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This book addresses various 21st century questions and challenges, especially the role of technology in upgrading teaching and learning in today's society, and the role of higher education institutions in improving standards of living, economics, society and sustainability. It shares with readers the challenges of globalization to higher institutions concerning the issues relating to value creation management, branding and the impact on leadership in higher institutions.
Sommario
Part 1 Fast-forwarding: the role of Educational Technology.- Chapter 1 Fast-tracking Technology Integration toward Global Education in Oman.- Chapter 2 Rich Text, Rich Teach expanding educational horizons with new technology.- Chapter 3 Open source pathways to educational development.- Chapter 4 Managing and evaluating ICTs in Higher Education: A reassurance measure for sustainable investment.- Chapter 5 Digital technologies and emerging educational objectives: The need for transformational changes in teacher education & training.- Part 2 Fast-forwarding: teaching & learning for Social Development.- Chapter 6 The transforming nature of teaching and learning in higher education: A University of South Pacific experience.- Chapter 7 Multiculturalism: The value of every individual in the Higher Education Institutions.- Chapter 8 Counselling Ethics Education: Teaching and Learning Development Reformation.- Chapter 9 E-Counselling modality in Higher Education Institutions of Malaysia.- Part 3 Role of Higher Institutions: Nation building & Sustainability.- Chapter 10 Transforming Brics to Brincs for faster economic growth in Nigeria: The role of tertiary educational institutions.- Chapter 11 Capacity building for Educational Leaders in an era of change: The role of Higher Education Providers.- Chapter 12 Caring: A useful tool for embedding sustainability into Nursing Education.- Part 4 Fast-forwarding: Globalization & Educational Leadership.- Chapter 13 Branding Higher Institutions: What it takes to be branded.- Chapter 14 Knowledge Development, ICT Management and Education Policy: Global Issues, Local Challenges.- Chapter 15 Moral Sensitivity Practice in Academic Deanship: Does it really matter?.- Chapter 16 Improving the quality of Technical Education through International Standardization: The case of Coast Institute of Technology, Kenya.
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Ismail Hussein Amzat obtained his Bachelor degree from Al-Azhar University, Cairo Egypt, Master degree from International Islamic University Malaysia and Doctoral degree from University Malaysia. He is a current senior visiting lecturer of Educational Management at the Universiti Utara Malaysia (Malaysian Northern University) and previously a lecturer at UCSI, Twintech, Taj College and a teacher at the Islamic and International schools in Malaysia. He was also a visiting Assistant Professor at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. He has vast experience in research on educational leadership and management and has published quite reasonable papers in many reputable journals indexed in Scopus and ISI on university management, school leadership, job satisfaction and decision-making.
Byabazaire Yusuf, Ph.D. is currently a senior faculty member at the School of Education and Modern Languages (SEML), College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Kedah, Malaysia. He has worked in various school settings and higher education institutions for more than 15 years. He handles fundamentals of instructional technology, ICT in education and multimedia for education and training at graduate level. Areas of keen research interest include; ICT integration in education, special needs education and library and information science. He completed his PhD in Instructional Technology at the University of Malaya in 2010.
Riassunto
This book addresses various 21st century questions and challenges, especially the role of technology in upgrading teaching and learning in today’s society, and the role of higher education institutions in improving standards of living, economics, society and sustainability. It shares with readers the challenges of globalization to higher institutions concerning the issues relating to value creation management, branding and the impact on leadership in higher institutions.
