scholarly journals COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND POSSIBLE TRENDS INTO THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: A REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Augustine Kara
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Readiness Assessment ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The Future

COVID-19 virus pandemic resulted to abrupt closure of higher education institutions globally as a strategy to manage its spread. This has extensively impacted on the core functions of higher education which include teaching, research and community service. Through a desktop review of relevant literature, the study explored the impacts, mitigation measures adopted, emerging challenges and the future of higher education in the context of COVID-19. The pandemic disrupted the academic calendar, research activities, displaced students, and there has been loss in revenue streams and human resources. It is likely to affect sustainability of local and international higher education. Higher education institutions responded by leveraging the use Information Communication technology (ICT) to minimize disruptions. Challenges experienced include unreliable internet connectivity and ICT infrastructure, equity in access to remote teaching and learning, staff and students’ readiness, assessment of learning, resource constraints, delivery of field and practical courses and quality assurance in emergency remote teaching and learning. The impacts, responses and challenges have been manifested with gaps and inequalities between learners, institutions and countries. The study envisions widescale uptake of blended delivery of academic programmes, capacity building for staff and students on online pedagogy and a holistic quality assurance framework that infuses achievement of desired learning outcomes with Maslow Hierarchy of needs. Greater emphasis will be placed on the entrepreneurial university, institutional mergers and strategic planning for disasters.

scholarly journals The impacts of international, national and institutional conditions for higher education on the primary processes of teaching and learning in the higher education institutions in Vietnam

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Truong Trinh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Institutional Conditions ◽  
Vietnamese Higher Education ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

This paper describes how the international, national and institutional conditions affect the primary processes of teaching and learning in the Vietnamese higher education institutions. Under such influences, the Vietnamese higher education institutions are facing both challenges and opportunities in terms of the competitions among institutions. establishment of credit-based system, quality assurance and accreditation.

Modelling student satisfaction and motivation in the integrated educational environment

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 1072-1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulia Stukalina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Student Motivation ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Management Procedures

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore some issues related to enhancing the quality of educational services provided by a university in the agenda of integrating quality assurance activities and strategic management procedures. Design/methodology/approach – Employing multiple regression analysis the author has examined some factors that are supposed to have an impact on student satisfaction and student motivation in the integrated educational environment. Findings – The results of the two-phase empirical research performed in two higher education institutions indicate that student satisfaction and student motivation can be modelled on a number of predictors, which are associated with several indicators related to various aspects of the integrated educational environment. Research limitations/implications – The sample in this study included two higher education institutions. Future study with a more diverse student population and the refined scale items is recommended to verify and generalize the findings. Practical implications – The research provides useful data for addressing some critical issues in the context of integrating quality assurance activities and strategic management procedures in a university. The results of the empirical study suggest that education managers might carry out regular assessment of their educational environment in the framework of performing strategic analysis, which is aimed at quality enhancement, in order to determine the most significant aspects and associated influences. This would allow them to focus their efforts, time and resources on the issues with the greatest potential for having an impact on the university’s operations, and which may be related to providing qualitative changes in the educational environment in the frame of implementing a number of competitive strategies. Originality/value – The relevant literature analysis has allowed the author to explore the research topic from a new (holistic) perspective, and to consider both student satisfaction and student motivation in the integrated educational environment, which was viewed as a complicated multi-level system. In this respect, being related to approaches, ideas and findings in the existing literature, the paper presents an attempt to develop these further in terms of adding value to previous research. The obtained information can be of interest to managers working in the area of higher education.

