Books in the Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design series

Disseminates issues and trends emerging in the field of adult e-learning and online instruction for the design of better products and services. This publication provides theoretical understanding of the essential links between authentic learning, social psychology, instructional design, e-learning, and online education.

Presents the latest scholarly research on the implementation of visual images, aids, and graphics in classroom settings and focuses on how these methods stimulate critical thinking in students. Highlighting concepts relating to cognition, communication, and computing, this book is designed for researchers, instructors, academicians, and students.

As new and emerging technologies continue to become more familiar to educators and the education system, the vast opportunities for web-based learning has transformed the ideals of the traditional classroom. This title concentrates on theory, application, and the development of web-based technologies for teaching and learning and its influence on the education system.

With higher education turning towards data analytics as the next big advance in technology, it is important to look at how information is gathered and visualized for accurate comprehension, analysis, and decision-making. This brings together effective practices for the end-to-end capture and web based presentation of information for comprehension, analysis, and decision-making.

With the integration of technology into education systems, our society has begun to embrace the new approaches we have taken towards transforming traditional learning environments into active learning through questions,collaboration and discussions. This focuses on an in-depth assessment on strategies and instructional design practises appropriate for the flipped classroom model.

As technology is being integrated into educational processes, teachers are searching for new ways to enhance student motivation and learning. Through shared experiences and the results of empirical research, educators can ease social networking sites into instructional usage. This title collates different viewpoints on how social networking sites can be integrated in education.

The rapid growth in online and virtual learning opportunities has created culturally diverse university classes and corporate training sessions. Instruction for these learning opportunities must adjust to meet participant needs. This title brings together professional discourse regarding best practices, challenges, and insights on both higher education and corporate training settings.

Examines the use of writing technologies in early childhood, elementary, secondary, and post-secondary classrooms, as well as in professional development contexts. This book provides researchers, scholars, students, educators, and professionals around the world with access to the latest knowledge on writing technology and methods for its use in the classroom.

Presents research and information on implementing and sustaining interdisciplinary studies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics for students and classrooms in an urban setting. This collection of research acts as a guide for researchers and professionals interested in improving learning outcomes for their students.

Highlights current research on the latest trends in education with an emphasis on the technologies being used to meet learning objectives. It focuses on teaching strategies, learner engagement, student interaction, and digital tools for learning.

Explores how technology impacts the process of devising instructional plans as well as learning itself in adult students. This publication proposes realistic and accurate archetypes to assist educators in incorporating different technologies into online instruction.

Gathers the traditional models of teaching and learning. This title presents them in a way that is useful to both new and experienced online teachers in a manner that can assist in increasing the overall effectiveness of online courses and training sessions and provide an impact for both the teacher and the learner.

Presents the latest scholarly research on new models, trends, and data for solving instructional and learning challenges in education. Featuring extensive coverage on a wide range of topics such as distance education, online learning, and blended learning, this publication is designed for academics, practitioners, researchers, and students.

Targets pressing needs in distance education by connecting theory and practice, addressing emerging leadership issues, and identifying best practices in teaching and learning. This book unites cases that not only can be used for teaching, but also as a resource for building quality distance delivery programs.

Blended learning continues to emerge as a more proactive and high quality method of teaching and learning. Yet as the academic landscape shifts towards technology-based efforts, the lack of economic support in developing countries has hindered its educational growth. This provides an insight on blended learning approaches and its importance in the educational development of emerging economies.

Provides strategies for addressing the challenges and pitfalls faced when planning, designing, and implementing learning and educational technology projects. The case studies in this publication aim to provide instructors, practitioners in K-12 and higher education, business managers as well as students interested in implementing education technology projects.

Addresses the problems currently facing science education in the USA and the UK, and suggests a new hands-on approach to learning. This book is an essential reference source for policymakers, academicians, researchers, educators, curricula developers, and teachers as they strive to improve education at the elementary, secondary, and collegiate levels.

Presents the latest scholarly material on the implementation of technology in modern classrooms and provides a thorough overview of how such applications assist in the learning process. This volume highlights pedagogical approaches, theoretical foundations, and curriculum development strategies.