Emerging Technologies Transforming Higher Education: Instructional Design and Student Success

by Boivin, Jacquelynne Anne

Author	: Boivin, Jacquelynne Anne
Publisher	: IGI Global
Total Pages	: 376
Release	: 2024-10-03
Genre	: Education
ISBN	:

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As higher education institutions grapple with the rapid evolution of technology, they are faced with a myriad of challenges in effectively integrating these innovations into teaching, learning, and student support services. From navigating the complexities of instructional design to addressing issues of student engagement and success, educators and administrators are often left searching for comprehensive solutions to enhance the academic experience. Moreover, the increasing diversity of student populations and the growing demand for inclusive practices further complicate this landscape, requiring innovative approaches to ensure equitable access and support for all learners. Emerging Technologies Transforming Higher Education: Instructional Design and Student Success emerges as a timely solution to the pressing challenges facing higher education in the digital age. By offering a nuanced exploration of the intersection between technology and academia, this book equips educators and administrators with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the complexities of technology integration effectively. Through insightful discussions on topics ranging from virtual reality and artificial intelligence to student support services and cybersecurity, this book provides practical guidance for leveraging emerging technologies to enhance teaching, learning, and student success.

Emerging Technologies Transforming Higher Education

by Jacquelynne Anne Boivin

Author	: Jacquelynne Anne Boivin
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2024-10-03
Genre	: Education
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As higher education institutions grapple with the rapid evolution of technology, they are faced with a myriad of challenges in effectively integrating these innovations into teaching, learning, and student support services. From navigating the complexities of instructional design to addressing issues of student engagement and success, educators and administrators are often left searching for comprehensive solutions to enhance the academic experience. Moreover, the increasing diversity of student populations and the growing demand for inclusive practices further complicate this landscape, requiring innovative approaches to ensure equitable access and support for all learners. Emerging Technologies Transforming Higher Education: Instructional Design and Student Success emerges as a timely solution to the pressing challenges facing higher education in the digital age. By offering a nuanced exploration of the intersection between technology and academia, this book equips educators and administrators with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the complexities of technology integration effectively. Through insightful discussions on topics ranging from virtual reality and artificial intelligence to student support services and cybersecurity, this book provides practical guidance for leveraging emerging technologies to enhance teaching, learning, and student success. Structured around key themes such as innovating technology and instructional design, student success, and case studies, this book offers actionable insights and strategies for addressing the most pressing issues facing higher education today. By bringing together diverse perspectives and real-world examples, this book serves as a valuable resource for educators, administrators, and policymakers seeking to harness the potential of technology to create inclusive and engaging learning environments. With its emphasis on practical applications and evidence-based practices, Emerging Technologies Transforming Higher Education provides a roadmap for navigating the challenges and opportunities of the digital age in academia.

Best Practices for Teaching with Emerging Technologies

by Michelle Pacansky-Brock

Author	: Michelle Pacansky-Brock
Publisher	: Routledge
Total Pages	: 178
Release	: 2012-09-10
Genre	: Education
ISBN	: 1136216642

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As social media and Web 2.0 technologies continue to transform the learning trends and preferences of students, educators need to understand the applicability of these new tools in all types of learning environments. Best Practices for Teaching with Emerging Technologies will provide both new and experienced online, hybrid, and face-to-face instructors with: practical examples of how low-cost and free technologies can be used to support student learning best practices for integrating web-based tools into a course management system and managing student privacy in a Web 2.0 environment "Showcase" spotlights woven throughout the book, providing examples of how the tools described in the book are already being used effectively in educational settings an easy-to-reference format, organized with visual icons used to delineate each tool's visual, video, voice, and mobile features ideas for integrating mobile learning into your students' learning experiences. This practical, easy-to-use guide will serve the needs of educators seeking to refresh or transform their instruction. Readers will be rewarded with an ample yet manageable collection of proven emerging technologies that can be leveraged for generating content, enhancing communications with and between students, and cultivating participatory, student-centered learning activities.

Emerging Technologies in Distance Education

by George Veletsianos

Author	: George Veletsianos
Publisher	: Athabasca University Press
Total Pages	: 351
Release	: 2010
Genre	: Education
ISBN	: 1897425767

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Highlighted are the pedagogical, organizational, cultural, social, and economic factors that influence the adoption and integration of emerging technologies in distance education. Advice is offered on how educators can launch effective and engaging distance education initiatives, in response to technological advancements, changing mindsets, and economic and organizational pressures.

