Changing the Conventional University Classroom: (44 Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning)

Changing the Conventional University Classroom highlights the interesting interventions practiced around the world by higher education instructors who were forced to make necessary changes in the conversion from face-to-face educational instruction to the use of online and virtual platforms owing to the COVID pandemic. Chronicling how academic staff and instructors were pushed to utilize modern technology and virtual exchange platforms to create meaningful classroom discussions and facilitate lively interactions between learners and faculty members, the chapters showcase the importance of quality assurance and reveal how educators prioritized regular monitoring of students’ interaction, performance, and involvement in class. Collated in this collection of contemporary research, each chapter provides insight into the rapid evolution of educational approaches during the pandemic. Scholars demonstrate how these changes to the conventional way of teaching have shaped the field of education, and how technology is expected to bring further radical improvements in the near future.

Table of Contents:
Part I. Active Learning Practices Introduction to Changing the Conventional Classroom; Enakshi Sengupta and Patrick Blessinger Chapter 1. Connecting the Pieces: An Active Learning Constructivist Approach to Graduate Online Instruction through an Online Jigsaw Activity; Angela D. Carter Chapter 2. A Shift to Virtual Exchange + Simulation in Higher Education; Maria Laura Angelini and Rut Muñiz Chapter 3. Classroom Mapping: New Perspectives on Capturing Student Engagement in the Classroom; Laura Cruz and Justine Lindemann Chapter 4. Future – Present Learning and Teaching: A Case Study in Smart Learning; Pen Lister Part II. Multi-Disciplinary Approaches   Chapter 5. The Classroom as A Stage: Commedia Dell’arte as Multilingual Pedagogy for International Business School Students at The University of South Australia; Corinna Di Niro and Jeanne-Marie Viljoen Chapter 6. When the Boys Come Home: An Authentic and Interdisciplinary Audio Drama Production; Daithí McMahon, Chris Ribchester, Mark Randell, Michael Brown, and Phil Baggaley Chapter 7. The Pedagogy of the Pedagogical Turn; Richard Hudson-Miles

About the Author :
Enakshi Sengupta serves as the Director for the Centre for Teaching and Learning and Associate Professor of Business at the American University of Afghanistan. Patrick Blessinger is adjunct Associate Professor of Education at St. John's University, USA. He is also the chief research scientist of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association.

Review :
‘This volume contains crucial discussions on challenges the modern-day classrooms are facing – keeping the traditional classroom momentum in virtual learning. Chapters in this volume comprehensively cover some of the most substantial topics in online classes. Varying from pedagogical approach discussion to active learning methods, this book substantially adds to the information and offers invaluable substantive and practical knowledge in the area.’