Comparative Research on Diversity in Virtual Learning: Eastern vs. Western Perspectives
Comparative Research on Diversity in Virtual Learning: Eastern vs. Western Perspectives

Author: Khlaif, Zuheir

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2023-03-20

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 1668435977

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In today’s modern world, it is crucial to ensure diversity and inclusion are present in all forms of education. This can be particularly difficult to achieve in virtual learning environments as educators and students adjust to this new way of teaching and learning. Further study on how schools and institutions across the globe are promoting diversity in online environments is necessary to discover the best practices and ensure education as a whole remains inclusive. Comparative Research on Diversity in Virtual Learning: Eastern vs. Western Perspectives collects lived experiences of stakeholders from different countries regarding their experiences with teaching in diverse virtual learning environments. The book identifies characteristics of diversity in virtual online learning and explores the best practices of teaching and learning in said environments. Importantly, the reference covers experiences from both Eastern and Western countries and compares the challenges and opportunities afforded to both. Covering topics such as student engagement, computational thinking, and diverse environments, this reference work is ideal for teachers, administrators, policymakers, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Fostering Inclusive Education With AI and Emerging Technologies
Fostering Inclusive Education With AI and Emerging Technologies

Author: Sanmugam, Mageswaran

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2024-10-24

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13:

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The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies presents a transformative opportunity for the field of education by fostering greater inclusivity and accessibility. AI-powered tools can personalize learning experiences, adapting to the unique needs of students with diverse learning styles, abilities and backgrounds. Emerging technologies can provide immersive and interactive experiences that break down barriers for students with disabilities or those in remote or underserved areas. These technologies have the potential to create a more equitable educational environment, ensuring that all learners, regardless of their circumstances, have the opportunity to succeed. Fostering Inclusive Education With AI and Emerging Technologies explores how these technologies can be leveraged to foster inclusive education, ensuring equitable learning opportunities for all students, regardless of their physical, cognitive, or socio-economic status. It discusses the integration of AI tools to personalize learning experiences, the use of virtual and augmented reality for immersive learning environments, and the implementation of blockchain for secure and transparent educational records. Covering topics such as adaptive learning environments, mobile technologies, and inclusive education, this book is an excellent resource for educators, academicians, researchers, scholars, instructors, instructional designers, pre-service teachers, and more.

Emerging Trends and Historical Perspectives Surrounding Digital Transformation in Education: Achieving Open and Blended Learning Environments
Emerging Trends and Historical Perspectives Surrounding Digital Transformation in Education: Achieving Open and Blended Learning Environments

Author: Eteokleous, Nikleia

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2023-08-01

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1668444240

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Open, distance, and blended learning environments have increased globally in recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stakeholders in the educational sector are facing new challenges on how to take advantage of the knowledge, skills, and experiences gained during the pandemic and, more importantly, how to move forward towards digitally transforming education. Emerging Trends and Historical Perspectives Surrounding Digital Transformation in Education: Achieving Open and Blended Learning Environments identifies cases, best practices, and experiences that highlight digital transformation via online, blended, and open learning environments at all levels and discusses how digital transformation can be achieved. The book also examines the influence of leadership, human resources, knowledge, skills, processes, and technologies in promoting digital transformation. Covering topics such as open learning, digital learning, online teaching, and learner support, this reference work is ideal for teachers, instructional designers, curriculum developers, IT consultants, educational software developers, policymakers, industry professionals, researchers, academicians, practitioners, and students.

Humanizing Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Humanizing Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Author: Gray, Laura E.

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2024-03-11

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13:

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The surge in enrollment for online courses is continually increasing. However, beneath the convenience lies a challenge that demands a resolution. Educators, administrators, and instructional designers must ensure that the human element is not lost in the virtual corridors of learning. Students with diverse backgrounds and learning needs require more than a simple virtual classroom. Research reveals a concerning trend: high attrition rates in online courses, often attributed to a lack of engagement and insufficient human interaction. To reverse this trend, deliberate measures must be taken to humanize the online learning environment. This book provides several solutions, offering an array of tools and strategies to promote engagement and infuse the human touch into online spaces. To confront this multi-layered challenge, it becomes paramount to undertake deliberate measures aimed at humanizing the online learning environment. Humanizing Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education steps forward as a guide, offering an extensive array of tools and strategies meticulously crafted to foster student engagement and infuse the essential human touch into the digital educational landscape.

Designing Equitable and Accessible Online Learning Environments
Designing Equitable and Accessible Online Learning Environments

Author: Kyei-Blankson, Lydia

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2024-02-07

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13:

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As the educational sphere witnessed an unprecedented shift to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, a pivotal transformation was set in motion. The surge in online enrollment, spanning synchronous, asynchronous, hybrid, and mobile formats, has established the digital domain as a formidable medium of education. However, this transition comes with a responsibility to uphold the principles of equality and accessibility, a responsibility that mirrors the concerns long prevalent in traditional brick-and-mortar classrooms. Designing Equitable and Accessible Online Learning Environments is a pioneering endeavor which delves into the multifaceted dimensions of online education and reveals a crucial revelation that students from disadvantaged backgrounds exhibit a pronounced affinity for online courses. This book magnifies the essence of this observation, venturing beyond the surface to uncover the means to cultivate a genuinely inclusive online pedagogical experience. Meticulously curated, this book amalgamates diverse perspectives from luminaries in the field. The ultimate aspiration is to empower educators, administrators, researchers, and students with a profound understanding of the symbiotic relationship between inclusivity and technology. From theoretical underpinnings to practical strategies, every chapter resonates with the heartbeat of equitable education in the digital age. Embarking on a comprehensive journey, this book is an exploration of design theories that embrace the ethos of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. Topics span the spectrum, from deciphering the architecture of accessible digital tools to unraveling the tapestry of culturally responsive teaching in the virtual classroom.

