Books published by IGI Global

Presents major practices and case studies of teaching innovation developed in recent years at universities. The book can be used as a sourcebook on study cases focused on teaching innovation methodologies as well as on the identification of new technologies that will help the development of initiatives focused on teaching innovation.

Provides a comprehensive approach to knowledge management, from concepts to practices in corporations of different segments, particularly in high tech, impacting the way knowledge management is understood and implemented, and even evaluated.

Identifies cases, best practices, and experiences that highlight digital transformation via online, blended, and open learning environments in all levels (k-12 and higher education). The book presents, discusses, and explains how digital transformation can be achieved and what is needed to be achieved at the macro and micro-level.

In practical health care cases, semi-structured and unstructured decision-making issues involve multiple criteria (or goals) that may conflict with each other. Thus, the use of MCDM is a promising source of practical solutions for such problems.

Designed as a tool to benefit future research in disciplines such as management, marketing, consumer behaviour, gastronomy, and civil aviation. Chapters cover subject areas such as tourism and tourist experience, theme park experience, digital transformation and customer relationship experience in tourism and airline and airport experience.

Focuses on school-wide pedagogies, practices, and policies that have been implemented or will be proposed to ensure an inclusive education during the COVID-19 pandemic. These experiences and proposals demostrate how to adjust and adapt to teaching and learning online, not only during but also after the pandemic.

Explores how virtual technology has evolved to create remote office and remote teaming in health, education, engineering, and other business solutions. The chapters explore culture in business and how individuals may interface, communicate, and collaborate in past, current, and future business models.

Provides supervisory and implementation frames for innovative strategies and activities to effectively empower supervisees to lead and manage crisis. The book gives leaders access to a multi-pronged framework for building middle leaders' crisis response efficacies from a wide range of researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians.

Explores the global income disparity from both the format and informal economy perspectives with a special focus on post-COVID outcomes, and highlights different workforce and entrepreneurial segments with a specific focus on their COVID-19 experience, adaptions, and lessons learned on resilience, growth, and sustainability.

Presents chapters from teachers and scholars who approach comics and graphic novels critically and/or from a practical perspective. Chapters discuss semiotic, literacy-based, cognitive, empirical, and critical approaches to the use of graphic novels in the classroom.

Discusses the dynamics of gamification, and the ways games may be designed with an emphasis on user experience. Covering topics such as user engagement, design principles, user motivations, gamification artifacts, and more, this book is an ideal reference for game developers, interdisciplinary researchers, technology developers, and academics.

Presents a new idea of e-business, extending its boundaries in Industry 4.0. The book demonstrates that in a modern digital environment, e-business is not only about e-commerce, but is also about enterprises from other areas of the economy that implements e-business models.

Comprehensive and timely, this is an essential reference source, building on the available literature in the field of gamification in global education systems. As gaming is increasingly present in our society and everyday lives as a form of leisure, it has also been increasingly used in academic settings as strategy to encourage learning.

Provides research on the models and algorithmic approaches for business excellence in various applications. The book highlights topics relevant to technology in business applications, mainly AI methods, machine learning models, algorithmic approaches, and analytical models.

Focuses upon the personal as well as instructional challenges invoked by the multiple outcomes of the pandemic extending well beyond health. The publication examines the extensive transformational changes that have occurred and provides strategies to understand and address them.

Provides guidance and career trajectory advice for aspiring college presidents as they prepare to take on this challenging and dynamic role. The book provides an idea of what the job of a college president entails, as well as guidance on the responsibilities, skill sets, competencies, achievements, and experiences that are useful to accumulate.

Discusses all aspects of aerodynamics from the very basic to the advanced level. For researchers, this book contributes significantly to open new horizons for future research directions by providing several new references.

Presents research from leading academic scientists, researchers, and research scholars to present the research results on all aspects of ICT. The book provides an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners, and educators to learn the most recent innovations, trends, and challenges in providing innovative and viable solutions.

The value of culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy supported through literacy experiences should not be underestimated and should be a priority for K-12 stakeholders. This book develops a conceptual framework and pedagogical support for disciplinary literacy practices related to culturally and linguistically responsive teaching.

Discusses and enumerates best practices in the assessment of student learning outcomes, the mapping of student learning outcomes with learning objectives, and the development of employability skills in young minds in order to achieve SDG 4 for universities globally.

Focusing on English as a Foreign Language (EFL), this book provides an overview of manuscripts that offer advice coming from real practice or grounded theory on how to approach EFL teaching in this 'new normal' situation in order to maximize e-learning environments.

Provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest findings from empirical research on diversity applied to tourism activity. The book is for professionals who wish to improve their understanding of the social, cultural, and legal issues regarding diversity applied to tourism experiences and land development.

Explores the effect of emergency remote teaching in offering quality English for academic purposes (EAP) provisions to second/foreign-language students and preparing them for their university studies in response to the Covid-19 pandemic from a variety of contexts around the world.

In both educational leadership and research methods, US universities have been surpassed by Asian rising economies including China and India. To combat these issues, this publication addresses educational leadership issues and encourages innovative research methods at all levels of education.

Showcases applications of machine learning that are leading us to the next generation of computing and living standards. The book explores the application of machine learning to cutting-edge technologies that are playing a prominent role in improving the quality of life and the progress of civilization.

Makes visible the multitude of subtle ways racism, sexism, and heterosexism persist in an era where many believe such inequalities are in the past. To do so, contributors focus on interpersonal relationships - as interpersonal relationships are one of the fundamental places where inequality is reproduced.

Little research exists on teacher dispositions, yet accrediting bodies such as CAEP require dispositional assessment as an integral part of teacher preparation programs. Furthermore, research has shown that dispositions are a key indicator in teacher success both in terms of instructional effectiveness and long-term retention.

Focuses on talent management, as well as on human capital management in and post-pandemic world. The book broadly contributes to the literature stream of strategic human resource management, and particularly to the talent management of post-modern knowledge-based organizations during COVID-19 and the post-pandemic paradigm.

Presents recent research efforts in designing and using ML techniques on HPC systems, discusses some of the results achieved thus far by cutting-edge contributions, and highlights some of the ongoing research works in these two fields.

Provides readers an opportunity to reflect on key issues and current trends in promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in language learning environments. The book also sheds light on research that looks at various contexts, model language learning programs, and initiatives that were taken during COVID-19.