scholarly journals Editorial: The cross-cultural effects of COVID-19 on higher education learning and teaching practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Crawford ◽  
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Martin Andrew ◽  
Jurgen Rudolph ◽  
Karima Lalani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Cultural Effects ◽  
Local Case ◽  
The Future ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
The University

The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) that began in the late part of 2019 in Wuhan, China has created significant challenges for higher education. Since the inception of COVID-19 research and practice in the higher education discipline, there has continued to be a focus on exploring its effects in localised contexts. The place-based context, while useful in enhancing individual practice, limits the potential to examine the pandemic from a broader lens. There are for many of us, shared examples of good practice that can serve to collectively improve the higher education sector during and beyond the pandemic. This Special Issue came about as an effort to reinvigorate collaboration across jurisdictional boundaries in a discipline environment characterised by exponential growth in local case studies. This Editorial explores the role that we can play in supporting collaboration among researchers as both a process and end-product to support innovation in the university learning and teaching domain. We believe this Special Issue provides a curated cornerstone for the future of COVID-19 in higher education research. This work, contributed from each corner of the globe seeks to understand not just what is occurring now, but what might occur in the future. We find inspiration in the manuscripts within this Special Issue as they provide innovative responses to the pandemic and opportunities for us to collectively grow to better support academics, students, employers, and communities. We hope you find benefit in progressing through this knowledge dissemination project.

scholarly journals Do LEGO® Models Aid Reflection in Learning and Teaching Practice?

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chrissi Nerantzi ◽  
Craig Scott Despard
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Academic Practice ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Good Assessment ◽  
The University ◽  
Assessment Strategies ◽  
The Impact

In this paper we describe the use of LEGO® models within assessment of the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) offered at the University of Salford. Within the context of the PGCAP, we model innovative and contextualised assessment strategies for and of learning. We challenge our students, who are teachers in higher education (HE), to think and rethink the assessment they are using with their own students. We help them develop a deeper understanding and experience of good assessment and feedback practice in a wider context while they are assessed as students on the PGCAP. We report on an evaluation of how the LEGO® model activity was used with a cohort of students in the context of the professional discussion assessment. We share the impact it had on reflection and the assessment experience and make recommendations for good practice.

From the Guest Editors: Canadian Perspectives on and Applications of Applied Sociology

2021 ◽  
pp. 193672442110021
Author(s):  
Emily Milne ◽  
Sara J. Cumming
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Applied Sociology ◽  
Application Research ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Future ◽  
Sociological Approaches

Public confidence and trust in higher education has declined (Johnson and Peifer 2017) and the future of the higher education sector has been questioned (AGB 2020). More specifically, the discipline of sociology is considered to be in “crisis” and applied sociological approaches are offered as a solution (Graizbord 2019; Weinstein 1997). The purpose of this introduction article as well as the broader special issue is to explore the nature and state of applied sociology in Canada. With a collection of seven articles authored by Canadian sociologists on topics including application research, reflections on process, and teaching practice, this special issue provides a platform to discuss and showcase the distinct nature and contributions of applied sociology in Canada as well as highlight the work of Canadian applied sociologists.

scholarly journals Cross-cultural effects of COVID-19 on higher education learning and teaching practice: A case study from Greece

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 73-89
Author(s):  
Margarita Kefalaki ◽  
◽  
Michael Nevradakis ◽  
Qing Li ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Cultural Effects ◽  
Global Pandemic

COVID-19 has greatly impacted all aspects of our everyday lives. A global pandemic of this magnitude, even as we now emerge from strict measures such as lockdowns and await the potential for a ‘new tomorrow’ with the arrival of vaccines, will certainly have long-lasting consequences. We will have to adapt and learn to live in a different way. Accordingly, teaching and learning have also been greatly impacted. Changes to academic curricula have had tremendous cross-cultural effects on higher education students. This study will investigate, by way of focus groups comprised of students studying at Greek universities during the pandemic, the cross-cultural effects that this ‘global experience’ has had on higher education, and particularly on students in Greek universities. The data collection tools are interviews and observations gathered from focus groups.

