Different Perspectives on Higher Education

Global Perspectives on Higher Education

Economic Growth and Tertiary Education Arguments that link education and economic growth are familiar to all of us. A recent analysis of sources of economic growth conducted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) found that improvement in human capital—as measured by increasing levels of educational attainment— was a common factor behind growth in all OECD member co...

Dominant Perspectives on ICT & Higher Education

The application of technology into teaching and learning is a fairly new phenomenon in higher education environments. While the intake trends are growing at an increasing rate in academic institutions however, the conceptual framework is lagging behind. There is a lack of consensus on conceptions of a relationship between ICT and learning processes in academia. As a result, it is difficult to u...

Impact of Interior Physical Environment on Academicians’ Productivity in Pakistan Higher Education Institutes Perspectives

This study empirically examines the impact of indoor physical environment on academicians’ productivity in different higher education institutes of Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa (KPK) province of Pakistan. The study is based on primary data collected from one hundred and forty four educationists’ of various institutes in Pakistan namely, COMSATS Abbottabad campus, Hazara University, Mansehra campus, UET...

Teaching Grammar: Perspectives on Language Learning in Higher Education

Global Perspectives on Higher Education and the Role of ICT

This article was prepared for and delivered in the Cape Higher Education Consortium Workshop at the University of the Western Cape on the 8 of September. It discusses the globalbut locally applicable perspectives of ICT for teaching and learning at tertiary level. It outlines predominant concepts, useful and misleading assumptions, as well as the underlying theoretical perspectives behind vario...