"With an increasing use of video games in various disciplines within the scientific community, this book seeks to understand the nature of effective games and to provide guidance for how best to harness the power of gaming technology to successfully accomplish a more serious goal"--Provided by...

"This book explores the impact of Web-based technology on the design, implementation and evaluation of the learning and teaching process, as well as the development of new activities, relationships, skills, and competencies for the various actors implied in such processes"--Provided by publisher.

"This book brings together recent research findings about the views and expectations of students when including technologies in their studies, suggesting that the use of technologies in teaching not only makes learning more interesting but also offers possibilities for variations in the learning...

Automatic language translation : an enhancement to the mobile messaging services / Swadesh Kumar Samanta, John Woods, Mohammed Ghanbari -- An examination of factors associated with user acceptance of social shopping websites / Jia Shen, Lauren Eder -- An office on the go : professional workers,...

"This book reviews distance learning programs and software systems, outlining computational methods, algorithms, implemented prototype systems, and applications of open and distance learning"--Provided by publisher.

"This book blends together vital research and advancements on educational technologies into one comprehensive collection; while structuring the information to make it accessible for implementation into the classroom"--Provided by publisher.

Preface / Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen, Daithí Ó Murchú -- 1. Online communities and professional teacher learning : affordances and challenges / Norbert Pachler, Caroline Daly -- 2. Enhancing phronesis : bridging communities through technology / Anders D. Olofsson, J. Ola Lindberg -- 3....

"This volume is grounded in the thesis that information technology may offer the only viable avenue to the implementation of constructivist and progressive educational principles in higher education, and that the numerous efforts now under way to realize these principles deserve examination and...

"This book includes the challenges and practical experience of the design of M-Learning environments, covering current developments in M-learning experiences in both academia and industry"--Provided by publisher.

"This collection of advanced research incorporates global challenges and opportunities of technology integration while outlining strategies for distance learning within developing countries"--Provided by publisher.