E-Learning 2.0 Technologies and Web Applications in Higher Education

E-Learning 2.0 Technologies and Web Applications in Higher Education

Jean-Eric Pelet

Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 415

ISBN13: 9781466648760|ISBN10: 1466648767|EISBN13: 9781466648777

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4876-0

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Once considered the traditional approach to education, brick and mortar institutions are no longer the norm due to e-learning technologies. Populations are turning into ubiquitous human beings, and educational practices are reflecting this change.

E-Learning 2.0 Technologies and Web Applications in Higher Education compiles the latest empirical research findings in the area of e-learning and knowledge management technologies assessment. Highlighting specific comparisons and practices of e-m-learning and knowledge management technologies, this book is an essential guide for professionals and academics who want to improve their understanding of the strategic role of e-learning at different levels of the information and knowledge society.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development (AHEPD) Book Series

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgment

Chapters

Chapter 1

E-Learning and Web 2.0: A Couple of the 21st Century Advancements in Higher Education (pages 1-21)

Mohamed Ali Bejjar, Younes Boujelbene

The fundamental goal of e-learning is to provide applications to share information, knowledge, and help learners in their learning activities efficiently and effectively by involving technologies. More recently, Web 2.0 has become a...

Chapter 2

Effective E-Learning Strategies for a Borderless World (pages 22-44)

Neeta Baporikar

e-Commerce, e-Business, e-Shopping, and other terms beginning with the letter “e” are used to refer to the electronic world and the Internet. Hence, when we talk today about e-Learning, we think of a site in the Internet or Intranet...

Chapter 3

Librarian without Building in an E-Learning Environment: Needed Skills, Challenges, and Solutions (pages 45-64)

Jerome Idiegbeyan-Ose, Ugwunwa Chinyere Esse

This chapter discusses e-learning, its advantages and challenges, the concept of a librarian without a building, and the characteristics and skills of a librarian without a building in an e-learning environment. The chapter...

Chapter 4

The Impact of Combining Video Podcasting and Lectures on Students’ Assimilation of Additional Knowledge: An Empirical Examination (pages 65-87)

David Jiménez-Castillo, Raquel Sánchez Fernández

Podcasting is evolving rapidly in higher education due to its pedagogical possibilities, such as providing supplementary materials to increase learning. This chapter aims to provide insights about the complementarity between...

Chapter 5

Higher Education and Web 2.0: Theory and Practice (pages 88-106)

Pedro Isaías, Sara Pífano, Paula Miranda

The inclusion of Web 2.0 in education has been a polemic process comprised both with enthusiasm and scepticism. There is empirical evidence of Web 2.0’s effective employment in educational contexts and it seems that the background of...

Chapter 6

Online Learning Communities: Use of Micro Blogging for Knowledge Construction (pages 107-128)

Xavier Inghilterra, William Samuel Ravatua-Smith

This chapter highlights the potential of educational microblogging as a mediation system to support the process of distance learning. In their experimental approach, the authors conducted participant observations with university...

Chapter 7

Social Media Tools in Initial Teacher Education (pages 129-154)

Liliana Mâţă

This chapter investigates the current context of integrating and exploiting social media tools in initial teacher education. The theoretical part highlights the latest approaches of social media on an international level from the...

Chapter 8

An E-Portfolio to Support E-Learning 2.0 (pages 155-170)

Hedia Mhiri Sellami

ePortfolios have been in use in university for nearly a decade. Students' learning is changing, and the university is faced with e-learning 2.0, which is based on Web 2.0. This chapter introduces e-learning 2.0 and shows that the...

Chapter 9

Using an Audiovisual Case Methodology to Develop Critical Thinking Competence in Distance E-Learning Environment: The Open University of Catalonia (UOC) Experience (pages 171-187)

Ines González-González, Ana Isabel Jiménez-Zarco

This chapter analyzes how universities can combine ICT with new methods and learning resources in order to improve the acquisition and implementation of key competencies in the workplace. In particular, the authors present a teaching...

Chapter 10

Affect Recognition for Web 2.0 Intelligent E-Tutoring Systems: Exploration of Students’ Emotional Feedback (pages 188-215)

Oryina Kingsley Akputu, Kah Phooi Seng, Yun Li Lee

This chapter describes how a machine vision approach could be utilized for tracking learning feedback information on emotions for enhanced teaching and learning with Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS). The chapter focuses on...

Chapter 11

E-Learning in Higher Education: Methods, Tools, and Reality of Uses in the Tunisian Context (pages 216-237)

Emna Ben Romdhane

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) acceptance research within the field of Information Systems has been limited in its application to higher education. There is a current need to examine utilization of e-learning to...

Chapter 12

Some Cultural Issues in the Adoption of E-Learning: A Structuration Theory Approach (pages 238-253)

Wiem Abderrazek

The adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) varies from one cultural context to another. This phenomenon of technology acceptance is not new anymore. While it is increasingly common due to globalization in some...

Chapter 13

Pre-Service Teachers’ Perspectives and Practices in Utilizing Ubiquitous Technologies for Academic-Oriented Learning and Knowledge Management (pages 254-272)

Anna Liza Daunert, Christian Harteis

Technological innovations are rapidly growing and changing, and it is hard to ignore their role and influence in people’s daily activities. This particularly applies to universities and to the learning activities of students. That...

Chapter 14

Effective Implementation of an Interuniversity E-Learning Initiative (pages 273-293)

Daniel Perez-Gonzalez, Pedro Soto-Acosta, Simona Popa

Education has expanded from the traditional in-class environment to the new digital phenomenon where teaching is assisted by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). This wave of e-learning is challenging the effectiveness...

Chapter 15

Problem with Multi-Video Format M-Learning Applications (pages 294-330)

Michael O. Adeyeye, Adebola G. Musa, Adele Botha

The browser war is far from over, and the HTML5 <video> tag has not improved video access despite its promises to work without specifying a plug-in. This chapter discusses m-learning with respect to video. It outlines the...

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Conclusion

Compilation of References

About the Contributors

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