Educational Innovation in Economics and Business IX

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.

A truly global coverage of innovation in business education with a view to enhancing the learning experience of both undergraduates and postgraduates Brings together a collection of articles describing different aspects of the developments taking place in today's workplace and how they affect business education

Klappentext
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.

Inhalt
Breaking Boundaries for Global Learning.- Teams and Collaborative Learning.- Creating Conditions for Collaborative Learning.- Michaelsen's Model of Team-Based Learning Applied in Undergraduate Kinesiology Classes.- Cross-Cultural Virtual Teamwork: Implications from the Multicultural E-Classroom.- Collaborative Learning Applied in the Orientation Process of Undergraduate Students.- Transitioning from Academic Settings to the Workplace.- Online Learning: Learner's Liberation?.- Learning to Work: Easing the Transition.- Breaking the Boundaries Between Academic Degrees and Lifelong Learning.- An Innovation in Access: Developing the Generic Skills of Business Students Through a Virtual Corporate Experience.- Role of Information Technology in the Learning Process.- Can Learning by Teaching Contribute to E-Learning?.- A Collaborative Tool for Argumentation-Based Learning: Examining Face-to-Face and Computer-Based Approaches in a UK Secondary School.- Adapting a Face-to-Face Training Program to a Distance Delivery Model: A Case Study of a Professional Training Program.- An Innovative Approach to Addressing Heterogeneity of Large Classes: Results from Teaching Business Statistics.- Using Information Technology in Teamwork During Collaborative Extra-Class Activities.- Program-Level Innovation Strategy.- Contextual Learning in Higher Education.- A Multi-Step Process for Assessing Student Outcomes in the Business Curriculum.- Student Characteristics and Academic Success.- Making Space for Twenty-First Century Management Learning.- The Value of Multidisciplinary Integration: Evidence from two Engineering Courses.- A Survey of Distance Education Programs.