New Innovations in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Thislatest volume in the Learning in Higher Education series, New Innovations inTeaching and Learning in Higher Educationpresents primary examples of innovative teaching and learning practicesin higher education. The authors - scholars of teaching and learning fromuniversities across the globe - all share the ambition to develop educationalprovisions to become much more learning-centred. Such learning-centredness iskey to quality enhancement of contemporary higher education and may be achievedwith a variety of methods. The chapters document innovative teaching andlearning practices within six areas:Engaging Students through Practice - Student-Centred e-Learning -Technology for Learning - Simulation - Effective Transformation - CurriculumInnovationsThe book is trulyinternational, containing contributions from Australia, Denmark, England, HongKong, Switzerland, Qatar, Scotland, South Africa, Tasmania, Vietnam, and theUSA. Although the educational contexts are very different across thesecountries, there appears to be a striking similarity in the approach toinnovative teaching and learning - a similarity which also runs through the sixareas of the book. Whether scholars of teaching and learning engage insimulations, e-learning, transformation or use of modern technologies, theywork to empower students.