The New Challenges in the Training of the Engineer for the Industry 4.0

2021 ◽  
pp. 1711-1720
Author(s):  
Sergio Ricardo Mazini ◽  
Márcia Maria Teresa Baptistella
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
University Center ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Challenges

The growing changes brought about by new concepts and new technologies, such as Industry 4.0, have demanded that educational institutions seek new teaching and learning methodologies, as well as new resources that can contribute to the training of the future engineer. This chapter demonstrates some practices adopted in the process of training the future engineer in a university center in the interior of the state of São Paulo through the use of the CDIO initiative. The results presented confirm the importance and necessity of changes in the teaching and learning process in higher education institutions.

scholarly journals Integrated Reporting Implementation and Core Activities Disclosure in UK Higher Education Institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Mahalaxmi Adhikariparajuli ◽  
Abeer Hassan ◽  
Mary Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Performance Indicator ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Integrated Reporting ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

Through integrated reporting (IR) and integrated thinking (IT), higher education institutions (HEIs) can engage future students, staff and other key stakeholders. This paper examines the impact of IR framework implementation on core activities disclosure within the UK HEIs. In particular, the authors explore the influence of the integrated thinking approach, intended to enhance the extent of the IR content elements, teaching and learning, internationalisation and research activities disclosure. The study is based on the annual reports of 123 UK HEIs over 3 years—2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18. Consistent with the predictions of legitimacy theory and the integrated thinking approach, the results show the extent that integrated reporting content elements and HEIs core activities disclosure practices have increased over the study period. The results also indicate that adoption of the IR framework, league table ranking position, key performance indicator reporting, size, research quality and graduate prospects all have significant positive influences on HEIs core activities disclosure. Based on the findings, the recommendations are that UK HEI governing and other regularity bodies, such as British Universities Finance Director Groups, Leadership Foundation in Higher Education and the Higher Education Funding Council, should consider development of voluntary integrated reporting guidelines and a core activities disclosure framework.

scholarly journals Challenges of Top-Down Policy as Stakeholder Engagement Strategy in the Implementation of Internal Quality Assurance in Higher Education Institutions: An Empirical Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 500-516
Author(s):  
Yustina Erti Pravitasmara Dewi ◽  
Dwi Yuwono Puji Sugiharto ◽  
Intiyas Utami ◽  
Andrian Huruta ◽  
Ocky Sundari
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Stakeholder Management ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Central Java ◽  
The Future ◽  
Internal Quality Assurance

Higher education plays a significant role in shaping the future national competitiveness. In Indonesia, its governance drives a massive transformation and is more focused on the internal quality assurance over the external one. There are several changes from aspects related to the implementation of internal quality assurance system, especially on the transformation of higher education which faces internal challenges that consider the managerial-based work as a highly complex and heavy-duty work and is less relevant to individual achievement. Further, the biggest challenge in implementing a quality management is the lack of stakeholder management. It gets worse with the top-down policy being implemented to improve the quality of higher education. This present study gives an overview of the internal quality assurance of higher education institutions experiencing challenges in stakeholder management and their top-down-policy-based initiatives. There was a total of 67 private universities in Central Java, Indonesia involved in this study. The data was collected in April – July 2019 using questionnaire and focus group discussion (FGD). The FGD involving the executives of the quality board of each university discussed the implementation of new quality assurance regulations. The results show a consistency of the respondents who apparently had incomplete documents of internal quality assurance, followed by skepticism about the future of institution which simultaneously affected the policy in the future.

scholarly journals The Green Box Project: Environmental Education in a Crate

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 70-75
Author(s):  
Ruth Massey ◽  
Anneri Pretorius
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Basic Problem ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Green Box

Although the quality of teaching and learning of geography in many schools is worrying, another more basic problem is that of teachers lacking basic resources to use in their classrooms. Higher education institutions are expected to engage with and be of service to society and its needs. The Green Box Project is reported on as a practical and sustainable solution to address the resource constraints that many teachers of geography contend with; a way of improving the quality of teaching and learning in schools; and a model to be used by higher education institutions for community engagement.

Quality assurance in Afghan higher education: achievements and challenges

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Welch ◽  
Attaullah Wahidyar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Fragile States ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ministry Of Higher Education

