Technology - Centered Higher Education: Best Approaches and Practices in Technology Integration

摘要

The aim of this theme is to show best approaches and practices in technology integration centered on higher education. Technology centered learning is changing the way teaching learning was perceived few decades back and will also have a far reaching effect in the way teaching learning will be perceived in the years to come. In the coming days the focus will shift from technology enhanced learning to technology- centered learning. This will have varied ramifications in the field of education and especially in the filed of higher education. This theme covers the following topics: Infographics use in education, Visualization-based technologies for the specific purposes language training, Models of the competence life cycle, Basic educational program structure, Constructivism, Educational Computer Card Games, Teaching methods and technology for specialists of communication technologies and communication systems, Laboratory Stands, Ethnopedadodics Development, Ethno cultural Competence, CDIO (Conceive, Design, Implement, Operate) Initiative and TUNING Educational Structures, Estimation of the content of the work program, Educational discipline, Digital pedagogy, Computer games, Digital game-based learning, Professional competences testing software and personnel evaluation. This issue will also focus on various patents in the area of technology-centered education.