JISC

This project has now completed and produced a hard copy and e-book version of  The e-Revolution and Post-Compulsory Education: Using e-Business Models to Deliver Quality Education which offers senior managers in further (FE) and higher education (HE) best-practice guidance for applying e-business approaches to their institutions. 

The e-book was launched in March 2009. A blog was set up to invite comments from thought leaders in the field.  New articles have also been included in the blog and are available for comment: 

e-Revolution blog

For further information about the e-book, please contact the project manager, Jos Boys jos.boys@gmail.com

The original project

This project aimed to update Peter Ford’s 1996 publication Managing Change in Higher Education: Learning Environment Architecture. This book included nine contributors and covered social, business and technical perspectives.

This project updated the existing body of information and make it more accessible to FE institutions. Around a dozen experts/consultants are contributing to the book and will attempt to map out the critical issues on a series of topics ranging from student services, registry, marketing, staff development to web services.  It is anticipated that there will be phased releases of material during the lifecycle of the project.  

Reference   

Peter Ford, Peter Goodyear, Richard Heseltine, Roger Lewis, Jonathan Darby, Joyce Graves, Pat Satorius, Dave Harwood & Tom King (1996) Managing Change in Higher Education: Learning Environment Architecture Buckingham: The Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press.

Jos Boys and Peter Ford (2008), The e-Revolution and Post-Compulsory Education: Using e-Business Models to Deliver Quality Education, Routledge Taylor and Francis Group.