Educational Equipment and Technology Books

The earliest educational software simply transferred print material from the page to the monitor. Since then, the Internet and other digital media have brought students an ever-expanding, low-cost knowledge base and the opportunity to interact with minds...

What is knowledge? How can it be successfully assessed? How can we best use the results? As questions such as these continue to be discussed and the learning sciences continue to deal with expanding amounts of data, the challenge of applying theory to...

Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this fully updated new edition of Designing Learning offers accessible guidance to help those new to teaching in higher education to design and develop a course. With new considerations to the higher...

Synchronous technologies, particularly interactive video conferencing (IVC), are becoming common modes of teaching and delivering college courses. The increasing popularity of IVC in the U.S. and abroad calls for more pedagogically effective practices...

Managing Online Learning is a comprehensive guide to planning and executing effective online learning programs. Featuring contributions from experienced professionals across operations in university and corporate settings, this all-in-one resource...

This volume explores two radical shifts in history and subsequent responses in curricular spaces: the move from oral to print culture during the transition between the 15th and 16th centuries and the rise of the Jesuits, and the move from print to...

Instructional-Design Theories and Models, Volume IV provides a research-based description of the current state of instructional theory for the learner-centered paradigm of education, as well as a clear indication of how different theories and models...

This book explores curricular, teaching and learning practices in schools in England and in higher education institutions, and considers the damaging effects of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) for UK higher education institutions, international...

This book is about how technologies are used in practice to support learning and teaching in higher education. Despite digitization and e-learning becoming ever-increasingly popular in university teaching settings, this book convincingly argues instead...

This book highlights models for promoting interdisciplinary thinking and an appreciation for interdisciplinary understanding among students in STEM-related fields. Studentsmajoring in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics often...

This book provides a critical commentary on key issues around learning in the digital age in both formal and informal educational settings. The book presents research and thinking about new dynamic literacies, porous expertise, digital...

The monopoly of place-based institutions controlling the college experience has been fundamentally shattered. Demographic changes, market pressures, and technological advancements have put into doubt the value proposition of traditional postsecondary...

Digital Skills systematically discusses the skills or literacies needed in the use of digital media, primarily computers and the Internet. Following the work of van Dijk's The Deepening Divide: Inequality in the Information Society, it uses conceptual...

This book provides first-person accounts from parents and educators in the United States who have negotiated for a prominent role in current conversations about school reform. Heron-Hruby and Landon-Hays argue that it is important to both theorize and...

American Education in Popular Media examines how popular media including mass magazines, radio, film, and television have represented schooling in the United States over the course of the twentieth century. Historical essays explore prevalent portrayals

The Ultimate SAP ® User Guide is the essential handbook for all aspiring SAP professionals. SAP master and experienced author Rehan Zaidi has put out an easy-to-follow, illustrated guide that will help you take your SAP skills to the next level. At a...

In and out of formal schooling, online and off, today's learners must consume and integrate a level of information that is exponentially larger and delivered through a wider range of formats and viewpoints than ever before. The Handbook of Learning from...

Command Prompt is a command line interpreter application available in most Windows operating systems. It's used to execute entered commands. Most of those commands automate tasks via scripts and batch files, perform advanced administrative functions, and...

C++ is a powerful general-purpose programming language.expressive programming language that’s easy to learn and fun to use! But books about learning graphics programming in c++ can be kind of dull, gray, and boring, and that’s no fun for...

GET TO THE POINT, GET WHAT YOU NEED, & GET IT DONE! Most people don't need to know how to use every obscure feature of Microsoft Word 2016—so when you want to get up and running without having to study dozens of commands you'll never use,...

This book emerges as a beacon for the modern caregiver. It serves as a lighthouse amidst the foggy shores of digital parenting, offering a strategic compendium of advice, reflections, and action plans tailored for those steering the young minds of today...

Oliver Kensington's "The Digital Revolution: Transforming Tomorrow's World" When reading Oliver Kensington's "The Digital Revolution: Transforming Tomorrow's World," you'll feel like you're on a roller coaster ride through the earth-shaking changes...

