Global voices in higher education

Traveling from Zimbabwe to New Zealand and on to Ghana and the United States, the voices of higher education are presented in a way only scholars from these regions can fully articulate and understand. The changing world of higher education challenges all of those involved in very unique ways. In Global Voices in Higher Education, scholars from 10 different countries share their work, describin…

Leading change in gender and diversity in higher education from margins to ma…

This edited book provides international insights and recommendations around topics of gender and diversity in higher education linking to larger societal goals of improving equality. Within each of the four sections – Student recruitment and retention, Student experience, Faculty and staff experiences and culture, and Higher education cultures of teaching and research – topics unpack and…

Flexible Pedagogy, Flexible Practice : Notes from the Trenches of Distance Ed…

Flexibility has become a watchword in modern education, but its implementation is by no means a straightforward matter. Flexible Pedagogy, Flexible Practice sheds light on the often taken-for-granted assumptions that inform daily practice and examines the institutional dynamics that help and hinder efforts toward flexibility. The collection in international in scope, drawing on the experience o…

Socioeconomic factors and outcomes in higher education : a multivariate analysis

In the Colombian case, it is very common to associate academic performance with the students' socioeconomic conditions. A generalized and bivariate interpretation of this relationship could imply that only students from a high socioeconomic class would perform satisfactorily and that all students from a low socioeconomic class would perform poorly. If this is the case, then the educational syst…

Higher education and the American dream : success and its discontent

""Marvin Lazerson’s new book is exactly what is needed: a readable, cogent explanation of how the U.S. can have the best system of higher education in the world, but also a system that seems to be coming apart at the seams.” —Susan Fuhrman, President Teachers College, Columbia University, President of the National Academy of Education ""In prose remarkable for its clarity and analysis rem…

Pembelajaran online

Dunia berputar dengan putaran yang terasa semakin cepat. Tentu bukan putaran planet bumi yang semakin cepat, tetapi perkembangan yang terjadi dalam kehidupan kita. Perkembangan teknologi yang sekarang disebut-sebut tengah mengalami revolusi industri ke-4 telah berimbas ke segala sendi kehidupan kita. Bahkan jauh sebelum itu, perkembangan teknologi secara pasti telah mengubah berbagai dimensi ke…

Institusi pendidikan tinggi di era digital: pemikiran, permodelan dan praktek…

Pemilihan judul ini dilatarbelakangi oleh perubahan teknologi, terutama teknologi digital yang akselerasinya begitu cepat. Betapa tidak, teknologi digital telah melahirkan cohort Net Generation. Generasi ini mempunyai karakteristik yang berbeda dengan generasi sebelumnya. Generasi ini digambarkan sebagai kelompok generasi yang berinteraksi intens satu sama lain, berkomunikasi membentuk komunita…

Social media in higher education: case studies, reflections and analysis

"How does social media affect working life in Higher Education? How are universities harnessing its power to aid student learning? This innovative collection brings together academics and those working in professional services to examine these questions and more. The diverse and expert contributors analyse the many ways social media can be used to enhance teaching and learning, research, profes…

Teaching in blended learning environments: Creating and sustaining communitie…

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9781927356487

Collation

x, 142p.: ill.

Series Title

Issues in distance education series

Call Number

371.3 vau t