Frontiers of Cyberlearning: Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning (Lecture Notes in Educational Technology)

Johnathan Michael Spector is a professor at the Study Technology Department, School of Information, University of North Texas and former chairman of the Association of American Education and Communication Technology.

Vivekanandan Kumar is a professor at the School of Computing and Information Systems at Athabasca University, Canada. He holds the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s Discovery Grant on Anthropomorphic Pedagogical Agents, funded by the Government of Canada.

Alfred Essa is vice president of Analytics and R&D at McGraw-Hill Education, where he leads the company-wide learning science research and data science practices. Previously he was director of Analytics Research & Strategy at Desire2Learn Inc, where he was responsible for research and business strategy for the analytics portfolio.

Yueh-Min Huang is a chair professor of the Multimedia Network Lab at the Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University. His research interests include multimedia communications, e-learning, wireless networking and artificial intelligence.

Rob Koper is a distinguished professor at the Open University of the Netherlands with a specific focus on the innovation of online education. He studies the social and cognitive aspects of human learning, the effective use of ICTs for human learning and the improvement of educational institutions to facilitate teaching and learning.

Richard A. W. Tortorella received his MSc degree from Athabasca University, Canada in 2013 and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Eastern Finland. His research interests include context-aware learning systems, m-Learning and artificial intelligence.

Ting-Wen Chang is an associate research fellow and the director of the International Cooperation Center at Beijing Normal University’s Smart Learning Institute. His research focuses on smart learning as is involved in numerous international cooperation projects.

Yanyan Li is a professor at Beijing Normal University’s Smart Learning Institute. Her research interests include computer-supported collaborative learning, learning analytics, and STEAM education.

Zhizhen Zhang is a lecturer at the School of Educational Technology, Faculty of Education at Beijing NormalUniversity. His research interests include teacher professional learning, technology-enhanced science education and education software development.