Competence-Based Curriculum and E-Learning in Higher Education: 9781668465868: Education Books

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ISBN13: 9781668465868

ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668490860

EISBN13: 9781668465875

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6586-8

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Higher education is characterized by ubiquitous digital technologies and e-learning that are inevitably influencing the development of core competencies and professional skills requirements. There is a need to focus on the synergy between responsive curriculum implementation and e-learning delivery in the context of effective pedagogical practices and optimal integration of digital technologies. Similarly, we need to reexamine higher education practices towards innovative pedagogies and effective e-learning design.

Competence-Based Curriculum and E-Learning in Higher Education brings together researchers in the field of education and professionals who design and deliver online learning in higher education to share paradigms, perspectives, insights, contextualized experiences, challenges, and best practices. Covering topics such as mobile learning activities, student interaction promotion, and social media technologies, this major reference work is a comprehensive resource for instructional designers, faculty, administrators and educators of higher education, students in teaching programs, IT managers, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Blended Learning
Competency-Based Education
Learning Engagement Activities
Mobile Learning Activities
Online Learning Experience
Online Teaching Competencies
Self-Directed Curriculum
Social Media Technologies
Speaking Performance
Speech Rate
Student Interaction Promotion
Underprivileged Contexts

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Jared Sagini Keengwe is a Professor of Education at the University of North Dakota (UND). He has published extensively in refereed journals and scholarly books. He is the editor-in-chief of two IGI Global Book Series: Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development (AHEPD) and Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education (AECKE). His work was honored with the UND Foundation/McDermott Faculty Award for Excellence in Academic Advising. He was a recipient of the North Dakota Spirit Faculty Achievement Award in recognition of significant contributions in teaching, research, and service. At the national level, Prof. Sagini was a recipient of the International Institute of Education Fellowship under the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) – a scholar fellowship program funded by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) for educational projects at African higher education institutions. He was also a recipient of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) Visiting Fellowship.

Joyce Gikandi is an information systems and educational technology specialist; with major bias in E-learning and online assessment. She holds a Doctorate in ICT Education of University of Canterbury, New Zealand, a Post Graduate Diploma and MSc in Computer-Based Information Systems of Sunderland University, UK, and a Bachelor’s degree of Egerton University, Kenya. She is an experienced researcher practitioner and has sustained contribution to knowledge through teaching, research and consultancy. Dr Gikandi is currently a Senior Lecturer at Mount Kenya University, Kenya. Her current interests include research and development of effective strategies and tools for ICT application in the field of Education, Agri-business and Health sciences. She has substantially published in peer reviewed Journals/Databases and one of her publications (Journal of Computers & Education) titled “Online formative assessment in higher education: A review of the literature” has been editor’s choice for several years with over 750 citations.(700e99c4-c03c-4800-8f02-256b638ad6fc)

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