The Implementation of an Academic and Applied Esports Program in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 186-209
Author(s):  
Michele R. King ◽  
Karen G. Conner ◽  
Lindy L. Johnson ◽  
Terry Trojak ◽  
Tim Cho
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Program Development ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Liberal Arts University ◽  
Sociocultural Theories ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Level Of Risk

Drawing on sociocultural theories of learning, this case study describes how a small liberal arts university, steeped in a tradition of innovation and discovery, developed and introduced an interdisciplinary academic and applied esports program. The study describes the importance of a multi-interdisciplinary approach to program development and building community, drawn from the voices and expertise of interdepartmental stakeholders including administration, faculty, staff, and students. The authors share the timeline of events and lessons learned in launching a successful esports program by applying an entrepreneurial mindset and accepting an appropriate level of risk.

scholarly journals Value of Love in Higher Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-50
Author(s):  
Gabriella Beckles-Raymond
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Widening Participation ◽  
Credit Crunch ◽  
Bell Hooks ◽  
Liberal Arts University ◽  
Participation Program

In the context of the rise in open racism following post-credit crunch Brexit Britain, movements seeking educational reform to address racism within the academy emerged. However, such efforts must grapple with the ever-increasing corporatization of higher education. This article aims to disrupt the duplicity of widening participation rhetoric, which makes claims to moral values but in practice is governed by a neoliberal agenda. Using bell hooks’ ethic of love, I discuss a case study of a widening participation program and a liberal arts university. I claim that so-called resource dilemmas are better understood as moral dilemmas and that centring a love ethic in this process of reframing enables us to rethink how we navigate such dilemmas in higher education.

Learning Enhancement or Headache

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 63-71
Author(s):  
Arlene J. Nicholas ◽  
John K. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Faculty Attitudes ◽  
Learning Enhancement ◽  
Liberal Arts University ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
Electronic Readers

The availability of e-textbooks is increasing along with the variety of electronic readers. According to the “2010 Horizon Report,” adoption of this technology will be widespread in academia in two to three years as it will “… reduce costs, save students from carrying pounds of textbooks and contribute to the environmental efforts…” (Johnson, Levine, Smith, & Stone, 2010, p.6). Will e-textbooks become favored by faculty in higher education? This paper will examine the benefits and limitations of e-textbooks and the attitudes of faculty and students towards using this radical alternative to the centuries-old standard of education. An exploratory case study of faculty attitudes and usages of e-textbooks at a small liberal arts university was performed.

Crossing the Chasm

2019 ◽  
pp. 233-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie R. Bulger ◽  
Alma Correa ◽  
Amertah E. Perman ◽  
Matthew Rivaldi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation Theory ◽  
Community College District ◽  
Higher Education Costs ◽  
The Cost

Due to the ongoing trend of increased higher education costs, state and federal strategies have been implemented in an effort to lower students' cost of college. One such strategy gaining nationwide attention is the implementation of open educational resources (OER) to lower the cost of textbooks. This chapter describes how a higher education institution can support and scale the diffusion of OER adoption by presenting a framework based on Everett Rogers's diffusion of innovation theory, with a focus on engaging the “early majority” in this process to sustain the innovation. The development of the framework and a case study of its implementation and evaluation within a community college district are presented to guide other higher education institutions in the scaling of OER adoption. The chapter also considers influences on the framework that constrain, accelerate, or support OER adoption, and presents implications and recommendations based on lessons learned.

scholarly journals A Study of Quality Assessment in Higher Education within the Context of Sustainable Development: A Case Study from Czech Republic

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4769 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Vykydal ◽  
Martin Folta ◽  
Jaroslav Nenadál
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Quality Management System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Success Factor

Quality has become an increasingly important and critical success factor at higher education institutions, particularly universities. Numerous discussions have been held about education quality in the context of sustainable development. However, the quality of that education strongly depends on the overall quality of the management system which operates at schools. The principal aim of this article is to present the approaches to the quality management systems’ development and their assessment at universities, and share some lessons learned from this area of research. Some possibilities of the ISO 9001 standard’s implementation, as well as the application of excellence models as a response to community demands, will be discussed, especially in the context of the recently-introduced Act No. 111/1998 Coll on Higher Education Institutions, which requires quality assurance and quality evaluation. A case study from The VSB-Technical University of Ostrava shows approaches, results and effects of the quality management system implementation.

