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Strategic approaches for universities in a digital age: From individual projects to sharing practice

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Thu, Sep 7 2017, 10:45am – 12:00pm

Authors: Ann-Kathrin Watolla

Room: Mandela Rm (2)

Theme: Moving from the practical to the ‘publishable’

Type: Lightning Talk

Description

Technology-enhanced learning and teaching is more and more becoming an integral component of higher education. Universities are faced with the challenges of scaling up individual projects to facilitate a university-wide change in order to orient digital learning formats as well as new modes of study towards the university’s goals, its specific target group(s) and new modes of cooperation (Davidson and Goldberg 2009). Due to both the diversity and heterogeneity among universities and the variety of technology-enhanced learning and teaching formats, there can be no one-size-fits-all solution for universities to meet the challenges of being an institution of education in the 21^st century (Beetham and Sharpe 2013).

This lightning talk addresses questions of sustainability in developing strategies for universities in a digital age. It aims at unfolding the balancing act of designing tailored solutions for universities all the while aiming to facilitate knowledge transfer among different institutions of higher education so as to establish a sharing practice not only among individuals but among institutions. In illustrating the work of the German Forum for Higher Education in the Digital Age, efforts to promote strategic change processes for a digital age will be unpacked, all the while striving to develop superordinate strategies and derive profiles for universities in a digital age. Furthermore, concrete measures of consolidating individual findings for knowledge transfer will be presented.

References:

Beetham, Helen, and Rhona Sharpe. Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital Age: Designing for 21^st Century Learning. Routledge, 2013.

Davidson, Cathy N., and David Theo Goldberg. The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age. MIT Press, 2009.

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