E-grāmata: Learning Innovation and the Future of Higher Education

"At the intersection of learning, technology, design, and organizational change in higher education lies the foundation of a new academic discipline of "digital learning." Coalescing around this new field of study is a set of common theoretical frameworks, methodological practices, and language, and a shared set of challenges and goals. This book seeks to explore the context of this new academic discipline, show how this new field exists within a larger body of scholarship, give examples of how this scholarship is being used on campuses, and offer resources for how colleges and universities can better understand this field. This is a book for those in higher education who work at the intersection of learning technology, design, and organizational change in roles related to digital and online education but who are motivated to use this work to advance both their institutions and the larger field of postsecondary education"--

Ultimately, the authors make a compelling case not only for this turn to learning but for creating new pathways for nonfaculty learning careers, understanding the limits of professional organizations and social media, and the need to establish this new interdisciplinary field of learning innovation.

Giving higher education professionals the language and tools they need to seize new opportunities in digital learning.

A quiet revolution is sweeping across US colleges and universities. As schools rethink how students learn - both inside and outside the classroom - technology is changing not only what should be taught but how best to teach it. From active learning and inclusive pedagogy to online and hybrid courses, traditional institutions are leveraging their fundamental strengths while challenging long-standing assumptions about how teaching and learning happen.

At this intersection of learning, technology, design, and organizational change lies the foundation of a new academic discipline of digital learning. Coalescing around this new field of study is a common critical language, along with a set of theoretical frameworks, methodological practices, and shared challenges and goals. In Learning Innovation and the Future of Higher Education, Joshua Kim and Edward Maloney explore the context of this new discipline, show how it exists within a larger body of scholarship, and give examples of how this scholarship is being used on campuses.

What Kim and Maloney demonstrate in this foundational text is an understanding that change is a complex dynamic between what happens in the classroom and the larger institutional structures and traditions at play. Ultimately, the authors make a compelling case not only for this turn to learning but also for creating new pathways for nonfaculty learning careers, understanding the limits of professional organizations and social media, and the need to establish this new interdisciplinary field of learning innovation.