"This book explores new ideas and research findings related to psychological aspects and serves as a vehicle for promoting techniques and methodologies derived from rigorous research and practices that use psychological and cognitive principles to design and develop cyber learning"--

With the growth and advancement of digital communication technology over the past decade and the advent of modern telecommunications and the Internet, the structure of human behavior and social interaction has been redesigned. This handbook is a compendium of over 50 scholarly works on discourse...

"This book combines best practices and empirical research on social networking and other related technologies, emphasizing creative and innovative implementation across various disciplines"--Provided by publisher.

In the fields of engineering, science and information technology, there remains an underrepresentation of female leadership in entry level, intermediate, upper level, and senior level management positions, creating an insufficient number of role models to encourage other women to join these...

As career and technical education continues to evolve, technology applications are rapidly becoming vital instruments for instructional training and valuable learning tools for the overall enhancement of student experience. This handbook provides an authoritative reference collection on leading...

1. Working toward self-evaluation / Patricia Cranton -- 2. Transformative learning and ancient Asian educational perspectives / Victor Wang, Kathleen King -- 3. Philosopher or Philistine? / Kerry Lee -- 4. A productive decade of andragogy's history and philosophy / John A. Henschke -- 5. New...

1. Transitioning a face-to-face class to an online class / Margaret Fitzgerald-Sisk, Robert Tennyson -- 2. Standardization of virtual objects / Jordán Espada ... [et al.] -- 3. Forum summarization to support tutor and teacher in group interaction management / Antonella Carbonaro -- 4. Social...

Section I: Cognition and Learning: Chapter I. Individual Differences and Web-Based Learning / Michael Grimley, Richard Riding -- Chapter II. Personalizing Style in Learning: Activating a Differential Pedagogy / Steve Rayner -- Chapter III. Can Cognitive Style Predict How Individuals Use...

How can assessment practices be used to assist and improve the learning process? This book attempts to answer this question by bringing together 13 contributions from prominent researchers and practitioners actively involved in all aspects of self, peer and group assessment in an online or...