Teaching and learning paradigms in higher education have been called into question by the COVID-19 pandemic, requiring new approaches, technologies, and resilience. The disruption caused to higher education operations prompted many to raise questions about HEI's adaptability and readiness to handle major disasters.

Focussing particularly on developing countries in Africa and the Global South, The Emerald Handbook of Higher Education in a Post-Covid World emphasizes the urgent need to reform pedagogical models and the importance of recognizing and utilizing digital learning technologies, tools, and the power of the Internet to expand the range of teaching approaches, practices and learning interaction options in an age in which information communication technology and mobile devices have become commonplace in the daily life of students, academic leaders and HE practitioners. The contributors also address the importance of supporting the individual student in learning communities where they are separated by space, and safeguarding their social and emotional wellbeing as they engage and learn through mediated-communication-systems in an era of a fundamentally changed HE environment which will not completely return to previous models.

Providing perspectives from contributors across multiple nations and settings, and written in a forthright, yet engaging manner, this volume is essential reading for higher education staff, researchers, and policy makers, to ensure higher education across the world is prepared to offer the best quality teaching and learning in the Covid and Post-Covid world.

About the Author

Professor Byron A. Brown is Professor of Education and Director of Research and Innovation at University of Zululand, Republic of South Africa, and Visiting Scholar at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Formerly Deputy Executive Director for Teaching, Leaning and Research at BAC, Botswana.

Professor Alastair Irons is Deputy Principal and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Abertay University, UK, and Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa.

Reviews

I find the book to be one anchored in praxis...I think the most powerful aspect of this book is its multi-disciplinarity, and its focus on engaging readers in discussion about reimagining pedagogical practices in what can now be viewed as the 'New Normal' in higher education teaching and learning across Africa and the world. An excellent resource for the higher education sector.

-- Prof Xoliswa Mtose - Vice Chancellor, University of Zululand, South Africa

A sobering read for contemporary audiences who are not just in Africa but in countries engaged in a forever effort to keep the higher education sector afloat amidst the onslaught of the COVID-19 crisis, which incidentally has triggered new discourses about bringing digital technology and education practice into closer alignment.

-- Michael Lesolle - Former Principal and CEO of the Botswana Accountancy College



Book Information
ISBN 9781803821948
Author Professor Byron A. Brown
Format Hardback
Page Count 360
Imprint Emerald Publishing Limited
Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
Weight(grams) 614g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 24mm