About the Book
Digital learning and global mobility transform education in the 21st century. Advances in technology expand access to knowledge beyond traditional classrooms, enabling students to learn anywhere. Increased global mobility, through international study, remote collaboration, and cross-border academic partnerships, creates new opportunities for cultural exchange and skill development. Together, these trends reshape educational delivery, accessibility, and skill development needed to succeed. Understanding the relationship between digital learning and global mobility may improve the future of education and prepare students for a world where learning is flexible, global, and technology driven. Digital Learning, Global Mobility, and the Future of Education explores how digital technologies and increased global mobility reshape access to education, learning environments, and opportunities for students. It examines how these changes influence teaching methods, cross-cultural collaboration, and the skills learners need. This book covers topics such as instructional design, labor markets, and lifelong learning, and is a useful resource for educators, policymakers, academicians, researchers, and scientists.
About the Author :
Eugene de Silva has been an educator for over 30 years. As a professor of physics and chemistry, he developed the first online college physics programs under the auspices of Walters State Community College and the Board of Regents for the State of Tennessee. He established the National Accrediting Commission for Martial Arts (NACMA)- a registered charity- and Virginia Research Institute (VRI) – a non-profit organization in the United States in 2004. These foundations were set in place to spark the younger generation’s interest in furthering their education and research. He has been the President of the Tennessee Science Department Chairs Association since 2008. He was also the Chair of the Institute of Physics UK/USA Branch (South Eastern USA). De Silva has written several books including textbooks in physics and chemistry and is an internationally recognized educator with his name entered in the Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in American Education, and Who’s Who in America. He developed the first Martial Arts educational degree in the world in 1993 when he was in the UK. He holds the highest Dan grade in martial arts and is the founder of an international charity known as The Society of Martial Arts, UK. He, as a practitioner of martial arts, introduced a syllabus of teaching physics through martial arts in 2007. He introduced Physics Day in the USA, which has been in place since 2005 for high school students where mechanics section of physics is taught through martial arts. He has also won the “Innovative Teaching Award,” “Above and Beyond Award,” and has received recognition awards from the Tennessee Academy of Sciences, USA and the Institute of Chemistry, Sri Lanka. He is a chartered chemist, chartered scientist, and chartered physicist; he was also elected as a fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce in recognition of his outstanding work in the field of education. The World Head of Family Sokeship Council also inducted him to the Hall of Fame in 2001 in Florida, USA. His novel teaching model, “START,” is now being introduced in the teaching of science through the Virginia Research Institute. He also holds two world records in breaking cinder blocks on different parts of his body. Athula Ranasinghe [BA (Colombo), PgDED (Colombo), MEcon (Thailand), PhD (Amsterdam). Research in Education and Labor Economics, Published in Economics of Education Review, Sri Lanka Economic Journal, Colombo Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, Sri Lanka Journal of Population Studies, International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, Journal of Finance and Accounting, Sri Lanka Journal of Economic Research, Sri Lanka Governance Journal,...], Former Dean of Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Professor Emeritus University of Colombo, Currently Head of Economics Department, University of Fiji, Associate Professor Economics, University of Fiji. Former Editor of Sri Lanka Economic Journal, Chapter writer of many edited books, Consultant Economists in various projects, Cost-Benefit Analyst, etc.
