Wednesday, 23 June 2021

Dr. Ann Marcus-Quinn and Dr. Tríona Hourigan have published their second Springer Handbook together. This latest book addresses the gap in the literature concerned with global case studies of successful Digital, Mobile and Open Education. The book shares experiences from international teaching and learning projects at all levels of Education, and provides advice for future policy and investment in digital teaching and learning and Open Education projects. It also provides an expectation on the future capacity and sustainability of Open Education. The chapters in this publication reflect both top down and bottom up approaches and are drawn from authentic contexts. As such this publication presents concrete examples of good practice in this domain from around the world. When working on this book it was essential to capture case studies which offered a diverse range of reported experiences in this area. Without doubt the arena of digital and Open Education is a contested space and there are many facets to be considered. Covid-19 has accelerated the dialogue around digital education in general across sectoral levels of education and has also impacted work-based and professional training.  While the impact of Covid-19 may be seen as the ultimate disruptor the chapters provided here may offer a guiding framework for remapping how we engage critically with all that the technology can afford us while not relinquishing our educational and cultural values. Professor Selina McCoy (ESRI, Dublin) has written the preface for the book.