Ebook: Educational Innovation in Economics and Business IX: Breaking Boundaries for Global Learning

Like previous volumes in the Educational Innovation in Economics and Business Series, this book is genuinely international in terms of its coverage. With contributions from nine different countries and three continents, it reflects a global interest in, and commitment to, innovation in business education, with a view to enhancing the learning experience of both undergraduates and postgraduates. It should prove of value to anyone engaged directly in business education, defined broadly to embrace management, finance, marketing, economics, informational studies, and ethics, or who has responsibility for fostering the professional development of business educators. The contributions have been selected with the objective of encouraging and inspiring others as well as illustrating developments in the sphere of business education.

This volume brings together a collection of articles describing different aspects of the developments taking place in today’s workplace and how they affect business education. It describes strategies for breaking boundaries for global learning. These target specific techniques regarding teams and collaborative learning, transitions from academic settings to the workplace, the role of IT in the learning process, and program-level innovation strategies. This volume addresses issues faced by professionals in higher and further education and also those involved in corporate training centers and industry.

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Like previous volumes in the Educational Innovation in Economics and Business Series, this book is genuinely international in terms of its coverage. With contributions from nine different countries and three continents, it reflects a global interest in, and commitment to, innovation in business education, with a view to enhancing the learning experience of both undergraduates and postgraduates. It should prove of value to anyone engaged directly in business education, defined broadly to embrace management, finance, marketing, economics, informational studies, and ethics, or who has responsibility for fostering the professional development of business educators. The contributions have been selected with the objective of encouraging and inspiring others as well as illustrating developments in the sphere of business education.

This volume brings together a collection of articles describing different aspects of the developments taking place in today’s workplace and how they affect business education. It describes strategies for breaking boundaries for global learning. These target specific techniques regarding teams and collaborative learning, transitions from academic settings to the workplace, the role of IT in the learning process, and program-level innovation strategies. This volume addresses issues faced by professionals in higher and further education and also those involved in corporate training centers and industry.

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Like previous volumes in the Educational Innovation in Economics and Business Series, this book is genuinely international in terms of its coverage. With contributions from nine different countries and three continents, it reflects a global interest in, and commitment to, innovation in business education, with a view to enhancing the learning experience of both undergraduates and postgraduates. It should prove of value to anyone engaged directly in business education, defined broadly to embrace management, finance, marketing, economics, informational studies, and ethics, or who has responsibility for fostering the professional development of business educators. The contributions have been selected with the objective of encouraging and inspiring others as well as illustrating developments in the sphere of business education.

This volume brings together a collection of articles describing different aspects of the developments taking place in today’s workplace and how they affect business education. It describes strategies for breaking boundaries for global learning. These target specific techniques regarding teams and collaborative learning, transitions from academic settings to the workplace, the role of IT in the learning process, and program-level innovation strategies. This volume addresses issues faced by professionals in higher and further education and also those involved in corporate training centers and industry.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii
Breaking Boundaries for Global Learning....Pages 3-10
Creating Conditions for Collaborative Learning....Pages 13-32
Michaelsen’s Model of Team-Based Learning Applied in Undergraduate Kinesiology Classes....Pages 33-48
Cross-Cultural Virtual Teamwork: Implications from the Multicultural E-Classroom....Pages 49-74
Collaborative Learning Applied in the Orientation Process of Undergraduate Students....Pages 75-89
Online Learning: Learner’s Liberation?....Pages 93-115
Learning to Work: Easing the Transition....Pages 117-136
Breaking the Boundaries Between Academic Degrees and Lifelong Learning....Pages 137-156
An Innovation in Access: Developing the Generic Skills of Business Students Through a Virtual Corporate Experience....Pages 157-177
Can “Learning by Teaching” Contribute to E-Learning?....Pages 181-194
A Collaborative Tool for Argumentation-Based Learning: Examining Face-to-Face and Computer-Based Approaches in a UK Secondary School....Pages 195-219
Adapting a Face-to-Face Training Program to a Distance Delivery Model: A Case Study of a Professional Training Program....Pages 221-236
An Innovative Approach to Addressing Heterogeneity of Large Classes: Results from Teaching Business Statistics....Pages 237-247
Using Information Technology in Teamwork During Collaborative Extra-Class Activities....Pages 249-273
Contextual Learning in Higher Education....Pages 277-294
A Multi-Step Process for Assessing Student Outcomes in the Business Curriculum....Pages 295-315
Student Characteristics and Academic Success....Pages 317-340
Making Space for Twenty-First Century Management Learning....Pages 341-362
The Value of Multidisciplinary Integration: Evidence from two Engineering Courses....Pages 363-381
A Survey of Distance Education Programs....Pages 383-398
Back Matter....Pages 399-407