Debra Sharon Ferdinand-James

Debra Sharon Ferdinand-JamesDebra Ferdinand-James is an educational technologist (Lecturer Level) and a blended learning champion at the University of the West-Indies. She received her doctorate in workforce education and development while working in distance education for six years in the areas of online course design and development, faculty online training and support, and online helpdesk enquires. Her research interests include curriculum inclusiveness, blended learning, academic support, mixed methods, and international collaboration with researchers and professors at the University of Naples, Italy as a member of their Industry 4.0 Task Force for developing joint publications on Industry 4.0. She presents and publishes widely in these areas at local, regional, and international conferences and in peer-reviewed journals.

Publications

Industry 4.0: The New Industrial Revolution
Industry 4.0: The New Industrial Revolution
Krishnan Umachandran, Igor Jurčić, Valentina Della Corte, Debra Sharon Ferdinand-James. © 2019. 19 pages.
Industry 4.0 can be considered the 21st century's industrial revolution and will soon be the new form of manufacturing delight. The definitive customer would experience...
Affordances of Data Science in Agriculture, Manufacturing, and Education
Affordances of Data Science in Agriculture, Manufacturing, and Education
Krishnan Umachandran, Debra Sharon Ferdinand-James. © 2019. 26 pages.
Continued technological advancements of the 21st Century afford massive data generation in sectors of our economy to include the domains of agriculture, manufacturing, and...
Affordances of Data Science in Agriculture, Manufacturing, and Education
Affordances of Data Science in Agriculture, Manufacturing, and Education
Krishnan Umachandran, Debra Sharon Ferdinand-James. © 2017. 27 pages.
Continued technological advancements of the 21st Century afford massive data generation in sectors of our economy to include the domains of agriculture, manufacturing, and...