CASES ON INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTS AND TRANSNATIONAL COLLABORATION

Technology is essential for access to learning and development of a knowledge society.

Cases on Interactive Technology Environments and Transnational Collaboration: Concerns and Perspectives provides a comparative and comprehensive analysis of technologically enabled educational environments and various issues concerning education and collaborations across the world while also focusing on best practices and experiences from a varied range of countries.

Siran Mukerji is Jawahar Lal Nehru scholar for her doctorate in HRD and also has masters degree in distance education and public administration. She has been International Research Fellow of Open University Business School (2009) at Open University (UK). She was associated with Arab Open University Saudi Arabia Branch for three years as a faculty member in Business Administration. She has co-edited teaching case books and contributed articles in standard national and international journals and also presented papers in national and international conferences. Dr. Mukerji is a member of review committees for numerous international conferences and journals. Her current research interests include performance management and HRM in open and distance learning institutions. In her parent institution IGNOU (India) she is Assistant Director.

Purnendu Tripathi, an International Research Fellow of Open University Business School (2009) at Open University (UK), has a PhD in management and a masters degree in distance education. He was associated with Arab Open University Saudi Arabia Branch for three years as a faculty member in Business Administration. In his parent institution IGNOU (India), he is Assistant Director, looking after academic management and student support services with aspects in open and distance learning. He has co- edited teaching case books and contributed articles in standard national and international journals, as well as presented papers in national and international conferences. Dr. Tripathi is a member of review committees for numerous international conferences and journals. His current research interests include academic program life cycle (APLC) and educational marketing.