scholarly journals Editorial 13.1

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-3
Author(s):  
Romy Lawson ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Guest Editor ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Academic Development ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
The Future

In this first editorial of 2016 I have some exciting news to share with the readership. Firstly the journal has recently been accepted for inclusion in Scopus, with the increase in citations from the journal being mentioned as noteworthy. Thanks goes to Dr Alisa Percy for her work on helping the journal gain this recognition, as well acknowledgement to previous editors. Secondly this year we shall be publishing two special issues in addition to the three regular releases: Reflection for Learning in Higher Education, Guest Editor Dr Marina Harvey (April, 2016) Dystopia or Utopia: Emerging Visions for the Future of Learning and Teaching Practice in collaboration with the Council of Australian Directors of Academic Development (CADAD) (September, 2016)

scholarly journals JUTLP Special CADAD Issue 13.4 Editorial

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2-3
Author(s):  
Kevin Ashford-Rowe
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Academic Development ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Great Pleasure ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
The Future

It gives me great pleasure in writing this first editorial for this Council of Australian Directors of Academic Development (CADAD) Special Issue for the Journal of Teaching & Learning Practice: Dystopia or Utopia: Emerging Visions for the Future of Learning and Teaching Practice. The issue looks at the future of learning and teaching in HE, examining both the exciting prospects as well as the more challenging aspects that we are likely to be facing as we move forward. As President of CADAD I can say that I have seen a substantial amount of changes in the sector that have impacted on how universities both think about and support learning and teaching.

Mobile knowledge: driving a paradigm shift

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah West ◽  
Samantha Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Higher Education Pedagogy ◽  
The University ◽  
Current Paradigm

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to challenge higher education professors and institutions to consider their role and practice in light of the changing landscape of higher education. It draws attention to the substantial changes taking place in society due to the technological and related knowledge revolution and questions the value of the current paradigm of educational practice. Design/methodology/approach – This conceptual paper utilises a sociological lens to explore the future of higher education learning and teaching. It draws on a range of literature to focus on the concepts of mobile education and mobile knowledge and explores these concepts in relation to the role and function of the professor and the university and the implication for pedagogy, curriculum design and teaching practice. Findings – While changes in higher education are taking place, they are largely within the current paradigm. With knowledge freely available via technology, the university is no longer the primary holder of knowledge and students are less likely to engage in content delivery styles of education. It is time therefore to consider the shape of education in a new mobile knowledge paradigm. Originality/value – This paper draws on a range of existing literature from several fields to highlight the need for a new paradigm in higher education pedagogy.

scholarly journals Introduction

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boone Shear ◽  
Susan Brin Hyatt
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Group Project ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
The Social ◽  
University Of Massachusetts ◽  
Neoliberal Restructuring ◽  
The University ◽  
John Clarke

The aim of this Special Issue of Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences is to analyse the impacts of neoliberal restructuring on higher education and to explore ways of raising students’ critical awareness of these changes in their own environment. This Special Issue developed out of a symposium that was held at the University of Massachusetts in Spring 2008. Both Susan B. Hyatt and Vincent Lyon-Callo presented earlier drafts of their articles on that occasion, as did Dana-Ain Davis, whose article will appear in a future issue of LATISS. Shear and Zontine were the primary organisers of the symposium, along with other students and faculty at the University of Massachusetts, and in their article, they reflect on the collaborative, yearlong reading group project on neoliberalism from which the symposium emerged. We invited John Clarke to join us in writing for this issue to provide an international perspective on these issues as they are currently playing out in the U.K.

