Overview
- Addresses key changes within higher education in response to the digital age
- Considers the impact of the 4th industrial revolution and the automation economy on education worldwide
- Offers key cases of how countries are preparing their populations for significant shifts in labour market demands
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Higher Education Themes in the 4IR Context
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Front Matter
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How Education Has Begun to Adapt: Case Study Assessment
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Keywords
- Open Access and Education
- Higher Education and the Digital Revolution
- Fourth Industrial Revolution and Education
- Automation Economy and Employment
- Educational Credentialing
- Singapore’s Future Economy
- Online Learning
- Credentialing and Up Skilling
- Global Education Networks
- Higher Education Innovation
- China’s Higher Education System
About this book
This open access collection examines how higher education responds to the demands of the automation economy and the fourth industrial revolution. Considering significant trends in how people are learning, coupled with the ways in which different higher education institutions and education stakeholders are implementing adaptations, it looks at new programs and technological advances that are changing how and why we teach and learn. The book addresses trends in liberal arts integration of STEM innovations, the changing role of libraries in the digital age, global trends in youth mobility, and the development of lifelong learning programs. This is coupled with case study assessments of the various ways China, Singapore, South Africa and Costa Rica are preparing their populations for significant shifts in labour market demands – shifts that are already underway. Offering examples of new frameworks in which collaboration between government, industry, and higher education institutions canprevent lagging behind in this fast changing environment, this book is a key read for anyone wanting to understand how the world should respond to the radical technological shifts underway on the frontline of higher education.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Higher Education in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Editors: Nancy W. Gleason
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0194-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-0193-3Published: 10 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4356-8Published: 29 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-0194-0Published: 21 June 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 229
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations
Topics: Higher Education, Technology and Digital Education, Digital Humanities, Educational Technology