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This latest edited book in the Idea of Education series, entitled ‘Frontiers in Higher Education', began its journey as working papers from an Inter-Disciplinary.Net conference held in Budapest, Hungary in 2008. The conference was fortunate in that all its delegates were committed to critical engagement and as a result the quality and quantity of interaction between attendees was high. Some extremely important issues were raised and engaged with collectively. Subsequent to the event in Budapest the editors actively encouraged an electronically-mediated on-going debate about the themes discussed in Budapest. As a result all papers selected for this volume have undergone major transformation since first aired at the conference.In making the final selection the editors were desirous of a work that had distinct clearly-recognisable themes where complementation and relevance was self-evident. There are three main thematic sections in this volume: ‘Sociocultural Frontiers of Higher Education'containing four chapters; ‘Limitations and Aspirations of the Academy'comprising the six chapters, and two innovative final chapters presenting and reflecting on aspects of the ‘Technological Frontiers of Higher Education.'This book is aimed at researchers of topics such as the future of higher education, globalisation and cultural and social frontiers of higher education and related fields.

This book analyzes the use of gamification and design thinking in higher education, examining how both techniques can be combined and used together to promote motivation, engagement, and participation among students.Using two in-depth examples, the authors show that the introduction of a gamified design in a design thinking activity can be a powerful tool to enhance the experiences of students in the teaching-learning process of a subject; motivate participants in a design thinking activity in the university environment; and enhance skills such as creativity, critical thinking and problem-solving, and collaboration, widely demanded in the labor market. Further, they examine how gamification and design thinking in the educational field can enable both the motivation and engagement of students and promote behavioral changes that materialize as a boost in learning outcomes and academic performance.Providing valuable recommendations and insights into the analysis, design and development, and implementation and evaluation of gamified design thinking activities to be carried out in higher education, as well as examining relevant ethical issues, the book will appeal to scholars, researchers, academic faculty, and educators working in the field of higher education, and with interests in educational psychology and theories of learning.

As societies continue to respond to the grand challenges of our time, so too must Higher Education. This book explores what innovation and change could look like within Higher Education, and what could be done to facilitate it. Inspire: Learning for Teaching in Higher Education considers the grand pedagogic challenges facing the Higher Education sector, captured through a series of detailed dialogues and debates between disciplinary colleagues. Reflecting on forward-looking frameworks and exploring how they may be facilitated, each co-authored chapter platforms insights from educational experts. The focus of this book is on action, seeking to inspire those teaching, facilitating, and leading in Higher Education to bring conceptual understanding to actuality.

En la actual sociedad del conocimiento, la innovación docente constituye una dinámica esencial de cara a incrementar la calidad de la educación en todos sus niveles. Es, por tanto, uno de los pilares sobre los que se construye la excelencia a nivel global y que puede conducir al progreso de la sociedad, ya que se erige en una importante fuerza motriz de esta.Cuando hablamos de innovación, podemos referirnos, de un lado, a la implementación de una mejora específica, y de otro, al proceso a partir del cual se identifican y se estructuran dichas mejoras. La innovación concebida solo como una mejora más es insuficiente para lograr la competitividad, es necesaria una transformación holística, constante y permanente, que afecte a todo el proceso y suponga un cambio de actitud dentro de la organización en cuestión.

En la enseñanza universitaria, la impartición de la docencia se ha caracterizado durante mucho tiempo por aulas de gran tamaño donde el profesor o profesora explica un temario o expone un tema delante de un gran número de alumnos. Clases magistrales que llevaban toda la carga docente con un marcado carácter unidireccional, donde la comunicación sólo se realiza en un sentido: del profesor al alumno. En las últimas décadas, con el objetivo de adaptarse a los nuevos desafíos y a la necesidad de progresar, la Universidad ha ido introduciendo cambios muy diversos, creando clases prácticas con un menor número de estudiantes, principalmente debido a la entrada en vigor de las adaptaciones al Espacio de Educación Superior Europeo.Junto con estas clases, al alumno también se le ofrece acceso a los contenidos universitarios, donde se incluye un apoyo de bibliografía al que los estudiantes pueden acceder, pero que suelen reservar al momento de estudiar para el examen final. Una vez que finalizan las clases de la materia, gran parte de las asignaturas emplean una única prueba de carácter escrito para evaluar los conocimientos adquiridos. Fruto de esta metodología, el profesor se mantiene como figura que explica y evalúa, mientras que el estudiante concentra su atención, en ocasiones de forma exclusiva, en estudiar de cara a superar el examen final.

