Cases on technological adaptability and transnational learning issues and challenges
Title:
Cases on technological adaptability and transnational learning issues and challenges
Author:
Mukerji, Siran.
ISBN:
9781615207800
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2010.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xix, 426 p. : ill. (some col.)) : digital files.
Contents:
1. Learning across social spaces / Gilbert Ahamer, Josef Strobl -- 2. Online teaching partnerships in diverse socio-cultural institutions / Julian Scheinbuks, Anthony A. Piña -- 3. Balanced assessment of flexible e-learning versus face-to-face campus delivery courses at an Australian university / Kenneth David Strang -- 4. Planning a quality education system : using technology to increase access to university education / C.W.S. Sukati -- 5. Using portable DVD players to deliver interactive simulations for training health care workers in Kenya / Wallace Hannum -- 6. Transnational postgraduate study for development workers : using technology to bridge the gap / Elizabeth A. Beckmann, Patrick Kilby -- 7. Learning patterns of learner's interaction in the learning management systems : a comparative study of China and Malaysia / Wu Bing, Teoh Ai Ping, Ye Chun Ming -- 8. EPICT : transnational teacher development through blended learning / Katalin Csoma -- 9. Japanese students' digitally enabled futures images : a synergistic approach to developing academic competencies / Michael Vallance, David L. Wright -- 10. Development of a transnational framework for e-learning technologies / Deryn Graham -- 11. Second Life brought to life : a case of usability in-world / Kevin Yee, Jace Hargis -- 12. Perspectives on the influences of social capital upon Internet usage of rural Guatemalan teachers / Douglas Tedford --
13. Interactive hypermedia-based learning environment : models of making sense of dynamic visualization / Billie Eilam, Ofir Gurtler -- 14. Using email as a cultural bridge in the learning process for transnational students / Sandra Wilson Smith -- 15. Integrated cross-cultural virtual classroom exchange program : how adaptable public schools are in Korea and the USA? / Eunhee Jung O'Neill -- 16. Live interactive virtual explorations via the High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network / Kimberly Mann Bruch, Hans-Werner Braun, Susan Teel -- 17. Effectiveness of problem based learning for engineering curriculum / J.I. Rojas, X. Prats, A. Montlaur, M. Valero, E. García-Berro -- 18. Using the how people learn framework for online course design in teacher education / Sharon Dole, Lisa Bloom.
Abstract:
"The case studies in this volume enforce technology is a principle catalysts for transnational collaborative interventions in providing learning and professional development opportunities to the people of both developed and developing countries"--Provided by publisher.
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Electronic Access:
Chapter PDFs via platform: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-61520-779-4