| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
1. A connected approach to learning in higher education / Ruth Bridgstock and Neil Tippett -- Part I: Connectedness capabilities -- 2. Connectedness capabilities / Ruth Bridgstock and Neil Tippett -- 3. Students' professional digital identities / Mandy Lupton, Kay Oddone and Neal Dreamson -- 4. Connectedness capabilities of non-traditional students: pedagogical implications / Margarietha J. de Villiers Scheepers, Joanna McIntyre, Gail Crimmins and Peter English -- 5. Social connectedness and graduate employability: exploring the professional networks of graduates from business and creative industries / Ruth Bridgstock, Denise Jackson, Kate Lloyd and Matalena Tofa -- Part II: Connectedness pedagogies -- 6. Connectedness pedagogies / Ruth Bridgstock and Neil Tippett -- 7. Connectedness learning in the life sciences: Linkedin as an assessment task for employability and career exploration / Jason L. Brown, Michael Healy, Louise Lexis and Brianna L. Julien -- 8. Indigenous perspectives on connected and networked learning: towards holistic connectedness pedagogies / Peter Radoll, Peter Copeman, Scott Heyes, Mary Walsh, Sam Byrnand, Brian Egloff with Lance Bartram, Kerani Cameron, Fehin Coffey, Sarah Falusi, Victoria Hales, Robert Liesagang, David Jolley, Catherine Lampe, Natalie Lutan, Joshua Naivalurua, Chilli Platt, Thomas Rigon and Caroline Wallace. Project Elder: Aunty Roslyn Brown, University of Canberra -- 9. The capstone experience: five principles for a connected curriculum / Mitch Goodwin, Kay Are, Michael 'Maxx' Schmit, Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins, Wajeehah Aayeshah and Elizabeth Lakey -- 10. Curriculum transformation for graduate connectedness and employability: perspectives from the University of Wollongong / Simon Bedford and Kenton Bell -- Part III: Institutional enabling strategies -- 11. Institutional enabling strategies / Ruth Bridgstock and Neil Tippett -- 12. Developing a connected learning community for social entrepreneurship through university and high school collaboration / Jeremy Kerr, Natalie Wright and Timothy Barraud -- 13. Integrating connectedness learning into institutional program review processes in an Australian regional university / Sara Hammer, Peter Ayriss, Marita Basson, Beata Batorowicz, Jo Devine, Melissa Forbes, Alexander Kist, Tessa McCredie, Amanda McCubbin and Bill Wade -- 14. The connected university: connectedness learning across a lifetime / Kirsty Kitto, Julieanne Cutrupi, Mark Philips, Gabrielle Gardiner, Moein Ghodrati and Simon Buckingham Shum -- 15. Future connections: implications for connectedness strategy, pedagogy and capability in higher education / Ruth Bridgstock and Neil Tippett -- Index |
| Summary |
Starting from the premise that learning and career development happen naturally and optimally through collaboration and social relationships, this book challenges the dominant employability skills discourse by exploring socially connected and networked perspectives to learning and teaching in higher education. With 10 empirical case studies of educational practice, chapters investigate the development of learner capabilities, teaching approaches, and institutional strategies to foster lifelong graduate employability through social connectedness. The book argues that higher education institutions have placed themselves at a disadvantage in learning and teaching by limiting and prescribing interactions that prevent multidisciplinary and cross-functional collaboration, and embeddedness into wider industry and community networks. The book offers new strategies and pedagogic approaches that can support learners to build, maintain and make the most of social connections for purposeful participation in life and work. It also demonstrates how universities can forge effective partnerships internally as well as with industry and community partners to ensure the relevance and vibrancy of university learning. Offering an alternative perspective on learning and teaching in higher education with international relevance, this book is a practical resource that can be used by educators to inform teaching practice and curriculum development. It will be essential for university leadership, as well as academics and researchers focused on education policy and university management |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 01, 2019) |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
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College graduates -- Employment.
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Employability.
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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College graduates -- Employment
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
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Employability
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bridgstock, Ruth, editor.
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Tippett, Neil, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781788972611 |
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1788972619 |
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