Motivation, Leadership and Curriculum Design

Understanding and facilitating learning for the Net Generation and 21st Century learner through motivation, leadership and curriculum design..- Caroline Koh.- PART 1:MOTIVATING THE 21st CENTURY AND NET GEN LEARNERS.- Identifying Factors Influencing Students' Motivation and Engagement in Online Courses.- Dilani Gedera, John Williams and Noeline Wright.- Supporting the Needs of 21st Century Learners: A Self-Determination Theory perspective.- W. L. Quint Oga-Baldwin.- Examining the Influence of the Big Five Personality Traits on the Relationship between Autonomy, Motivation and Academic Achievement in the 21st Century Learner.- Kah Loong Chue.- Online Assessment and Learner Motivation in the 21st Century .- Cathy Gunn.- Motivating Netizens to Develop Personal Knowledge management skills.- Ashwini Datt and Trudi Aspden.- The Promise of Well-Being for the Net Generation.- Collie W. Conoley, Beatriz Bellow, Mercedes Oromendia and Jane Close Conoley.- PART 2:LEADING 21st CENTURY LEARNING .- A Closer Look at Developing Positive Learning Climate in the 21st Century: The Role of Instructional Leadership Practices.- Irene Ng .- Leadership Influence on the 21st Century Teacher's Motivation for Professional Development.- Maria Sit.- Using Technology to Scaffold Problem-based Learning in Teacher Education: Its Tensions and Implications for Curriculum Designers.- Bee Leng Chua, Oon Seng Tan, Woon Chia Liu.- Motivating 21st century learners: The impact of an online reciprocal peer-tutoring initiative for foreign language learning.- Constanza Tolosa, Martin East and Helen Villers.- Leading Technology-Enhanced Learning: Upgrading the Digital Immigrants and Stretching the Natives.- Caroline Koh.- PART 3:CURRICULUM DESIGN AND PEDAGOGY FOR 21st CENTURY AND NET GEN LEARNERS.- Designing Student Learning for a Networked World.- Judine Ladbrook and Judy Parr .- Using Mobile Technologies to Provide Feedback on Learning.- Alan Ovens, Dawn Garbett and Rena Heap.- Maximizing theBenefit of

Caroline Koh is Assistant Professor with the Psychological Studies Academic Group, National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore. Prior to her current position at NIE, she taught at junior college level for a considerable number of years before a brief stint at the Ministry of Education Curriculum Planning and Development Division, Singapore. Her current teaching responsibilities include coordinating, developing curricula and conducting training for pre-service teachers, as well as professional development courses for experienced teachers. Her prime research focus is on Motivation and Learning, with a special interest in the use of the Self-determination theory in guiding research and classroom practice. In addition, she has conducted research on areas as diverse as group project work, moral development and reasoning, national education, the use of simulation-based learning, and most recently, the use of the e-portfolio as a pedagogical tool.