Defining the 4th Industrial Revolution (IR4.0) as the "digital revolution" which combines human and technological capabilities in industry, this paper poses two questions. First, what is the country's level of attainment of IR4.0 Second, in preparing the population to take advantage of IR4.0, what is the role of higher education and what…

This article provides a critical review of the current studies in VR-based health and safety training, assessment techniques, training evaluation, and its potential to improve the training evaluation outcomes in various high-risk engineering industries. The results of this analysis indicate the breadth of VR-based applications in training users on…

Disruptive technologies and services created a new paradigm that changed the way media were created, threatening traditional media organizations. Many media companies have been challenged to respond to new types of media formats, productions and channels, for which they have needed new talents with the right skills and space to experiment. This…

Place-based education (PBE) will be explored while weaving in my own experiences with place growing up in West Virginia surrounded by the coal industry. PBE is a teaching method that provides meaningful instruction for students by transforming their community or place into their classroom. PBE can teach students how to truly inhabit their places…

The transition from industry to academia can present unique challenges for new faculty members in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields. Considering high drop, fail, withdraw (DFW) rates in undergraduate STEM courses and the need to increase the number of well-prepared graduates in these areas, it is important to better…

This study examines learning in an exceptional situation. The study was carried out during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, when the organisations' operations changed suddenly as the crisis broke out. The aim of the study is to structure activities during the crisis and the learning related to the adaptation of organisations. The study compares…

The goal of this bibliometric analysis is to determine the general trend of publications. Larsen, P.O. and von Ins M.G. are the most influential authors. Routledge is the next most influential publication. The majority of the research on the issue of traditional art learning was backed by as many as 301 links. As novelty a result, this study…

Innovations and innovative solutions are some of the drivers of the development of the modern economy. Of course, every country in the world has its own national innovation system, which ensures the practical implementation of innovative solutions, which, in turn, are the results of scientific research. The analysis of the factors influencing the…

This paper introduces two major outputs of the Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs project, the Open Book Collective (OBC) and platform and the Opening the Future publishing model. The OBC, a charitable entity, will host an infrastructure and revenue management platform for the support, access, distribution, and promotion…

In England, a new model of apprenticeship was initiated in whose stated intention was to 'put employers in the driving seat'. Regulation of the new model was focused on the mandatory 20% of apprentices' work time allocated to off-the-job training offered by colleges and other training providers. Based on case studies of employers and training…

Examining academics 'engagement with non-academics in industry, public agencies and charities, this paper examines gender gaps between men and women. Using a large-scale survey of UK academics, we find that although there is difference between women and men in the commercial areas of engagement, with men being more active in this domain than their…

Taiwan's vocational wood-furniture schools still focus only on the traditional manual training strategy, and so students' knowledge of the furniture-manufacturing process is fragmented. Moreover, they possess limited manual skills without learning the workflows and strategies of furniture production, which is inadequate for satisfying the direct…

Academic entrepreneurship and the commercialization of science have transformed higher education in recent decades. Although there is ample research on the topic, less is known about how individual scientists experience and perceive the transformation. Drawing on a narratological approach to sensemaking, this study examines how entrepreneurial…

Wider visibility of information literacy (IL) outside of the library and information science (LIS) field is important to the success of IL instruction, learning, and research. The development and major updates of several information literacy documents in the past decade evidence the changing landscape of IL research, but how these changes have…

Many public agencies and private organizations work to promote and support forestry and the forest products industry, including economic developers. Connections among these groups, though, are limited; and current and pending retirements from Baby Boomer-era employees at public agencies are further reducing these connections. This action research…