This book demonstrates teachers' and learners' experiences with big data in education; education and cloud computing; and new technologies for teacher support. It also discusses the advantages of using these frontier technologies in teaching and learning and predicts the future challenges. As such, it enables readers to better understand how…

Today's educators stand at the crossroads of globalization and technology. The world is rapidly shrinking. The workplace is being transformed before our very eyes. Technology is forever changing the way we perceive reality and the way we do business. Educators are required to equip students for a workplace that has yet to emerge. The skill sets of…

"Education Networks" is a critical analysis of the emerging intersection among the global power elite, information and communication technology, and schools. Joel Spring documents and examines the economic and political interests and forces--including elite networks, the for-profit education industry, data managers, and professional…

The papers in this collection are the 15 best papers from the thirteenth International Conference on College Teaching and Learning. They represent a cross-section of nearly 300 presentations, selected by juried review from 40 submitted for consideration. The papers are: (1) The Use of Hybrid Type Educational Digital Entities in University…

These nine papers address issues in information management and information technology in higher education from a European perspective. Papers focus on information management in the context of institutional management and administration. The chapters are: (1) "General Introduction" (Edgar Frackman); (2) "From Computing Strategy to…

This book-and-CD package provide a lively, hands-on introduction for teachers and scholars in the humanities and social sciences. New technology is changing the nature of research and teaching in the humanities and social sciences. From specialized online forums to Web-based teaching and distance learning, computers are being used to expand…

By joining bodies of research in media theory, cultural studies, and critical pedagogy, this book offers a vision of learning that values social empowerment over technical skills. An inquiry into the existence and range of models equipped to cultivate critical teaching and learning in the Internet-supported classroom, the book argues that media…

This book examines new learning and telecommunications technologies and their potential applications to enrich the learning process, to ensure educational equality for all students and to help cultivate the "Educated Person," one who is capable of maintaining a high quality of life, and of contributing to the betterment of the community…

This book defines over 1,000 terms related to multimedia. Generally speaking, the terms were selected around sets of professional functions that relate to multimedia either because they belong to one of the disciplines that contribute to multimedia or because they belong to a set of competencies that originated with the birth of multimedia. An…

This book looks at the developing understanding of approaches to online teaching and the emergence of pedagogies that will ensure online teaching and learning materials are effective. Contributors to this volume were participants at an expert seminar held at the International Center for Learner Managed Learning at Middlesex University, London, and…

This practitioner-oriented guide provides nontechnnical, straightforward advice on how to stay on top of technological changes and innovation and how to design, implement, and run a computer lab and/or computer-assisted classroom. It addresses the fundamental overhead of the educational infrastructure that is necessary for classroom technology to…

This book presents 11 chapters on technology and higher education which are primarily derived from a 1994 conference on educational technology and diversity. Papers are grouped into three sections which address: first, technology, teaching and learning; second, the law and union contracts; and, third, technophobia. The papers and their authors…

The Tomas Rivera Policy Institute conducted research to clarify the state of technology development in schools in San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties, California and to determine whether meaningful technology access was out of reach for those school districts in which the enrollment was predominantly Hispanic. The empirical investigation, with…

Data from the Current Population Surveys of the U.S. Census were used to construct this report on the access to and use of computers and information technology by the Hispanic population of the United States. The report explores four main issues, each of which is being transformed by innovations in information technology. The first issue…

This book is designed to help educators cope with changes created by technology and embrace a new mindset necessary to access the burgeoning technological advances, in order to keep schools and students relevant in the 21st century. The book looks through several "windows" on the future, and asks educators to consider their own paradigms…