Description
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) – public and private universities and colleges – have long demonstrated their resilience; bouncing back, surviving and thriving in crises. The Covid-19 pandemic is perhaps the greatest disrupter of education systems in history, having impacted an estimated 1.6 billion learners in over 190 countries, and laid bare the weaknesses and challenges faced by HEIs. In this book, Lloyd Waller, proposes the adoption of a digital transformation strategy for HEIs and presents a strategic framework for not only understanding the issues at play within HEIs but also, shares a model providing a detailed step by step guide for planning and implementation. Free of technical language and therefore accessible to the administrator, technocrat, and manager alike, the concepts are broken down and easily understandable by any one working on any aspect of a digital transformation strategy for an HEI.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
- Introduction
- The Digital Transformation Revolution: Theory and Practice
- Higher Education and Digital Transformation: Towards a Theoretical Framework
- Designing a Digital Strategy: Operational Processes, Organizational Structure, and Culture
- People
- (Digital) Technology
- Theorizing and Modelling Digital Higher Education
Bibliography
Index
About The Author
Lloyd G. Waller is a professor of Digital Transformation Policy and Governance. He has a Masters in Sociology of Development from The University of the West Indies with a focus on electronic commerce (e-commerce) and a PhD in Social Policy from the University of Waikato, New Zealand with a focus on electronic tourism (e-tourism). Currently at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Waller’s areas of research include Digital Transformation Policies and Practice, Electronic Governance, Governance, Tourism Resilience, Advanced Research Methods and Development Studies. His publications include Fear of Cybercrime: Lessons for the Global e-Banking Sector (2015) and Envisioning Democracy: The Role and Potential of Information and Communication Technologies for the Visually Impaired (2017).
