This book is a collection of state-of-the-art research papers discussing innovations in the area of technology-enhanced learning in adult education. It was inspired by ideas presented at the annual "Computer Science Education: Innovation and Technology" conferences, organised and administered by Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF), at which Professor Bacon has been a regular speaker. Input for the twelve chapters has been sourced from across the world (namely, the USA, Spain, Portugal, the UK, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Singapore, Iran and Australia), providing a truly international perspective on the field. With rapid developments in technology and delivery mechanisms, including the development of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), online learning is in the process of revolutionising higher education, which makes this book all the more relevant and timely.
About the Author: Professor Liz Bacon, BSc, PhD, CEng, CSci, CITP, FBCS, FHEA, MACM, is President of the BCS and The Chartered Institute for IT, and a Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Greenwich in London, with a University-wide remit leading the development of technology enhanced learning. She is a past Chair of the BCS Academy of Computing, and the Council of Professors and Heads of Computing national committee. Liz is a Professor of Software Engineering with over a hundred publications to her name and a Co-Director of the eCentre research group. She is also an experienced systems designer and developer and has applied her research in technology-enhanced learning, software engineering, artificial intelligence and cyberterrorism to a range of application areas such as crisis management and health. Within technology enhanced learning her research has focussed on the following areas: smart games-based learning environments; metacognition and learning strategies; and adaptable, adaptive and personalised systems. Liz also researches, publishes, and is a regular international speaker, on the supply and demand of e-skills to the IT industry. Dr Anton Ravindran is currently the CEO and Founder of RapidStart, the President of Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF), and Adjunct Professor at both the Department of Management at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, and at the Faculty of Information Systems at Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, Indonesia. He has also worked as a visiting Professor and Researcher at the Institute for Research in Applicable Computing (IRAC) at the University of Bedfordshire, and is currently the Managing Editor of the Journal on Computing (JoC) and Global Business Review (GBR). He is the author and co-editor of the book Business Review: Advanced Applications, as well as another forthcoming book, The ICT Age. He holds a BSc and an MBA from the University of Texas, and a Doctorate degree in IT Management from the University of South Australia, having been awarded the International Information Technology Management Academic Merit Scholarship. He is a fellow of the British Computer Society.