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Author:   Ulf-Daniel Ehlers ,  Dirk Schneckenberg
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2010 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.035kg
ISBN:  

9783642035814

ISBN 10:   3642035817
Pages:   533
Publication Date:   26 February 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

New Strategies for a Culture of Change and Innovation in Universities.- Introduction: Changing Cultures in Higher Education.- New Challenges for Universities: Why They Must Change.- Learning Innovation for the Twenty-First Century.- “They had People Called Professors…!” Changing Worlds of Learning: Strengthening Informal Learning in Formal Institutions?.- Transforming Universities.- Stories of Change: The University of Zurich, Switzerland.- Shaping Learning Cultures: A Strategic Challenge for Universities.- Faculty Development in Context: Changing Learning Cultures in Higher Education.- Open Content, Open Learning 2.0: Using Wikis and Blogs in Higher Education.- Stories of Change: The National University of Ireland, Galway.- Strategic Integration of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education.- New Directions for Higher Education: Challenges, Opportunities, and Outcomes.- Making User-Generated Content Communities Work in Higher Education – The Importance of Setting Incentives.- Strategic Issues in University Information Management.- Creating the Future: Changing Culture Through Leadership Capacity Development.- Using Appreciative Inquiry for an e-Learning Change Management Programme: The ENTICE Project at Brunel University.- Fostering Connectivity and Reflection as Strategic Investment for Change.- eCompetence and Faculty Engagement for e-learning.- Stories of Change: The K.U. Leuven, Belgium.- What is e-Competence? Conceptual Framework and Implications for Faculty Engagement.- Learning in Communities.- Supporting Changing Cultures Through Emerging Practices.- Conspiracies and Competences.- Education Innovation: Case Studies in e-Learning and Face-to-Face Teaching in Higher Education: What is the Best?.- The Homo Zappiens and its Consequences for Learning inUniversities.- Roles and Domains to Teach in Online Learning Environments: Educational ICT Competency Framework for University Teachers.- Stories of Change: e/merge @ the University of Cape Town.- The Impact of Collaborative e-Learning on Concepts of Teaching.- Stories of Change: TieVie – The Support Service for Finnish Universities Toward the Information Society.- Innovation and Quality through e-learning in Universities.- Stories of Change: The Ruhr University of Bochum.- Moving from Control to Culture in Higher Education Quality.- Quality for Global Knowledge-Intensive Organizations: A Step-by-Step Guide.- Innovation and Quality for New Learning Cultures.- Can Web 2.0 and Social Software Help Transform How We Measure Quality in Teaching, Learning, and Research?.- The Development of a Theoretically Sound Concept of Quality Criteria: As in the Case of the Accreditation for Technology-Enhanced Learning EFMD-CEL.- The MedidaPrix Award: An Agent for Changing Higher Education e-Learning Practice.- The UNIQUe Label: Supporting a Culture of Innovation and Quality in Higher Education.- The Organizational Impact of Open Educational Resources.

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From the reviews: If you are concerned with the unrealized potential of technology to increase the abilities of universities to prepare students for work in the twenty-first century, Ehlers and Schneckenberg's Changing Cultures in Higher Education: Moving Ahead to Future Learning may be of interest. ! Changing Cultures in Higher Education can be a useful resource for those who are interested in strategies and case studies about the use of technology to increase the readiness of our universities to prepare students for work. (Wayne L. Schmadeka, Technical Communication, Vol. 58 (4), November, 2011)

From the reviews: If you are concerned with the unrealized potential of technology to increase the abilities of universities to prepare students for work in the twenty-first century, Ehlers and Schneckenberg's Changing Cultures in Higher Education: Moving Ahead to Future Learning may be of interest. ... Changing Cultures in Higher Education can be a useful resource for those who are interested in strategies and case studies about the use of technology to increase the readiness of our universities to prepare students for work. (Wayne L. Schmadeka, Technical Communication, Vol. 58 (4), November, 2011) This book consists of four sections, each comprising a number of chapters contributed by 55 researchers in the field. ... The editors did an excellent job in bringing together significant researchers who dedicate their research to the necessary changes that academia should make in order to maximize educational outcomes in our modern culture of technologically supported learning. (R. Goldberg, ACM Computing Reviews, June, 2011)

From the reviews: If you are concerned with the unrealized potential of technology to increase the abilities of universities to prepare students for work in the twenty-first century, Ehlers and Schneckenberg's Changing Cultures in Higher Education: Moving Ahead to Future Learning may be of interest. ... Changing Cultures in Higher Education can be a useful resource for those who are interested in strategies and case studies about the use of technology to increase the readiness of our universities to prepare students for work. (Wayne L. Schmadeka, Technical Communication, Vol. 58 (4), November, 2011)

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Ulf-Daniel Ehlers is Adjunct Associate Professor of the Graduate School for Management and Technology of the University of Maryland University College, and Assistant Professor in the Department for Business Information Sciences of the University of Duisburg-Essen. He has coordinated many European and national lighthouse projects, and is Vice-President of the European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning. Ulf has developed the Learners' Quality Model for e-learning, is advising governments and international NGOs in the fields of technology enhanced learning. Dirk Schneckenberg is Professor of Strategic Management at the ESC Rennes School of Business in France. His research interests are organizational learning, knowledge management and innovation strategies for firms, as well as the necessity to rethink business and higher education for the 21st century. He has managed research projects funded by the European Commission and published around 40 refereed papers in journals, books and international conference proceedings.

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