In the pre‐pandemic world learning was most often onsite, in‐person and co‐located. This
was turned upside down during the pandemic where online suddenly became the 'new …

Problem-based learning (PBL) has a history of producing strong educational results in
engineering; however, global society is challenged by highly complex environmental, socio …

Increased focus on quantifiable performance and assessment in higher education is
creating a learning culture characterised by fear of failing, avoidance of risk, and extrinsic …

This paper is a contribution to the collective work of imagining better universities. It starts
from Raewyn Connell's account of the good university, and develops four main ideas …

This paper critically explores the notion of academic citizenship, evaluates its importance
and argues that faculty have shifted away from engaging in collegial activities to behaviour …

If we have any hope of achieving sustainability, we, as researchers, need to develop a new
perspective on universities and multistakeholder engagement. Stakeholder theory teaches …

This paper examines the relation between epistemology and higher education. We shall
start by briefly examining three classical texts on the understanding of knowledge at …

Globalisation, commercialisation, commodification, and mass communication have led to a
loss of uniqueness and a cultural uniformity in places, known as “placelessness”. This study …

This chapter proposes a framework for networked learning in, for, and with the world at
mode 3 universities. First, a theoretical overview of the configuration and development of the …

For hundreds of years, knowledge has been central in understanding the university. Over
recent decades, however, it is the economic value of knowledge that has come to the fore …