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Alleviating Poverty through Business Strategy
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 33.00There is a growing realization that business development is the most effective weapon in fighting world poverty. How the for-profit model can be harnessed to provide the poor with a share in the world's prosperity is discussed through actual cases, and nested in innovative theories of business, social sciences, and philosophy. more...
Teaching Arts and Science with the New Social Media
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011; US$ 79.99This book will cover a wide range of approaches to applying social media in teaching arts and science courses. The first part of the book, SOCIAL LEARNING AND NETWORKING APPROACHES TO TEACHING ARTS & SCIENCE, will cover collaborative social media in writing courses, the use of wikis as a platform for co-creation of digital content, and powerful data... more...
Educating Educators with Social Media
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011; US$ 79.95Social media are increasingly popular platforms for collaboration and quick information sharing. This volume is a collection of reports on how these technologies are being used to educate educators in creative and effective ways. It examines in detail the processes, design, delivery and evaluation of instruction using social media. more...
Higher Education Administration with Social Media
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011; US$ 79.99This book examines how social media are redefining what university communities are and the purposes and practices of the various functional areas in higher education. It presents an overview of innovative practices in the recruitment, advising, retention, graduation and engagement of students and alumni. more...
Misbehavior Online in Higher Education
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012; US$ 79.99Misbehavior Online in Higher Education is rich in contemporary case studies, analytical reports, and up-to-date research providing detailed overviews of various misbehavior, including cyberbullying, cyberstaling, cyberslacking, and privacy invasion, hacking, cheating, teasing, and enhanced prejudicial attitudes. The development of approaches to addressing... more...
Increasing Student Engagement and Retention Using Social Technologies
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012; US$ 79.99Social technologies are reshaping and reframing the practice of teaching and learning in higher education. This volume critically examines new research on how social media technologies like Facebook are being used in higher education to increase learner engagement in an epoch of increasing globalization and diversity. more...
Increasing Student Engagement and Retention using Multimedia Technologies
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013; US$ 79.99Multimedia and video related technologies are reshaping and reframing the practice of teaching and learning in higher education. This volume critically examines new research on how multimedia technologies are being used in higher education to increase learner engagement and collaboration in and out of the classroom. more...
Innovative Approaches to Global Sustainability
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 33.00A concrete, action-based look at the ways businesses can become sustainable as moving towards a sustainable world becomes more and more important. more...
Higher Education in Virtual Worlds
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009; US$ 114.95Targeted at educators and researchers wishing to use virtual environments in their teaching practice, this work provides practical advice specifically for educators in higher education. It focuses on the use of Second Life - a free, readily-accessible virtual world which is increasingly being used for both formal and informal learning. more...
Global Sustainability as a Business Imperative
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 115.00This first volume in The Palgrave Series on Global Sustainability addresses the pressing need to align business practices with the requirements of a sustainable world. The book's authors address new models for conducting business, the implications of undertaking new approaches to business practice, and the ways businesses are transforming and being... more...