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the development of quality assurance (QA) processes in higher education in Afghanistan and chart and assess the current achievements and challenges. Drawing on fieldwork, documentary research and secondary sources, the analysis seeks to integrate these elements into an integrated overall analysis of the phenomenon of QA in Afghan higher education, including its evolution over time, with some attention given to the implications for future development. Design/methodology/approach The methodology is based on field study, conducted by one of the authors, interviews with the Ministry of Higher Education officials by the second author, collection and analysis of policy documents and review of relevant literature. Findings Key findings reveal some tensions between stated policies regarding QA in Afghan higher education: limited finance, growing levels of insecurity and limited capacity within the Ministry of Higher Education, including staff training. Some barriers within higher education institutions are also pointed out in both public and private higher educational institutions. Research limitations/implications Implications of the research are that although further funding is needed to institute QA in higher education institutions, both public and private, this is unlikely in the current circumstances, with donor funds limited and commitments not always fulfilled. Anti-corruption measures will continue to be important, and declining security, in some provinces more than others, will likely limit the effective implementation of QA measures. Practical implications Given current conditions in Afghanistan, there are clear practical limits to what can be achieved in strengthening QA in higher education. The undoubted enthusiasm of the people, however, means that the situation must be addressed as far as possible. Greater engagement with regional QA networks, more training for QA assessors and greater regulation of the burgeoning private sector would go a long way to bring about improvement, as would ongoing efforts to rein in corruption. Social implications An important move regarding direct social implications would be to maintain and strengthen moves to engage more women in higher education, including higher proportions of (senior) female administrative and academic staff. Although barriers to women’s empowerment are by no means restricted to the higher education sector, it should show the lead in both enrolment and employment. Originality/value While QA in higher education is a major focus of higher education literature, there are less research studies on QA measures in developing country contexts and even less on fragile states such as Afghanistan. But for the country to prosper, good quality higher education is vital, and a study of the implementation of QA measures is an important contribution.

The New Challenges in the Training of the Engineer for the Industry 4.0

2019 ◽  
pp. 326-335
Author(s):  
Sergio Ricardo Mazini ◽  
Márcia Maria Teresa Baptistella
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
University Center ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Challenges

The growing changes brought about by new concepts and new technologies, such as Industry 4.0, have demanded that educational institutions seek new teaching and learning methodologies, as well as new resources that can contribute to the training of the future engineer. This chapter demonstrates some practices adopted in the process of training the future engineer in a university center in the interior of the state of São Paulo through the use of the CDIO initiative. The results presented confirm the importance and necessity of changes in the teaching and learning process in higher education institutions.

scholarly journals The Benefits of Learning Analytics to Higher Education Institutions: A Scoping Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (23) ◽  
pp. 4-15
Author(s):  
Adedayo Taofeek Quadri ◽  
Nurbiha A Shukor
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Computing Machinery ◽  
Online Databases

Learning analytics is a form of data analysis that allows teachers, lecturers, educational experts, and administrators of online learnings to look for students’ online traces and information associated with the learning processes. The fundamental goal of learning analytics in online classrooms and com-puter-supported instruction is to enhance the learning experience and the entire learning process. This review aims at reviewing some of the benefits available through using learning analytics in higher education institutions (HEI) for the students, teaching staff and the management. The search for relevant literature was conducted by searching online databases which in-clude Web of Science, SCOPUS, Science Direct, IEEE, Emerald, Springer, ERIC and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The analysis of the literatures obtained from the online databases revealed that learning analytics provide series of benefits to students, teaching staffs and the management of higher education institutions. The benefits include prediction and identification of target courses, curriculum development and improvement, improved students’ learning outcomes, improved instructors’ performance and monitoring of students’ dropout and retention. It is recommended that higher education institutions adopt the use of learning analytics in their online teaching and learning.

scholarly journals The Usage of Cloud Computing in Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-73
Author(s):  
Mohammed Nofan ◽  
Amar Sakran
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
The Future ◽  
Cloud Applications ◽  
Computing Infrastructure

Cloud computing-based technology has become in many modern organizations concerned with educationinstitutions. It will likely have a significant impact on the educational environment in the future. Universities takeadvantage of available cloud applications offered by service providers and enable their own users/students to performbusiness and academic tasks.In this paper, reviewing what the cloud computing infrastructure will provide, a literature review providing thecontext from the infrastructure, application and services aspect of cloud computing, it was also look for the answers of itsbenefits to higher education institutions and different educational uses. Also introduce cloud computing to educatorsand help them to gain a better understanding of the conception of cloud technology and its impact on teaching and learning ininstitutions.

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