised of 20 national organisations in 15 European countries, as well as associate members in North America, Japan and Australia. The secretariat is located in Brussels, Belgium, in easy reach of the European institutions.