Promoting Good Campus Relations, Fostering Shared Values and Preventing Violent Extremism in Universities and Higher Education Colleges

2013 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Shared Values ◽  
Violent Extremism

Towards a resilient strategy for technology‐enhanced learning

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 234-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Hall
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Shared Values ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Peak Oil ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Strategic Implementation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Enhanced Learning

PurposeThis paper sets out to argue that the strategic implementation of technology is implicated in a range of crises or socio‐economic disruptions, like peak oil, climate change and the rising environmental costs of energy consumption. It aims to argue that institutional technological implementation is contested, complex and should not be treated deterministically, but that technologists might usefully consider the impact of these disruptions on their practices. The paper seeks to amplify how a focus on resilience, rather than marketised outcomes, can enable higher education to use technology to overcome or adapt to disruption and crises.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is a critique. A conceptual analysis of the place of current research into the use of technology‐enhanced learning in higher education is critiqued in light of peak oil and climate change, in order to align strategic developments with disruptions and potential responses. The strategic response of one institution is outlined as a programme‐of‐work, and is related to a second university's approach.FindingsThe paper highlights five areas that require strategic responses to the use of technology in and for HE. These are: the place of TEL in the idea of the University; complexity in the use of technology, linked to shared values; adapting to disruption; institutional planning; and competing priorities for the use of technology.Originality/valueThe paper highlights the educational connections that are made between the politics of technology, shared values and socio‐environmental disruption. It also analyses a programme of work that is designed to engage with and adapt to disruption.

scholarly journals Reciprocal Mentorship as Trans-Systemic Knowledge: A Story of an Indigenous Student and a Non-Indigenous Academic Supervisor Navigating Graduate Research in a Canadian University

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-121
Author(s):  
Kathy Bishop ◽  
Christine Webster
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Shared Values ◽  
Indigenous Community ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Academic World ◽  
Indigenous Students ◽  
Indigenous Student ◽  
Graduate Research

   Reciprocal mentorship is how Indigenous students and non-Indigenous supervisors can supportively navigate their way through graduate research in higher education. Reciprocal mentorship as trans-systemic knowledge values both Indigenous and Eurocentric worldviews, whereby the student has the expertise from Indigenous community and the academic supervisor has the expertise in the academic world. Through sharing stories of their research journey within a Canadian University, Webster and Bishop offer key insights around engaging in reciprocal mentorship, navigating the two-worlds, finding a common language, and having shared values. As a result, Indigenous and non-Indigenous students and supervisors may see themselves within the stories and seek reciprocal mentorship to be successful in the academic research and educational journey and make an impact in their university and beyond. 

scholarly journals The Culture of Violent Extremism in Universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Causes and Remedies

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (II) ◽  
pp. 12-22
Author(s):  
Sadia Fayaz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
The Social ◽  
Violent Extremism ◽  
Critical Mind

Violent Extremism and Radicalization is on the rise in the Universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). In the last decade, the crisis of students discipline has increased on campuses. Many incidents of violence and intolerance on campus are alarming for the higher education of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The education curriculum is insufficient to develop a mature and critical mind instead of making sectarian activists and extremists. To counter extremism, many laws and bills have been passed to control this social problem in our societies. The existence of such issues in the universities and education sector is very alarming because the youth is part of this sector. The education sector should be freed from such problems for the social, political and economic progress and development of the society. Thus this article highlights the issue and provides necessary recommendations to solve the problem.

scholarly journals Empowering Students as Agents of Religious Moderation in Islamic Higher Education Institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-76
Author(s):  
Zaenal Mustakim ◽  
Fachri Ali ◽  
Rahmat Kamal
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Violent Extremism ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Muslim Intellectuals

Promoting moderate Islam in the education sector to prevent radicalism and violent extremism, particularly in Indonesia’s Islamic universities has been considered important. This study demonstrated how values of moderate Islam empower student to prevent radicalism and violent extremism in university. This research is qualitative case study. Eight students and two teachers at a public Islamic university in Central Java, Indonesia were recruited to participate. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and observation. The result of the study shows that the values of tolerance, inclusivity, flexibility, and objectivity in understanding religious texts were internalized to empower students as agents of religious moderation. The presentation of learning materials were adopted from national journals, reputable international journals, websites, and official social media platforms for moderate Muslim intellectuals. The materials contributed significantly to the prevention of hate speech and hoaxes. 

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