Innovations in Pedagogical Practice and Curriculum Development in Higher Education

Josephine Deguara is Senior a Lecturer in Early Childhood and Primary Education at the University of Malta, Malta.Gladson Chikwa is a Senior Lecturer in Academic Development at Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom.Edwin Rajah is a Principal Lecturer at Otago Polytechnic, Auckland Campus, New Zealand.Yanmin Zhao is a Programme Coordinator for the Doctor of Education at the Graduate School of the Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

• Part 1 - Innovations in Pedagogical Practice in Higher Education Chapter 1. Time to (re-)Think Online Learning and Teaching in Higher Education?: Towards the enhancement of a sense of belonging and student engagement and participation in an online context; Gladson Chikwa, Xia Zhu, Asma Al-Aufi, and Anfal M. Aljaser Chapter 2. Let’s play ‘The Legal Factor’: Can the use of games in the classroom enhance the student learning experience?; Lorna Mitchell Chapter 3. Exploring teacher perspectives on mobile learning in Higher Education in China; Yuting Mu, Yanmin Zhao, and Yuqi Gao Chapter 4. Authentic learning in action: Adopting the guest lecture route to promote student engagement and deep learning; Edwin Rajah, Helena Knight, Bronwyn P. Wood, and Gladson Chikwa Chapter 5. Online Perchance: Embracing the evolving educational platform; Daniella Spiteri Cornish Chapter 6. Go Fish! Pescatarian pedagogies, games and transdisciplinary learning to promote education for sustainable development; Jessica M. Savage and William H. Rupp Part 2 - Innovations in Curriculum Development in Higher Education Chapter 7. Co-creating learning experiences with students as partners: Reflecting on achievements using the 4M (micro, meso, macro and mega) Framework; Sue Beckingham Chapter 8. Building a brain: Development of a neuroanatomy educational application; Charlotte A. Chatto and Lynn E. Jaffe Chapter 9. Reconfiguring initial teacher education through COVID-19 times: Student teachers' perspectives and experiences in Malta; Josephine Milton, Josephine Deguara, Charmaine Bonello, Rosienne Camilleri, and Tania Muscat Chapter 10. Leveraging blogging to enhance student engagement, deep learning and an applied learning orientation for marketing education; Edwin Rajah and Bronwyn P. Wood Chapter 11. Deploying web-based virtual simulations in marketing strategy to facilitate experiential learning and learner capability development; Edwin Rajah and Xia Zhu Chapter 12. The challenges experienced by commuter students of online learning in a post-pandemic world; Richard Nelson, Min Hooi Yong, and Gillian M. Waters Chapter 13. Balance within the music Curriculum: Enculturation, decolonisation, hybridisation and innovation; Philip G. Brissenden Chapter 14. Promoting Inclusive Teaching And Learning Environments Using Marilu®: An Automated Digital System To Accommodate Laboratory Adjustments - The UK Experience; Sobia Kauser, Stuart A. Walker, Gladson Chikwa, ann Juanvi Canet-Perez Chapter 15. Institutionalised mental health and wellbeing initiatives for Higher Education students in the United Arab Emirates; Kakul Agha, Anees Janee Ali, and Aisha Abdulla Sultan Al Ali Chapter 16. Education From The Inside-Out: Sustainability And Well-being; Donia M. Keith Chapter 17. Integrating sustainability into the curriculum: Ideas for educators; Helen Puntha