Universal Design in Higher Education

by Sheryl E. Burgstahler

Author	: Sheryl E. Burgstahler
Publisher	: Harvard Education Press
Total Pages	: 369
Release	: 2010-01-01
Genre	: Education
ISBN	: 1612500935

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Universal Design in Higher Education looks at the design of physical and technological environments at institutions of higher education; at issues pertaining to curriculum and instruction; and at the full array of student services. Universal Design in Higher Education is a comprehensive guide for researchers and practitioners on creating fully accessible college and university programs. It is founded upon, and contributes to, theories of universal design in education that have been gaining increasingly wide attention in recent years. As greater numbers of students with disabilities attend postsecondary educational institutions, administrators have expressed increased interest in making their programs accessible to all students. This book provides both theoretical and practical guidance for schools as they work to turn this admirable goal into a reality. It addresses a comprehensive range of topics on universal design for higher education institutions, thus making a crucial contribution to the growing body of literature on special education and universal design. This book will be of unique value to university and college administrators, and to special education researchers, practitioners, and activists.

Teaching Machines

by Audrey Watters

Author	: Audrey Watters
Publisher	: MIT Press
Total Pages	: 325
Release	: 2023-02-07
Genre	: Education
ISBN	: 026254606X

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How ed tech was born: Twentieth-century teaching machines--from Sidney Pressey's mechanized test-giver to B. F. Skinner's behaviorist bell-ringing box. Contrary to popular belief, ed tech did not begin with videos on the internet. The idea of technology that would allow students to "go at their own pace" did not originate in Silicon Valley. In Teaching Machines, education writer Audrey Watters offers a lively history of predigital educational technology, from Sidney Pressey's mechanized positive-reinforcement provider to B. F. Skinner's behaviorist bell-ringing box. Watters shows that these machines and the pedagogy that accompanied them sprang from ideas--bite-sized content, individualized instruction--that had legs and were later picked up by textbook publishers and early advocates for computerized learning. Watters pays particular attention to the role of the media--newspapers, magazines, television, and film--in shaping people's perceptions of teaching machines as well as the psychological theories underpinning them. She considers these machines in the context of education reform, the political reverberations of Sputnik, and the rise of the testing and textbook industries. She chronicles Skinner's attempts to bring his teaching machines to market, culminating in the famous behaviorist's efforts to launch Didak 101, the "pre-verbal" machine that taught spelling. (Alternate names proposed by Skinner include "Autodidak," "Instructomat," and "Autostructor.") Telling these somewhat cautionary tales, Watters challenges what she calls "the teleology of ed tech"--the idea that not only is computerized education inevitable, but technological progress is the sole driver of events.

Redefining Student Success

by Ken Kay

Author	: Ken Kay
Publisher	: Corwin Press
Total Pages	: 197
Release	: 2021-07-23
Genre	: Education
ISBN	: 1071831313

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Be the leader of a fresh, bold, enduring vision of education for your district or school. The future of learning has arrived, and it requires bold educational leadership and a dramatic redefinition of what it means to be a successful student today. Redefining Student Success invites you to lead this transformation with audacity. It engages leaders with the concepts and actions needed to reimagine schools, address inequities, and help today’s students develop the skills they need for personal, economic, and civic success. This vital guide supports transformative leadership with Concrete guidance on how to create a Portrait of a Graduate and Portrait of an Educator which will help ensure teachers have a unified vision for professional growth and student success. Reflection prompts that help you recognize your strengths, spark discussion among stakeholders, and identify next steps for inspired action. Compelling examples of students already engaged in creative, self-directed problem-solving around issues that matter to them and their communities, together with stories that illustrate how districts and schools have arrived at their own vision of what education must become. Companion guides to 21st century learning for parents and students available online. The time is now to reset educational outcomes, sync schools with the demands of 21st century society, and meet the needs of every learner, in every community.

Managing Technology in Higher Education

by A. W. (Tony) Bates

Author	: A. W. (Tony) Bates
Publisher	: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages	: 288
Release	: 2011-05-31
Genre	: Education
ISBN	: 0470584726

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Universities continue to struggle in their efforts to fully integrate information and communications technology within their activities. Based on examination of current practices in technology integration at 25 universities worldwide, this book argues for a radical approach to the management of technology in higher education. It offers recommendations for improving governance, strategic planning, integration of administrative and teaching services, management of digital resources, and training of technology managers and administrators. The book is written for anyone wanting to ensure technology is integrated as effectively and efficiently as possible.

Learning Spaces

by Diana Oblinger

Author	: Diana Oblinger
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 470
Release	: 2006
Genre	: Academic libraries
ISBN	:

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El espacio, ya sea físico o virtual, puede tener un impacto significativo en el aprendizaje. Learning Spaces se centra en la forma en que las expectativas de los alumnos influyen en dichos espacios, en los principios y actividades que facilitan el aprendizaje y en el papel de la tecnología desde la perspectiva de quienes crean los entornos de aprendizaje: profesores, tecnólogos del aprendizaje, bibliotecarios y administradores. La tecnología de la información ha aportado capacidades únicas a los espacios de aprendizaje, ya sea estimulando una mayor interacción mediante el uso de herramientas de colaboración, videoconferencias con expertos internacionales o abriendo mundos virtuales para la exploración. Este libro representa una exploración continua a medida que unimos el espacio, la tecnología y la pedagogía para asegurar el éxito de los estudiantes.