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About the Contributors

Lazarus Ndiku Makewa is a former Dean, School of Education, University of Eastern Africa, Baraton and former Deputy Vice Chancellor, Lukenya University. He is currently the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Rwenzori International University, where he is also a Professor of Educational Communication Technology. He holds a Ph.D. in Educational Communication and Technology from Moi University. He enjoys teaching as much as he is motivated to do research. Prof. Ndiku has published over 70 articles in referred journals, written and authored five (5) books: Educational Instruction: Goals, Resources, Methods and Assessment, Handbook of Research on Enhancing Teacher Education with Advanced Instructional Technologies, Handbook for Planning Technology Initiative, Technology-supported Teaching and Research Methods for Educators and IT Issues in Higher Education: Emerging Research and Opportunities. He has presented at various international conferences. He is an External examiner for several universities in Kenya; Moi University, University of Eldoret, University of Eastern Africa, Braton, Strathmore University, African Nazarene University and University of South Africa. He is a resource person for Commission for University Education, Kenya.

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Lisa Barron is the Director of Teacher Education and Partnerships and Associ- ate Professor of the Eriksson College of Education at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Simone Meister Sommer Bilessimo is a professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina – Campus Araranguá and researcher at the Remote Experimentation Lab (RExLab).

Prentice Chandler is Dean and Professor of the Eriksson College of Education at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. About the Contributors

Alshimaa A. Farag is an Assistant Professor. She holds a Doctorate of Philosophy from Zagazig University, Egypt, 2016, and a Master degree from Cairo University, Egypt, 2005. Her research interest lies in urban sustainability, in which she got the certificate (LEED AP ND) and (LEED AP Home). Also, she is an EDRA member as she has a special interest in Ecological Psychology that concern human behaviors and their interrelationships with the built environment, especially in the Middle East and Northern Africa Region (MENA). Dr. Alshimaa is a member of the Editorial Review Board for the International Journal of Urban Planning and Smart Cities (IJ- UPSC), in addition to participating in reviewing research works for several reputable journals, books, and conferences. She has taught and practiced Architecture in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. She is currently teaching courses of Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Research Method, and Architecture Design Studios at the College of Architecture and Design, Effat University, KSA. She recently got the Queen Effat Award for Excellence in Teaching for the Academic Year 2018-2019, KSA.

Nidhish Francis is a lecturer teaching physiology and cell biology to under- graduate students in various disciplines at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga. His research focuses on the health benefits of food components both for human and animal consumption. In regards to teaching context, he always attempts to use innova- tive pedagogical approaches to improve student learning experience in his subjects.

Lina Gaiziuniene is a PhD in Education at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. She is also a coordinator of study programmes quality assurance. She is a member of the Lithuanian Educational Research Association. Her main research areas are Educational innovation; Innovative study methods adoption and adapta- tion, Curriculum Development.

Adrian Gepp is an Associate Professor of Statistics in the Bond Business School at Bond University. He is also an inaugural member of Bond University’s Centre for Actuarial and Financial Big Data Analytics and Manager of the Centre’s industry relationships. As a recent recipient of the American Accounting Association Best Dissertation Award in the Forensic Accounting Section, Dr Gepp uses big data and predictive modelling to reveal unique insights about problems of economic and social importance. His research spans fraud detection, fintech, health analytics, marketing analytics, business failure prediction and workplace design. Before receiving his doctorate in applied statistics, he attained first class honours and a perfect GPA for his postgraduate studies and University Medals for both his undergraduate degrees in commerce and information technology.

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Jolita Horbacauskiene is a Professor at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. Her academic interests include innovative teaching/ learning methods, foreign language teaching/learning methodology, EMI.

Cristina A. Huertas Abril belongs to the Dpt. English and German Studies, and is an Associate Professor of the University of Córdoba, Spain. She is an in- terdisciplinary researcher working mainly within Second Language Acquisition, Bilingual Education, IC Studies and Translation Studies. She has participated in several interdisciplinary teaching innovation projects, and teaches at Master’s level at UCO, UCA and UIMP. Moreover, she has taught both in formal and non-formal contents, and has directed and taught several specialization courses on Bilingual Education, Translation Studies and Second Language Acquisition.

Sebak Kumar Jana is currently a Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India. Dr. Jana was graduated from Presidency College, Kolkata and did his post graduation in Economics from University of Calcutta. He obtained M.Phil. and Ph.D. degree in Economics from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. His major area of academic interest includes envi- ronmental and resource economics, agricultural economics, rural development and economics of education. He has about seventy publications in Journals and edited books. He has published six books as author or editor including ‘Tank Irrigation in the Dry Zones in India’, ‘Education in West Bengal – Looking Beyond Schools’, ‘Development in Development in Developing Economies (Edited)’. He, as a Prin- cipal Investigator, has completed some research projects funded by ICSSR, UGC, NABARD, and IWMI.

