Full Description
This book challenges the orthodoxy of learning and teaching in higher education with an original change approach entitled the Self-Organizing University (SOU). It assists universities build a comprehensive model of learning and teaching at whole-of-organization scale. The chapters demonstrate how a Self-Organizing University can create:
• measurable learning and teaching standards;
• student centered program development;
• enhanced faculty professional growth and career trajectory;
• more efficient and effective organizational design;
• better feedback;
• powerful use of technologies;
• a legitimate connection between quality and productivity.
Each chapter includes case examples derived from practical experience that situate the key ideas and concepts in the real day-to-day work of universities. The role of leadership in creating and sustaining a self-organizing university is also a key focus. The chapters target leadership practices that improve learning and teaching quality and productivity and assist universities realize their goals and aspirations for maximizing student learning.
Contents
Chapter 1: The Quality Illusion in Learning and Teaching.- Chapter 2: Commitments and Model Development.- Chapter 3: Designing for Learning and Teaching.- Chapter 4: Transforming Organizational Structures.- Chapter 5: Emergent Feedback.- Chapter 6: Edge Technologies and Learning and Teaching Analytics.- Chapter 7: Agency and Leadership.- Chapter 8: Implementation: A Whole-of-Organization Schema for Learning and Teaching.- Chapter 9: Meaningful Measurement of Productivity.
