New Innovations in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

This book presents primary examples of innovative teaching and learning practices in higher education. The authors all share the ambition to develop educational provisions so they become much more learning-centered. The book is truly international, containing contributions from Australia, Denmark, England, Hong Kong, Italy, Quatar, Scotland, South Africa, Tasmania, Vietnam, and USA. Although the educational contexts are very different across these countries, there appears to be a striking similarity in the approach to innovative teaching and learning. The harmonization, standardization and modularization of higher education have disentangled and disengaged students as they have been gradually transformed into customers. Luckily there is now a strong movement in higher education to give back agency to students, to center student learning, and to develop curricula which enhances innovative practices.

Dr. Professor John Branch is an award-winning educator, consultant, speaker, and educational leader, with almost 25 years of experience in more than fifty countries around the world. He has conducted management training in numerous international companies, including Anheuser-Busch, British Telecom, Cargill, Mercedes Benz, Oracle, DELL, Coca-Cola, Michelin, Ericsson, and TATA. Anne Hørsted is Adjunct Professor at University of Southern Denmark, Senior consultant at cph:learning, and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Learning in Higher Education. Dr. Professor Claus Nygaard is Executive Director at Institute for Learning in Higher Education, Adjunct Professor at Copenhagen Business School, Adjunct Professor at University of Southern Denmark, Visiting Professor at Stockholm School of Economics Riga.