Este libro ofrece una visión práctica de la innovación educativa en la Educación Superior (Macanchi Pico et al,, 2020) a través de experiencias aplicadas en diferentes ámbitos de la Comunicación, A lo largo de los últimos años, la innovación educativa se ha situado como un elemento habitual en la docencia universitaria (Palacios Nuñez et al,, 2021), Resulta indudable que la incorporación de las tecnologías digitales (Cáceres, C, et al,, 2018) ha requerido de una adaptación de los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje, generándose nuevas metodologías, por una parte, y la construcción de escenarios diversos para su aplicación, por otra, La comunicación como disciplina abarca toda una escala de posibilidades, que tienen como característica común, la creatividad de su mensaje y la versatilidad con la que este puede ofrecerse, ya sea en diversidad de formatos o narrativas,

The ultimate toolkit for lecturers and practitioners in higher education aimed at developing creative pedagogy that will inspire and empower students. It demonstrates how creative teaching and learning methods can engage students and encourage them to be reflective and mindful, as well as enhancing their potential to build social and cultural capital, increase their employability prospects, social mobility and civic participation. It recognises that traditional teaching methods do not work for all learners and embraces contemporary ideas, innovative strategies and new technologies that can provide appropriate and accessible learning for students, enabling HE lecturers to challenge the status quo and expand their creative teaching skillset. Learning can become a co-construction between the lecturer and students with outcomes of increased retention in the classroom, more engagement in the learning, and more fun. This could be the start of doing things not only differently but more effectively.

Focusing on creating learning environments, this book explores what it means to be an innovative leader of learning and teaching in higher education. Providing practical tips and guidance to support those designing or redesigning higher education curricula, this book highlights approaches and solutions to leading change in learning and teaching. Covering all areas from an overview of external pressures, through to developing a vision and strategy for a programme, to classroom practice and sustainability, leading thinkers in the field of university learning and teaching share their experiences of driving and sustaining change in departmental practice. It also introduces creative approaches into the role to support the innovation, enhancement, and development of agile programme teams. With insights and case studies from international contributors, this book highlights key approaches and solutions to leading change in learning and teaching that are implementable. It will be key reading for all those teaching in higher education, but particularly for academics who are interested in programme leadership roles.

En la presente propuesta desde el contexto educativo universitario en el ámbito de la edificación, se propone una amplia colección de experiencias y realidades docentes.Todas ellas con la clara finalidad de su aplicación y sobre todo, de su transmisión a todos los ámbitos educativos.La intención de la apertura de nuevas propuestas de innovación educativa, favorecer el intercambio de conocimiento sobre el aprendizaje y la competitividad entre los ámbitos formativos y productivos, es el motor de la presente obra. Igualmente se pretende dar a conocer mejores prácticas sobre innovación en formación y aprendizaje en el sector de la edificación, así como el aporte de experiencias y nuevas actuaciones en el ámbito.Importante destacar la importancia real en la actualidad de las TIC (Tecnología de la Información y la Comunicación). Las mismas forman parte de los cambios a nivel económico, social y tecnológico que se están produciendo en la actualidad. Ante ello la actividad educativa en el ámbito que nos ocupa, no puede mantenerse al margen, ya que la implantación de las TIC debe apoyar, transformar y complementar los complementos docentes del alumnado.A través de la actuación de sus participantes, también se ha planteado el desarrollo de esas nuevas tecnologías a través de proyectos educativos orientados a la mejora continua de la Metodología de la Enseñanza Superior. Esto también incluye los últimos avances e investigaciones del campo de la enseñanza-aprendizaje, con el fin de contribuir a la producción de resultados científicos de alta calidad de manera internacional.

