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Book SynopsisGiving higher education professionals the language and tools they need to seize new opportunities in digital learning. A quiet revolution is sweeping across US colleges and universities. As schools rethink how students learn - both inside and outside the classroom - technology is changing not only what should be taught but how best to teach it. From active learning and inclusive pedagogy to online and hybrid courses, traditional institutions are leveraging their fundamental strengths while challenging long-standing assumptions about how teaching and learning happen. At this intersection of learning, technology, design, and organizational change lies the foundation of a new academic discipline of digital learning. Coalescing around this new field of study is a common critical language, along with a set of theoretical frameworks, methodological practices, and shared challenges and goals. In Learning Innovation and the Future of Higher Education, Joshua Kim and Edward Maloney explore th
Trade ReviewJoshua Kim and Edward Maloney think that a new infrastructure to better support new learning initiatives is already taking shape—not just within this or that college—but across higher education—through the emergence of new learning professionals, new learning organizations, and (possibly) a new scholarly field.Their writing is lively, and the reader can sense the authors' enthusiasm and desire to convey to a wider audience what they see taking shape.
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Change: The Magazine of Higher LearningTable of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Turn to Learning
1 Foundations of the Learning Revolution
2 Institutional Change
3 Reclaiming Innovation from Disruption
4 The Scholarship of Learning
5 Leading the Revolution
Epilogue: The Future of Learning Innovation
Notes
Index
