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t T The Challenges of o h L e e C a Educating People d h i a n l l a e n to Lead in a C g h e s a l o l e f Challenging World n E g d i n u g c a W t i n o g r l P d e o p Edited by l e W M Michael K. McCuddy m ic . B ha en el K Herman van den Bosch j am . M in c M C Wm. Benjamin Martz Jr. u a d r d tz Jr., A y, Her Alexei V. Matveev m l e a x n ei v Kenneth O. Morse V a . M n d e a n tv B ee o v, sch , The Challenges of Educating People to Lead in a Challenging World Educational Innovation in Economics and Business Volume 10 The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume. The Challenges of Educating People to Lead in a Challenging World Edited by Michael K. McCuddy Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, U.S.A. Herman van den Bosch Open Universiteit Nederland, The Netherlands Wm. Benjamin Martz (Jr.) Northern Kentucky University, Highlands Heights, KY, U.S.A. Alexei V. Matveev City University of New York, Staten Island, N.Y., U.S.A. and Kenneth O. Morse Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand AC.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN-10 1-4020-5611-7 (HB) ISBN-13 978-1-4020-5611-6 (HB) ISBN-10 1-4020-5612-5 (e-book) ISBN-13 978-1-4020-5612-3 (e-book) Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AADordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com Printed on acid-free paper All Rights Reserved © 2007 Springer No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Contents Contributing Authors.....................................................................................xi Acknowledgments.........................................................................................xv Editorial Team............................................................................................xvii Preface..........................................................................................................xxi PART I: INTRODUCTION............................................................................1 The Challenges of Educating People to Lead in a Challenging World...........3 MICHAELK. MCCUDDY PART II: THE TEACHING/LEARNING CONUNDRUM: ISSUES, CHALLENGES, AND PROSPECTS....................................31 “Learning on Demand” The Education Objective for the Knowledge Economy.........................33 KEN MORSE The Model of Cooperative Contextual Change A Process for Implementing Problem-based Learning..........................51 ALESSANDRO BISCACCIANTI AND THOMASC. NEIL v vi Contents Dealing with Dilemmas in Contemporary Higher Education Universitat Oberta de Catalunya...........................................................73 ANNE-MARIEDEJONGHE From Teaching to Learning A Tempus Tacis Project as a Catalyst for Change in Post-Soviet Georgia...................................................................................................95 JACKIESTEPHENS AND JANHELLBERG Lifelong Learning in Higher Education Is There a Gap Between the Idea and its Application in Higher Education?...........................................................................................115 AILEENM. SIBBALD AND JOHNTROY Implementing and Sustaining Educational Innovations.............................131 MICHAELK. MCCUDDY AND WENDYL. PIRIE Willingness to Innovate Use, Misuse, and Abuse of Student Evaluations of Instruction..........149 MICHAELK. MCCUDDY AND WENDYL. PIRIE PART III: ASSESSING THE DIMENSIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF LEARNING AND LEARNERS.............169 The Identification of Constructivist Pedagogy in Different Learning Environments.......................................................................................171 HANS OTTING AND WICHARD ZWAAL Learning in Venture Creation Development of Competence in Translating Business Ideas into Practice................................................................................................197 JOHANNSEIWALD Commonalities in Attitudes and Beliefs Toward Different Academic Subjects................................................................................................225 DIRK TEMPELAAR AND JANNIJHUIS Multicultural Perceptions of the Entrepreneurial Lifestyle........................251 BENMARTZ, TOMNEIL, ALESSANDROBISCACCIANTI ANDROBERTWILLIAMS Developing Learning Materials for the Unknown Online Learner............273 ANDREW ASHWIN AND KIERENPITTS Contents vii ‘Credit Where Credit’s Due’ Piloting the Accreditation of Experiential Learning (cid:127) A Case Study....................................................................................................291 STEWART FALCONER AND JOHNTROY PART IV: DEVELOPING COMPETENCIES FOR CAREER SUCCESS: ISSUES AND PRACTICES............................................307 Teaching for Life (cid:127) Generic Capabilities that Link University Learning with Workplace Learning....................................................309 JENNIFERRADBOURNE How Distance Education Can Sustain the Development of Competencies......................................................................................325 HERMAN VAN DEN BOSCH The Ethical Education of Future Leaders An Approach for Helping Students Become Authentic Ethical Role Models.................................................................................................343 MICHAELK. MCCUDDY Developing Critical Thinking Skills Online to Facilitate a Discursive Multicultural Classroom......................................................................361 MEREDITH GODAT AND KATEWHITELEY-DEGRAAF Competence Development in Entrepreneurship The Role of University Education.......................................................385 GREETFASTRÉ AND ANITAVANGILS PART V: USING TECHNOLOGY TO FACILITATE TEACHING AND LEARNING...............................................................................399 LMS, LCMS, and E-Learning Environments Where Did the Didactics Go?.............................................................401 MARJOLEIN C. J. CANIËLS, ANKE H. J. SMEETS- VERSTRAETEN,AND HERMAN M. J. VAN DEN BOSCH Adoption of Blended Learning by Faculty An Exploratory Analysis......................................................................423 MARCHUMBERT viii Contents Digital Media U, the Sectoral University Applying the Concept of a Corporate University to a Business Sector...................................................................................................437 TIMCAPPELLI AND DAVIDRUSSELL Design and Implementation of Various Web-Based Courses which Involve a Didactic Technique The ITESM Model................................................................................455 AURORAGONZÁLEZTURNBULL, RUBÉND. SANTIAGOACOSTA, ANDBLANCA J. GARZAFLORES Action E-learning An Exploratory Case Study Examining the Impact of Action Learning on the Design of Management-level Web-based Instruction.........................................................................475 DEBORAHDEWOLFE WADDILL Online Internet Testing Lower Perceived Performance by Students........................................499 WM. BENJAMIN MARTZ AND MORGANM. SHEPHERD PART VI: TEACHING AND LEARNING INSIGHTS FROM UNIQUE APPLICATIONS................................................................513 Bridging the Knowing-Doing Gap Powerful Ideas for Innovative Learning Design and the Use of IT in Corporate Education.............................................................515 SERGIOVASQUEZBRONFMAN Educating Professionals Leveraging Diversity in Globalizing Education.................................533 ARDHUIZING, RIKMAES,ANDTHOMASJ.P. THIJSSEN Social Entrepreneurship and Cultural Change The Relevance of a Public Sector Experiment for Innovative Education.............................................................................................555 THOMAS J.P. THIJSSENANDFONS T.J. VERNOOIJ Integrating Language Learning with PBL Principles and Practices.....................................................................581 RAYMONDRUIJTEN AND NICOLE VAN EMMERIK Contents ix Any Problems? PBL Experience with First Year Business Undergraduates...............599 RYSIAREYNOLDS AND GRAHAMBENMORE Index...........................................................................................................621
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