Book contents
- Digital Transformation and Disruption of Higher Education
- Digital Transformation and Disruption of Higher Education
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Nothing Is Constant Except Change
- Part I (R)evolution of the Higher Education Sector
- Part II Changes in Teaching Formats
- Part III Changes in Teaching Content
- Chapter 12 Building Human Capital for the Twenty-First Century
- Chapter 13 Combining Work Experience with Digital Learning
- Chapter 14 Integrating Digital Competencies into Non-STEM Subjects
- Chapter 15 Disrupting Curricula in the Area of the Humanities
- Part IV Networking and Social Activities
- Part V Certification and Diplomas
- Part VI Careers and Professionalisation
- Part VII Futuristic and Ultramodern Higher Education
- Part VIII Higher Education in Motion
- Editor’s Biography
- Index
- References
Chapter 15 - Disrupting Curricula in the Area of the Humanities
from Part III - Changes in Teaching Content
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 June 2022
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Book contents
- Digital Transformation and Disruption of Higher Education
- Digital Transformation and Disruption of Higher Education
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Nothing Is Constant Except Change
- Part I (R)evolution of the Higher Education Sector
- Part II Changes in Teaching Formats
- Part III Changes in Teaching Content
- Chapter 12 Building Human Capital for the Twenty-First Century
- Chapter 13 Combining Work Experience with Digital Learning
- Chapter 14 Integrating Digital Competencies into Non-STEM Subjects
- Chapter 15 Disrupting Curricula in the Area of the Humanities
- Part IV Networking and Social Activities
- Part V Certification and Diplomas
- Part VI Careers and Professionalisation
- Part VII Futuristic and Ultramodern Higher Education
- Part VIII Higher Education in Motion
- Editor’s Biography
- Index
- References
Summary
Through a case study of a recent curricular expansion, this chapter details the potency of digital as a signifier of innovation and employability in contemporary higher education. Interviews with faculty and administrators at a research university in the US narrate the successful review and establishment of a new graduate program, resulting from the strategic choice of faculty to emphasize the digital as a substantive base of their new program. This chapter unpacks an example of digital disruption in teaching content—in the words of the individuals who designed and evaluating the program proposal. In this case, the digital was an attractive innovation to students, faculty, and administrators, particularly as it related to growing concerns around career preparation and labour market demands.
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- Digital Transformation and Disruption of Higher Education , pp. 181 - 192Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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