Changing the Conventional University Classroom highlights the interesting interventions practiced around the world by higher education instructors who were forced to make necessary changes in the conversion from face-to-face educational instruction to the use of online and virtual platforms owing to the COVID pandemic. Chronicling how academic staff and instructors were pushed to utilize modern technology and virtual exchange platforms to create meaningful classroom discussions and facilitate lively interactions between learners and faculty members, the chapters showcase the importance of quality assurance and reveal how educators prioritized regular monitoring of students'interaction, performance, and involvement in class. Collated in this collection of contemporary research, each chapter provides insight into the rapid evolution of educational approaches during the pandemic. Scholars demonstrate how these changes to the conventional way of teaching have shaped the field of education, and how technology is expected to bring further radical improvements in the near future.

Significant disruption to the educational sector occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This shed a light on the need for new delivery methods and greater collaboration, which has become urgent and obvious as existing structures and traditional channels have struggled to cope or shut down. Higher education institutions often fail to crowdsource successfully because crowds differ in how they are organized compared to traditional sourcing. Instead of managing, higher education institutions work with external contributors who self-select into the process. Crowdsourcing has significant potential to transform the education space by enhancing existing methodologies and offering innovative possibilities to develop new pedagogical techniques. This offers benefits for practitioners, institutions, students and participants. Drawing on theory and best practice, illustrated with a wide range of the examples and cases, Crowdsourcing for Innovation in Higher Education offers invaluable guidance and will be of interest to researchers, academics, policymakers, and students in the fields of higher education, development studies, organizational studies, management science and knowledge management.

Gestión de la ciencia, tecnología e innovación para el desarrollo local es una compilación que está integrada por valiosos resultados de investigación en diversas ramas de la ciencia y la tecnociencia. Tiene una estructura peculiar, con interdependencia e interacción; cada artículo constituye un capítulo que mantiene relación con los demás y con el libro insitu. Aborda investigaciones relacionadas con las ciencias aplicadas, de la salud, de la comunicación, de la agricultura, de la cultura física y el deporte, económicas, culturológicas, sociales y humanísticas, lingüísticas, naturales, técnicas, de la educación y pedagógicas. Evidencia el incansable interés de los hombres y mujeres de ciencias por encontrar soluciones pertinentes a las disímiles problemáticas que enfrentan hoy nuestras realidades sociales.

This book provides a single source of reference for educators interested in understanding how industry-based ideas have been adapted into different educational contexts, and supports their utilisation in practice. The link between industry-based ideas and their application in education has enabled educators to develop engaging, collaborative, and creative learning environments, as well as better preparing their students for an increasingly complex and dynamic global environment. This book includes contributions from educators, researchers, and practitioners, who have integrated industry-based ideas into their teaching, and explores how these concepts and practices support the creation of effective learning environments. Through these diverse, international contributions, this book enables wider engagement with, and critical analysis of, the application of industry practices, processes and techniques in the development of collaborative and creative learning environments.

The latest volume in the Learning in Higher Education series, Teaching and Learning Innovations in Higher Education showcases transformative, theory-informed innovations in teaching and learning in Higher Education. It presents a brand new, unique perspective on innovation in HE - the Learning-centred Five-tier Model of Innovation - which guides educators in their innovation of teaching and learning products, processes, or services. A distinguishing feature of the book is the linkage to the Five-tier Model of Innovation that explicitly relates to three learning paradigms: Instructivism, Cognitivism, and Constructivism. In each chapter, authors situate their teaching and learning innovations in one of the three learning paradigms. The book contains twenty-one inspiring cases showing learning-centred product, process, or service innovations within five focus areas: Learning Space Design - E-Learning - Case-Methodology - Business Practice and Fieldwork - Creative Methodologies - Reflective Methodologies.

