Global innovation of teaching and learning in higher education : transgressing boundaries /: transgressing boundaries. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Prudence C. Layne, Peter Lake, editors.
• Editors: Layne, Prudence C; Lake, Peter
• Contents: Foreword by James Wisdom; About the Book's Organization ; Preface ; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Chapter-1; Introduction: Teaching and Learning at the Crossroads; Teaching Innovatively; Drivers for Change; The Importance of 'Engaging Students'; Engaging Mind, Body and Spirit; What About Us? Instructors Need to Be Engaged Too!; Does Duration Matter?; SoTL at a Crossroads; Reference; Part I; Transforming the 'Traditional' in HigherEducation; Chapter-2; Concentrated Learning: A Linear Approach to Knowledge for Higher Education; Introduction; History; Concentrated Learning; Issues. Previous Academic StudiesNeurological Studies; Time; Studies: Baun 2007; Studies: University of Montana Western; Suggested Success Factors for Concentrated Courses; Conclusion; References; Chapter-3; Transforming Higher Education Institutions; Higher Education: A Slow Route to Revolutionary Innovation; Elon University Ranked as a National Leader in Student Engagement; Aligning Strategy and Purpose with the Institutional Mission; Innovating Around Physical Space; History Transforms; Entering Virtual Space; Restructuring the Academic Calendar; Meeting Student Expectations; Summary; References. Chapter-4Digital Storytelling in Industrial Design; Introduction; Literature Review; South African Higher Education Institutions' Response to Non-traditional Students; The Universal Design for Learning Framework; Digital Storytelling in Industrial Design; Methodology; Findings; Characteristics Which Made the Students in this Study Non-traditional and the Challenges they Encountered in Their Studies; The Potential of Digital Storytelling in Enhancing Teaching and Learning of Non-traditional Students; Affinity to Digital Technology; Creative Identity; Collaboration and Peer Learning. Flexibility/Blurring of BoundariesChallenging Task; Discussion and Recommendations; Conclusion; Appendix 4.1: Digital Storytelling Project Brief; Appendix 4.2: Digital Storytelling Marking Rubric; References; Chapter-5; Challenging Pedagogic Norms: Engaging First-year Undergraduates in an Intensive Research Informed Learning Programme; National and International Contexts for Grand Challenges; The 2013 Grand Challenges Pilot; Pedagogic Principles; Research-led Education; Active Inquiry Based Learning; Interdisciplinarity; Education for Employability. Critical Reflections on the 2013 Grand Challenges PilotEngagement and Motivation: Student Perspectives; Academic Leadership and Facilitation: Staff Perspectives; Contributions to Wider Curriculum Design Theory; Curriculum Design: Issues of Ownership; Performativity vs. a Liberal Education; Education as Action: Critical Pedagogy; The Unique Characteristics of Intensive Programmes; Conclusion and Recommendations; References; Chapter-6 ; Rethinking Evidence: Assessment in the History Discipline in Australian Universities ; Introduction; Background; Literature; Learning Outcomes in History?
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 369 pages)
• Subjects: 378.172/4; Education; Education, Higher; Education and globalization; Education, Higher -- International cooperation; International education; EDUCATION -- Higher; Education and globalization; Education, Higher; Education, Higher -- International cooperation; International education; Education -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General; Higher & further education, tertiary education; Educational strategies & policy; Education -- Educational Psychology; Teaching skills & techniques; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319104829; 3319104829; 3319104810; 9783319104812
• Related ISBNs: 9783319104812
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed November 24, 2014).
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