Real Time Experience of Participants in Higher Education During The Coronavirus: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-70
Author(s):  
Randa Khair Abbas ◽  
Eman Abu Hanna Nahhas ◽  
Khawla Zoabi ◽  
Ibtisam Marey-Sarwan ◽  
Hanadi Abu Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
Financial Security ◽  
Time Experience ◽  
New Learning ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Self Discovery ◽  
Depth Interviews

This case study explored the real-time experience of participants in the Arab Academic College for Education in Haifa, Israel, during the coronavirus pandemic. Twenty in-depth interviews were conducted with management, administrative staff, faculty and students. Participants' stories reveal that feelings of stress and isolation gave way to new learning and self-discovery, a new relationship with time, and the creation of new knowledge on the personal and institutional levels. Strong, coordinated leadership, combined with legal and financial security, facilitated the transition to online learning and allowed the college to emerge from the crisis successfully. Implications are drawn for dealing with future crises.

scholarly journals POSITIONING INDONESIAN ISLAMIC HIGHER-EDUCATION VIS-A-VIS GLOBALISATION: ORGANISATIONAL–RESILIENCE DYNAMICS

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 413-427
Author(s):  
Erika Setyanti Kusumaputri ◽  
Hanifah Latif Muslimah ◽  
Adib Ahmad ◽  
Mayreyna Nurwardani
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Curriculum Standardization ◽  
The University ◽  
Depth Interviews

In the present era of globalisation, higher-education institutions are required to focus on innovation to deal with the various challenges. Considering what Islamic higher-education institutions in Indonesia, have achieved in recent times, they face an uphill struggle to compete at the global level. This study aimed at identifying and analysing the dynamics of resilience for globalisation in a state Islamic–University in Indonesia. The results of studies on the management of Islamic tertiary institutions, specifically on organizational resilience, are very difficult to find. This study used the qualitative analysis method of a case-study and comprised in-depth interviews with key people concerned with the management of the university, observation, and secondary data namely academic documents, photos, and information from the university’s official website. The findings showed the university’s continuous efforts to improve not only the academic community’s management skills, knowledge, and expertise but also the implementation of international-curriculum standardization and cooperation with overseas universities. These actions cannot be separated from obstacles faced by university from within and without particularly in terms of funding-related policies. The university’s program-based innovations which are yet to be carried out by other Islamic-universities in Indonesia indicate this institution’s initiative to break the obstacles.

New Knowledge - New Learning?

2013 ◽  
pp. 530-539
Author(s):  
Maria Slowey ◽  
Ekaterina Kozina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Postgraduate Education ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
New Learning ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Bologna Process

The landscape of university undergraduate and postgraduate education in Ireland has undergone a significant change within the broader context of the Bologna Process in Europe. In recent years, a range of national steering initiatives have sought to promote curriculum reform, enhancement of teaching and learning, use of new learning technology, new forms of student support, and professional development of academic staff. The aim of this chapter is to analyse both underlying challenges and some significant achievements. The latter include examples of collaborative initiatives between academics and centres for academic practice and student learning in universities and joint projects across an alliance involving eight institutions of higher education. The authors also talk about the drivers of curriculum reform in higher education and illustrate how these are translated in practice through the introduction of a major curriculum reform initiative, the Academic Framework for Innovation (AFI) in one university.

Sustainable Blended-Learning in HEI

2011 ◽  
pp. 302-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Peres ◽  
Sandra Ribeiro ◽  
Célia Tavares ◽  
Luciana Oliveira ◽  
Manuel Silva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Technology ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Innovation In Education ◽  
New Learning ◽  
Learning Scenarios ◽  
Teaching Learning

This chapter aims to demonstrate how PAOL - Unit for Innovation in Education, a project from ISCAP - School of Accounting and Administration of Oporto - Institute Polytechnic of Oporto, Portugal - prompted new educational initiatives and new learning scenarios at a Higher Education Institution. Furthermore, it will demonstrate PAOL’s lines of intervention through an extensive analysis based on the 6 years of experience that this unit has in the educational technology field; a project that began small but that, due to the force of innovation, has progressively conquered new adepts. Therefore the unit described in this chapter relates all these factors, as a whole, capable of attaining changes that influence mentalities and methodologies, overcoming cultural and technical barriers. This case study can serve as a catalyst, potentiating the creation of new multi-faceted projects in the scope of web technologies in higher education teaching-learning processes.

