Technology-Enabled Innovation for Academic Transformation in Higher Education

Abstract

This chapter examines the challenges facing U.S. higher education today and profiles universities that are spearheading academic transformation to address these challenges with emerging technology and media. Identifying five technology-powered innovation models (competency-based education, experiential education, student success-centered education, open education, and lifelong education), the author studies institutions that exemplify innovation, and shows how technology has enabled academic transformation that has changed the higher education landscape. These pioneering institutions provide successful models of academic transformation for the higher education industry.

The Construction of Applied Courses Based on "Three level Matrix"—Taking "Fundamentals of Program Design" as an Example

“…Finally, in order to track the teaching effect in real time, it is necessary to evaluate the courses, focusing on the ability evaluation, set the course evaluation criteria, and realize the multi criteria assessment. [3] The construction of application-oriented curriculum uses the "three-level matrix" as a tool to refine the process of application-oriented curriculum development level by level. After summarizing it, the process and method of application-oriented curriculum development will be finally displayed.…”