Desde las autoridades competentes en materia de Educación Superior e Investigación se han desarrollado diferentes sistemas de evaluación curricular del personal docente e investigador universitario en los últimos años; sistemas en los que se presta una especial atención a la innovación docente y la transferencia de resultado de las investigaciones. Por esta razón, avanzar en los procesos de renovación pedagógica en la educación superior, así como en la innovación en la investigación constituye, al día de hoy, una necesidad a la que se tiene que dar una respuesta desde la comunidad universitaria.

Projections are frightening. Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, financial considerations were forcing the closing of increasing numbers of American colleges and universities. Higher education in the United States is facing a tsunami of economic issues and the abrupt shift to on-line learning has only accelerated the process. But it doesn't have to be this way. The wobbly two-legged stool that supports virtually every American school – tuition and endowment – was never designed to be sustainable into the 21st century. Instead, the university leaders of the future must embrace the best elements of the most forward-seeing and nimble practitioners of modern business – the entrepreneur.Entrepreneuring the Future of Higher Education: Radical Transformation in Times of Profound Change is that rare nuts-and-bolts guide that provides the essential tools for colleges and universities to switch from barely surviving to thriving. Assisted by an impressive array experts and visionaries, higher education author and futurist Dr. Mary Landon Darden presents a do-able roadmap out of the morass of escalating costs and decreasing revenue. In no-nonsense, sometimes blunt language, Darden lays out specific, revenue streams available to virtually every college – and a step-by-step primer on how to achieve them. Entrepreneuring is not a theoretical argument, parsed with passive-voice modifiers and exceptions. It is a blueprint on how to revive, restore and secure the academy in the second decade of the 21st century. Each chapter addresses significant failures (or missed opportunity) that virtually all modern colleges can rapidly address and reform. Too many institutions are hopelessly attached to the failed practices of the past. Students have changed. Governments have changed. Economic engines and drivers have changed. The need to financially support higher education has not – and it is more crucial than ever.Entrepreneuring the Future of Higher Education: Radical Transformation in Times of Profound Change is the answer for the post-COVID academy in America: Practical, unapologetically direct, awash in real-life applications and answers.

The COVID-19 global pandemic triggered the need to reconceptualize provisions to run an agile university at all levels. New Student Literacies amid COVID-19 explores how institutions needed to defend teaching, learning, research and innovation, and implement transdisciplinary approaches to address such complexities together with wider knowledge sharing to unlock solutions. Delving into how universities resorted to intensive use of different technological platforms and resources to ensure that learning prevails, the chapters in this edited collection demonstrate how higher education institutions evaluated and assessed teaching methods and strove to uphold the concepts of inclusion, innovation, and cooperation of higher education. Including international case studies that highlight the issues related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education, the authors showcase how different countries tried to cope with the sudden shift of education to the online mode of teaching and learning, and tried to resolve challenges of online mode of education, largely around the issues of digital pedagogy.

Risky Teaching examines the role of risk and uncertainty in teaching and learning in higher education. Discussing the current landscape of higher education and the challenges and opportunities we face, this book synthesizes a range of evidence-based and high-impact practices both in and out of the classroom, offering practical strategies and thought-provoking ideas on educational innovation for students and faculty.Covering topics such as taking risks inside the classroom, innovative teaching methods outside the classroom, rethinking assessment, and sustaining creativity as we grow in our careers, this practical resource is for faculty and instructors to work within and through uncertainty. The book also explores the inward challenges and opportunities associated with risky teaching and how institutional leaders can encourage productive risk-taking throughout the organization. This important text is for faculty and instructors in higher education who want to help their students thrive in a complex, unscripted, and disruptive world.

