Description
Reflections from HE practitioners on this rapid transition to digital and remote learning offer key perspectives on the new online learning mode, as experienced by students, teaching staff, and those in the wider field of education, including learning technologists, librarians, and publishers. Spurred on by the changes in thinking necessitated by the pandemic, the book highlights the possibilities facilitated by online learning, from enhanced inclusivity to making education accessible to wider audiences. It concludes with a proposal for how we might "build back better" and continue to evolve the sector.
Timely and comprehensive, this book will support the pedagogical decision-making of HE practitioners both now and in the future. Offering an insight into what the "new normal" of education may soon resemble, it will also be beneficial to HE management and other educational professionals, helping to guide their policy and financial decision-making processes regarding digital technology.
About the Author
Edited by Matt Smith, Interim Head of Primary Education,University of Wolverhampton and John Traxler, Professor of Digital Learning, Education Observatory, University of Wolverhampton, UK and UNESCO Chair
Reviews
'This inspiring and reflective book documents how we have taught, lived and learnt in the pandemic, affirming the value of academic community at challenging times. I love that it explores the here and now and shares tentative perspectives on the future, as befits the fragile dawn of a new era.' -- Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, The Open University, UK
'Digital Learning in Higher Education brings together the experiences of staff working in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The transformative impact of digital is explored and how technology enabled students to continue their education despite unprecedented disruption. This book will inspire educators to continue to strive to innovate their practice with technology.' -- Sarah Knight, Jisc, UK
'Digital Learning in Higher Education is a timely and stimulating view of the great education disruption wrought by COVID. Its well-told stories make sense of how technology and management are struggling to adjust to new lived experiences. It also offers illuminating ideas and pedagogies for a world beyond the pandemic.' -- Mike Sharples, The Open University, UK, author of Practical Pedagogy: 40 New Ways to Teach and Learn
Book Information
ISBN 9781800379398
Author Matt Smith
Format Hardback
Page Count 176
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd