Facing an Exponential Future (eBook, ePUB)

Technology and the Community College
Redaktion: Staat, Darrel W.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This bookwill 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781475843637
• Artikelnr.: 52505336

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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