**Meet the editor**

Sílvio Brito holds a degree in Human Resource Management and Work Psychology from ISLA (current European University); a Master's degree in Management, in the area of Organizational Behavior, from the Universidade Lusíada; and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Extremadura, Spain. He collaborates as a scientific editor with the IntechOpen publishing house and is a

member of the Portuguese Society of Psychology, INFAD (International Association of Educational Psychology of Childhood, Adolescent Majority and Disability) in Spain, and a researcher of the Psyche-EX Research Center of the University of Extremadura. He was a member of the Scientific Committee of the First International Congress of Entrepreneurs of the University of Salamanca and is a collaborator of its Summer School in the Chair of Entrepreneurs, as well as a member of its Scientific Committee. He is also Secretary General of the Association for Training, Research and Development of Entrepreneurship. He is a lecturer in the Department of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior of the School of Management of the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, and was a DoinGlobal collaborator in the area of entrepreneurship. He has been a member of doctoral and master jury commissions in Portugal (IPL, IPS, IPT, and ISLA) and abroad (USAL and UNEX) and has supervised various research projects and internships. He has several scientific publications, both national and foreign, in the area of human resources and psychology, namely entrepreneurship, being a collaborating member of the Current and Personal Psychology Journals. He collaborated in a project to read the scientific blog "Empreender." He was an adviser to the Directorate of the Cooperativa de Ensino Universidade Lusíada, CRL (current Minerva Foundation), trainer at the CNAF/GUÈRIN Training Center, and human resource technician at the Central Mutual Agricultural Credit Fund.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**the Future 3**

Chapter 2 **Human Active Learning 17** Akram M. Radwan

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Active Learning—Beyond**

Chapter 3 **Empowering Learners Using Active Learning in Higher**

Abatihun Alehegn Sewagegn and Boitumelo M. Diale

Chapter 5 **Cooperative Learning: The Foundation for Active Learning 59**

Viet-Hang Duong, Manh-Quan Bui and Jia-Ching Wang

David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson

Chapter 6 **Dictionary Learning-Based Speech Enhancement 71**

Chapter 7 **Innovative Approach for Renewing Instructional Design Applied in the Context of e-Learning 91**

**Education: The Analysis of Active Learning Case in Japanese**

Chapter 4 **The New Movement of Active Learning in Japanese Higher**

Sílvio Manuel da Rocha Brito

**Education Institutions 31**

**Graduate Programs 43** Aki Yamada and Reiko Yamada

**Section 2 Technologies and Active Learning 89**

Sofiane Aouag and Hedjazi Djalal

**Section 1 Active Learning 1**
