Future of Innovation and Technology in Education

Anna Visvizi is Associate Professor at Deree College -The American College of Greece, Greece, and VisitingResearcher at Effat University, Saudi Arabia. Her research focuses on buildingbridges between the worlds of diplomacy and academia to promote effectivepolicy responses and coherent policy-making. Miltiadis D. Lytras is Research Professor at Deree College - The American College of Greece, Greece, and VisitingResearcher at Effat University, Saudi Arabia. His research explores the broad field defined by education in correlation with cognitivecomputing, information systems, technology enabled innovation, social networks,computers in human behavior, and knowledge management. Linda Daniela is Professor, Chair of the Council for Promotion in Pedagogy, Head of theScientific Institute of Pedagogy at the University ofLatvia, Latvia, and Expert of Education at the Council of Sciences of the Republic ofLatvia, Latvia. Her research interests include virtual education, smart education,educational technologies for learning, educational robotics, and solutions forreducing social exclusion from the educational process.

• Introduction. The Future of Innovation and Technology in Education: A Casefor Restoring the Role of the Teacher as a Mentor; Anna Visvizi, Miltiadis D.Lytras and Linda DanielaPart I. LearningInnovation for Digital Economy and Sustainable DevelopmentChapter 1. How to Predict the Unpredictable:Technology-Enhanced Learning and Learning Innovations in Higher Education;Linda Daniela, Anna Visvizi and Miltiadis D. LytrasChapter 2. Focus on the Agency of Learners to Innovate inPedagogy; Marc Nagels, Marie-Hélène Abel and Fatiha TaliChapter 3. A Review of Educational Innovation from KnowledgeBuilding Pedagogy Perspective; Calixto Gutiérrez-Braojos, , JesúsMontejo-Gámez, Ana Marín-Jiménez and Fátima Poza-VilchesChapter 4. Agile Digital Skills Examination for the DigitalEconomy: Knowledge and Social Capital Management Frameworks through Social Networking; Fragkiskos Filippaios and Vladlena BensonChapter 5. Innovation in Higher Education: Toward EnhancingSustainable Development; Saad Haj BakryPart II. The Use ofICT for Teaching, Learning and AssessmentChapter 6. Collaborative Writing and Knowledge Creation in a Social Media Online Community; Anu Suominen and Jari JussilaChapter 7. How to Use ICT in a Classroom Effectively? TheTechnological Blend; Theoni TsinonisChapter 8. The Use of Tablets in Secondary Education: Students’ Perspectives and Experiences; Margarida LucasChapter 9. School Website as a Media: Practice and Potentialof the School Website Content; Baiba ArinaChapter 10. Using Facebook as a Massive Open Online CourseEnvironment: Supported Functionalities and Challenges; Dries Van De Weghe andYves WauteletChapter 11. Assessing the Impact of Virtual Reality on Engineering Students’ Spatial Ability; Rafael Molina-Carmona, María LuisaPertegal-Felices, Antonio Jimeno-Morenilla and Higinio Mora-MoraChapter 12. Immersive Experiences in Online Higher Education: Virtual Presence and Flow; Inma Rodríguez-Arduraa and AntoniMeseguer-ArtolaChapter 13. Educational Data Mining for Peer Assessment inCommunities of Learners; Maria De Marsico, Filippo Sciarrone, Andrea Sterbiniand Marco TemperiniPart III. Case StudiesChapter 14. Student-teachers’ Ability to ImplementCompetency Approach: The Case of the University of Latvia; Linda Daniela,Raimonds Strods, Zanda Rubene and Sandra KalniņaChapter 15. O2O Teaching Reform in China: Outcomes-basedEducation (OBE); Muqiang Zheng, Chien-Chi Chu, Yenchun Jim WuChapter 16. A Prescriptive Instructional Systems Designmodel: A Rasch-model Case for Saudi Arabia; Allaa Barefah, Elspeth McKay andSulaiman AlqahtaniChapter 17. Do We All Speak the Same Language in Europe? Finding Out by Playing; Evi Hatziandreou, Anthi Soulitsioti and YannisMastrogeorgiouChapter 18. Innovation in Dean’s Office: The Case of PolishHEIs; Katarzyna Górak-SosnowskaConclusion. Chapter 19. Education, Innovation and the Prospect of Sustainable Growth and Development; Anna Visvizi, Miltiadis D. Lytras and LindaDaniela