Overview
Investigates university teachers' perception of quality teaching in Italy, the UK and China
Examines the impact of computer-supported collaborative learning on the quality of teaching in large classes
Helps readers to understand the complexity of quality teaching in higher education
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book explores the impact of eLearning on the quality of teaching in higher education, focusing on three main issues: university teachers’ perception of quality teaching, their strategies for achieving quality teaching in practice, and interventions that design and implement online collaborative activities in a large class. The book argues that if eLearning targets the real problems in practice and is appropriately designed and implemented, it can improve the teaching quality at universities. It also demonstrates the complexity of teachers’ perception of quality teaching and contextual factors that affect teaching practice and quality. Further, it explores university teachers’ perception of quality teaching in Italy, the UK and China – an aspect that is rarely addressed in the literature – and reveals why the impact of ICTs on university teaching is not as great as in other fields by explaining the issues that threaten the quality of day-to-day teaching. Lastly, it confirms that traditional lecturing, combined with online collaborative activities, improves the quality of teaching compared to traditional lecturing alone. As such, this book is a necessary and important resource for the research community.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Nan Yang is an Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute of Higher Education, Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences, China. She received her Ph.D. in Psychological Sciences and Education from the University of Trento, Italy. Her research interests include quality assurance in higher education, learning analytics, computer-supported collaborative learning, large-class pedagogy and learning design.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: eLearning for Quality Teaching in Higher Education
Book Subtitle: Teachers’ Perception, Practice, and Interventions
Authors: Nan Yang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4401-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4400-2Published: 21 April 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4403-3Published: 21 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-4401-9Published: 20 April 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 157
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Technology and Digital Education, Educational Technology, Computers and Education, Higher Education, Learning & Instruction