Notes on Contributors

Article 1: Notes on Contributors

Online Higher Education: The Importance of Students’ Epistemological Beliefs, Wellbeing, and Fun

Sujarwanto is a research scholar at the Department of Education, Universitas Negeri Surabaya in Surabaya, Indonesia.

Kieron Sheehy is a professor at the Faculty of Wellbeing Education and Language Studies at the The Open University in United Kingdom. Kieron’s research interests are within the broad field of inclusive education, often focusing on how teaching approaches or services can be developed to successfully support diverse groups of learners. Email: kieron.sheehy@open.ac.uk

Khofidotur Rofiah is affiliated with the Pedagogical University of Krakow, Poland. She has a scientific background in the field of special education Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia. At the end of 2020, she started her PhD studies at Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny w Krakowie, Poland.

Dr Budiyanto is a scholar from the Department of Education, Universitas Negeri Surabaya in Surabaya, Indonesia.

Article 2:

Perceived Discrimination and Students’ Behavioural Changes: The Role of Cultural Background and Societal Influence

Somasundar M is a Research Scholar at the Department of Psychology of the Maharaj Vinayak Global University, Amer, Dhand, Jaipur in India. Email: somasundar.researcher@gmail.com

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The Effects of Learning Stations on Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Students’ Achievement and Self-Regulated Learning

Dr Adam Al Sultan is Assistant Professor and Head of the Psychology Department at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University in Saudi Arabia. Email: adam.uod@gmail.com

Reem Alsaadi is a researcher from Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University in Saudi Arabia.

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Turkish Folk Music Lessons with Phenomenon-Based Learning: Preliminary Lessons and Results

Meltem Çımen holds a bachelor and post-graduation degree in Music Education and also she is a PhD student in Music Education at Dokuz Eylul University, in İzmir, Turkey. She works as a Music teacher at high school, since 2013. Her academic and research interest includes music teaching pedagogy, musical literacy and active music learning methods. Email: meltemcimenn89@gmail.com Dr Banu Özevin holds degree both in Music Education and Sociology, a post-graduation in Musicology and PhD in Music Education. She works at Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Education, Department of Music Education, in Izmir, Turkey, since 2002. Her academic and research interest includes music teaching pedagogy, Orff Schulwerk music and movement pedagogy, Kodaly Method, encouraging creativity in music and movement learning. Email: banu.ozevin@deu.edu.tr

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Effects of Gamified Learning on Students of Different Player Traits in Malaysia

Mageswaran Sanmugam acquired his B.Sc. (Hons) in Electrical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn in 2005 and Master’s degree in Educational Management in 2012 from Universiti Utara Malaysia and Ph D in Educational Technology in 2017 from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He worked as an Educator in both Primary and Secondary schools from 2008-2018, before being appointed as a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Instructional Technology and Multimedia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia (from 2018- till now). His research interests encompass educational technology, game-based learning, gamification and game theory. He currently serves as an exco-member in the Malaysian Educational Technology Association (META), and as a Senior Member under the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Email: mageswaran@usm.my

Anurita Selvarajoo graduated with B.Eng. (Hons) in Civil Engineering (Environmental) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, in 2006. She received her PhD in Fuels and Sustainability from University of Nottingham Malaysia, in 2013. She currently works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia. Her research interests focus on interactive teaching technology for higher education. She serves as a reviewer in a number of journals such as Environmental Technology, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, Waste and Biomass Valorization and Elkawnie Journal of Islamic Science and Technology. Anurita is also an affiliate member with the Young Scientists Network of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (YSN - ASM).

Jeya Amantha Kumar received her BSc (Hons) in Electrical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia in 2001, MEd in Technical and Vocational education from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, Johor, Malaysia in 2003 and a PhD in Instructional System Design from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia in 2016. She is currently working as a senior lecturer in the Centre for Instructional Technology and Multimedia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang. Malaysia. She is passionate about instructional

technology, mobile learning, design education, engineering education, structural equation modelling and Human Computer Interaction.

