Cases on Transnational Learning and Technologically Enabled Environments

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Mukerji, Siran, Tripathi, Purnendu
IGI Global, Mar 31, 2010 - Education - 474 pages

Whether by synergy or by synthesis, development and technology are becoming synonymous in every domain.

Cases on Transnational Learning and Technologically Enabled Environments reports on national and international initiatives undertaken to adapt advancements in information and communication technology and successfully face the challenges posed by various social and economic forces. The international research in this book represents instances of institutions that are in transition as well as those that are readily using technology in education.

 

Contents

Make a Change byExchanging Views
1
International Collaborationfor Technology EnhancedEducation in Rwanda
31
The Challenge of National Culture
50
The Intercultural EmpathyThrough Virtual RolePlay
65
Classroom Managementin Synchronous OnlineSecondary Classrooms
89
A SelfPaced LearningIntervention in Ghana
103
An Integrated Framework forPersonalized TLearning
118
Student Teacher Contextual Variables
136
Bracing to Teach Onlinein Teacher Education
246
Questions and Challenges
266
Project Learning the LinkedCourse and Ramificationsfor Global Research
288
An Assessment of Preparedness ofConventional Universities in Saudi Arabia
302
Issues and Strategies
327
A Case Study from Iran
344
Effectiveness ofInteractivity for EnhancedUndergraduate Learning
359
The Challenges of TechnologyEnhanced InstructionalSystem in Nigeria
376

Impact of Spatial AbilityTraining in DesktopVirtual Environment
158
Why to Promote and How to Investigate
180
An Excellence Model for QualityAssurance in Formative Programmes
190
Real Time InternetBasedEnglish as a ForeignLanguage Learning
213
Meeting the Realities inTechnology Enhanced Learning
224
Compilation of References
390
About the Contributors
430
Index
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Siran Mukerji, a Jawahar Lal Nehru scholar for her doctorate in Human Resource Development, also has completed her masters in distance education and public administration. She has been International Research Fellow of Open University Business School (2009) at Open University (UK). At Arab Open University Saudi Arabia, she was a faculty member in Business Administration for three years. She is one of the Editors-in-Chief of International Journal of Technology and Educational Marketing (IJTEM) and Author/Editor of Teaching Case books on Innovations in Educational Marketing, Interactive Technology Environments, Technology Enhanced Learning, Transnational Learning & Technologically enabled Environments, and Technological Adaptability and Transnational Learning. She has contributed articles in standard national and international journals and also presented papers in national and international conferences. Dr. Mukerji is a member of review committees for numerous international conferences and journals. Her current research interests include performance management and HRM in open and distance learning institutions. In her parent institution, IGNOU (India), she is Deputy Director, responsible for student recruitment and related support services management in the present region.

Purnendu Tripathi, an International Research Fellow (2009) of Open University Business School (OUBS) at Open University (UK), has a Ph.D in Management. At Arab Open University (AOU) Saudi Arabia, as a faculty member in Business Administration, he was faculty mentor, programme and course coordinator entrusted with the responsibility of training and development of the faculty members teaching in open and distance learning (ODL) environment, besides his own teaching and research in ODL. Currently, he is serving as one of the Editors-in-Chief of International Journal of Technology and Educational Marketing (IJTEM). He has authored/edited five Teaching Case books on Innovations in Educational Marketing, Interactive Technology Environments, Technology Enhanced Learning, Transnational Learning & Technologically enabled Environments, and Technological Adaptability and Transnational Learning. His current research interests include Higher Education Management, Higher Education Marketing, and Academic Program Life Cycle (APLC). In his parent institution, IGNOU (India), he is Deputy Director, looking after academic management and student support services in open and distance learning. [Editor]

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