Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword
Dr. Rivka Wadmay (Council of Higher Education, Israel)
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Chapter 1. Wanted: Excellent Lecturers for Nurturing Future Lifelong Learning Professionals
Hava E. Vidergor and Ciara O’Farrel (Gordon Academic College of Education, Israel, and others)
Part I. Dealing with Major Challenges of Academic Teaching
Chapter 2. Transdisciplinary Teaching and Learning
Michael Wride (Centre for Academic Practice and eLearning (CAPSL) and School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
Chapter 3. Methods for Effectively Teaching Large Classes
Roxana G. Reichman (Gordon Academic College of Education, Israel)
Chapter 4. Theory and Practice of Alternative Assessment in Higher Education
Hadas Shelly Huber and Adi Levy-Vered (Gordon Academic College, Israel and others)
Part II. Teaching with Technology
Chapter 5. Incorporating Technology: Digital Literacy and Collaborative Problem Solving in Higher Education Teaching Courses
Ariella Levenberg, Davida Pollak and Limor Harary (Gordon Academic College, Israel and others)
Chapter 6. Blended Learning Environments in Higher Education
Hava E. Vidergor and Orly Sela (Gordon Academic College, Israel and others)
Chapter 7. Distance Education in Academia
Orly Sela and Anat Shemla (Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel)
Part III. Cooperative Teaching-Learning Methods
Chapter 8. Project Based Learning in Higher Education: From Theory to Practice
Hadas Shelly Huber and Iwona Maciejowska (Gordon Academic College of Education, Israel and others)
Chapter 9. Problem Based Learning: A Methodology to Improve Learning to Live Together
M. Rosário Pinto, Pedro Costa and Andreia Monteiro (Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Santarém Municipality, Portugal, and others)
Chapter 10. Personal Learning Environments for Self-Regulated Learning: A Techno-Pedagogy Approach for Connecting Formal and Informal Lifelong Learning
Hanan Maoz and Ayelet Calaf Mazuz (Sapir College, Ashkelon, Israel, and others)
Part IV. Value-Based Teaching
Chapter 11. Promoting Social Responsibility and Future Thinking in Higher Education
Hava E. Vidergor and Rhonda Sofer (Gordon Academic College of Education, Israel and others)
Chapter 12. Values and Knowledge Education (VaKE) for Lifelong Learning in Applied Fields: Principles and General Issues
Jean-Luc Patry, Roxana Reichman and Lydia Linortner (University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria and others)
Chapter 13. Values and Knowledge Education (VaKE) Applied to Nursing Care
Maria do Rosário Pinto, Ana Spinola and Alcinda Reis (Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Higher School of Health, Portugal)
Chapter 14. Adapting Teaching-Learning to Special Needs in Higher Education
Ariella Daniel-Hellwing, Orly Sela and Yael Shraga-Roitman (Beit Berl Academic College, Kfar Saba, Israel, and others)
Concluding Thoughts
Index
Audience: Heads of faculties, higher education institutions
Inexperienced and established lecturers, in all fields of expertise, higher education institutions