The Beida-Tsinghua Connection: Yenching in the World of Beijing’s Elite Universities

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 61-77
Author(s):  
John Israel
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
The United States ◽  
Teachers Colleges ◽  
Liberal Arts University ◽  
The World ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Higher Education In China ◽  
Diploma Mills

AbstractYenching University did not exist in isolation but was part of several overlapping educational networks, international, national, sectarian, and local. Internationally, it was a modern Christian liberal arts university, comparable to Christian higher educational institutions in the United States and elsewhere in the world. Nationally, it was one of the colleges under the aegis of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in China and, more broadly, part of a modern higher educational network, centered in the large cities of eastern China. Locally, it was a component of a super-elite North China complex of higher education located in Beijing and Tianjin. This complex, as Yeh Wen-hsin has pointed out in her taxonomy of Republican-era higher education, stood in contrast with Guomindang universities such as National Central and Sun Yat-sen, as well as with teachers colleges, provincial universities, diploma mills, and other less renowned institutions.

scholarly journals Critical Factors Of Success In Curriculum Enhancement In The Accounting Curriculum Using SAP R/3

2005 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-106
Author(s):  
Joseph M. Ragan ◽  
Patrick J. McGettigan ◽  
Michael R. Storms ◽  
Matthew G. Naccarelli
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Enterprise System ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Learning Skills ◽  
Business Decisions ◽  
Liberal Arts University ◽  
Accounting Curriculum ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Case Simulation

Education is a well recognized aspect of an enterprise system implementation. How to educate, what to educate, when to educate, and who to educate are common questions that get raised. As an example, of particular importance in an enterprise system context is the balance between learning how to use the system itself and in understanding the integration and process concepts behind the system. As the go-live date fast approaches and budgets are running tight, firms often limit or eliminate the concepts, such as education, and focus on the keystrokes so that employees will be able to use the system. Saint Joseph's University, a liberal arts university in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area, recently implemented SAP R/3 within its accounting curriculum. This implementation was done in phases and at each point during the rollout, a user questionnaire was used to assess the learning skills and abilities of the students. In the early stages of this rollout, keystrokes and navigation became paramount as students learned the menu paths and reporting information available within the system. In later courses, the skills were transparent to analysis of information as students attempted to make business decisions using a case simulation. An assessment was done before and after each course, which assisted the instructors in knowing what to emphasize and when. The purpose of this paper is to outline the structure of this delivery and the lessons learned from field experience.

scholarly journals Insights for Community Outreach Building to Promote Lifelong Learning with Higher Education Alumni in Chile

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula A. Charbonneau-Gowdy ◽  
Héctor A Magaña
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Community Outreach ◽  
Conclusive Evidence ◽  
Alumni Relations ◽  
High Performing ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Field Notes

Despite conclusive evidence from high performing Higher Education (HE) institutions worldwide demonstrating the benefits of strong alumni-relations, institutions in many evolving countries often neglect their graduates. And this, despite rapid advances in technology that can support ongoing relations. The objective of our year-long project was to address this neglect. We (re)connected with 220 English Pedagogy alumni through a digital newsletter. The newsletter provided a forum for building community and mediating professional development among graduates and current faculty. Our qualitative mini case study focused on uncovering the emotions, perspectives and needs of former students through the lens of sociocultural and identity theory using a Likert scale questionnaire, field notes and writing-based interviews to collect data. Positive gains from this initiative were evidenced in clear signs of alumni’s increased recognition of their agency in mediating empowered professional identities through continuous learning. This recognition accompanied a trajectory of their investment in their professional development, characterized by a sense of affinity, then engagement with and support of the institution and community building. We believe these findings speak volumes of the potential of such outreach for all stakeholders in education, including society at large.

scholarly journals Faculty Perception on International Students in Turkey: Benefits and Challenges

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erkan Acar
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Faculty Perceptions ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
Liberal Arts University ◽  
System 2

