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Handbook of Mobile Teaching and Learning
Mobile technologies have been used in higher education for many years. They provide good solutions for teaching and learning and make learning available anywhere and anytime. This book includes six sections: design, development, adoption, collaboration, evaluation and future of mobile teaching and learning technology in higher education. It includes different projects and practices in higher ed…
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- 978-3-642-54145-2
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- XXXIV, 1021
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- 385 HAN
Handbook of Media Branding
This comprehensive handbook critically addresses current issues and achievements in the field of media branding. By discussing media branding from different viewpoints, disciplines and research traditions, this book offers fresh perspectives and identifies areas of interest for further research. The authors highlight the peculiarities of this field and reveal links and commonalities with other …
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- 978-3-319-18235-3
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- IX, 414
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- 330 HAN
Biology Education and Research in a Changing Planet
This book presents selected conference proceedings from the 25th Biennial Asian Association for Biology Education Conference. It clarifies the differences between the structure of biology education for educators and researchers. It solves open problems by creating a bridge between biological research and its application in education and the sustainable development of communities. The book’s f…
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- 978-981-287-524-2
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- 370.7
The Digital Nexus Identity, Agency, and Political Engagement
The trauma and tension in the daily lives of citizens as described here by McLuhan was only intensified by the arrival of digital media and the Web in the following decades. The rapidly evolving digital realm held a powerful promise for creative and constructive good—a promise so alluring that much of the inquiry into this new environment focused on its potential rather than its profound impa…
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- 9781771991292.01
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- Cultural Dialectics
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- 352 pages
Aging Research - Methodological Issues
This book reviews classical epidemiological and clinical research studies, with a focus on aging. Chapters cover methodological topics like the scientific method, ethics, and the consequences of certain exclusion criteria and the work includes a look at clinical concepts like multi morbidity, frailty and functionality. The authors reveal the issues and challenges for researchers of age and agin…
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- Ed. 1
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- X, 149
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- 304 AGI a
Biographies and Careers throughout Academic Life
The book draws on the 2007 Changing Academic Profession international survey in order to document the personal characteristics, career trajectories, sense of identity/commitment and job satisfaction of academics in 14 countries with different levels of economic and social development and different higher education systems. With nearly 26,000 academics surveyed in 19 countries (of which 14 are r…
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- 978-3-319-27493-5
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- 378
Diversifying the teaching force in transnational contexts : critical perspect…
Diversifying the teaching force has become a priority in many migrant-receiving jurisdictions worldwide with the growing mismatch between the ethnic backgrounds, cultures, languages, and religions of teachers and those of students and families. Arguments for diversification tend to be couched in terms of disproportionate representation and students from minority backgrounds needing positive rol…
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- 9789463006637
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- 371.1
Diversity and excellence in higher education : can the challenges be reconciled?
Diversity and excellence in Higher Education seem to be conflicting concepts. Nevertheless, they are dynamic and closely intertwined -- indeed they may even require each other. The book brings together insights from ten different countries to analyse these multi-facetted phenomena and discuss how they may be reconciled within higher education. To set the overall context, it critically addresses…
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- 9789463001724
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- xxii, 244 pages
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- 305.8
Do teachers wish to be agents of change? : Will principals support them?
This study surveyed principals and teachers in ten countries to compare principal and teacher attitudes toward the involvement of teachers in several change and development responsibilities. The participating countries were: Australia, Canada, China, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, and United States. Each country administered mirror versions of a questionnaire to s…
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- 9789462099593
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- xviii, 299 pages
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- 305.8
Agent-Based Modelling of Social Networks in Labour–Education Market System
This book covers the modelling of human behaviour in the education and labour markets, which due to their interdependency are viewed as one system. Important factors influencing the decision-making of individuals and firms in this system are discussed. The role of social environment and networks is stressed. The approach of agent-based modelling is presented and compared with standard economic …
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-26539-1
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- X, 92
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- SpringerBriefs in Complexity
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- 331 TAR a
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