Tourism Education and the Internet: Benefits, Challenges and Opportunities

Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 1-15

  Williams, Gary ^a   McKercher, Bob ^b  

^a Educational Technology Consultant   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Academics; Internet; Teaching; Tourism education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011163922     PISSN: 15313220     EISSN: 15313239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J172v01n02_01     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Anonymous. (2000). Labour Pains. The Economist-The new economy survey insert, Sept 23, 25-29.
2. Baines, A. (1998). Technology and tourism. Work Study, 47 (5), 160-163. Retrieved 6th October, 2000 from the World Wide Web. http://www. emerald-library. com/brev/07947ea1. htm
3. Berge, Z. (1997). Computer conferencing and the on-line classroom. International Journal of Educational Telecommunications, 3 (1), 3-21.
4. Birkerts, S. (1994). The Gutenburg elegies: The fate of reading in an electronic age. Faber and Faber: England.
5. Bodner, G. M. (1986). Constructivism: A theory of knowledge. Journal of Chemical Education, 63, 873-878.
6. Chickering, A. W., & Ehrmann, S. C. (1996). Implementing the seven principles: Technology as lever. AAHE Bulletin, October, 3-6.
7. Connolly, D. J., Olsen, M. D., & Moore, R. G. (1998). The Internet as a distribution channel. Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, 39 (4), 42-55.
8. Deiser, R. (1999). Knowledge networks of the future. Proceedings of the 19th World Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education, Vienna, Austria. June 20-24.
9. Lew, A. A. (1999). World Wide Web resources for tourism resources. Tourism Geographies, 1 (3), 380-384.
10. McCole, P. (2000). Hindsight, foresight, or a Web site? Hospitality, April, 17-19.
11. NTIA. (1999). Americans in the information age falling through the Net. National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Retrieved 6th October, 2000 from the World Wide Web. http:///www. ntia. doc. gov/ntiahome/digitaldivide
12. NUA. (2000). How many online? Retrieved 6th October, 2000 from the World Wide Web. http://www. nua. ie/surveys/how_many_online
13. Postman, N. (1990). Informing ourselves to death. Presentation at German Informatics Society Meeting, Stuttgart, Germany. October 11th. Retrieved 6th October, 2000 from the World Wide Web. http://cec. wustl. edu/-cs142/articles/MISC/informing_ ourselves_to_death-postman
14. Rowntree, D. (1995). Teaching and learning online: A correspondence education for the 21st century? British Journal of Educational Technology, 26 (3), 205-215.
15. Ryan, Y. (1998). Time and tide: Teaching and learning online. Australian Universities Review. 41 (1), pp. 14-19.
16. Spivack, S. E., & Chernish, W. N. (1999). Distance learning: Assessing its potential in higher education for the tourism and hospitality sector. Proceedings of First Pan-American Conference, Latin American Tourism in Next Millennium: Education, Investment and Sustainability, Panama City, Panama. May 19-21. Retrieved 6th October, 2000 from the World Wide Web. http://www. hotel-online.com/Neo/Trends/PanAmerProceedingsMay99/DistLearningHospitality. html
17. TIA. (2000). Internet usage by travelers continues to soar. Retrieved 6th October, 2000 from the World Wide Web. http://www. tia. org/press/020800int. asp
18. von Glasersfeld, E. (1984). An introduction to radical constructivism. In P. Watzlawick (Ed)., The invented reality: How do we know what we believe we know? (Contributions to constructivism) (pp. 17-40). New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
19. von Glasersfeld, E. (1990). An exposition of constructivism: Why some like it radical. In R. B. Davis, C. A. Maher, & N. Noddings (Eds)., Constructivist views on the teaching and learning of mathematics (pp 19-29). Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Monograph No 4. USA.: The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.