Facing an Exponential Future

Technology and the Community College

Buch | Hardcover

138 Seiten

2018
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4758-4361-3 (ISBN)

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This book will bring awareness to community college administrators and faculty to the recent technological developments, such as Artificial Intelligence, autonomous vehicles, personal robots, 3-D printing, the Internet of Things, nanotechnology, genome research, bitcoin, and quantum computing. These technologies will require radical change in the operation of community colleges. This book describes the new technologies, discusses the impact on the community college environment, and provides recommendations for modifying college operations.

Darrel W. Staat is past president of two technical colleges in Maine and one community college in Virginia before he assumed the presidency of the South Carolina Technical College System. Currently he serves as Professor and Coordinator of the Ed.D. Community College Executive Leadership Program at Wingate University (Ballantyne Campus) in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Artificial Intelligence
Chapter 2: Personal Robots
Chapter 3: 3-D Printing
Chapter 4: Autonomous Vehicles and Drones
Chapter 5: Internet of Things
Chapter 6: Genome Development: Medical
Chapter 7: Genome Development: Agricultural
Chapter 8: Nanotechnology
Chapter 9: Bitcoin/Blockchain
Chapter 10: Quantum Computing
Chapter 11: Exponential Leadership
Appendix
References
Contributors
About the Editor

Erscheinungsdatum	02.08.2018
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 233 mm
Gewicht	390 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Unterrichts-Handreichungen
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
ISBN-10	1-4758-4361-5 / 1475843615
ISBN-13	978-1-4758-4361-3 / 9781475843613
Zustand	Neuware