<p class="apa">The purpose of this qualitative case study is to examine faculty perceptions on international students with respect to benefits and challenges of having them in a liberal arts university located in Istanbul, Turkey. The research data were collected through evaluation of pertinent documents of the school and interviews with sixteen faculty members and one administrative staff member. Revealed themes for the benefits of having international students within the institution included: (1) escalading the overall academic and disciplinary success of the school, (2) creating diversity in learning environment and (3) generating competitive learning environment. Themes that are revealed for the challenges of having international students included: (1) adaptation to a new educational system, (2) language accents, (3) time management issues, and (4) isolation and grouping.</p>

Lean Six Sigma and Assurance of Learning (AoL) in higher education: a case study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iman Adeinat ◽  
Naseem Al Rahahleh ◽  
Tameem Al Bassam
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Lean Six Sigma ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Institutional Goals ◽  
Assurance Of Learning

PurposeThis study aims to present a case study using a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) process to manage the Assurance of Learning (AoL) process in higher education. The case study highlights the value that LSS can bring to the higher education context in respect to making the AoL process more efficient and more effective. The article also illustrates lessons learned in relation to adopting LSS in higher education institutes (HEIs).Design/methodology/approachThe case study presented is part of a larger undertaking implemented by the Faculty of Economics and Administration (FEA) at King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia to improve its curricula for all its programs as the graduate and undergraduate level in line with the 2013 Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business standards. The FEA project team implemented the AoL process using an LSS methodology – define–measure–analyze–improve–control (DMAIC).FindingsThe experience of the FEA as described in the case study suggests that the DMAIC framework can be very useful in managing the AoL process. Three aspects of LSS used in the AoL context are identified as critical in ensuring that the process achieves its stated institutional goals. Firstly, it is necessary to clearly identify which team members have which areas of responsibility in relation to, for example, sponsoring, implementing, managing and monitoring the project. Secondly, the common language provided by LSS is essential to fostering collaboration among members of a cross-disciplinary team. Lastly, quantifiable priorities should be identified.Research limitations/implicationsThe experience of the FEA as described in the case study suggests that the DMAIC framework can be very effective in advancing and managing the AoL process. For example, writing the project charter, mapping the process using the suppliers, inputs, process, outputs, customers model and using various LSS tools and techniques to measure and control the assessment were critical to improving the AoL process.Practical implicationsThis paper provides a guide to the range of practices cited in the literature on implementing LSS in relation to AoL as a comprehensive means of assessing, evaluating and improving curriculum design and delivery. The importance of this process to accreditation is explored and recommendations are offered focused on realizing both short- and long-term benefits through the initial assessments and subsequent iterations.Originality/valueThe defining contribution of this paper to the literature is its consideration of LSS implementation in the HEI context through the development and management of the AoL process.

scholarly journals Enterprise Architecture Implementation Is a Bumpy Ride: A Case Study in the Norwegian Public Sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Kristin S. Ajer ◽  
Dag Håkon Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
The Public ◽  
External Consultants

Enterprise architecture (EA) is a widespread approach for the development of new digital solutions in a planned and controlled way for large and complex organisations. EA is also viewed as a prerequisite for the digitalisation of the public sector. However, public sector organisations struggle to implement EA programmes, and research has demonstrated that organisational and managerial issues are critical obstacles to EA implementation. This study aims to increase our understanding of EA implementation in the public sector by investigating the central challenges for EA initiatives and to trace the progress of current EA initiatives in the Norwegian public sector. An additional goal is to disclose some ways to improve the situation. We conducted three interpretive case studies in the hospital, higher education, and labour and welfare sectors. We have identified 28 challenges to the EA initiatives. We find that organisational and technical complexities, as well as a limited understanding of EA and lack of formal EA governance mechanisms, are significant obstacles. Among others, the lack of understanding of EA and its methodology will lead to problems with anchoring the EA approach in the organisation and facilitating the necessary EA arrangements to induce the promised benefits of EA, which are necessary requirements to establish the EA initiative’s legitimacy and foster the organisation’s willingness to implement change. Our study provides four lessons learned for planning and implementing EA initiatives, as follows: #1. It is advisable to take small steps. #2. The use of external consultants should be carefully considered. #3. Formal architectural governance mechanisms are important for legitimacy and enforced use. #4. Executive commitment and understanding of EA are crucial for achieving a sustainable EA initiative. Finally, we find a common evolution of the EA initiatives through the phases of optimism, resistance, decline and finally, reconsolidation of the most persistent ones.

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