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The role of faculty in the digital education of tomorrow

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Signs that a huge portion of our world is becoming digital are ubiquitous; the educational arena is not exempt. The influence of the Web and the dot-com phenomena signals a pending revolution. As a result, the model of teaching that has been the hallmark of higher education apparently has little place in tomorrow’s instruction. Rather, computer technology may hold the key to a more virtuous form of instruction, a model of instruction that, in part, is not new but whose use has been hindered by the prevailing fear of technology. However, promotion of such a model could assure faculty a significant place in this new era

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    Russell Butson

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Butson, R. The role of faculty in the digital education of tomorrow. J. Comput. High. Educ. 17, 3–16 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02960224

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