Full Description
This book showcases multiple perspectives about the futures of Higher Education from experts and other stakeholders in academia in the Southern African region, with each chapter presenting a different scenario of a possible future for Higher Education. It situates itself at the confluence of various fields of study such as Educational Technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Sociology of Education, Sociology of the Future, Sustainable Development and Climate Change. It also includes various topics, such as digital development in terms of AI and emerging technologies, Higher Educational strategising and planning, the philosophical underpinnings of Higher Education and the present-day need for Sustainable Development models. Through the various chapters discussing the above-mentioned themes in the varied contexts of the Southern African region, this book helps readers engage in imaginative thinking regarding the future world and thus be prepared to embrace the challenges ahead. This book also underpins curriculum development for the new era firstly through new philosophical outlooks and secondly through ideas for novel learning areas in Higher Education and content to help shape minds for the twenty-first century.
This book paves the way for innovation, progress and adaptation to the changing needs of the Higher Education clientele. It also attempts to influence policymaking, support advocates for sustainability and environmental education, prepare for technological advancements and improve the resilience and wellbeing of people in the region.
Contents
Chapter 1. Imagining futures of Higher Education: An Introduction.- Chapter 2. Futures of Higher Education: The potential of technology enabled learning and micro credentialling for lifelong learning in Higher Education Institutions in Mauritius.- Chapter 3. Academics' perceptions of the integration of AI and related technologies in teaching and learning at Higher Education.- Chapter 4. AI and higher education in developing country contexts: About envisioning potentiality!.- Chapter 5. Looking at the Challenges and Opportunities of using Gamification in the Mauritian Higher Education Sector.- Chapter 6. Mainstreaming Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Higher Education.- Chapter 7. A review of tools to imagine future of skills: Lessons for a SIDS.- Chapter 8. AI and the metaverse- game changers in higher education.- Chapter 9. Impact of globalisation as a major engine of change and disruption on Higher Education.- Chapter 10. Becoming an Ocean State: Shaping the future ofMauritius through a post-humanist paradigm shift in Higher Education.- Chapter 11. Navigating the Dichotomy in the 4th Industrial Revolution: Growing Populations and Shrinking Higher Education Programmes in Southern African Countries.- Chapter 12. Finding Harmony in Diversity - The Mauritian Public Higher Education Sector.- Chapter 13. The Next Chapter: Futures of Higher Education in Mauritius.- Chapter 14. Small but Smart- Grasping Higher Education for the Future.- Chapter 15. Technauriture: The Intersection Between Orature and Technology.- Chapter 16. Students' Perceptions of the Integration of Emerging Technologies in Fine Arts Education.
