Curriculum Models for the 21st Century Using Learning Technologies in Higher Education /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gosper, Maree (Editor), Ifenthaler, Dirk (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Educational technology.; Educational psychology.; Curriculum Studies.; Pedagogic Psychology.; Educational Technology.; Learning & Instruction.

Changing student profiles and the increasing availability of mainstream and specialized learning technologies are stretching the traditional face-to-face models of teaching and learning in higher education. Institutions, too, are facing far-reaching systemic changes which are placing strains on exis...

Table of Contents:

• Theoretical Considerations of Curriculum Mapping for the 21st Century
• Case Studies: moving beyond traditional practice, theoretical underpinnings fro change, issues and implications arising from experience, future development and directions
• Technological and pedagogical innovations influencing curriculum renewal: emerging concepts and examples of best practice
• Sustainable educational practice in technology-rich environments
• Transforming new ideas and practices into curriculum models
• Finding and developing resources for curriculum transformation
• Integrating innovation into mainstream practices
• Analysis of important challenges to accomplishing sustainable curriculum change.   .