scholarly journals When the Experimental Lab is Itself the Experiment: Making Someone Else’s Design Work

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-78
Author(s):  
Jesse Strycker
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Design Work ◽  
The Future ◽  
Multi Stakeholder

The redesign of learning spaces has been a growing trend in education, especially higher education. The redesign of such spaces takes time and involves a variety of stakeholders, sometimes resulting in ill-defined designs. This can be exacerbated when individuals leading such efforts depart and there is not a consensus on the design, sometimes leading to vendors having a disproportionate say in final implementations. Understanding these differences and finding a way forward can fall on new stakeholders who are tasked with supporting such spaces after most of the foundational decisions have been made and/or carried out. This case explores one faculty member and designer’s experiences with helping to both design for and define such an ill-defined space. Included in this case are the story of the design of the space pieced together from before the author started his employment and the story since he became a stakeholder, stumbling blocks encountered after the space was built, strategies employed in the interim, discussing a path forward, and finally sharing realizations made during the process which will help his future efforts with designing such multi-stakeholder spaces in the future.

Resilience for Faculty Development in Global Higher Education

2019 ◽  
pp. 481-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela A. Lemoine ◽  
Sharon Seneca ◽  
Michael D. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Faculty Development ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Job Expectations ◽  
The Future

Globalized higher education has created many challenges for faculty including the uncertainty and rapid change in the missions, faculty, and teaching. In this volatile environment, faculty are constantly bombarded with changing goals, job expectations, and how to deal with technology for teaching and learning. What are faculty to do? Since professional development is limited, most faculty must make the adjustments on their own with little institutional support. A possible answer for this dilemma is resiliency, which positions the faculty member to be their own best cultivator of the future they desire in higher education.

scholarly journals E-learning spaces and the digital university

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic Pates ◽  
Neal Sumner
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Staff Development ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Content Type ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Relevant Field ◽  
Multi Stakeholder ◽  
Effective Use

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to share lessons already learned and work currently in progress from one higher education institution’s experiences of developing several flexible and technology-enhanced active learning spaces. It further proposes that the potential of such spaces can be more fully realised through the enactment of programmes of digital literacy development amongst their users. Design/methodology/approach – In identifying a convergence of profound challenges facing higher education and proposing that innovations in physical learning spaces are one approach to addressing such challenges, the paper examines a number of institutional policies and initiatives for rethinking and redesigning several physical classroom environments. It sets internal findings and position statements amidst a broader context of relevant field literature. Findings – The paper provides insights from several years of experience in higher education learning space development, including the benefits of iterative experimentation, the consultative role of a multi-stakeholder specialist group, the challenges of balancing pedagogic need with often conflicting institutional requirements and the value of varied programmes of staff development. Originality/value – This paper’s insights will be of value to individuals and institutions engaged in reconsidering their provision of physical classroom spaces in higher education and to those promoting the effective use of learning spaces in the digital university.

THE ROLE OF A HIGHER EDUCATION DIPLOMA IN THE PROFESSIONAL CAREER OF THE SPECIALIST IN THE FUTURE

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 456-466
Author(s):  
Kateryna Kolesnikova ◽  
Dmytro Lukianov ◽  
Tatyana Olekh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
The Future

Features of teaching the discipline "Didactics of higher education" in non-pedagogical specialties

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Stareva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Professional Programs ◽  
Process Formation ◽  
The Future ◽  
Student Training

The author reveals the necessity of introducing into the educational and professional programs of preparation of masters of non-pedagogical specialties of the discipline "Didactics of higher education". Formation of pedagogical competences of the teacher of the higher school will allow the future specialists professional activity in the institutions of higher education. The article reveals the essence of didactic competence and peculiarities of its formation in higher education students in the current conditions of organizing the initial process. The competency approach should permeate all aspects of student training. Therefore, a special (didactic) competence should be included in the list of the graduates' learning outcomes. The didactic competence is the ability to apply knowledge of psychology and pedagogy (didactics) in the educational process of higher education institutions. In the orientation of the educational and professional program of the master of non-pedagogical specialties it is necessary to enter competencies that allow him to engage in teaching activities. General competences add to the ability to carry out pedagogical activities using innovative educational technologies, and special competences add to the ability to organize the educational process and carry out scientific research in order to solve topical problems of the theory, methodology, organization and practice of higher education students. One of the most important compulsory (normative) disciplines that enable the future specialist to teach special and professional disciplines in higher education institutions should be "Didactic of Higher Education". This is the main feature of forming didactic competence in higher education institutions. But the competent approach in higher education does not come down to a separate discipline, but because the phenomenon of integral and dynamic develops in the process of formal, non-formal and informal education and is in constant development and self-development. All stages of preparation of the master of non-pedagogical specialties for teaching activity should be directed on achievement of the main purpose of the educational process — formation of pedagogical competences of applicants of higher education.

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 Higher Education and Employability Skills: Barriers and Facilitators of Employer Engagement at Local Level

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Fátima Suleman ◽  
Pedro Videira ◽  
Emília Araújo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Barriers And Facilitators ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Skill Gaps ◽  
Employer Engagement ◽  
Multi Stakeholder

This research examines the barriers and facilitators to employers’ engagement with higher education institutions. The data were collected through interviews with a set of employers (n = 19) in the Northern region of Portugal, V.N.de Famalicão, in 2019. We begin by exploring employers’ engagement activities as a potential solution to address local-level skill problems. Empirical evidence suggests that the engagement activities are mostly passive as firms use higher education largely as a recruitment channel. The differences in organizational goals and culture are the most cited barriers to the lack of more active engagement. Some efforts have recently been made to strengthen the ties between higher education and employers, notably through a local multi-stakeholder partnership as a potential broker. However, it will take time for this to bear fruit and contribute to reducing skill gaps and shortages. The data show that despite employers’ apparent willingness, more effort must be made to encourage active engagement.

The Future of Higher Education in Australia: Ten Years On

1984 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Hore ◽  
Leo H.T. West
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
The Future
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