La generación de ecosistemas de aprendizajes innovadores son unos de los pilares para la transformación de los procesos de enseñanza y el aprendizaje en instituciones de Educación Superior en la Sociedad del Conocimiento y la Comunicación. En este sentido, los estilos de enseñanza, las estrategias metodológicas activas, las comunidades colaborativas educativas, los recursos tecno-didácticos son ejes vertebradores curriculares significativos que se integran en los nuevos ecosistemas de aprendizaje frente a los entornos educativos tradicionales. El libro está constituido por ocho capítulos que describen diversas temáticas formativas, pero que tienen como denominador común la innovación y la mejora del aprendizaje en el ámbito de la Educación Superior. En ella se desgranan aspectos novedosos como el uso de la Inteligencia Artificial en entornos educativos universitarios ubicuos, la importancia de la competencia digital en los discentes para hacer frente a las dificultades sobrevenidas por la crisis de emergencia sanitaria o el uso de las redes sociales en la praxis educativa. En última instancia, en el ocaso de la obra científica, además del pilar tecnológico se vislumbran cuestiones, igual de relevantes para el desarrollo sostenible de la innovación educativa: el desarrollo de actitudes y capacidades innovadoras, el desarrollo de la inteligencia emocional y la atención plena por parte de futuros docentes o el empleo de metodologías de aprendizaje activo para favorecer el desarrollo competencial y los procesos formativos.

La enseñanza universitaria está destacando por las respuestas a la diversidad de alumnado y a la oferta de tecnología aplicada a la educación. La enseñanza superior no es ajena de los mismos retos que la educación en otras etapas educativas o al igual que en otros sectores de la sociedad. La capacidad de adaptación y resolución a estos retos en la Universidad como se refleja en esta obra científica con fines divulgativos es al menos ilusionante para investigadores y educadores en general; con el título “Innovación y aprendizajes flexibles en entornos formativos universitarios”. La publicación se encuentra constituida por nueve capítulos, siendo los cinco primeros vinculados con investigaciones sobre la innovación en entornos socialmente diversos. Y los cuatro últimos, centrados en los retos de la educación superior y del profesorado de cualquier etapa educativa en la sociedad actual. En resumen, esta obra científica recoge una selección de investigaciones y trabajos de innovación que nos presentan el panorama actual de la enseñanza con sus retos centrados en las relaciones con los contextos educativos, la tecnología emergente y la profesionalidad docente.

This book analyses technology enhanced learning through the lens of Disruptive Innovation theory. The author argues that while technology has not disrupted higher education to date, it has the potential to do so. Drawing together various case studies, the book analyses established technologies through a Disruptive Innovation perspective, including virtual learning environments, and includes Wikipedia as an example of successful innovative disruption. The author also examines the disruptive potential of social media technologies and the phenomenon of user-owned technologies. Subsequently, the author explores strategic narratives for technology enhanced learning and imagines what the Disruptive University might look like in the future. This book will be valuable for scholars of technology enhanced learning in higher education as well as those looking to increase their understanding of and practice with technology enhanced learning.

This book explores a broad range of innovations in education, such as flipped classrooms, the educational use of social media, mobile learning and educational resources. It also includes theoretical discussions and practical applications related to the use of augmented reality and educational technologies for improving students'engagement and facilitating their future studies and careers. Featuring case studies and practical applications illustrating the effectiveness of new modes of education in which the latest technologies and innovations are widely used in the global context, the book helps readers develop their awareness of the related insights and implications, in order to deepen their understanding and stimulate critical thinking as to how new technologies have made learning and teaching easier in different educational settings.

The Business of Innovating Online responds to a critical need for concrete narratives of innovation success that can serve as a foundation for administrators and leaders who are in need of practical guidance as they scale and grow their online learning organizations.Through specific examples and practical suggestions from experienced e-learning leaders, readers will be introduced to concrete strategies for how to create a climate of creativity and innovation that can lead to more successful and scalable online programs and initiatives. The Business of Innovating Online demystifies the relationship between business, creativity, and innovation by describing the logistics required to create an agile online education enterprise. Topics discussed will include:- Defining innovation and creativity for online education and e-learning- Knowing when and how to innovate- Creating a culture of innovation- Effectively leading innovation- Collaborative innovation- Making innovation stick and transitioning innovative strategies into day-to-day practice- Assuring quality in the midst of innovation- Staffing structures/administrative stability to support creativity and innovationThe Business of Innovating Online provides both novice and experienced online education administrators with a comprehensive overview of a range of online innovations, how they came to be created, the components that led to their success, and concrete steps that they can take to create a more innovative culture for their own e-learning organization.

