Innovating Education in Technology-Supported Environments [Paperback]

This book explores a broad range of innovations in education, such as flipped classrooms, the educational use of social media, mobile learning and educational resources. It also includes theoretical discussions and practical applications related to the use of augmented reality and educational technologies for improving students engagement and facilitating their future studies and careers. Featuring case studies and practical applications illustrating the effectiveness of new modes of education in which the latest technologies and innovations are widely used in the global context, the book helps readers develop their awareness of the related insights and implications, in order to deepen their understanding and stimulate critical thinking as to how new technologies have made learning and teaching easier in different educational settings.

Online, mobile and blended learning.- 1 Blended Learning: Approaches, Trends, Research and Publication Opportunities.- 2 Learning Outcomes in Distance Learning: A Study of Learners' Experience.- 3 Relationship between Learning Style and the use of Social Media as a Learning Management System for Online Learners.- 4 The effect of using Instant Messaging Communication on the Teaching and Learning Experience of Students.- 5 Educational Technology Research in Mainland China: A review based on Textual Datamining.- 6 Mobile Learning with Augmented Reality: A case study of Acupuncture Points.- 7 Latest technologies for Mobile Learning.- 8 E-learning and Innovative Education: Strategies for adding Innovation and Value to Educational Research.- Educational resources.- 9 Use of Instructional Design Models and Emerging Technologies in Designing OER Textbooks.- 10 The Talking Comic Strip: Technology-enhanced Learning for English Communication.- 11 Learners' First Exposures to Corpus-based Activities.- 12 Using custom textbooks as Distance Learning materials.- 13 Web Streaming of Lectures: Experience of the University of the Phil<