scholarly journals Looking Back: Reviewing the Challenges of Policy Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic for a TNE Partnership in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan James Bremner ◽  
Imran Shafique Ansari ◽  
Jennifer MacDougall ◽  
Sajjad Hussain ◽  
Mingda Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Scenario Planning ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Retrospective View ◽  
Policy Development Process ◽  
The University

This paper takes a retrospective view of the year 2020, with a focus on how Higher Education policy development was undertaken on a Transnational Education (TNE) program between the University of Glasgow (UofG) and the University of Electronics, Science and Technology in Chengdu (UESTC), China in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It explores the approach to policy development under normal circumstances, contrasting this with the approach taken during the emergence of the epidemic and how the unfolding situation impacted on those policies. It demonstrates how the application of management tools for scenario planning and crisis management can be used effectively to develop a clear and prescriptive policy for staff. It also demonstrates how the use of such tools, combined with careful analysis and planning, can minimize disruption to student learning, teaching, and assessment. The paper then goes on to explain the creation and implementation of policies addressing three main areas: learning and teaching, Final Year Projects, and assessment. Finally, it reflects on the student and staff perspectives on the policies, considering how this information might be used to enhance the policy development process in 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.

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.

Developing teaching and learning methods to innovate the Italian context of Higher Education. The case of University of Padua

2016 ◽  
pp. 53-70
Author(s):  
Monica Fedeli ◽  
Anna Serbati ◽  
Edward W. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Faculty Development ◽  
Social Constructivism ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Academic Center ◽  
The University

This article looks at theories and practices related to faculty development and innovation in teaching and learning methods in Higher Education, in order to respond to the European 2020 Strategy, in which the High level group on the modernisation of higher education has been established, whose aim focuses on improving the quality of teaching and learning in Europe's higher education institutions (2013). The paper is framed within the context of the project PRODID (Preparazione alla professionalitŕ docente e innovazione didattica), funded by the University of Padova, Italy with the major goal of creating a permanent and effective academic center for research on learning and teaching and faculty development. The theoretical framework of PRODID is informed by constructivism and social constructivism, and the student centered approach, encouraging student-teacher partnerships as a dimension for faculty development and teaching and learning innovations. The University of Helsinki and Michigan State University are mentioned as relevant examples of organizational settings integrated in higher education institutions that offer a great variety of practices consistent with the chosen theoretical framework. They also offer the Italian program of University of Padova models for critical reflection in how their teaching strategies can be created and developed on the basis of this international experience. The final discussion aims to highlight the strategies adopted during the first year of the project, characterized by the Italian culture and revealing new insights and ideas to create an Italian model of teaching and learning center.

“You Can Lead the Horse to Water, but … ”

2012 ◽  
pp. 182-199
Author(s):  
Henk Huijser ◽  
Michael Sankey
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Learning Management Systems ◽  
Web 2.0 Technologies ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The University

This chapter outlines the potential benefits of incorporating Web 2.0 technologies in a contemporary higher education context, and identifies possible ways of doing this, as well as expected challenges. It uses the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), primarily a distance education provider, as the context for many of its case study examples. In particular, it addresses the important role of the allowances of particular learning management systems (LMSs) in pedagogical applications of Web 2.0 technologies. Overall, this chapter argues that the goals and ideals of Web 2.0/Pedagogy 2.0 can be achieved, or at least stimulated, within an institutional LMS environment, as long as the LMS environment is in alignment with such goals and ideals. It uses the implementation of Moodle at USQ as a case study to reinforce this argument and explore which factors potentially influence a shift in thinking about learning and teaching in a Web 2.0 context.

scholarly journals Vom Corona-Shutdown zur Blended University?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Funda Seyfeli ◽  
Laura Elsner ◽  
Klaus Wannemacher
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Expert Survey ◽  
Specific Analysis ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University ◽  
Summer Semester

The expert survey "Digitales Sommersemester" focuses on the medium-term consequences of the corona pandemic for studies and teaching. On the basis of multi-perspective surveys among students, lecturers and employees of support institutions, a differentiated picture of the university in shutdown is created. The study reveals the university‘s ability to react quickly during the crisis, as well as the many challenges posed by the pandemic-related ‚operational disruption‘ and abrupt digitalization in the summer semester of 2020. Based on a stakeholder-specific analysis of key problems and the need for action in higher education policy, the study provides a brief outlook on a post-corona university.

scholarly journals APPLICATION OF COMPETITIVE MARKETING STRATEGIES IN BRAND MANAGEMENT

Management ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-146
Author(s):  
Liang Rui ◽  
Kateryna Prokopenko ◽  
Svitlana Vovchok
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Marketing Strategy ◽  
Brand Management ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
External Resources ◽  
Urgent Task ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
The University ◽  
University Brand

Introduction. Against the background of marketing and globalization of higher education, many organizations and enterprises not only face stiff competition and quality problems in the market. Despite all the current challenges, they need to implement brand management tools. The urgent task for universities was how to apply the brand's marketing strategy to the brand management of universities, implement the optimal distribution of tangible and intangible resources, create a good brand image, expand popularity and reputation and gain competitive advantage.The hypothesis of scientific research is that for the formation of an effective brand it is necessary to use the tools of strategic marketing.The aim is to study the theoretical and methodological foundations of brand formation in educational institutions using modern competitive marketing strategies.The research methodology is a comparative analysis to reflect trends in the development of the brand of education; systematization and classification – for the classification of structural elements of the object of study; system approach – for the formation of theoretical foundations of regulation of brand management processes.Results. Based on the law on higher education and reliance on the mechanism and legislation of the market, this article examines brand management and argues that university brands should be optimized, coordinated and integrated to take full advantage of internal and external resources. It is necessary to strengthen the concept of brand management, explain the position of the university brand, create a strong university brand, strengthen the dominant university brand, create a crisis management system for university brands, increase the basic competitiveness of universities and gain greater benefits.Conclusions. University brand management should be based on the marketing strategy of enterprise brands, make full use of their own resources, strengthen the concept of brand management, determine the position of the university brand and create a strong university brand. universities, the university brand is undoubtedly a dazzling edge of the sword.

A self-assessment tool for social responsibility in higher education. Reporting on a national policy development process in Portugal

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Fonseca ◽  
Joana Lobo Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Green Paper ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Policy Development Process

Purpose Providing higher education institutions (HEIs) with a tool for self-assessing their social responsibility (SR) that generates the information and knowledge necessary to a strategic approach to adopting the Green Paper recommendations about the SR of HEIs. Setting out the collaborative policy development process to construct the tool “Indicators of SR of HEIs” (ISRHEI).[AQ1] Design/methodology/approach After a literature review, including self-assessment (SA) tools and leading guidelines, a working group of 24 Portuguese HEIs was created to co-construct the ISRHEI tool, which was then subject to validation in a pilot study. Findings There are 34 indicators in the ISRHEI tool, structured by sequential levels according to the HEI alignment with SR (policies, procedures, practices and monitoring along a strategic continuum) hoping to achieve impacts on the organisational, educational, cognitive and social level. Originality/value This is an innovative and national policy development process for SR in Portugal. It gives insights into guiding documents, SA indicators for SR and the process of developing consensus on this topic amongst 24 HEIs in Portugal. The ISRHEI tool is tailored to the specific characteristics and level of development of HEIs.

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