1. Emerging Technologies and Potential Paradigmatic Shifts in the Community of Inquiry Framework Melissa Layne and Phil Ice -- 2. Designing Technology-Enhanced Active Learning Environments for the Undergraduate Geoscience Classroom Priya Sharma and Kevin P. Furlong -- 3. Educating Students for STEM Literacy: GlobalEd 2 Kimberly A. Lawless, Scott W. Brown, and Mark A. Boyer -- 4. “Out of Order…
Examining cases in educational technology from computer assisted instruction to MOOCs, this volume shows how social interests frame reform programs and realign organizational and pedagogical strategies around them to produce a particular environment for change in higher education. Technology is a contingent product rather than a driver of such changes, suggesting that the politics of reform in …
Gas Flows -- Governing Equations and Slip Models -- Shear-Driven Flows -- Pressure-Driven Flows -- Thermal Effects in Microscales -- Prototype Applications of Gas Flows -- Basic Concepts and Technologies -- Liquid Flows -- Electrokinetic Flows -- Surface Tension-Driven Flows -- Mixers and Chaotic Advection -- Simple Fluids in Nanochannels -- Water in Nanochannels -- Electroosmotic Flow in Nanoc…
Philosophy of Technology: What and Why? -- Technological Artifacts -- Technological Knowledge -- Technological Processes -- Technology and the Nature of Humans -- Ethics and Aesthetics of Technology -- Learners’ Philosophies about Technologies -- Reconceptualizing Technology through Education -- Practical Issues in Teaching about Technology -- Questions and Assignments -- Resources for Furthe…
Preface -- Chapter 1. Philosophy of technology: what and why? -- Chapter 2. Technological artifacts -- Chapter 3. Technological knowledge -- Chapter 4. Technological processes -- Chapter 5. Technology and the nature of humans -- Chapter 6. Ethics and aesthetics of technology -- Chapter 7. Learners’ philosophies of technology -- Chapter 8. Reconceptualizing technology through education -- Chap…
Applications -- Social, Economic, and Ethical Implications of Ambient Intelligence and Ubiquitous Computing -- Integrated Microelectronics for Smart Textiles -- Ambient Intelligence Research in HomeLab: Engineering the User Experience -- How Ambient Intelligence will Improve Habitability and Energy Efficiency in Buildings -- System Design and Architecture -- Networked Infomechanical Systems (NI…
Life Cycle Environmental Impact Analysis of HDPE Packaging Materials for Different Disposal Options -- Excess Pressure in Municipal Water Supply Systems as a Renewable Energy Source: Antalya Case Study -- Bio-Fuel Production from Carbondioxide Gas In Polluted Areas -- Examination of Soil Improvement with Reusing Tires and Pets -- Recovery of Phosphorus and Nitrogen from Sewage Sludge as Struvit…
1 -- TOWARDS ZERO WASTE, CIRCULAR ECONOMY BOOST: WASTE TO RESOURCES (Introduction) -- A -- CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND ZERO WASTE -- 2. Potentials and challenges for a circular economy in Mexico (Hans Dieleman & Concepción Martínez) -- 3. Solid waste management for circular economy. Challenges and opportunities in Romania – The case study of Iasi County 4. - Feasibility analysis of a Cap-and–Tr…
This book is one out of six IAEG XIII Congress and AEG 61st Annual Meeting proceeding volumes, and deals with topics related to geologic hazards, such as earthquakes, land subsidence, coastal hazards, and the emergency response. The theme of the IAEG/AEG Meeting, held in San Francisco from September 17-21, 2018, is Engineering Geology for a Sustainable World. The meeting proceedings analyze the…
Environmental Footprints of Water - Concepts, Tools, Importance and Challenges -- Corporate Water Footprint Accounting of Select Thermal Power Plants in India -- Water Footprint and Food Products.This book discusses the concept of water footprint and corporate water footprint, presenting case studies on a thermal power plant in India and on the food sector. Water conservation is a key element o…