Re-Envisioning and Restructuring Blended Learning for Underprivileged Communities

Re-Envisioning and Restructuring Blended Learning for Underprivileged Communities
Author: Bosch, Chantelle
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2021-05-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1799869423

Challenges in the educational arena are not new phenomena. However, with the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and educators have been made even more aware of the need for a paradigm shift in education. Blended learning, as opposed to fully online learning or traditional face-to-face teaching, has been well-researched and has been found to have the potential to provide better educational solutions in challenging contexts. These contexts range from pandemic situations where social distancing is the order of the day to financial and time constraints regarding full-time study, as well as limited physical capacity at institutions. Blended learning solutions are often designed for resourceful institutions and cannot be easily implemented in developing countries and in communities where resources are limited. Typical issues like connectivity, accessibility, lack of suitable devices, and affordability need to be taken into consideration and in cognizance of blended learning interventions. These challenges are often neglected in blended learning research but are critical discussions to be had. Re-Envisioning and Restructuring Blended Learning for Underprivileged Communities shares how institutions in the developing world and less privileged communities have re-imagined and restructured blended education to enhance teaching and learning for underprivileged communities. This book aims to address blended learning solutions across institutional, program, course, and activity levels. The chapters will cover a variety of learning environments, from rural settings to less developed countries and more, and explore the programs and courses designed to improve student success and accessibility in diverse student populations. This book is ideally intended for teachers, administrators, teacher educators, practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and students who are interested in blended learning opportunities in less-privileged settings and to underserved and marginalized populations.

Developing Countries and Technology Inclusion in the 21st Century Information Society

Developing Countries and Technology Inclusion in the 21st Century Information Society
Author: Etim, Alice S.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2020-11-27
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1799834700

In recent years, many developing regions across the globe have made rigorous efforts to become integrated into the global information society. The development and implementation of information communication technology (ICT) devices and policies within various fields of service have significantly aided in the infrastructural progression of these countries. Despite these considerable advancements, there remains a lack of research and awareness on this imperative subject. Developing Countries and Technology Inclusion in the 21st Century Information Society is an essential reference source that discusses the adoption and impact of ICT tools in developing areas of the world as well as specific challenges and sustainable uses within various professional fields. Featuring research on topics such as policy development, gender differences, and international business, this book is ideally designed for educators, policymakers, researchers, librarians, practitioners, scientists, government officials, and students seeking coverage on modern applications of ICT services in developing countries.

Owen Wister

Owen Wister
Author: Richard W. Etulain
Publisher:
Total Pages: 60
Release: 1973
Genre: Authors, American
ISBN:

The Flipped Classroom

The Flipped Classroom
Author: Jennifer L. Muzyka
Publisher: ACS Symposium
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2018-01-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780841232785

Resource added for the Foundations of Teacher Education 105222 and Paraeducator (Instructional Assistant) 315222 programs.

Laser - Surface Interactions

Laser - Surface Interactions
Author: Rashid A. Ganeev
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2013-10-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400773412

This book is about the interaction of laser radiation with various surfaces at variable parameters of radiation. As a basic principle of classification we chose the energetic or intensity level of interaction of laser radiation with the surfaces. These two characteristics of laser radiation are the most important parameters defining entire spectrum of the processes occurring on the surfaces during interaction with electromagnetic waves. This is a first book containing a whole spectrum of the laser-surface interactions distinguished by the ranges of used laser intensity. It combines the surface response starting from extremely weak laser intensities (~1 W cm-2) up to the relativistic intensities (~1020 W cm-2 and higher). The book provides the basic information about lasers and acquaints the reader with both common applications of laser-surface interactions (laser-related printers, scanners, barcode readers, discs, material processing, military, holography, medicine, etc) and unusual uses of the processes on the surfaces under the action of lasers (art conservation, rangefinders and velocimeters, space and earth explorations, surface engineering and ablation, and others). The scientific applications of laser-surfaces interactions (surface optical nonlinearities, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, surface nanostructuring, nanoripples and clusters formation, X-ray lasers and harmonic generation from the surfaces) are discussed from the point of view of the close relations between the properties of surface and matter, which is a cornerstone of most of studies of materials. The novelty of the approach developed in Laser - Surface Interactions is related with the interconnection of scientific studies with numerous applications of the laser-surface interactions separated in different chapters by the ranges of laser intensities. We present most recent achievements in this field. The book provides valuable information for different ranges of reader's preparedness to the laser-related topics (from unprepared readers, to students, engineers and researchers, professionals and academics).

The Governance of Solar Geoengineering

The Governance of Solar Geoengineering
Author: Jesse L. Reynolds
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2019-05-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107161959

Solar geoengineering could reduce climate change, but poses risks. This volume explores how it is, could, and should be governed.

Implement & Tractor

Implement & Tractor
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1920
Genre: Agricultural implements
ISBN:

Jan. 31, 1967- lists Nebraska tractor tests.