The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the necessity for establishing practical strategic global education collaboration throughout the world. The challenges are serious and come in many forms, including but not limited to educational policies, technology limitations, economic, mental health, linguistic barriers, and power struggles. Undoubtedly, international education has a profound impact on the world community, and both teachers and learners need to equip themselves with global critical ways and skills to navigate all kinds of challenges and bring about positive change in the world.

The Role of Educators as Agents and Conveyors for Positive Change in Global Education highlights the role of educators as agents and conveyors for positive change in local, regional, and global arenas. As such, it analyzes various conventional and modern educational and learning theories and teaching pedagogies to promote global citizenship among students and teachers. Covering key topics such as learning engagement, curriculum, and online learning, this reference work is ideal for higher education faculty, administrators, researchers, practitioners, academicians, instructors, and students.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Collaborative Learning
Curriculum
Language Barriers
Learning Engagement
Mental Health Education
Online Learning
Pedagogy
Professional Development
Relationships
Virtual Learning

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Jabbar Al-Obaidi received his Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, a master’s degree from Hartford University, and a bachelor's degree from Baghdad University. Currently, Professor Al-Obaidi is the Academic Director of International Student Recruitment and Global Partnerships, Academic Affairs. Dr. Al- Obaidi served as the academic director of Global Programs (2018-2023), the director of the Center of Middle East Studies (2011-2018) at Bridgewater State, the chairperson of the Department of Communication Studies (2005-2011), Acting Chair 2019-2020 and 2021-2022. Professor Al- Obaidi served as the co-academic director of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders 2021-2023. Al-Obaidi served as the co-chair of NECHE Self-Study Steering Committee, Bridgewater State University 2021-2023. In addition to the U.S., Dr. Al-Obaidi taught in Iraq, Jordan, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates, and China. His research focuses on Middle Eastern media and socio-political and cultural issues, and he offers courses on intercultural communication, media ethics and law, and diversity in U.S. Media (race, class, and gender. Al-Obaidi produces and hosts a weekly TV program INFOCUS Bridgewater Cable TV. His latest co-edited book titled The Role of Educators as Agents and Conveyors for Positive Change in Global Education was published by IGI Global 2023. Al-Obaidi presented a research paper titled Agenda-Setting and Framing Theories: Perspectives on Digital and Social Media Fragmentation and Convergence to the Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference of the Arab-US Association for Communication Educators held at the University of Kuwait, Kuwait, October 2023. In 2022 Al-Obaidi published a chapter titled An Opinion: What the Qur’an Says That Disqualifies the Perspectives of Militant Radical Muslims in Islamophobia and Acts of Violence, (edit) Carolyn Turpin-Petrosino. Oxford University Press.

Jacquelynne Anne Boivin is an Assistant Professor of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, MA, USA, where she supervises student teachers, mentors honors thesis projects, and teaches math methods to elementary teacher candidates and seminars on deconstructing racism by integrating schools and decolonizing social studies curricula. She is co-chair of her department’s Anti-Racism Matters committee and supports and facilitates student and faculty professional development focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is also co-chair of the College of Education and Health Sciences’ Diversity and Equity Steering Committee. She is a former elementary school teacher who uses her experience in the field to contextualize her instruction in teacher-preparation. She is the author of the book, and co-editor of . Her largest passion is authentically connecting academic disciplines with social justice skills and understandings.

Madhusudana N. Rao obtained his Ph.D. in Geography from Kent State University and is currently a Professor in the Department of Geography at Bridgewater State University (BSU). He is also the Director of the Middle East & North Africa Studies Program, Minnock Institute of Global Engagement. Presently at BSU, he is involved as the Principal Investigator for the US Department of Education, Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Languages Program, Grant # P016A200027. His practical experience adds value to the teaching and learning environment within the classroom both in the technical and cultural elements of Geographic education. His research interests lay at the intersection of geographic themes such as cultural and environmental sustainability as they relate to climate change, regional development, renewable energy, technology, and emerging economies, especially in the context of the developing world in the mix of globalization. He has published in several peer-reviewed scholarly journals and presented research papers at major national and international conferences around the world. He received research grants from federal and state agencies in the USA. He offers consulting services in geotechnology education to several reputed public and private organizations, which keeps him on the pulse of current topical concerns in the field of educational learning.

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