Type of Credit: Elective
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Over past decades, education has meet great changes and transformations. Some studies identified several trends and issues globally, including technology use and integration, evidence based approach evaluation, increased creativity, global mobility and borderless education. Indeed, internationalization is one of the major forces shaping education and as it evolves to meet the challenges of the 21st century, particularly in higher education. A 2017 Report published by British Council also illuminates 10 trends in global higher education that impact the future of internationalization, shifting demographics, national strategies for higher education and labour market demands, including higher education expansion, decreased governmental funding, increasing student mobility, technology use in higher education, etc.
Education around the world continues to develop and expand access. While primary education access continues to increase, there are still issues with completion rates, gender and class disparity. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals adopted in 2015 strongly advocates for widening access to education by 2030. It’s trendy for national governments to design strategies that include or focus on the internationalisation of higher education. Many times, the rationales for these country-level internationalisation strategies include national prosperity with links to trade and economic growth as well as the recruitment of skilled migration for labor shortages. While the strategies take various form according to the national context, one common aspect is the aim of an international student recruitment target.
In addition, National funding for higher education continues to change as internal sectors compete for money and politics play a role in the investment of governmental funds. Decreased funding for higher education may impact national-level scholarship schemes for higher education mobility. As technology continues to integrate and change the world we live and operate in, higher education must also change with the times and integrate educational technology that facilitates international higher education. This, however, can be a daunting task with the plethora and diversity of educational technologies available. When seeking an institution for study abroad, students are considering more aspects than just the brand, ranking and reputation of an institution.
Based on the global trends in education and its influences on educational policy making, there are following major reading themes in the course: (1)Global trends and challenges (2) Quality assurance and higher education (3)Quality and cross border higher education (4)Student Mobility (5) Technology use in higher education
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There are five learning outcomes and students will be able to acquire:
5. To emphasize the ethics of responsibilities
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Teaching approaches include lecture, group discussions, individual and group presentations.
1. Attend class, complete reading assignments, and participate in class discussions. This course has both discussion and lecture components. Teacher will give a lecture for the reading assignment first. The outline of the presentation will be prepared by teacher. Then each class will start with a discussion that focuses on the assigned readings and uses them to address larger questions. You are expected participate actively in these discussions. Question-posing to the class is especially encouraged, especially questions that may have no "right" answer. At the last period, students are required to present the discussion group by group. If the topic is complete, teacher will give an introduction on the topic at the last 15 minutes for the following week.
2. Group presentation: each student is required to present their discussion in turn each time. The presentation will be graded on the following element: fluency, content, group collaboration and being well-organized.
3. Individual presentation: Each student is required to make a final presentation about paper concept development and journal selection
The course will be graded based on the following criteria:
4. English Final report (20%)
UNESCO (2018). Global education monitoring report, 2019: Migration, displacement and education: building bridges, not walls. Paris, UNESCO.
Mobile technology the key to bringing ‘education to all’, says UN Broadband Commission
https://en.unesco.org/news/mobile-technology-key-bringing-education-all-says-broadband-commission
10 Global Trends in ICT and Education (2010) by World Bank http://blogs.worldbank.org/edutech/10-global-trends-in-ict-and-education
Trucano, M. (2013). Mobile learning and textbooks of the future, e-reading and tech policies:
Trends in technology use in education in developing countries Excerpts from the World Bank’s EduTech blog (Volume IV), Washington, D. C., The World Bank
WEIMER, L. (2017). 10 trends changing global higher education. London, British Council.
Rizvi, F. & Lingard, B. (2010). Globalizing Education Policy. New York, Roultedge.
Maldonado, M-M, Bassett, R. M. eds. (2014). The Forefront of International Higher Education. Heidelberg, Springer.
Araya, D. & Marber, P. (2014). Higher Education in the Global Age. New York, Roultedge.
Maringe, F. & Foskett, N. (2010). Globalization and internationalization in higher education. New York, Continuum
Knight, J. (2008). Higher Education in Turmoil. Rotterdam, Sense publishers.
Hazalkorn, E. Coates, H. McCormick, A. C. eds. (2018). Quality, Performance and Accountability in Higher Education. Cheltenham, Elgar.
Hou, Angela Yung Chi, Hill C., Chen, K. H.J., Tsai, S. (2018). A Comparative Study of International Branch Campuses in Malaysia, Singapore, China and South Korea: Regulation, Governance and Quality Assurance. Asia Pacific Education Review 19(4), pp 543–555
Hou, Angela Yung Chi , Morse, B., Wang, W. (2017). Recognition of Academic Qualifications in Transnational Higher Education and Challenges for Recognizing a Joint Degree in Europe and Asia. Studies in Higher Education, 42:7, 1211-1228
Hou, Angela Yung Chi, Hill C., Chen, K. H.J., Tsai, S., Chen, V. (2017). A comparative study of student mobility programs in SEAMEO-RIHED, UMAP, and Campus Asia: Regulation, challenges, and impacts on higher education regionalization, Higher Education Evaluation and Development, 11(1), pp.12-24.
Hou, Angela Yung Chi. (2016). Quality Assurance of Joint Degree Programs from the perspective of Quality Assurance Agencies: Experience in East Asia. Higher Education Research & Development. 35(3), pp. 473-487.CHEA
Hou, Angela Yung-chi (2015). Is the Asian Quality Assurance System for Higher Education Going Glonacal? : Assessing the Impact of Three Types of Program Accreditation on Taiwanese Universities. Studies in Higher Education. 40(1), 83-105.
Hou, Angela Yung-chi, Ince, M., Tasi, S. & Chiang, C. L. (2015). Quality Assurance of Quality Assurance Agencies from an Asian Perspective: Regulation, Autonomy and Accountability. Asian Pacific Educational Review, 16, 95-106.
Hou, Angela Yung Chi. (2018). Quality Assurance and Its Result Use in Taiwan Higher Education: Implication on Fully Accredited and Non-Fully Accredited Institutions. In Hazelkorn, E., Coates, H. and McCormick, A.C. (pp. 394-404) (Eds.) (2018) Research Handbook on Quality, Performance and Accountability in Higher Education. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Hou, Angela Yung Chi, Hill C., Chen, K. H.J., Tsai, S., Chen, V. (2017). A comparative study of student mobility programs in SEAMEO-RIHED, UMAP, and Campus Asia: Regulation, challenges, and impacts on higher education regionalization, Higher Education Evaluation and Development, 11(1), pp.12-24.
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