Brigita Janiūnaitė is a full professor and Principal investigator at Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology. She has PhD in Social sciences. Her research is focused on the issues of change management and social innovation; development of innovative culture at individual and organizational level; higher education; curriculum development. She has supervised 15 PhD theses. Among her publications is a monograph on ‘Educational Innovation Implementa- tion’ (2004, in Lithuanian) and research study ‘Citizen’s innovative culture’ (2007, in Lithuanian) and “Organization innovation culture” (2011), “Ecosystem of Open Innovation in Lithuania” (2018, in Lithuanian). Brigita Janiūnaitė is an expert of the European Science Foundation; Lithuanian Science Council and etc. She is a committee member of International Conference of Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning. Also she is member of the European Educational Research Association; board member of Lithuanian Educational Research Association; member of European Knowledge Management Association; member

231 About the Contributors of International Innovation Management Organization. She was elected a Visiting Fellow at St.Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, in 2007.

Yowei Kang is an Assistant Professor at Bachelor Degree Program in Oceanic Cultural Creative Design Industries, National Taiwan Ocean University, TAIWAN. His research interests focus on new media design, digital game research, visual communication, and experiential rhetoric. Some of his works have been published in International Journal of Strategic Communication, and Journal of Intercultural Communication Studies. He has received government funding to support his re- search in location-based advertising and consumer privacy management strategies.

Kuldeep Kumar is a Professor of Economics in the Bond Business School at Bond University. He did his PhD in the University of Kent, UK and has taught at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and the National University of Singapore before joining Bond University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and a Chartered Statistician and currently he has been awarded Chartered Scientist by Science Council. Dr Kumar is a winner of several awards including Commonwealth Scholarship, Bond-Oxford Fellowship, Young Statistician Award and VC quality award. Dr Kumar has published more than one hundred research papers. His current research interest is in the area of Business Intelligence including bankruptcy predic- tion, financial fraud detection and economic crime prevention applying statistical, computational and data mining methods and tools.

Adwaita Maiti currently working as an Assistant Professor of Economics in Prabhat Kumar College, Contai, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India. Mr. Maiti, also a Ph.D. Scholar at the Department of Economics, Vidyasagar University, India. He has obtained an M.Phil degree in Economics from this University. He has con- tributed many research-based articles to reputed national and international referred journals. He is interested in education and development economics.

Lynne Orr is a faculty member at Walden University as a chair and committee member for EdD students. She also teaches for Walden in their MS higher education and adult learning program. Orr has over 25 years experience working in student affairs and academic affairs in career development and academic advising.

Brianna Reyes is a current William Paterson University MFA candidate pursuing a degree in Creative and Professional Writing. She has dedicated 5 years to serving undergraduate first-year students, regardless of academic discipline, as they transi- tion from high school to college. Areas of specialty include: Student Leadership, Literature, Research, and Technology.

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Isabela Silva is a Professor at the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina - Cam- pus Tubarão in the courses of Specialization in School Management, Technology in Analysis and Systems Development and Technician in Systems Analysis and Development. Master in Information and Communication Technologies from the Federal University of Santa Catarina and collaborator of the Remote Experimenta- tion Laboratory (RExLab). Undergraduate student in Pedagogy from the University Center FACVEST. Bachelor in Information and Communication Technologies from the Federal University of Santa Catarina. Technician in Fashion Production by the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina.

Juarez Bento da Silva has a degree in Business Administration from the Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (1991), specialization in Networking and Telecom- munications at the UFSC(1999), Masters in Computer Science from UFSC (2002), PhD in Engineering and Knowledge Management, UFSC(2007). He is currently Associate Professor at UFSC and coordinator of the Remote Experimentation Lab (RExLab). He is currently Associate Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and coordinator of the Remote Experimentation Lab (RExLab). He has experience in Computer Science with emphasis in Computer Systems and acting on the following topics: remote experimentation, 3D virtual worlds, embedded systems, computers in education and digital inclusion. The main interest in research and current focus is the development and use of new information and communication technologies in teaching and learning. Currently we seek to develop and implement new devices for remote testing and work on the integration of hardware (remote experiments) in 3D virtual worlds, using open-source project. This is the link to my resume for more details: http://lattes.cnpq.br/1594563006260546.

Linda Weekley spent almost thirty years in public education. After retiring six years ago to spend more time with family and volunteer in the community, she decided to pursue her doctorate in adult education. While in public education she spent 13 years in the classroom working with students who were identified with special learning needs. The last 17 years of her career were spent as a principal in schools which served students who were unable to function in a general education setting. Most of these students served time in the juvenile justice system, with little hope of rehabilitation. By working closely with her staff and modeling alternative teaching and behavioral strategies, Linda was able to witness success for many of the students. Today, Linda volunteers as the director of the adult education depart- ment at her church, writing curriculum and working with volunteers to assist them in presenting courses that will encourage positive change in the lives of the students.

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Kenneth C. C. Yang is a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA. His research focuses on new media advertising, consumer behavior, and international advertising. Some of his many works have been published in Cyberpsychology, Journal of Strategic Communication, International Journal of Consumer Marketing, Journal of Intercultural Communication Studies, Journal of Marketing Communication, and Telematics and Informatics. He has edited or co-edited three books, Asia.com: Asia encounters the Internet (Routledge, 2003), Multi-Platform Advertising Strategies in the Global Marketplace (IGI Global, 2018), and Cases on Immersive Virtual Reality Techniques (IGI Global, 2019).

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