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Chapter 5 - Internationalisation of Higher Education

The Case for Virtual Collaboration

from Part I - (R)evolution of the Higher Education Sector

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2022

By
Jesús Pineda ,
Alexander Knoth  and
Dagmar Willems
Edited by
Andreas Kaplan
Andreas Kaplan
Affiliation:
ESCP Business School Berlin
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Summary

In recent years, an important goal of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has been to answer the question of how international collaboration and student mobility can be enhanced through digitalisation. The following chapter consists of a combination of desk research with insights from the work of the DAAD’s Digitalisation Section. It will provide both an overview of current trends and debates of the digitalisation of higher education as well as critical considerations for the future. The chapter will contribute to the debate on new dynamics of internationalisation of higher education through digitalisation before and during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. It will shed light on the flexibility of higher education systems in adapting to unexpected change. Furthermore, it will reflect on the likely impacts of the current crisis for the further development of higher education internationalisation with its opportunities, challenges and open questions.

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co-creationcollaborationexpertisedigitalisationhigher educationinternationalisationsustainabilityvirtualisation
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Digital Transformation and Disruption of Higher Education , pp. 45 - 59
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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