Lemmens The Virtual Challenge to International Cooperation in Higher Education Bernd Wächter (ed.) Aca papers on International Cooperation in Education The V irtual Challenge to International Cooperation in Higher Education

irtual Challenge to International Cooperation in Higher Education
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 curri-
cula in the future if students can tap into pro-
grammes from all over the globe via the Inter-
net? International experts explored these and
related questions in a seminar the Academic
Cooperation Association (ACA) and the Nor-
wegian Centre for International University Co-
operation (SIU) held in the summer of 2001. 
This publication presents the seminar’s major
outcomes.
ISBN 3-932306-40-6
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