This text challenges binary perceptions of space and explores the possibilities afforded by a hybrid learning space at the intersection of physical, virtual, formal and informal spaces. It examines how new technologies and modes of delivery, including media-enhanced learning and open education, present opportunities as well as challenges. Chapters are supported by a wealth of case studies which illustrate academic innovation in diverse learning spaces and demonstrate how it can be used to inspire learners and promote student engagement.Packed with practical guidance and questions for reflection and discussion, this thought-provoking and timely guide is an essential resource for anyone involved in improving the student learning experience.

The latest volume in the Learning in Higher Education series, Innovative Teaching and Learning Practices in Higher Education introduces the reader to a number of inspiring transformative educational practices. It explores in depth what has motivated these teachers to transform their teaching, how they went about doing it, and what the results were for their students in terms of learning and engagement. The innovative practices in the book centre around three types of innovations: Technology-based Simulation-based Practice-based Innovative Teaching and Learning Practices in Higher Education takes a pedagogical, procedural, and practical approach to the development of innovative teaching and learning practices. The authors, who are university teachers themselves, focus on encouraging, empowering and enabling fellow teachers to develop, design, and implement new and innovative teaching and learning practices for the improvement of student engagement and student learning. The book describes teaching and learning innovations in terms of the complex links between teaching practices and underlying theories and philosophies of learning. Showcasing innovative practices from across different fields of science, the book is cross-disciplinary and inclusive.

Transactional Distance and Adaptive Learning takes a fresh look at one of the pioneering educational theories that accommodates the impact of information and communications technologies in learning. The theory of transactional distance (TTD) provides a distinct analytical and planning foundation for educators to conduct an overarching inquiry into transitioning from mass instructional and management systems in higher education to dynamic and transformational futures that focus on each individual learner. Based on the TTD, this pragmatic approach offers instructors, administrators, students, and other stakeholders a comprehensive planning method to assess the current state of their instructional, learning, and management practices and to develop alternative models to prescribe future improvements in their institution. This complex, self-organized, and adaptive method includes current and emergent properties of: hardware, software, and telecommunications systems that allow faculty, students, and administrators to communicate; instructional and curriculum systems that provide teaching and learning environments for faculty and students; and management, societal, and global systems that influence how institutions are supported, funded, and managed.

This book provides a practical guide to mastering The Knowledge Entrepreneur Toolkit and to establishing High Diversity Groups in universities. Both are key to universities boosting their capacity for innovation and their impact both internally and on major world issues. This is not a traditional academic book. Rather, it represents a practical and pragmatic guide for academics, professional staff and university leaders to develop the skills and cultures needed to work intelligently and creatively with high levels of diversity. High levels of diversity, intentionally assembled, is the key to high performing leadership groups and research groups within universities. The author challenges academics and professionals within universities to pay as much attention to the development of their intra- and inter-personal skills and knowledge as they do to academic and professional skills and knowledge. He suggests that development of these skills has often been neglected, resulting in the inability of universities to realise the full potential of diversity and to create new knowledge and innovations that add value. Long standing university cultures and practices are challenged by this book. Yet universities are being required to adapt rapidly to technological and social changes as well as societal expectations. The Knowledge Entrepreneur and High Diversity Groups are two very timely frameworks to enable universities in meeting these challenges.

