This book project was initiated in fall 2013 at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), Nebraska during a Global Engagement Research and Teaching Workshop between faculty from UNO and the University of Agder (UiA), Norway. The anthology presents articles that center on the application of digital technologies that add value to the teaching and learning process in a globalized context. The unique focus of the book is the intersection between pedagogy and technology, specifically the innovative use of technology to improve higher education teaching and learning. With the increased mobility of faculty and students, more diversity among our students and faculty, increased cross-disciplinary designs, alternative environments enabled by technology, and greater demand from the millennial generation for increased access and flexibility, it is important to share accounts where technology has made a positive impact on the instructional process. Topics that are discussed are local studies with implications for the global environment and the innovative use of technology to improve higher education teaching and learning. The target audiences for the book are researchers, teachers and stakeholders in learning organizations interested in using IT for teaching and learning.

About the Authors

David F. Conway is the Associate Dean in the College of Education at the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO). He serves on the campus-wide, Distance Learning Advisory Committee. The college offers a fully-online Master’s degree program in Behavioral Disorders, a blended/hybrid School Library program, and several courses in other undergraduate and graduate programs. His background and training is in special education, specifically in education of children who are deaf/hard of hearing. He directed a distance training program for teachers in a seven state region. He serves as secretary of the Division for Communication Disabilities and Deafness of the International Council for Exceptional Children. Dr. Conway’s research interests include language and literacy development, and math and science learning.

Hillen, Stefanie A. works as a professor at the Department of Education at the University of Agder (UiA). She is head of the research group on school development, evaluation, and digital assessment. She has worked as a visiting professor at Florida State University (USA). She has also held a post-doctoral position at the Department of ICT Grimstad (UiA), where she developed digital learning environments for topics on integrated operations to connect off-shore and on-shore working needs. She holds a Ph.D. in business education from the University of Mainz, Germany. Her research is comprised of digital assessment and evaluation, technology-based learning, general didactics, didactics in VET, democratic education, and comparative education. At the Teacher Training Center, Wiesbaden, Germany, Dr. Hillen fulfilled a full-time, two-year education programme and received her degree as a teacher for vocational schools with ICT, economics, and business administration. Stefanie Hillen’s focus during the School-In project was to look at school development from a systemic perspective and appropriate working methods that create collective responsibility.

Melodee Landis is an Associate Professor Emeritus of the Teacher Education Department of the University of Nebraska Omaha College of Education. She earned her Ph.D. in Educational Administration, Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Nebraska Lincoln. Dr. Landis has previously held positions as a middle school teacher, a distance learning coordinator at the Nebraska Department of Education, and at the University of Minnesota before joining the faculty at UNO. Her publishings include research on best practices in instructional technology, distance learning, and the development of higher level thinking. Dr. Landis’s current focus has shifted to English language instruction and reading remediation in which she uses technology as a major tool.

Mary Schlegelmilch received her B.Sc. in Education with concentration in Early Childhood from the University of South Dakota in 1989. Mary studied K-12 Curriculum Development at Black Hills State University receiving an endorsement in middle level education. She earned a M.Sc. in Educational Administration from the University Nebraska Lincoln in 2007. Schlegelmilch has worked in K-12 education in both rural and urban schools. She has experience as a classroom instructor, district curriculum facilitator in the area of eLearning, elementary school principal and post-secondary instructor. She joined Cisco in 2011 as Education Advisor to assist K-12 and higher education institutions transform their teaching and learning environments through the use of technology. Schlegelmilch has facilitated webinars on topics pertaining to the use of learning objects, Open Education Resources, collaborative technologies, and the implementation of blended learning programs.

Peter Wolcott holds the Mutual of Omaha Chair of Information Science & Technology and chairs the Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Arizona in Business Administration (Management Information Systems) in 1993. He has long-standing interests in the international dimensions of information technologies, and data management. His current research projects are in the areas of service learning and information technology for development. His teaching interests are in data management and information technology for development.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Store Description

Visit Seller's Storefront

Seller's business information

Schwabe Books, Inc. DBA Books From California
51 W. Easy St., Simi Valley, CA, 93065, U.S.A.

Sale & Shipping Terms

Terms of Sale

Refunds Offered Within 10 days of order.

Greg Schwabe
Books From California
51 W. Easy St
Simi Valley, CA. 93065

Fax # 805-582-9513
For questions, please email at
abesales@booksfromca.com

Right of withdrawal

If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.

Information regarding the right of withdrawal

Statutory right to withdraw

You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.

The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.

To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.

To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.

Effects of withdrawal

If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).

We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.

We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.

We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.

We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.

You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Books From California, Simi Valley, California, U.S.A., +1 805-306-1772 25, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.

Exceptions to the right of withdrawal

The right of withdrawal does not apply to:

The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.

Shipping Terms

Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.

Shipping rates within U.S.A.

Shipping rates within U.S.A.
Order quantity	5 to 14 business days	3 to 6 business days
First item	� 3.74	� 5.21

Delivery times are set by sellers and vary by carrier and location. Orders passing through Customs may face delays and buyers are responsible for any associated duties or fees. Sellers may contact you regarding additional charges to cover any increased costs to ship your items.