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Direct linkFrançois Staring; Stewart Butler; Patricio Ruedi – OECD Publishing, 2025
This Education Policy Perspective serves as Part B in a two-part series of policy papers on "Promoting Quality and Excellence in Higher Education and VET". This paper (Part B) examines a wide range of quality-focused policies, other than quality assurance, used by governments to promote pedagogical innovation and enhancement in higher…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Higher Education, Career and Technical Education, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedTim M. Stevens; Indira N. Z. Day; Perry J. den Brok; Frans J. Prins; Hanneke J. H. E. Assen; Marlies ter Beek; Gunter Bombaerts; Remco Coppoolse; Petra H. M. Cremers; Rik Engbers; Madeleine Hulsen; Rachelle J. A. Kamp; Jur J. Koksma; Kariene Mittendorff; Jan Riezebos; Roeland M. van der Rijst; Margje W. J. van de Wiel; Jan D. Vermunt – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Higher education (HE) is engaged in a variety of educational innovations, as well as professional development initiatives (PDIs) to support teachers in attaining the required expertise. To improve teacher professional learning and development (PLD) and innovation processes, it is important to understand whether, how and why different PLD practices…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Expertise
Timothy Read; Don Olcott Jr. – Policy Futures in Education, 2025
This paper addresses the pressing challenges and uncertainties faced by higher education institutions (HEIs) worldwide. It analyzes recent global disruptions--including economic instability, evolving labor market demands, the impacts of the pandemic, and rapid technological advancements--and assesses their effects on traditional educational…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Futures (of Society), Economic Factors, Labor Force
Bryan Penprase; Noah Pickus – Princeton University Press, 2023
Higher education is perpetually in crisis, buffeted by increasing costs and a perceived lack of return on investment, campus culture that is criticized for stifling debate on controversial topics, and a growing sense that the liberal arts are outmoded and irrelevant. Some observers even put higher education on the brink of death. "The New…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Educational Finance
John Taylor – Palgrave Macmillan, 2025
This book examines the establishment (in 1880) and dissolution (in 1903) of the Victoria University as a federal institution for the North of England. It was a 'disruptor', an experiment intended to meet growing demand for high level study in the industrial cities of the North and to provide a regional organisation for higher education. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Change, Universities
Hongmei Sziegat – SpringerBriefs in Open and Distance Education, 2025
This book presents the development of digital transformation and innovation in Chinese higher education. It conducts policy analysis and critical discourse analysis of national policies and initiatives. It focuses on organizational perspectives to explore how conventional and open universities respond to digital transformation and innovation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Policy
Devitt, Ann – Psychology of Education Review, 2021
Given the experiences of educators and learners through the COVID-19 pandemic, it is certainly timely to explore disruption in higher education. As Flavin rightly states, despite radical changes in technology over the last 20 years, technology has not disrupted higher education in any meaningful way. However, within the last 12 months, COVID-19…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Higher Education
Knox, Jeremy – Psychology of Education Review, 2021
In this response article, the author argues that the notion of 'disruptive innovation' should not be a guiding light for higher education. First and foremost, proponents of this idea would do well to recognise that much broader discourses of revolutionary change have characterised the field of education technology for decades. In short, it is an…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Higher Education
Venning, Edward – Higher Education Policy Institute, 2023
Size is the big unspoken problem in UK higher education. Small providers are stifled. Large universities enjoy oligopolistic advantage at the cost of agility. This damages institutional diversity and dynamism: the sector's ability to absorb new concepts, to grow and renew itself. For the first time, this report provides a full picture of small and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study, Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics
Raynor, Michael E. – Psychology of Education Review, 2021
Michael E. Raynor limits his commentary to Flavin's discussion of Wikipedia. Flavin argues that Wikipedia is a disruptive innovation, and has disrupted the hard-copy encyclopedia. Flavin sees Wikipedia in optimistic terms, as democratising education and 'reframing the means by which knowledge is produced, distributed and consumed.' He implies that…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Higher Education, Criticism
Anderson, Terry – Psychology of Education Review, 2021
Besides a lack of focus on the context in which the innovation thrives or dies, the author takes issue with some of Dr. Flavin's choice of examples. Flavin argues that Wikipedia has disrupted higher education. The author is a supporter of Wikipedia (both through donation and article edits) and uses it regularly, but does not believe it has had…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Higher Education
Download full textAwang Najib Awang Mohamad; Zaimuariffudin Nordin; Mohd Hafizan Hashim – Journal of Research Initiatives, 2025
Design-based research (DBR) has proven to be a robust methodology for transforming educational practice through a systematic cycle of analysis, design, development, and real-world implementation. Its distinctive strength lies in fostering close collaboration between researchers and educators within authentic learning contexts, producing design…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Design, Research Methodology
Biasi, Barbara; Ma, Song – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022
This paper documents differences across higher-education courses in the coverage of frontier knowledge. Comparing the text of 1.7M syllabi and 20M academic articles, we construct the "education-innovation gap," a syllabus's relative proximity to old and new knowledge. We show that courses differ greatly in the extent to which they cover…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Course Descriptions, Journal Articles
Aiman Khamitova – Prospects, 2024
Universities across the globe are transforming or upgrading their campus infrastructure to prepare students for the work in the 21st century. Such campus transformations can be important in various ways. For example, universities can introduce innovative learning spaces that support recruitment and enrollment policies on campus. Even though the…
Descriptors: Universities, Higher Education, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Ochieng, Vollan O.; Gyasi, Razak M. – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2021
Research is an essential tool for the creation and advancement of knowledge for socio-economic development. Whilst individuals pursue different kinds of education in order to match international standards, employers are keen to recruit employees with needed skills for a competitive edge. Due to the newly existing educational technologies,…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Social Justice, Higher Education, Productivity
