Lecture Notes in Educational Technology

Introduction to School Field is a mandatory activity for Information Technology Education students at Brawijaya University which is designed to provide practical experience in learning and managing education. This activity aims to develop students’ soft skills and hard skills as preparation for futu…

Competency-based blended learning with learning process MIAP is a research tool with the idea of integrating the competency-based blended learning process with the MIAP learning process. The objectives of this study were to (1) synthesize the Competency-Based Blended Learning with the MIAP Process, …

This thesis seeks to present a STEM educational model suitable for the countries of the Arab region with their different circumstances by implementing a descriptive and analytical study of the education systems in the Arab region and the extent of their response to the social and economic changes br…

Innovative behaviour and generic innovation competences are shared aims for degree studies in all study fields in all European higher education institutions. However, narrower views have been put on how students are learning innovation competences in the digital environments yet. Additionally, empir…

Teaching control systems courses solely through lectures are only sometimes effective in preparing students for practical applications and problem-solving scenarios. A revised team-based learning approach has been implemented in a control systems course to address this issue. The objective is to hel…

Industry and academia have a vital yet complex relationship beyond producing graduates. Continuing education, technology transfer, equipment and resource provision, academic advisory boards, and research partnerships are some of its aspects. However, these relationships are often ad-hoc, unsustainab…

This work presents the role of Education 4.0 in lifelong learning to strengthen the attraction of extramural research funding. This approach recognizes the need for continuous learning in academia and advocates for the lifelong learning of researchers during their mature careers. This work also addr…

Developing communication skills and intercultural awareness is the engine for collaboration and networks to address complex social issues. This article describes a systematic literature review analyzing the scientific evidence from January 2016 to June 2022 in publications available in the Scopus an…

Workplace Learning and Assessment (WLA) is broadly linked to the wider assessment for learning movement and is simply an effective use of educational measures. From this perspective, this assessment method may have enabled a better engagement with knowledge and demonstrated competency. However, ther…

Applied degree programme is an innovative form of vocational education and training. The aim of this chapter is to examine the challenges and opportunities of the implementation of an existing vocational degree programme and its transformation into an applied degree. Bachelor of Science in Horticult…

As the higher education sector transitions, post the disruption of the global pandemic to the ‘next normal’, this chapter contends that the applied degree sector will increasingly add social and economic value as it delivers professionally orientated skilling, upskilling and reskilling solutions for…

A close collaboration between vocational institutions and industrial workplaces becomes imperative to ensure students’ opportunities to collaborate with other people and get familiar with the workplace environments. This case study of a higher vocational institution in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao …

What are the implications for the future of universities, colleges and polytechnics resulting from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? Will higher education systems change significantly as a result of the social, economic and political impact of the changes which the response to the pandemic will l…

Open education and self-directed learning are increasingly becoming the preferred modes of learning worldwide. The Fourth Industrial Revolution requires flexible learning opportunities for adults and professionals intending to access lifelong educational opportunities. Open education and self-direct…

The changing educational context and dynamic needs around increasing online learning at all education levels highlight the importance of self-directed learning. In this regard, self-directed learning, which involves both a process and student characteristic, relates to the students taking charge of …

The widely shared practices of current higher education were designed for the needs of the industrial era. That world does not exist anymore. We must provide students with skills of global citizenship and cultural sensitiveness, and competences such as critical thinking, initiative, creativity, team…

Since the introduction of Vocational and Professional Education and Training (VPET) in 2014, new policies and measures have been implemented to provide students with a more diversified articulation pathway for their post-secondary development. However, the effectiveness of VPET still remains vague w…

As countries have evolved from agricultural to industrial to knowledge-based and service-based new economies, the nature of work has increasingly been disrupted by technological advancement and transformation. This introductory chapter serves to discuss the forces of change and the impact of Industr…

In order to solve the problems in online teacher training and innovate teacher training mode, we designed a learning-centered online training mode. In this paper, we used Cognitive Apprenticeship (CA) as the design framework, addressing the research question: How can CA be used to inform the instruc…