Changing cultures in higher education

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Educational scenarios increasingly utilize blogs, wikis, podcasts, and e-portfolios, empowering learners with tools to create, share, and reuse materials while facilitating social learning networks that merge formal and informal education. However, universities' strategic innovation practices, faculty development, assessment, and quality assurance have not fully adapted to these technological advancements. Ehlers and Schneckenberg offer strategic approaches to innovation in higher education, exploring new models for faculty engagement in technology-enhanced learning and highlighting the need for evolving quality assessment methods in informal learning contexts. The text serves as a practical guide for educators, explaining E-learning 2.0 and its foundational elements in comparison to Learning 1.0. It presents various quality methods, including self-assessment, peer review, social recommendations, and peer learning, supported by illustrative cases and practical advice. This resource provides a step-by-step approach for educators to select or develop their own quality assurance and assessment methodologies tailored to specific learning scenarios. It targets all stakeholders in higher education—university leaders, CIOs, quality assurance managers, and faculty developers—offering insights for integrating and managing innovative learning technologies. The volume aims to cultivate a solid understanding of the need for change among l