Adjunct Faculty in Online Higher Education: Best Practices for Teaching Adult Learners
Adjunct Faculty in Online Higher Education: Best Practices for Teaching Adult Learners

Author: Tarbutton, Tanya McGlashing

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2024-01-22

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 1668498561

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Adjunct Faculty in Online Higher Education: Best Practices for Teaching Adult Learners is an essential handbook that delves into the pivotal role of adjunct faculty instructors in the booming realm of online higher education, with a specific focus on adult learners. As the demand for online education continues to soar, administrators, program directors, and adjunct faculty instructors alike are presented with unique challenges and opportunities. This comprehensive guidebook provides a wealth of knowledge and best practices for adjunct faculty instructors seeking to excel in online teaching roles. With a keen understanding of the competitive nature of the field, this book equips instructors with valuable insights that will set them apart in the ever-expanding landscape of higher education. University administrators and program directors will also find immense value in the book's content, which explores strategies for providing professional development to adjunct faculty and designing effective evaluations to support continuous improvement. Recognizing the paramount importance of the student experience, the book emphasizes the crucial role played by adjunct faculty in representing their respective institutions. Covering a wide range of topics, from the historical context of adult learners to the challenges associated with being an adjunct instructor, this handbook serves as a comprehensive guide for both aspiring and experienced adjunct faculty members. It offers practical advice on curriculum design, personnel development, and evaluation methods, empowering administrators and directors alike to make informed decisions in hiring and supporting adjunct faculty instructors.

Handbook of Research on Creating Motivational Online Environments for Students
Handbook of Research on Creating Motivational Online Environments for Students

Author: Bilodeau, Julie A.

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2023-08-18

Total Pages: 541

ISBN-13: 1668445344

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There are many ways to motivate students to achieve their academic and personal goals. Due to the pandemic, more emphasis has been placed on finding alternative approaches to instruct students. Online learning has become the focal point of the educational setting, and new approaches to teaching are necessary. Since the change in delivery from face-to-face to online, teachers have been faced with motivating their students in an environment that is new and foreign to them. Teachers must find new methods to enhance their curriculum to motivate all students in this modality. The Handbook of Research on Creating Motivational Online Environments for Students considers how online students learn and how they progress through the learning process. The book also provides teaching techniques and technology that will improve motivational success for students in all modalities. Covering topics such as student behavior, online education, and motivational techniques, this premier reference source is ideal for administrators, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Transformational Leadership Styles, Management Strategies, and Communication for Global Leaders
Transformational Leadership Styles, Management Strategies, and Communication for Global Leaders

Author: Roache, Darcia Ann Marie

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2023-08-31

Total Pages: 559

ISBN-13: 1668488248

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The impact of transformational leadership styles, management strategies, and communication for organizational effectiveness and employee performance within organizations cannot be overemphasized. Leadership as a concept has evolved over the years based on situations, practices, and change management approaches in organizations. The evolution of transformational leadership in organizations is imperative to examine in order to motivate and encourage others to collectively support and work to achieve organizational effectiveness or vision and mission. Leadership needs a paradigm shift to influence opportunities and challenges in organizations such as organizational behavior, motivation, communication, and management functions. Transformational Leadership Styles, Management Strategies, and Communication for Global Leaders aims to provide relevant theoretical, conceptual/procedural, and the latest empirical research findings frameworks that critically examine the areas of leadership, leadership styles, management studies, and communication for leaders globally. It is designed for multi-sectoral interests in business and educational organizations, chief executive officers, executive members, team leaders, industry leaders, human resource directors/personnel, leadership and management leaders, and practitioners.

Mathematics Education in Different Cultural Traditions- A Comparative Study of East Asia and the West
Mathematics Education in Different Cultural Traditions- A Comparative Study of East Asia and the West

Author: Frederick Koon-Shing Leung

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-08-02

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 0387297235

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The idea of the ICMI Study 13 is outlined as follows: Education in any social environment is influenced in many ways by the traditions of these environments. This study brings together leading experts to research and report on mathematics education in a global context. Mathematics education faces a split phenomenon of difference and correspondence. A study attempting a comparison between mathematics education in different traditions will be helpful to understanding this phenomenon.

Comparative Research on Educational Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Eastern vs. Western Perspectives
Comparative Research on Educational Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Eastern vs. Western Perspectives

Author: Malik, Muhammad Abid

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2022-06-24

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1668436027

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented ripples throughout society, bringing many sectors and fields, including education, to a virtual halt or forcing them to change their working style abruptly. Based on technological advancements, e-learning preparedness, and human and financial resources, higher education systems and universities in Eastern and Western countries have responded differently to this crisis. Comparative Research on Educational Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Eastern vs. Western Perspectives presents global research on the response of higher education to the COVID-19 pandemic from both the East and the West. It sheds light on the relevant challenges, strategies, and effectiveness of the policies set in place in response to the pandemic. Covering topics such as international student-related policies, pedagogical adaptation, and student motivation, this premier reference source is an essential resource for policymakers, government officials, faculty of higher education, students and educators of higher education, libraries, researchers, and academicians.