scholarly journals The ripple effect: How the Australian Awards for University Teachers (AAUT) build and maintain excellence in teaching and learning across the nation

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 12-17
Author(s):  
Angela Carbone ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Ripple Effect ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Award Program ◽  
Continue Support ◽  
Integral Role ◽  
Education Market ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

In this commentary I provide an overview of the national award program, the Australian Awards for University Teachers (AAUT), that has been running for 23 years. The current federal government has made the decision not to fund the awards after 2021, a decision I believe is not only short-sighted but could be damaging for Australia in the global education market. I argue that the benefits of the awards are widespread in higher education. They recognise and reward creativity and innovation, they have created a culture of collaboration and mentoring that extends across universities and states, and most of all they validate the importance of good quality teaching in universities, providing a recognition and promotion pathway to match that of research awards. I propose three possible options to continue support for this valuable award program and encourage senior academics and past award winners to work as a group and pursue replacement funding and a sustainable management model for this program. The AAUT awards have an integral role in promoting creativity and innovation in teaching and learning, as well as the ripple effect of open promotion pathways, and collaborations across and between universities and across and between disciplines.

scholarly journals Balancing Technology, Pedagogy and the New Normal: Post-pandemic Challenges for Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chrysi Rapanta ◽  
Luca Botturi ◽  
Peter Goodyear ◽  
Lourdes Guàrdia ◽  
Marguerite Koole
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Expert Advice ◽  
Social Agents ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Learning Tasks ◽  
Science And Education

AbstractThe Covid-19 pandemic has presented an opportunity for rethinking assumptions about education in general and higher education in particular. In the light of the general crisis the pandemic caused, especially when it comes to the so-called emergency remote teaching (ERT), educators from all grades and contexts experienced the necessity of rethinking their roles, the ways of supporting the students’ learning tasks and the image of students as self-organising learners, active citizens and autonomous social agents. In our first Postdigital Science and Education paper, we sought to distil and share some expert advice for campus-based university teachers to adapt to online teaching and learning. In this sequel paper, we ask ourselves: Now that campus-based university teachers have experienced the unplanned and forced version of Online Learning and Teaching (OLT), how can this experience help bridge the gap between online and in-person teaching in the following years? The four experts, also co-authors of this paper, interviewed aligning towards an emphasis on pedagogisation rather than digitalisation of higher education, with strategic decision-making being in the heart of post-pandemic practices. Our literature review of papers published in the last year and analysis of the expert answers reveal that the ‘forced’ experience of teaching with digital technologies as part of ERT can gradually give place to a harmonious integration of physical and digital tools and methods for the sake of more active, flexible and meaningful learning.

scholarly journals O impacto da economia de educação global nos processos de ensino e de aprendizagem: uma análise das políticas públicas e perspectivas das práticas educacionais / The Impact of Global Education Economy in the Teaching and Learning: an Analysis of Public Policies and Perspectives of Educational Practices

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Verônica Gesser ◽  
Valéria Silva Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Global Education ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
State Reduction ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTThis paper aims to characterize current public policies and educational practice perspectives, which principles are based on the logic of global education economy, aiming to reflect on possible impacts on processes of teaching and learning within the local educational contexts. This model reflects the neoliberal political influence and economic logic, which features a context governed by the laws of the market and the democratic Social Welfare State mischaracterization; that is, state reduction and “market and quasi-market” enhancement. Example of this is what is happening in Brazil with the expansion of educational services and outsourced products. This idea has been applied by Basic Education responsibility decentralization for the municipalities. Thus, the budget for the services, products and continuing education is being transferred to specialized national and multinational enterprises, often under the label of nonprofits entities (new philanthropies, associated companies, that is, the third sector). Therefore, the Brazilian education has been suffering state denationalization impact, which is causing profound changes in how educational public policies are being practiced within each Brazilian municipality. Consequently, Brazilian education is being conceived as commodity.RESUMOEste trabalho tem como objetivo caracterizar as atuais políticas públicas e perspectivas de práticas educacionais, cujos princípios fundamentam-se na lógica da economia de educação global, visando refletir sobre possíveis impactos nos processos de ensino e de aprendizagem no âmbito dos contextos educacionais locais. Esse modelo reflete a influência da lógica política e econômica neoliberal, o qual caracteriza um contexto governado pelas leis de mercado e pela descaracterização do Estado de Bem-estar Social democrático; ou seja, a redução do Estado e a valorização do “mercado e quase-mercado”. Exemplo disso é o que está acontecendo no Brasil com a expansão dos serviços e dos produtos educacionais terceirizados. Essa idéia vem sendo aplicada pela descentralização da responsabilidade da Educação Básica para os municípios brasileiros. Dessa forma, o orçamento para os serviços, os produtos e a formação continuada está sendo transferido para empresas nacionais e multinacionais especializadas, muitas vezes sob o rótulo de entidades sem fins lucrativos (novas filantropias; empresas associadas; ou seja, a terceira via). Assim sendo, a educação brasileira vem sofrendo o impacto da desnacionalização do Estado, o que está provocando profundas mudanças em como as políticas públicas educacionais vêm sendo praticadas no âmbito de cada município brasileiro. Consequentemente, a educação brasileira está sendo concebida como um comodity.

scholarly journals Education Technology Seizes a Pandemic Opening

2020 ◽  
Vol 120 (822) ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
Ben Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Global Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
World View ◽  
Education Technology ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
Technology Industry ◽  
Systemic Problems ◽  
Technical Solutions ◽  
Rapid Shift

The rapid shift to online teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the penetration of an algorithmic world view into education systems around the world. Promoted by a burgeoning educational technology industry, platforms that use algorithms to structure and monitor teaching and learning have been presented as technical solutions to systemic problems. But they have also created new problems and reinforced existing inequities, stirring up public and political backlashes. Beyond its immediate effects during the pandemic in 2020, the expanded use of algorithm-driven learning management systems backed by major corporations has major implications for the future of global education.