scholarly journals The Use of New Learning Technologies in Higher Education Classroom: A Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Micaela Dinis Esteves ◽  
Angela Pereira ◽  
Nuno Veiga ◽  
Rui Vasco ◽  
Anabela Veiga
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Learning Skills ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
New Learning

We have conducted a study with higher level education students, in lecture classes of three Undergraduate Courses and one Professional Higher Technical Course that involved six different subjects with a total of 324 students. In this research the use of Game-Based Learning platform was analysed in order to encourage the students’ participation, increasing motivation and keeping them motivated and committed during lessons, therefore, increasing their learning skills. Based on these results, we recommend that Kahoot is used in lectures in order to help students develop their performances and abilities and at the same time be more successful and prepared to have an active participation in society.

scholarly journals Blended interaction: Implementing a bring-your-own-device approach versus provided tablet computers

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jako Olivier
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Effective Interaction ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Bring Your Own Device ◽  
Tablet Computers ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
University Level

Effective interaction in classes and real-time feedback are challenges that may occur in any classroom. In this regard, mobile technologies may act as a supplement in a so-called blended context. This article investigates the role a bring-your-own-device approach in comparison with an approach where similar tablet computers are provided, plays in terms of interaction and feedback in a linguistics class at third-year university level. In this way the gap in the literature regarding the implementation of blended learning in higher education in South Africa and especially in terms of the bring-your-own-device approach could be augmented. In this research a case study design was used and the data of two groups of third-years were gathered by means of qualitative methods. User statistics from a learning management system was collected, but the main data consisted of the observations and reflections of the lecturer, as well as feedback from students by means of short questionnaires. This data was analysed in an inductive manner in order to identify relevant themes and codes. Both a bring-your-own-device approach and the use of provided tablet computers could facilitate effective interaction and real-time feedback. Apart from the benefits, some limitations were identified in terms of access and skills among students. In this specific context, the bring-your-own-device approach seems to be the better option, but for other contexts solutions will have to be customised.

scholarly journals Perencanaan manajemen risiko atlet berprestasi Indonesia (Studi kasus atlet dengan risiko cedera tinggi)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Briezy Baihaqi ◽  
Maria Puspitasari ◽  
Maria Zuraida ◽  
Ahmad Nurcholis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Financial Planning ◽  
Early Retirement ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Financial Difficulties ◽  
The Government ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Risk Management Planning

Atlet berprestasi memiliki risiko yang bisa menyebabkan kesulitan keuangan saat pensiun dari olahraga. Atlet dengan risiko cedera tinggi berpeluang lebih besar mengalami kesulitan keuangan karena berpotensi pensiun lebih dini akibat cedera. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana manajamen risiko yang dilakukan atlet berprestasi dari cabang olahraga dengan risiko cedera tinggi untuk meminimalisir risiko saat pensiun dengan mengoptimalkan pendapatan yang dimiliki ketika masih aktif sebagai atlet. Landasan konsep yang digunakan dalam penelitian adalah manajemen risiko dengan dua perencanaan, yaitu perencanaan keuangan menggunakan perencanaan keuangan pribadi milik Kapoor, Dlabay dan Hughes (2009) dan perencanaan pendidikan. Wawancara mendalam dilakukan terhadap empat atlet berprestasi dan satu perwakilan federasi serta studi dokumen. Hasilnya, manajemen risiko yang dimiliki keempat informan yaitu tabungan dari gaji pegawai negeri sipil dan honor atlet, investasi berupa tanah dan properti, dan rumah atas nama sendiri. Manajemen risiko yang dimiliki masih membuat informan rentan terpapar risiko saat pensiun karena hanya mengelola risiko dari sisi materi yang bisa habis. Sementara itu keempat informan tidak melanjutkan pendidikan tinggi. Idealnya, manajemen risiko juga dilakukan oleh federasi dengan membuka peluang beasiswa untuk atlet melanjutkan pendidikan tinggi. Rekomendasi dari penelitian ini yaitu pemerintah perlu mendorong dan menyediakan beasiswa afirmasi untuk pendidikan tinggi atlet. Indonesian athlete risk management planning (Case study athletes with high-risk injury) AbstractHigh-achieving athletes are at risk of causing financial difficulties when they retire from sports. Athletes with high injuries are more likely to experience financial difficulties due to early retirement due to injury. The purpose of this study was to see how risk management performed by high-achieving athletes from sports with high injuries to minimize risks at retirement by optimizing the income they had while still active as an athlete. The concept used in this research is risk management with two plans, financial planning using private financial planning by Kapoor, Dlabay and Hughes (2009) and educational planning. In-depth interviews were conducted with four athletes and one representative of the federation as well as document studies. The results of risk management owned by the four informants are savings from salaries of civil servants and athletes' honor, investment in the form of land and property, and houses in their own names. Athlete is still vulnerable to be exposed by risk during retirement. The four informants did not continue their higher education. Risk management is also carried out by the federation with scholarship opportunities for athletes to continue their higher education. The recommendation of this research is that the government encourages and provides affirmative scholarships for higher education athletes.