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Sustaining Language Learning Through Social Interaction at a Japanese National University

Dr Julia Tanabe teaches full-time at Hiroshima University, at the Institute of Foreign Language Research and Education. She has earned her PhD in English Applied Linguistics at the University of Pecs, in Hungary. Her research interests are English language education, intercultural communication and study abroad. Email: jtanabe@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

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“Where am I?” A Critical Discourse Analysis of Religious Representation

Maretha Dellarosa is a doctoral candidate in Multicultural and Equity Studies in Education (MESE), Department of Teaching and Learning, The Ohio State University. Her research interests include multicultural education, intersection of identities, diversity, race, and racism. Email: dellarosa.1@osu.edu

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No Campus Life for Us: Personal Reflections First-Year Students at a Malaysian University

Dr Ireena Nasiha Ibnu is currently a course coordinator for liberal communication and a senior lecturer at the Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Malaysia. In 2019, she obtained her PhD in Migration Studies from the University of Sussex United Kingdom. Her main area of interests include intercultural communication, gender, new media, transnational migration, and cultural anthropology. Email: ireena@uitm.edu.my

Dr Wan Hartini Wan Zainordin is currently a deputy dean (academic) and a senior lecturer at the Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Malaysia. She holds a PhD in Mass Communication from UiTM. She has seven years of experience in the broadcasting industry and among her previous positions are broadcast journalist, editor and scriptwriter. Email: wanhartini@uitm.edu.my

Faizah Din is currently a Disability Liaison Officer and a senior lecturer at the Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Malaysia. In 2002, she obtained her masters in Masters in Communication Regulation and Policy at the University of Westminster, London. Email: faizahdin@uitm.edu.my

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Teacher’s Working Condition and Hybrid Teaching Environment – A Narrative Case Study

Neha Anand (she/her) is a doctoral candidate at the University of Houston, Texas, USA. She is pursuing her PhD in Curriculum & Instruction with emphasis in Science Education. Through her course of doctoral program, she has served as teaching fellow, teaching assistant and research assistant. At present she is working as a research assistant for a NSF Grant. Her research interest includes culturally responsive Science education, and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in science education. Email: neha.a.ohrie@gmail.com

Abbey Bachmann (she/her) is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Texas A&M University. She has earned her PhD in Curriculum & Instruction – Literacy, Reading, and Language Arts from the University of Houston in Houston, TX. Prior to her postdoc role, she was a full-time secondary English teacher in the Houston, TX area. Her research interests include culturally responsive English education, diverse and multicultural children’s and YA literature, and equitable disciplinary literacy instructional practices. Email: abbeygagnon09@gmail.com

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Critical Perspective Analysis of Higher Education Studies in the Online Mode- Emerging Challenges and Solutions

Harshil Sathwara is pursuing an Electrical Engineering degree at G. H. Patel College of Engineering and Technology (2019-2023). His interest includes Renewable Energy, EVs, Power Electronics and IoT. He has won multiple Gold and Silver medals in Science, Maths, English and I.Q. Olympiads. He has attracted funding for filing a patent for his project Arogyakavacham- Automatic Hand Sanitizer Dispenser with Contactless Temperature Measurement and has his research paper on it selected in Intelligent Systems and Signal Processing (e-ISSP 2020) conference which is published in Springer’s Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing book series. He has also attracted funding of INR 35,000/- from SSIP for his projects. Email: harshilsathwara1512@gmail.com

Archie Joshi is pursuing her BA honours at Pandit Deendayal Energy University. She has garnered much acclaim for her thorough academic records. In 2013-2014 she received the best student award for her model behaviour. She is well versed in linguistics and certified with nearly fluent proficiency in French and Korean. She was associated with Vedant Foundations as a content writer and translator. She is gifted with exemplary speech and is the co-founder of the podcast, The Thought Lane, which is available on various platforms. She published her poetry through Women's Era magazine.

Dr Geetali Saha is working as a Teaching Faculty in the Department of Electronics and Communication, GCET, Gujarat. She has worked on challenging Industrial and state funded projects, mostly based on real time IoT application. Her other interests include Time Series Prediction Models, Health Monitoring Interfaces, Hydroponics, Artificial NN and Deep NN. She has been associated as a Technical Program Committee Member, Reviewer and Technical

Session Chairs for various IEEE & Springer conferences in India and abroad. She is a book editor for Springer’s AISC, eISSP 2020 proceedings. Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Texas Instruments (TI) have awarded Prof. Geetali Saha recognition in appreciation for fostering an ecosystem bridging Government, Industry and Academia.