tailieunhanh - Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World

A combination of well-targeted treatment and prevention programmes in the field of mental health, within overall pub- lic strategies, could avoid years lived with disability and deaths, reduce the stigma attached to mental disorders, increase considerably the social capital, help reduce poverty and promote a country’s development. Studies provide examples of effective programmes targeted at different age groups – from prenatal and early infancy programmes, through adolescence to old age – and different situations, such as post-traumatic stress following acci- dents, marital stress, work-related stress, and depression or anxiety due to job loss, widowhood or adjustment to retire- ment. Many more studies need to be. | Higher Education in a Web World I JM Report of an independent Committee of Inquiry into the impact on higher education of students widespread use of Web technologies LIFELONG l ARNNG JISC Univariitiax UK lsc Committee of Inquiry into the Changing Learner Experience BectaSr Membership Adrian Godfrey Julie Lydon Jane Machell Dr Kate Morss Ellie Russell Karen Stanton Professor Sir David Melville Chair Chair of Lifelong Learning UK Professor Cliff Allan Pro-Vice Chancellor Development University of Teesside Professor Julian Crampton Vice Chancellor University of Brighton Professor John Fothergill Pro-Vice Chancellor Learning and Teaching University of Leicester to July 2008 then Head of Engineering University of Leicester Director Internet Business Solutions Group Cisco Systems Inc. Professor Michael Harloe Vice Chancellor University of Salford Pro-Vice Chancellor Academic Development University of Glamorgan Principal Alton College Hampshire Director Centre for Academic Practice Queen Margaret University to September 2008 Student member University of Leeds Chief Information Officer and College Librarian King s College London Chief Executive LSN John Stone Juliet Strang Caroline Wiggins Headteacher Villiers High School Southall Futures Analyst Edexcel Secretariat Ann Hughes Secretary Director Bellevue Consultancy Xanthe O Donnell Assistant Secretary JISC to August 2008 Kerry O Neill Assistant Secretary JISC from September 2008 Contents 3 fk 9 Contents Chair s foreword Executive summary 5 Introduction 5 Key findings 6 Critical issues 7 Conclusions 9 Recommendations 10 Section 1 Introduction 12 The Committee 12 Background 13 Terms of reference 14 Working method 16 Fundamental premises 16 Policy context 17 Environmental factors 18 Structure of the report 19 Section 2 Prior experience of HE learners 20 Definitions 20 Access 20 Use 21 Key messages 24 Section 5 Critical Issues 33 Introduction 33 The digital divide 33 Information literacies in a digital age 34 Drivers