Prelims

Half Title

Effective Leadership for Overcoming ICT Challenges in Higher Education

Series Page

EMERALD STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Series Editors: Miltiades D. Lytras and Anna Visvizi

Emerald Studies in Higher Education, Innovation and Technology seeks to provide a multifaceted and interdisciplinary approach to these interconnected topics and invites proposals from all scholars working in these fields. The underlying purpose of this series is to demonstrate how innovations in education, educational technology and teaching can advance research and practice and help us respond to socio-economic changes and challenges.

The series has a broad scope, covering many topics, including but not limited to: learning analytics, open and distributed learning, technology-enhanced learning, digital pedagogies, data mining, virtual and augmented realities, cloud computing, social media, educational robotics, flipped classrooms, active learning, innovation networks and many more.

Interested in publishing in this series? Please contact Miltiades D. Lytras and Anna Visvizi, mlytras@acg.edu and avisvizi@acg.edu.

Published books:

Management and Administration of Higher Education Institutions at Times of Change, edited by Anna Visvizi, Miltiadis D. Lytras and Akila Sarirete

The Future of Innovation and Technology in Education: Policies and Practices for Teaching and Learning Excellence, edited by Anna Visvizi, Miltiadis D. Lytras and Linda Daniela

Forthcoming titles:

Technology-enhanced Learning and Linguistic Diversity: Strategies and Approaches to Teaching Students in a 2nd or 3rd Language, edited by Patrick-André Mather

Teaching the EU: Fostering Knowledge and Understanding in the Brexit Age, edited by Anna Visvizi and Marta Pachocka

Title Page

Effective Leadership for Overcoming ICT challenges in Higher Education: What Faculty, Staff and Administrators Can Do to Thrive Amidst the Chaos

EDITED BY

ANTONELLA CARBONARO

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy

and

JENNIFER MOSS BREEN

Interdisciplinary Leadership Doctoral Program and Creighton University, NE, USA

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

Copyright

Emerald Publishing Limited

Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley BD16 1WA, UK

First edition 2021

Copyright © 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited

Reprints and permissions service

Contact: permissions@emeraldinsight.com

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without either the prior written permission of the publisher or a licence permitting restricted copying issued in the UK by The Copyright Licensing Agency and in the USA by The Copyright Clearance Center. Any opinions expressed in the chapters are those of the authors. Whilst Emerald makes every effort to ensure the quality and accuracy of its content, Emerald makes no representation implied or otherwise, as to the chapters’ suitability and application and disclaims any warranties, express or implied, to their use.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN: 978-1-83982-307-7 (Print)

ISBN: 978-1-83982-306-0 (Online)

ISBN: 978-1-83982-308-4 (Epub)

Contents

About the Contributors

Dr Jennifer Moss Breen is an Associate Professor and Program Director of the interdisciplinary leadership program in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Creighton University. The classes she teaches include Leadership Ethics, Organizational Strategy, Organizational Behavior and Orientation. She was inspired to learn about leadership when she realized how quickly poor leadership can hinder the effectiveness of an organization. She has several book projects underway as Senior Editor for Information Age Publishing and Emerald Publishing. Her newest project, where she serves as an Author and Lead Editor, is a new book “Women Courageous” offered through Emerald Publishing. Her ongoing research interests include leader humility, Ignatian leadership, leader resilience, complexity in higher education and VUCA.

Antonella Carbonaro is a Computer Science Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Science and Engineering of the University of Bologna, Italy. She obtained a PhD in Intelligent Artificial Systems at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Ancona. She won postdoc research grants on artificial intelligence topics. Since 2000, she has been first a Researcher and then an Associate Professor. Her research focuses on the themes of customization and content-based processing of information for data and knowledge representation with semantic web technologies, for example, to filter, classify, and suggest digital content in customized environments. Since 2015, she has been a Member of the technical-scientific committee of the Problem-Solving Olympics at the Directorate General for School Systems of the Ministry of Education, University and Research. She is also a Member of the working group on Computer Science and School of CINI, a national inter-university consortium for computer science.

Rob Elkington, PhD, is an Adjunct Professor at the Ontario Tech University, where he works with the Faculty of Business and IT, the Faculty of Education, and the Faculty of Social Sciences. His research interests center around seeking best methods for leadership development, Ubuntu and leadership, women’s entrepreneurial leadership, emerging issues in Higher Educational leadership, and leadership decision-making leveraging big data and critical thinking in organizations. He is CEO of Global Leadership Initiatives, Inc., which exists to develop excellence in leadership globally.

Dr Martha Habash is a Professor of Classics at Creighton University. She has received two internal grants at Creighton to fund global classroom studies for and with people living at the margins. She has worked with Jesuit Worldwide Learning (JWL) since 2014 and currently serves as JWL’s USA Academic Director.

Chris Heasley is Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership in the School of Health Studies and Education at Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia. He has served as a university administrator at both public and private institutions of higher education. In his current position, his research focuses on the influence of heteronormativity and gender in education, gender and race differences in sense of community, and the experience of minoritized students in relation to success outcomes.

Krzysztof Kozłowski, Prof. PhD, Vice-Rector for Teaching and Student Affairs, SGH Warsaw School of Economics (2016–2020 & 2020–2024), is Chair of the International Studies Department, Warsaw School of Economics. He conducts research on East Asian politics, with emphasis on Korean Peninsula, People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Xinjiang and post-Soviet Central Asia.