This latest volume in the Learning in Higher Education series, New Innovations in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education presents primary examples of innovative teaching and learning practices in higher education. The authors – scholars of teaching and learning from universities across the globe – all share the ambition to develop educational provisions to become much more learning-centred. Such learning-centredness is key to quality enhancement of contemporary higher education and may be achieved with a variety of methods. The chapters document innovative teaching and learning practices within six areas:Engaging Students through Practice – Student-Centred e-Learning – Technology for Learning – Simulation – Effective Transformation – Curriculum InnovationsThe book is truly international, containing contributions from Australia, Denmark, England, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Qatar, Scotland, South Africa, Tasmania, Vietnam, and the USA. Although the educational contexts are very different across these countries, there appears to be a striking similarity in the approach to innovative teaching and learning – a similarity which also runs through the six areas of the book. Whether scholars of teaching and learning engage in simulations, e-learning, transformation or use of modern technologies, they work to empower students.

Higher Education has stayed the same for centuries. Look inside a classroom. Design-wise it's different. But the modus operandi is the same. Teachers are responsible for orchestrating activities. Students wait to be told what to do. This book on innovative teaching and learning in higher education flips the coin. It shows real life examples of innovative changes in teaching and learning practices explained by teachers.

Digital Technologies and Change in Education provides professionals and other leaders with a road map of the processes of change for teachers, schools, universities, and educational systems, including extensive case studies and evidence that clarify the benefits and challenges of digital technologies in education. To this end, Niki Davis offers a theoretical framework—the Arena—as a tool for exploration and analysis of our own experiences of teaching, leadership, and research. With a blend of local, regional, and global examples from all sectors of education, this book allows readers to move past the potentially misleading glitter of new technologies and into the co-evolving ecologies that make up education and training locally and globally.

In this Edition: Page 1: Generating Ideas for Change and Innovation. Leadership to Transform the Future (Dzulkifli Abdul Razak) Page 23: Nordic Mergers. A Way to Strengthen Universities in a Competitive Environment (Agneta Bladh) Page 45: How Does a Traditional Public University Meet the Challenges of Institutional Autonomy? New Modes of Leadership and Organizational Development at the University of Helsinki (Esa Hämäläinen)

This book seeks to understand the effects of the current information revolution on universities by examining the effects of two previous information revolutions: Gutenberg's invention and proof of printing in 1450 and the Scientific Revolution from the mid- fifteenth to the end of the seventeenth century. Moodie reviews significant changes since the early modern period in universities'students, libraries, curriculum, pedagogy, lectures, assessment, research, and the dissemination of these changes across the globe. He argues that significant changes in the transmission and dissemination of disciplinary knowledge are shaped by the interaction of three factors: financial, technological, and physical resources; the nature, structure and level of knowledge; and the methods available for managing knowledge.

Stories, whether they are fact or fiction, popular or not, are a proven method of pedagogy. In the age of media convergence and with the advancement of technology, stories have morphed into new forms; however, their core purpose remains the same, which is to pass on knowledge and information. The internet, with its inherent interactivity, and story, with its inherent capacity to engage, can lead to innovative and transformative learning experiences in media-rich environments. This book focuses on web-based Transmedia Storytelling Edutainment (TmSE) as an andragogical practice in higher education. Story is at the forefront of this investigation because narrative is the basis for developing entertainment media franchise that can be incorporated into pedagogical practice. The propulsion of this analysis consists of practice-based research through narrative inquiry and an e-module case study presented on multimedia storytelling in the classroom. A Transmedia Storytelling Framework is provided for creating screenplays for cross-media projects and for analyzing their appropriateness in education. Additionally, a hypertext screenplay, which allowed students to dig deeper into the story word and to build more knowledge, is evaluated for its use in higher education. Since screenplays are by nature writing for the screen, it is believed that the more visual the input, the more likely it is to be memorized and recalled.A link to The Goddess Within screenplay is available for download on the right hand side of this page.

Instead of thinking about education as the mastery of a body of knowledge where the subject matter becomes the focus of our attention, The Gamification of Higher Education encourages us to think of it as a process that draws out the best in individuals and prepares them for happy, productive, and successful lives.

