Integrating Technology In Higher Education

Integrating Technology in Higher Education contains 20 chapters that provide technology integration experiences of authors from four continents and a diversity of disciplines in higher education settings. The utilization of various hardware and software tools to facilitate teaching and learning is discussed in the chapters of this edited book. The four major themes that crisscross the chapters of the book are: infrastructure, instructional design, integration, and interaction. Chapter authors share their real-life technology integration experiences and offer tried and tested suggestions and recommendation to others who wish to integrate technologies into their own educational settings.

Twenty authors from around the world discuss their experiences with integrating hardware and software technologies into higher education settings in a number of disciplines. According to the editors (professors of education at Florida International U.), four major themes emerge across the collection: infrastructure, including user training and support; instructional design for effective planning and implementing of technology; integration; and student-teacher and student-student interaction. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

M.O. Thirunarayanan is Associate Professor of Education and a Fellow of the Honors College at Florida International University. Professor Thirunarayanan holds a Ph.D. in Elementary Education from Arizona State University. Aixa Pérez-Prado is Assistant Professor of Education at Florida International University. Professor Pérez-Prado holds a Ph.D. in Social Science & Education from Florida State University.