National Education Policy 2020 recommended many changes in the Indian education system in order to meet international standards and demands. In the policy, employability and entrepreneurship are the focal points of consideration. The present book,...

This book explores college students' lived experiences of using digital technologies for their academic work. Access to and use of digital technologies is an integral aspect of higher education in the twenty-first century. However, despite the tech-savvy...

This book A Beginner's Guide to Learning Analytics is designed to meet modern educational trends' needs. It is addressed to readers who have no prior knowledge of learning analytics and functions as an introductory text to learning analytics for those...

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 5th Workshop on Mining Data for Financial Applications, MIDAS 2020, held in conjunction with ECML PKDD 2020, in Ghent, Belgium, in September 2020.*The 8 full and 3 short papers presented in this...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2020, held in Heidelberg, Germany, in September 2020.The 24 research papers and 20 demo and 5 poster papers presented in this volume were...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Blended Learning, ICBL 2020, held in Bangkok, in August 2020.The 33 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. The conference theme...

This book examines the role played by technologies in removing the disadvantage experienced by students with disabilities in higher education. Addressing five key themes, the editor and contributors explore the practices required of stakeholders within...

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the First IFIP WG 3.4 International Conference on Sustainable ICT, Education, and Learning, SUZA 2019, held in Zanzibar, Tanzania, in April 2019, in conjunction with the 15th IFIP WG 9.4...

This new volume looks at the electrifying world of blockchain technology and how it has been revolutionizing the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems. Aimed primarily at business users and developers who are considering blockchain-based...

Blended synchronous learning - where remote students participate in face-to-face classes by means of rich-media synchronous technologies such as video conferencing, web conferencing and virtual worlds - is an emerging phenomenon in education. More and...

ABOUT THE BOOK:""Object Oriented Programming in Java"" is a handbook for Students and Graduates who want to learn Object Oriented Programming using Java.  It covers the following topics to help the reader in understanding the various features of...

Python's popularity is its strong support in the area of artificial intelligence (AI), according to the IEEE. Python also offers a healthy number of libraries and packages that programmers can use so they're not building certain code from scratch .Python...

Though technology is expanding at a rate that is alarming to many skilled laborers concerned for the welfare of their industry and jobs, teachers should feel safe in their position; however, teachers who refuse to adapt to technology will be left behind...

This volume is of interest to researchers and students, designers, educators, and industrial trainers in such disciplines as education, cognitive, social and educational psychology, didactics, computer science, linguistics and...

The goal of this book was to collect interdisciplinary syllabi of courses that implement, utilize, and/or teach the development or analyses of games. Chapters include a catalog description, course purposes and objectives, context, pedagogy, assignments,...

In an age where Artificial Intelligence (AI) evolves at a breakneck pace, the boundaries of machine capabilities are constantly being redefined. Propelled by advancements in deep learning and related technologies, AI is inching ever closer to mimicking...

AECT Design & Development Outstanding Book Award for 2008! Design and Development Research thoroughly discusses methods and strategies appropriate for conducting design and development research. Rich with examples and explanations, the book...

A secure organizer to physcially write down the back-up information given to you when you download a wallet on your telephone or desktop related to cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchange accounts, and two-factor authentication...

In a world bursting with new information, ideas, opportunities, and technological advancements, it is time to rethink how continuous learning shapes our future. Amidst the ongoing digital revolution, widespread educational reform, and the most...

By showcasing international, European, and community-based projects, this volume explores how online technologies and collaborative and blended learning can be used to bolster social cohesion and increase students' understanding of what it means to...

This book looks at how particular video and computer games--such as Digital Zoo, The Pandora Project, SodaConstructor, and more--can help teach our children and students to think like doctors, lawyers, engineers, urban planners, journalists, and other...

"Digital Zambia" tells a story about digitalization in Zambia - a land-locked country, rich in natural resources, with 19-20 million inhabitants in Southern Africa. But is this a relevant topic in a country which - like most countries...