Purpose – There is no argument that using games (gamification) is an efficient way of learning in higher education. The questions, though, are which gamification approach is most suitable at that level and how to assess its suitability? This paper aims to attempt to partially answer these two questions, in the context of lean thinking education. Design/methodology/approach – The paper offers an...

The main differences between American and Chinese higher education are displayed in administrative system, teaching methods, curriculum, assessment and moral education. However, the two countries also have enlightened each other for the past periods in educational idea and other aspects of higher education. The two countries both have advantages and shortcomings, so they open to each other and ...

Scholars participate in online social networks for professional purposes. In such networks, learning takes the form of participation and identity formation through engagement in and contribution to networked practices. While current literature describes the possible benefits of online participation, empirical research on scholars’ use of online social networks in the educational technology lite...

The use of new information technology impacts individual work as well as the whole organization. This paper illuminates some preliminary findings from an ongoing study about impacts of the new educational technology in educational organization and individual work. The main question answered in this article is why has information technology being taken into use in certain higher education cases ...

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...

Development in general, and the techniques and technology in particular, require continuous learning and acquiring new knowledge and skills. Therefore is adopted the principle of lifelong learning with a defined learning outcomes and output competences. Thus are also revealed learning problems after each level of education. The paper presents the basic tenets of a new model adapted to the needs...

At the time of transition to democratic rule in 1994, South Africa‟s centuries long, oppressive and divisive colonial and apartheid history left a higher education system deeply marked by its discriminatory and authoritarian legacies. This included, inter alia, a system structured along highly stratified racial, gender, class, cultural and spatial lines; skewed in its structural development; un...

cation and recent anti-affirmative action legislation that poses setbacks in college access for underrepresented minorities (URMs). One important misconception is that K–12 schools have sufficiently addressed past inequalities in providing URMs access to college preparatory education. This article attacks this misconception using the circumstances in K–12 schools and the University of Californi...