Cases on Transnational Learning and Technologically Enabled Environments

Whether by synergy or by synthesis, development and technology are becoming synonymous in every domain.

Cases on Transnational Learning and Technologically Enabled Environments reports on national and international initiatives undertaken to adapt advancements in information and communication technology and successfully face the challenges posed by various social and economic forces. The international research in this book represents instances of institutions that are in transition as well as those that are readily using technology in education.

Topics Covered: Blended assessment methods Collaborative knowledge construction Competence based education Desktop virtual environments E-learning in higher education Enhanced undergraduate learning Foreign language learning Personalized t-learning Synchronous online classrooms Virtual teacher training

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.