Contextual and linguistic challenges for French business schools to achieve international accreditation: experts as boundary-spanners

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Vigier ◽  
Michael Bryant
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Boundary Spanning ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Education Philosophy ◽  
Linguistic Challenges ◽  
Shed Light

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the contextual and linguistic challenges that French business schools face when preparing for international accreditation and to shed light on the different ways in which experts facilitate these accreditation processes, particularly with respect to how they capitalize on their contextual and linguistic boundary-spanning competences. Design/methodology/approach The authors interviewed 12 key players at four business schools in France engaged in international accreditations and in three specific categories: senior management, tenured faculty and administrative staff. The interview-based case study design used semi-structured questions and an insider researcher approach to study an underexplored sector of analysis. Findings The findings suggest that French business schools have been particularly impacted by the colonizing effects of English as the mandatory language of the international accreditation bodies espousing a basically Anglophone higher education philosophy. Consequently, schools engage external experts for their contextual and linguistic boundary-spanning expertise to facilitate accreditation processes. Originality/value The authors contribute to language-sensitive research through a critical perspective on marginalization within French business schools due to the use of English as the mandatory lingua franca of international accreditation processes and due to the underlying higher-education philosophy from the Anglophone academic sphere within these processes. As a result, French business schools resort to external experts to mediate their knowledge and competency gaps.

Beyond Social Mobility: Biographies, Habitus and Responses to Changing ‘Conditions of Existence’ among University Scholarship Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 136078042091138
Author(s):  
Maissam Nimer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Complex I ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Elite University ◽  
Scholarship Students ◽  
Depth Interviews

Wider access to higher education at a global level has been accompanied by growing literature on experiences of social mobility often using the concept of habitus as a theoretical tool to frame responses to changes in ‘conditions of existence’. Drawing on the case study of a scholarship programme within an elite university in Lebanon, through in-depth interviews with students and university faculty and staff, this article elaborates on the typologies in responses that emerged as students position themselves in a new environment. These typologies, in contrast to the literature which presents them as a result of alterations in the habitus, appear to be related to each other and occur simultaneously within one person’s trajectory. As such, instead of viewing these responses as degrees of incorporation of each set of schemes of perceptions from both fields, the context of origin and the new social context appear to be multi-faceted, and the interaction between them is complex. I argue, along the lines of Lahire’s dispositional perspective, that the situation of contradictory experiences is not exceptional but characterizes all individuals to a certain extent, especially in the Lebanese context which is distinguished by its diversity in terms of regional and religious affiliations and in which class intersects with other types of identifications.

scholarly journals The Strategic Plan of University in Facing Challenges of Industrial Revolution 4.0 (Case Study at Universitas Negeri Surabaya)

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Nurhasan Nurhasan ◽  
Made Pramono ◽  
Martadi Martadi ◽  
Erta Erta ◽  
Hapsari Shinta Citra Puspita Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
State University ◽  
Education Management ◽  
New Learning ◽  
Intellectual Capacity

Industrial Revolution 4.0, as one of the main paradigms of the modern economy, requires higher education to straighten up to face this trend. Surabaya State University (UNESA) emphasizes the development of human resources (HR) as the main target of internal development in order to deal with industry 4.0. The academic community is encouraged to be sensitive to technology, by increasing intellectual capacity through civilization, training, competition, and / or schools. The study aims to identify the readiness of UNESA in facing challenges of Industrial Revolution 4.0. The implication of this research is to enrich the education management research about linking strategy between higher education and industry demand. The result showed that UNESA had moderate readiness in facing the challenges of Industrial Revolution 4.0 by deepening of intellectual capacity in the IT field through improving campus facilities and infrastructure, and procuring new learning technologies. Networking development with private sector is also becomes useful strategy in linking HR with the IT world related to Industry 4.0. Such a strategic effort under the prevailing laws and regulations enable UNESA to advance in pioneering the development of industry 4.0 on campus, especially for creating qualified graduates.

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