Educational Innovations and Contemporary Technologies ― Enhancing Teaching and Learning

Through careful selection of contemporary research, this volume demonstrates the different ways in which groups of learners as well as educators go about the complex task of innovatively designing and implementing technologies in education. The book explores a wide range of conceptual, disciplinary, methodological, national and sectoral boundaries and divides educational technologies into three key themes: specialised educational technologies; particular groups of learners; and teacher education. Current developments across Australia, Canada, Asia and the United States are all explained to illustrate the four central issues in innovation: policy and innovation; measuring innovation; sustaining innovation; and diffusing innovation. Throughout this book new understandings of the complex links between innovations and technologies are highlighted in multiple and highly varied educational settings.

Petrea Redmond is Senior Lecturer and Program Coordinator in the Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts at the Toowoomba campus of the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. With research in technology and learning she has published and co-published in a number of international refereed books, journals and conference proceedings.

Jennifer Lock is Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning in the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary, Canada. Researching in innovation and technology in education, she has published and co-published in a number of national and international refereed books, journals and conference proceedings.

Patrick Alan Danaher is Professor in Educational Research in the School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education at the Toowoomba campus of the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, where he is also Associate Dean (Research and Research Training). Currently, he is also Adjunct Professor in the School of Education and the Arts at CQ University, Australia.