How should the higher education workforce adapt to advancements in technology for teaching and learning?

Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes (2012). How should the higher education workforce adapt to advancements in technology for teaching and learning? The Internet and Higher Education, 15(4) pp. 247–254.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2011.12.002

Abstract

In a time of change, higher education is in the position of having to adapt to external conditions created by widespread adoption of popular technologies such as social media, social networking services and mobile devices. For faculty members, there must be opportunities for concrete experiences capable of generating a personal conviction that a given technology is worth using and an understanding of the contexts in which it is best used. The paper examines approaches to educational professional development at The Open University, including recent initiatives related to faculty development in relation to mobile learning. The paper reflects on what can be learnt from these experiences and proposes a lifelong learning perspective which can help the higher education workforce to adapt. Faculty members have to commit to lifelong learning, remembering that ‘professional role model’ to students is one of the main roles of the teacher.

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• Item ORO ID
• 30754
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1096-7516
• Keywords
• mobile learning; faculty development
• Academic Unit or School
• Institute of Educational Technology (IET)
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• © 2012 Elsevier
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• Agnes Kukulska-Hulme