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Teaching and Learning in the University of the Future: Aligning Practice with Reality

In: Digital Transformation for the University of the Future

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  • Viswa Viswanathan

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Universities can be viewed as complex purposeful systems, and therefore, we begin our journey with some general, but pertinent, observations about an important aspect of such systems. McMenamin and Palmer (1984) make the important distinction between the essence of a system and its incarnation. The essence of a system represents the very reason for its existence, and its incarnation represents the means by which a system accomplishes its essence. The essence represents the “what” of a system and has no physical embodiment; it is just an idea. The incarnation, on the other hand, represents the “how” — it has a physical form…

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  • Viswa Viswanathan, 2022. "Teaching and Learning in the University of the Future: Aligning Practice with Reality," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Jay Liebowitz (ed.), Digital Transformation for the University of the Future, chapter 8, pages 143-159, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Keywords

    Digital Transformation; University; New Normal; University of the Future; COVID; Data Analytics; Machine Learning; Artificial Intelligence; E-Learning; Gamification; Learning Analytics; Online Environments; Remote and Virtual Learning;
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    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions

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