Inspiration and Innovation in Teaching and Teacher Education is an edited collection that offers a variety of conceptual and research-based discussions on teaching and teacher education in Canada and internationally. The ideas, research, and practices presented in the book focus on three broad themes: the essence of teacher education, innovative practices in teacher education, and emerging issues in teacher education. The book includes chapter contributions from a group of international scholars, teacher educators, and teachers who are adopting innovation in how they are conceptualizing teaching and teacher education and in how they are engaging in the practices of teaching and teacher education. The contributions examine emerging issues that have far-reaching implications for what we do in teacher education, elucidating the successes, opportunities, and challenges inherent in teacher education. The contributors to this book are inspiring others to examine their own beliefs and practices about what constitutes effective teacher education.

Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad of success stories are being forged among educational institutions, supporting industries, and educational consortia that are embracing innovative approaches to all aspects of the higher education system. This book spotlights those fresh approaches and aims to bring higher education professionals together, as part of a broad, national movement to motivate reflection and encourage similar dynamic efforts. The editors and expert contributors focus in particular on areas such as measures of academic quality, benchmarking, faculty development, retention, curriculum development, technology, and facilities. In each case, this book illustrates successful pilot programs and documents tools that have proven to maximize efficiencies crucial to the continued success of the entire higher learning community.

Innovation ist nicht nur ein Schlagwort, das im wirtschaftlichen Kontext als Erfolgsfaktor gelistet wird, sondern stellt auch im pädagogischen Diskurs ein wichtiges Merkmal der Unterrichts- und Schulentwicklung dar. Mit Hilfe der Akteur-Netzwerk Theorie entfaltet Bettina Dimai eine andere Konzeption innovativen Handelns: Im Fokus der Betrachtung stehen Übersetzungen, Programme und Anti-Programme, Transformationen und sozio-materielle Praktiken, die einer pädagogischen Innovation Form und Gestalt verleihen. Entlang dieses anthologischen Verständnisses wird in einer umfassenden Fallstudie das Netzwerkbilden einer konkreten, innovativen Schulcommunity der berufsbildenden, mittleren und höheren Schulen in Österreich retroperspektivisch beschrieben.

The inspiration for this timely book is the pressing need for fresh ideas and innovations in U.S. higher education. At the heart of the volume is the realization that higher education must evolve in fundamental ways if it is to respond to changing professional, economic, and technological circumstances, and if it is to successfully reach and prepare a vast population of students—traditional and nontraditional alike—for success in the coming decades.This collection of provocative articles by leading scholars, writers, innovators, and university administrators examines the current higher education environment and its chronic resistance to change; the rise of for-profit universities; the potential future role of community colleges in a significantly revised higher education realm; and the emergence of online learning as a means to reshape teaching and learning and to reach new consumers of higher education.Combining trenchant critiques of current conditions with thought-provoking analyses of possible reforms and new directions, Reinventing Higher Education is an ambitious exploration of possible future directions for revitalized American colleges and universities.

A call to advance integrative teaching and learning in higher education. From Parker Palmer, best-selling author of The Courage to Teach, and Arthur Zajonc, professor of physics at Amherst College and director of the academic program of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, comes this call to revisit the roots and reclaim the vision of higher education. The Heart of Higher Education proposes an approach to teaching and learning that honors the whole human being—mind, heart, and spirit—an essential integration if we hope to address the complex issues of our time. The book offers a rich interplay of analysis, theory, and proposals for action from two educators and writers who have contributed to developing the field of integrative education over the past few decades. Presents Parker Palmer's powerful response to critics of holistic learning and Arthur Zajonc's elucidation of the relationship between science, the humanities, and the contemplative traditions Explores ways to take steps toward making colleges and universities places that awaken the deepest potential in students, faculty, and staff Offers a practical approach to fostering renewal in higher education through collegiality and conversation The Heart of Higher Education is for all who are new to the field of holistic education, all who want to deepen their understanding of its challenges, and all who want to practice and promote this vital approach to teaching and learning on their campuses.