The futures of the University of Tehran using causal layered analysis

foresight ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammadali Baradaran Ghahfarokhi ◽  
Ali Mohaghar ◽  
Fatemeh Saghafi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Current System ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Balance Sheets ◽  
Master Plans ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Future ◽  
Causal Layered Analysis ◽  
The Times ◽  
The University

PurposeHigher education and universities have faced unprecedented and ubiquitous changes. The University of Tehran or “UT,” as the leading university in Iran, is not immune to these changes. The purposes of this study is to investigate the current situation and future of the UT and gain insights and possible responses to changes that suit its strengths and potential to progress in an increasingly competitive, complex environment with uncertainties. It identifies deep fundamental underpinnings of the issue and highlights them for policymakers to formulate strategies and future vision of the UT.Design/methodology/approachCausal layered analysis (CLA) was applied as a framework and the data collected from different sources such as literature reviews, content analysis of rules, regulations and master plans of the university and coded interviews of four different groups of university stakeholders were analyzed. The current system of UT, as well as hidden beliefs, that maintains traditional perceptions about university was mapped. Next, by applying a new recursive process and reverse CLA order, new CLA layers extracted through an expert panel, the layers of CLA based on new metaphors to envision future of UT were backcasted.FindingsThe results from CLA layers including litany, system, worldview and metaphor about the current statue of UT show disinterest and inertia against changes, conservative, behind the times and traditional perceptions, and indicate that the UT system is mismatched to the needs of society and stakeholders in the future. The authors articulated alternative perspectives deconstructed from other worldviews so there are new narratives that reframe the issues at hand. The results show that to survive in this fast-paced revolution and competition in higher education, UT should develop scenarios and formulate new strategies.Research limitations/implicationsThe authors had limited access to a wide range of stakeholders. As the UT is a very big university with so many faculties and departments, to access a pool of experts and top policymakers who were so busy and did not have time to interview inside and outside of university was very hard for the research team. The authors also had limitation to access the internal enactments and decisions of the trustee board of the UT and the financial balance sheets of the university.Originality/valueIn this paper, by mixing different methods of futures studies, the authors have shown how to move forward while understanding the perspectives of stakeholders about the future of UT by a new recursive process and reverse CLA order. A supplementary phase was added to improve CLA and to validate the method and results, which were ignored in previous studies.

Nine emerging student needs

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Hines ◽  
Alexandra Whittington
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Student Life ◽  
Student Needs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
World Cafe ◽  
The Future ◽  
The University ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose A research project exploring emerging student needs explored six aspects of student life: living, learning, working, playing, connecting and participating. Design/methodology/approach A modified version of the University of Houston’s “Framework Foresight” method was used to explore the future of six aspects of future student life. The resulting scenarios were analyzed for their implications, including the use of the World Café technique, and ultimately led to the identification of nine emerging student needs. Findings Nine specific emerging needs of future students could be used strategically by institutions of higher education to guide and inform planning and to generate innovative ideas for university offerings. Specific examples of offerings that would meet the projected future needs are recommended. Research limitations/implications In terms of research limitations, the paper is focused on the needs of students and does not purport to be an exhaustive analysis of all of the issues influencing higher education. It views the future of higher education through the lens of students and their emerging needs. Practical implications The paper is intended for educators, researchers and administrators to provide insight on how the needs of students, their key customers, are evolving. Originality/value This piece explores student life in its totality as way to more accurately identify student needs in the future.

scholarly journals Rapid response to supporting learning and teaching: A whole of university approach

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Campbell ◽  
Simone Poulsen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Support Staff ◽  
Rapid Response ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Support Line ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Online Engagement ◽  
Support Mechanisms ◽  
The University ◽  
And Training

One university responded rapidly to the changing landscape of higher education to support staff during this time. There are seven support mechanisms that have been put into place across the university to assist staff. Results show data that reports on these mechanisms and that they are seemingly successful, except for the Support Line which has since been reconfigured to still provide support for the small number accessing it. The results also show that a rapid response, if targeted, is able to provide just in time support and training to staff when moving rapidly online. Through the use of the online engagement framework it can be seen that by supporting staff through the seven mechanisms, staff are in a better place to ensure that students are engaged while learning online.

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