Reconfiguring the higher education value chain

Value Chain Framework and Support System For Higher Education

The value chain of a modern university can be viewed as a network of activities centered on the functions of teaching, research, and community service, which, in turn, involve educational design, educational delivery, assessment, research and development, and outreach activities. Each of these processes add value to the total educational package provided to students, and supporting these proces...

the survey of the virtual higher education in iran and the ways of its development and improvement

این پژوهش با هدف "بررسی وضعیت موجود آموزش عالی مجازی در ایران و راههای توسعه و ارتقای آن " و با روش توصیفی-تحلیلی و پیمایشی صورت پذیرفته است. بررسی اسنادو مدارک موجود در زمینه آموزش مجازی نشان داد تعداد دانشجویان و مقاطع تحصیلی و رشته محل های دوره های الکترونیکی چندان مطلوب نبوده و از نظر کیفی نیز وضعیت شاخص خدمات آموزشی اساتید و وضعیت شبکه اینترنت در محیط آموزش مجازی نامطلوب است.

Reconfiguring a Chain of Cubes

Any configuration of a chain of cubes can be transformed into any other while maintaining contact between adjacent cubes in the chain using a quadratic number of moves. We show that this result is also true in the more constrained setting of a “Kibble chain” where the cubes are threaded on an elastic string, and slits in the cubes allow limited turns at joints.

Reconfiguring the Political Value Chain: The Potential Role of Web Services

A new technological standard, called 'Web services' has recently made its first appearance in the Web technologies arena. Our question here is: what is the role of Web services for eGovernment? In the present contribution, the concept of 'political value chain' is introduced and the process of value reconfiguration is illustrated, evidencing one of the potential roles of IT on administrative ac...

Getting Value for Money in Higher Education