As a new model of growth and development comes into force, higher education institutions (HEI) worldwide have to adapt and respond to a constantly changing environment. Politics, economics, advances in technology and the resultant societal change create a number of opportunities and challenges that HEI administrators have to address on a daily basis. This volume offers practice-driven accounts of how HEI successfully embrace these challenges and opportunities. The experts and practitioners contributing to this volume reveal a complex reality of HEI today. The book links the debate on education to topical issues in politics, society and economy, including questions of technological progress, social responsibility, sustainability, well-being and, broadly understood, resilience. The authors emphasise the importance of the role of the university in supporting new models of growth by ensuring that the institutions strive towards inclusive education for all. Topics examined in this timely book include university social responsibility, emerging technologies in Higher Education and digital games-based learning and organizational innovation, in a range of international contexts.
Given its practice-drive approach, this book will be invaluable for researchers, administrators and leaders in higher education management.
1. Introduction: Emerging Technologies and Higher Education: Management
and Administration in Focus; Anna Visvizi, Miltiadis D. Lytras and Akila
Saritete
2. How Can Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) Engender Enterprising
Behaviour from within Under-represented Communities?
Emma OBrien and Thomas Cooney
3. From Content- to Competence-oriented Design of HE Curricula: Leadership in
Times of Transition; Ąngels Fitó-Bertran and MŖ Jesśs Martķnez-Argüelles
4. University Social Responsibility from the Industrial Value Creation
Program Perspective; Ying-Jiun Hsieh, Yenchun Jim Wu, Lan-Ying Huan and
Chia-Fen Chang
5. Four Obstacles to Improving the Quality of University Education: The Case
of Hungary; Peter Mihįlyi
6. A Happy Dean's Office: But Is There One? The Case of Polish HEIs;
Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska and Ewa Winiewska
7. Thriving in Higher Education: Creating the New Normal Through
Resilience; Jennifer Moss Breen
8. Innovation in the Quality Life Cycle of Higher Education Institutions: The
Case of Effat University; Haifa R. Jamal Al-lail and Eman A. A. Mohamed
9. Entrepreneurial University and Organizational Innovation: The Case of
Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain
Odeh Al-Jayyousi, Adel Al-Alawi, Soud Al-Mahamid and Afaf Bugawa
10. Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Transformation of the Higher
Education Institutions: The Case of Mexico; Miguel Torres-Ruiz and Marco
Moreno-Ibarra
11. Transitioning to Digital Games-based Learning: The Case of Scottish
Universities; Aishah Abdul Razak, Mohamad Izani Zainal Abidin and Thomas M.
Connolly
12. Managing Student Engagement at HEI: The Case of CURPA; Marco Spruit and
Patrick Joosten
13. By Means of Conclusion: ICT at the Service of Higher Education in a
Transforming World; Anna Visvizi, Miltiadis D. Lytras and Akila Saritete
Anna Visvizi is Associate Professor, Deree College - The American College of Greece, and Visiting Researcher at Effat University, Saudi Arabia. Her expertise covers issues relevant to the intersection of politics, economics and ICT. Miltiadis D. Lytras is Research Professor at Deree College - The American College of Greece and Visiting Researcher at Effat University, Saudi Arabia. His expertise covers cognitive computing, information systems and technology enabled innovation. Akila Sarirete is Assistant Professor at the Computer Science Department and Dean for Graduate Studies and Research at Effat University, Saudi Arabia. Her expertise covers knowledge management, communities of practice, natural language processing, knowledge-based systems and ontologies.