AProf Lalita Rajasingham

Adviser International Students,
School of Information Management

Introduction

Since 1986, Lalita's area of research and teaching has been in the application of information technology such as the Internet, virtual reality and HyperReality and artificial intelligence to human communication, particularly to education in multicultural settings. She is widely published internationally and has presented several keynote addresses and plenary papers at national and international conferences. Lalita's co-authored book titled In Search of the Virtual Class: Education in an Information Society (1995) helped pioneer future directions in education for the next decade in many parts of the world, and introduced the concepts of virtual classes, HyperClasses, virtual universities, and virtual learning on the Internet. Her co-authored book The Global Virtual University (2003) similarly breaks new ground, and sketches a philosophical foundation for the future of the university in an era of rapid technological change and globalisation.

Qualifications

BA, Melbourne; MA, Cambridge; PhD, Wellington; AFNZIM

Administrative Responsibilities

• International Student Advisor (SIM)

Selected Publications

Rajasingham, L. (2011). New challenges facing universities in the internet-driven global environment. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, June.

Rajasingham, L. (2010). Critical factors for successful e-learning: a case study of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 140pp. [Chapter in Book]

Rajasingham, L. (2009).The e-learning phenomenon: a new university paradigm? In Mark Stansfield and Thomas Connolly (Eds.), Institutional transformation through best practices in virtual campus development: Advancing e-learning policies (pp. 1-21). Hershey; PA, IGI Global Publishing.

Rajasingham, L. (2009). The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) systems on future university paradigms. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 5(2). 386-394. [Download PDF]

Rajasingham, L. (2009). Breaking boundaries: quality e-learning for the global knowledge society. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning, 4(1), 58-65. [View here.]

Rajasingham, L. (2008). e-Learning roadmap for a sustainable global knowledge society. In Joseph Luca, Edgar R Weippl (Eds.), Proceedings of the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA 2008) (pp. 4358-4365). Chesapeake, USA, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.

Rajasingham, L., Tiffin, J. (2008). The application of virtual reality and hyperreality technologies to universities. In Margherita Pagani (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking (2nd ed., pp. 61-66). Hershey, PA, Information Science Reference.

Rajasingham, L. (2007). The global virtual university: Transforming teaching, learning and knowledge modalities. In Europa World of Learning: The International Guide to the Academic World 2007 (Vol. 1, pp. 12-22). London and New York: Routledge.

Rajasingham, L. (2007). Peak oil to peak people: Education- a resource for the Knowledge Society. In Mehdi Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Managing Worldwide Operations and Communications with Information Technology: Proceedings of the Information Resources Management Association International Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada May 19-23, 2007.

Rajasingham, L. (2006). Re-focusing universities and improving the quality of higher education for the knowledge society. Proceedings of the 22nd ICDE World Conference on Distance Education (International Council for Open and Distance Education.

Rajasingham, L. (2006). Perspectives on twenty-first century e-learning in higher education. In Lawrence Tomei (Ed.), Integrating Information & Communications Technologies Into the Classroom: Advances in Information and Communications Technology Education Series (Vol.1, pp. 289-306). Hershey, USA: Idea Group Inc.

Rajasingham, L. (2005). Crashing through the glass ceiling: A cross-cultural perspective. In Donald Olcott Jr., and Darcy Hardy (Eds.), Dancing on the Glass Ceiling: Women, Leadership and Technology. Madison WI: Atwood Publishing.

Rajasingham, L. & Tiffin, J. (2005). The application of virtual reality and hyperreality technologies to universities. In Margherita Pagani (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking.Hershey USA: Ideas Group Publishers.

Rajasingham, L. (2005). E-Learning: The vision beyond current norms and processes in higher education. International Journal of Information and Communications Technology Education (IJICTE), 4.

Rajasingham, L. (2004). The Future University in the Knowledge Society. Brazilian Review of Open and Distance Learning (BRODL), 2(4).