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Mariana Alvarenga; Ana Regina Aguiar Dutra; Felipe Fernandez; Ricardo Lemos Thomé; Ivone Junges; Nei Nunes; José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to propose an integrated model involving concepts of sustainability and social innovation (SI) in higher education institutions (HEIs). Design/methodology/approach: Based on a literature review, the authors were able to systematize sustainability and SI knowledge, in an integrated manner. Hence, the authors sought to…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Higher Education, Social Change, Innovation
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Luis Felipe Dias Lopes; Fabiane Volpato Chiapinoto; Martiele Gonçalves Moreira; Nuvea Kuhn; Fillipe Grando Lopes; Luciana Davi Traverso; Deoclécio Junior Cardoso Silva; Gilnei Luiz de Moura – Journal of Education and Learning, 2024
This study aimed to validate a scale for subjectively measuring teaching competencies for innovation in higher education. The scale was developed by creating a set of items that underwent content validity through the Delphi technique and face validity. A survey was then conducted with 523 higher education professors. The resulting scale, called…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Competency Testing
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Denise Rieg; Maria Laura Maclennan; Fernando Scramim; Melby Huertas; Eryka Augusto – Journal of International Education in Business, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to mitigate the inherent challenges associated with implementing project-based learning (PjBL) by integrating it with the service engineering methodology (SEEM). The study demonstrates that combining PjBL with a methodological approach provides a step-by-step procedure that facilitates the practical application of PjBL and…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes
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Friman, Mervi; Schreiber, Dusan; Mutanen, Arto; Perälä, Simu; Salminen, Janne – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: This study aims to determine how sustainable development (SD) demands (according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe's (UNECE) SD themes from 2005) are connected to the contents of education, research, development and innovation (RDI) in higher education institutions (HEI). Education and the RDI nexus may affect HEI's…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Research and Development, Innovation, Higher Education
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Daú, Gláucya; Scavarda, Annibal; Rosa Alves, Maria Teresa; Santa, Ricardo; Ferrer, Mario – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: Population worldwide has experienced several challenges related to sustainable development, such as scarcity of natural resource, unsustainable consumption, poverty, injustice, violence, social inequality and natural disaster (including floods, tsunami and landslide). These issues interfere in sustainable development and target to achieve…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Opportunities, Objectives, Foreign Countries
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Stracke, Christian M.; Sharma, Ramesh Chander; Bozkurt, Aras; Burgos, Daniel; Cassafieres, Cécile Swiatek; dos Santos, Andreia Inamorato; Mason, Jon; Ossiannilsson, Ebba; Santos-Hermosa, Gema; Shon, Jin Gon; Wan, Marian; Agbu, Jane-Frances Obiageli; Farrow, Robert; Karakaya, Özlem; Nerantzi, Chrissi; Ramírez-Montoya, María Soledad; Conole, Grainne; Cox, Glenda; Truong, Vi – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2022
In terms of scale, shock, and disenfranchisement, the disruption to formal education arising from COVID-19 has been unprecedented. Anecdotally, responses from teachers and educators around the world range from heightened caution to being inspired by distance education as the "new normal." Of all the challenges, face-to-face and formal…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Open Education, Distance Education
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Burgos, Daniel, Ed.; Branch, John Willian, Ed. – Lecture Notes in Educational Technology, 2021
This book presents how Digital Transformation is a requirement to upgrade Latin American universities to a next level in management, lecturing and learning processes and strategies. The book starts with a thorough introduction of the Latin American context addressing the three main topics in the book: Digital Transformation, Higher Education and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Change, Higher Education
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Almeida, Mariza; Plonski, Guilherme Ary; Axel-berg, Justin; Baeta, Adelaide; Terra, Branca; Simões, Bruno; Etzkowitz, Henry – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2022
Purpose: This paper aims to propose a performance measurement system to evaluate the key aspects of entrepreneurial activities in Brazilian universities. Design/methodology/approach: This study was developed in two phases. Both phases consisted of a survey sent to Brazilian universities (public, private and not-for-profit) whose technology…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Universities
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Riccomini, Fernanda Edileuza; Cirani, Claudia Brito Silva; de Carvalho, Carolina Corrêa; Storopoli, José Eduardo – International Journal of Educational Management, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to characterize the trends for educational innovation in higher education in Brazil, constructing a conceptual model of innovation trends in the sector. Design/methodology/approach: A preliminary profile online was done with 76 experts in university education, and 17 were contacted for in-depth perceptions.…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Educational Innovation, Foreign Countries
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Jose Ignacio Priego-Quesada; Andresa M. C. Germano; Daniel Schmidt; Alberto Encarnacion-Martínez; Andressa L. Lemos; Carlos Sendra-Perez; Conrado T. Laett; Emmanuel S. da Rocha; Falk Zaumseil; Fran Oficial-Casado; Inaê de Oliveira; Inmaculada Aparicio-Aparicio; Jesús A. Escalona-Navarro; Joaquín Martín Marzano-Felisatti; Marina Gil-Calvo; Ignacio Catalá-Vilaplana; Niclas Masuch; Pedro Pérez-Soriano; Roberto Sanchis-Sanchis; Felipe P. Carpes – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
Internationalization in higher education is essential, and although active learning methodologies are increasing and allow students to develop transversal skills, most still have a very local scope. In this context, the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) methodology is an interesting approach to benefit the students' development.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Science Education, Biomechanics, International Education
National Science Foundation, 2020
Contributions from and innovation in science and technology over many decades have resulted in dramatic improvements to American lives, including enhanced living standards and life expectancy, better access to information and connectivity across the globe, and increased access to and affordability of consumer goods. The analysis in this report is…
Descriptors: Sciences, Engineering, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Education
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Almeida, Luis C. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2014
Marcio Mugnol is a member of the distance education evaluation team on the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC) board. He has delivered concurrent presentations in distance education and is currently researching the advancement of distance education in the Brazilian market. He is a specialist in business management from FGV (Fundação Getulio…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Online Courses, Educational Policy
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de Alencar, Eunice Maria Lima Soriano; de Oliveira, Zélia Maria Freire – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
There is an increasing awareness of the importance of fostering creativity in higher education. The benefits of creativity to individuals and societies have also been increasingly recognized, as well as the key role of higher education in the information age. In spite of this recognition, there has been little research exploring creativity in…
Descriptors: Creativity, College Faculty, Educational Strategies, Student Motivation
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Qayyum, Adnan, Ed.; Zawacki-Richter, Olaf, Ed. – SpringerBriefs in Education, 2018
This book describes the history, structure and institutions of open and distance education in six countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, the UK and the US. It discusses how open and distance education is evolving in a digital age to reflect the needs and circumstances of national higher education systems in these countries, and explores…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Open Education, Distance Education
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Bernasconi, Andrés; Celis, Sergio – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2017
This article introduces a special issue of EPAA/AAPE devoted to recent higher education reforms in Latin America. The last two decades have seen much policy development in higher education in the region, examined and discussed by scholars in each country, but dialog with the international literature on higher education reform, or an explicit…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Higher Education, Educational Change
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