Network-Based Continuous Education Opportunities

2014 ◽  
pp. 117-134
Author(s):  
Edita Butrimė ◽  
Vaiva Zuzevičiūtė
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Educational Support ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Almost All

The purpose of this chapter is to analyze and present theoretical and empirical findings about the ways that teachers in Higher Education (HE) interpret the role of ICT for their professional development both as teachers in HE and as medical professionals in some cases. Two research questions were formulated: 1) Why is the employment of technologies fully accepted and promoted in almost all aspects of professional activity, but employment of ICT for teaching and learning at HE is not always used to its full potential? 2) What (if any) educational support is needed for university teachers to use available e-learning opportunities for their own development as teachers to a greater extent? Educational support for university teachers to use contemporary information communication technologies and network provisions more effectively for their competence development are presented.

University Teachers' Use of Digital Technologies

2017 ◽  
pp. 686-702
Author(s):  
Daariimaa Marav ◽  
Michelle Espinoza
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Complex Relationships

This chapter is set in the context of two developing countries, Mongolia and Chile, where digital technology is seen as a powerful icon of the knowledge economy. The predominant and common discourses surrounding the uses of digital technologies in education in these developing countries usually assume rather celebratory stances of the roles digital technologies may perform in education in the digital age. Thus, the research reported here explores the realities, opportunities, and challenges that academic staff face when using digital technologies through the perspectives offered by the field of digital literacy studies. The findings illustrate the close and complex relationships between sociocultural contexts, beliefs, values, and digital literacy practices. The study suggests that more attention needs to be paid to the wider contexts affecting the digital practices around teaching and learning rather than to technologies per se.

A Study on Extensive Reading in Higher Education

2019 ◽  
pp. 680-690
Author(s):  
Diana Presadă ◽  
Mihaela Badea
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Extensive Reading ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Reading For Pleasure ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Shed Light

As practicing university teachers, the authors have noticed that students tend to focus exclusively on syllabus reading materials, ignoring reading for pleasure outside the classroom. Rarely taught in ordinary university classes, extensive reading skills may play an important part in the foreign language teaching and learning process. Given these facts, the authors decided to pilot an extensive reading program at the academic level, the ultimate aim being to implement it in the future. Therefore, the purposes of the chapter are to discover students' attitudes towards extensive reading and to assess the results of the pilot as reflected in their opinions with a view to conceiving a large-scale future reading program. The study attempts to shed light on the issues triggered by the introduction of such a program into the curriculum of philological students, being mainly concerned with the practical side of the phenomenon and highlighting the interdependence between the findings and the latest theories in the field.

An Empirical Study of a Corporate E-Learning Portal

2011 ◽  
pp. 321-326
Author(s):  
Meliha Handzic ◽  
Joon Ho Hur
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Annual Growth Rate ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Education Market ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Changing Demographics

Technological advances, globalisation, changing demographics and privatisation are the main driving forces behind the current transformation of education. Market research firms estimate that electronic learning or e-learning is the fastest growing sector of the global education market with an annual growth rate of 10-15% (Hezel Associates, 2005)

Project-Based Learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 161-178
Author(s):  
María Pache-Durán ◽  
Esteban Pérez-Calderón ◽  
Alicia Fernanda Galindo-Manrique
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Quality Of Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

This study focuses on the results obtained from the teacher's assessment of Project-Based Learning, a methodological approach that implies a change in the university pedagogical paradigm that affects both the teaching and learning processes. To this end, a study is carried out taking as a sample university teachers during the academic year 2018-2019. Among the results obtained, it is worth mentioning that the teacher considers the Project-Based Learning a methodology that favours in the classroom, constituting a valid alternative to improve the quality of learning in university students.

Keeping an eye on the global education industry A conversation with Anna Hogan

2020 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-35
Author(s):  
Rafael Heller
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Commercial Activity ◽  
The Public ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Education Industry ◽  
University Researcher ◽  
Education Market ◽  
Online Schools

Kappan’s editor talks with Queensland University researcher Anna Hogan about the rapid growth of commercial activity in Australia’s schools and in school systems around the world. Private businesses have always sold textbooks, classroom tools, and other goods and services to public schools, and many teachers are happy to purchase and use them, notes Hogan. However, the biggest corporations in the education market — such as Pearson and Google — have grown so large, and are so eager to promote online schools and automated instruction, that teachers have reason to be concerned about the future of their profession, and the public has reason to worry that the quality of their schools will decline.

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