System Overview of Cyber-Technology in a Digitally Connected Global Society

About the Book

The author acknowledges the links between education, technology, network operating systems, data, and information transmission and communications, cybertechnology, culture of education, instruction, and learning. In essence, recognizing the correlation among the education and the world of codified technology, this book will assist in providing a deeper understanding and greater improvement of instructional methods and strategies. In addition, this book will provide a correlation between education and technology as a promising and systematic approach for moving away from or conventional methods of classroom instruction and learning endeavors. The readers, in essence, will see the integration of education and cybertechnology as a pinnacle of educational reform for current and future generations. Furthermore, the contents of this book also help expound the benefits and the broad range of possibilities that technology can offer in education, instruction, and the learning process. The proliferation of the uncertain telegraph and mechanized printing machines changed the quality of human writing. We can also expect the use of a well-synthesized educational technology textbook for instruction and learning to lead to the same startling changes in human society. It is the author’s view that the anticipated changes should not assume any deficiency on the part of the professors, instructors, and allied educators. Rather, it should ascertain that educators need to be proficient in the use of technology to manage and deliver instruction in different subject areas, such as computer information technology, network technology, wired and wireless technology, and cyber security threats. The author firmly believes that current and future learners are essentially the conglomeration of unfurnished learner materials that are ready and willing to be furnished by the educational system.

About the Author

Professor Joseph O. Esin is the chief publishing editor of The Journal of Educational Research and Technology (JERT). He holds a bachelor’s of science in biology from Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri; a master’s of arts in religious studies with emphasis on moral theology from the Society of Jesus College of Divinity, Saint Louis, Missouri; and a doctorate in computer education from the United States International University, San Diego, California. The State of California awarded him a Lifetime Collegiate Instructor’s Credential in 1989, and in 1996, the United States Department of Justice approved and conferred on him the honor of “Outstanding Professor of Research” in recognition of his contributions to academic excellence. Esin met the selection criteria for inclusion in the 1992–93, 1994–95, 1996–97 and 2015–2016 editions of Who’s Who in American Education for demonstration of achievement and outstanding academic leadership in computer information technology, thereby contributing significantly to the betterment of contemporary society. Furthermore, he met the selection criteria for inclusion in the 1993–94 editions of the Directory of International Biography, Cambridge, England, for demonstration of achievement and outstanding academic leadership in computer information technology, thereby contributed significantly to the betterment of contemporary society. From 1988 to 2000, Esin was a professor of computer information technology, and from 1991 to 2000, he was a director of higher education accreditation operations in accordance with the guidelines set forth by the Commission on Colleges. He served as associate dean of academic affairs and deputy provost at Paul Quinn College, Dallas, Texas, from 1997 to 2000. He is currently a professor of computer information systems at Jarvis Christian College, Hawkins, Texas; a visiting professor of research at the University at Calabar, Nigeria; and a research associate at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT). Professor Esin has published several professional journal articles. He served as a member of Doctoral Dissertation Committees at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (1998–2000); Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi (2010–2011); and University of Calabar, Nigeria (2014–2016). He is the author of The Power of Endurance (2008), The Evolution of Instructional Technology (2011), The Messianic View of the Kingdom of God (2011), and Global Education Reform (2013). Professor Esin’s current research emphasis is on The Changing Landscape of Cybersecurity Threats on International Organizations. His word of caution: To achieve what is possible, you must attempt the impossible.