Pablo Martí holds a PhD in Urban Design from the Urbanism Department, Polytechnic University of Valencia. Currently, he is a Senior lecturer in the Urban Design and Regional Planning Division, University of Alicante (UA). His expertise is in the field of urban design and urban dynamics in the Spanish Mediterranean area. He also heads up a research group called MappingAME (http://blogs.ua.es/mappingame/) which identifies urban dynamics via social media. He has extensive teaching experience, especially in the field of planning history, housing development and urban design. At UA and other universities he has taught at undergraduate and postgraduate level (Master and Doctorate). He is a qualified architect and is registered with the Spanish Architects Association. He has practised as an Architect, Urban Designer and Planner in Spain.

Rafael Mollá-Sirvent is a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Alicante. He studied a degree in computer engineering and specialized in mobile applications development. He is interested in mobile applications, cloud computing and IoT. He is currently working on smart and sustainable cities and virtual currencies-related issues.

Higinio Mora received the BS degree in computer science engineering and the BS degree in business studies in University of Alicante, Spain, in 1996 and 1997, respectively. He received the PhD degree in computer science from the University of Alicante in 2003. Since 2002, he is a Member of the Faculty of the Computer Technology and Computation Department at the same university where he is currently an Associate Professor and Researcher of Specialized Processors Architecture Laboratory. His areas of research interest include computer modeling, computer architectures, high performance computing, embedded systems, internet of things and cloud computing paradigm. He has participated in many conferences and most of his work has been published in international journals and conferences, with more than 80 published papers.

Gretchen Oltman, J.D., PhD, is an Author, Attorney, and Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Creighton University in Omaha, NE.

Dr Jesús Peral is an Associate Professor at the Department of Software and Computing Systems in the University of Alicante. He obtained his PhD in Computer Science in 2001. His main research topics include natural language processing, information extraction, information retrieval, question answering, data warehouses and business intelligence applications.

Raquel Pérez-delHoyo graduated as an Architect from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) in 1999 and received her PhD in Architecture, City, Civil Works and Construction from the University of Alicante (Spain) in 2010. Since 2004, she is a Member of the School of Architecture of the University of Alicante where she is currently a lecturer in urban planning and researcher in the Unit of Urban Design and Regional Planning. She develops research on urban planning, smart cities and inclusive cities. Her main area of interest is the humanization of smart cities, especially the development of models focused on people to improve the planning and management of smart cities. She has published her research results in high quality international conferences and she has also published some papers in highly cited international journals.

Balázs Sárvári is the Rector of Saint Ignatius Jesuit College and a Senior Lecturer at Corvinus University of Budapest (CUB), Hungary. Previously he was Junior Research Fellow at the Institute of World Economics in Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Among his highlighted papers there is the book on the Educational Methodology for Theoretical Economics (Vol. II) which also covers ICT-based innovation for HEI education. In the period 2017–2019, he coordinated the modernization of educational methodology of the course microeconomics and formulated a blended-learning curriculum. His educational activities are appreciated – for many years he is always among the best teachers based on the students’ feedback and in 2018 he won the award for the best lecturer at CUB. Beside these topics his research agenda covers Chinese Economic Policy and the Political Economy of Globalisation.

Zoe Shneider graduated from Altai State Pedagogical University (Barnaul, Russia). The Founder of Linguistic studio PAROLE, language teacher, interpreter, she used to work at Altai State Pedagogical and Polytechnic Universities. Now she cooperates with Altai Pedagogical Lyceum being responsible for developing actions, e-learning initiatives, interaction with France and preparation for state and international exams.

Dr Mohan Tanniru is a Professor in the Division of Public Health Practice and Translational Research in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson/Phoenix and a Senior Investigator in the Global Health Initiative at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan. He worked with over 70 large and small corporations in support of research and teaching.

Preface

Infornation, communication and technology (ICT) in higher education brings new challenges to all stakeholders that include faculty, staff, administrators, students, alumni and the board of trustees. Because the Knowledge 4.0 environment can provide innovative capacities to stressed higher education institutions (HEI), it is vital that its incorporation into the academic culture is effective and lasting. Unfortunately, the very nature of higher education – one that has long ties to tradition and academic values, does not lend itself easily to Knowledge 4.0. Yet, without embracing emerging ICT strategies, higher education risks losing its capacity to serve societies educational needs. This book asks how we, as educators, can shift mindsets, practices, policies, and attitudes in higher education such that we can fully serve society and create lasting change in our continued VUCA environment.

HEIs have long been called upon to manage large amounts of information about their students, programs and structures, embedded in complex digital technology networks and expert technical practices and imagined as “smarter universities.” These complex projects must be thought of in a new architecture of technologies, experts, standards and practices to enable new technologies to be linked to institutions and processes, so that they can significantly transform higher education itself. Against this backdrop, this volume asks the question “How can we effectively lead in higher education if and when we embrace ICT”? The argument that this volume suggests is that effective leadership in HEI requires that stakeholders at all levels and in all roles, be it formal or informal leadership, learn to adapt more quickly and to consider the potential features and benefits of ICT. It is the premise of this book that we cannot succeed unless we work together across all roles in higher education. Only in this way HEI can thrive and serve its faculty, students, and, ultimately, the society at large.