Curriculum Models for the 21st Century – Using Learning Technologies in Higher Education

Changing student profiles and the increasing availability of mainstream and specialised learning technologies are stretching the traditional models of teaching and learning in higher education. Web-based lecture technologies, for example, are often associated with reduced lecture attendance, bringing their dominant position within university culture into question; online collaborative and conferencing tools enable students to communicate and collaborate from diverse locations freeing up their need to come to campus; and the increasing use of mobile devices is changing the design of teaching and learning spaces.