February 2011

Complex adaptive systems: A trans-cultural undercurrent obstructing change in higher education

It is possible that the “perfect storm” is brewing on the seas of change for higher education. This paper will address the urgent need for adaptive strategies for change within higher education institutions (HEIs) with a focus on Complex Adaptive Systems theory (CAS) as a means of explaining the disconnection between higher education and its environment. Unlike many social, economic and geopolitical issues...

Author(s): Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor

February 2011

ICT in vocational teaching/learning and research in Southeast Asian Countries: A case of Bangladesh

  This paper aims to emphasize the need of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching learning and research for the Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) in Bangladesh. ICT is one of the productive tools which is not effectively introduced till now in TVE system of Bangladesh. This paper discusses the status of ICT and its usage in the Technical and Vocational Institutes (Polytechnic...

Author(s): Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Md. Abdullah-Al-Mamun, Md. Shahadat Hossain Khanand Mahbub Hasan