Development and Learning in Organizations: Volume 34 Issue 2

Guest editorial

William T. “Toby” Holmes

A new educational paradigm for the 21st century

Ian Cunningham

This paper calls for a New Educational Paradigm in which young people are supported through an educational process that assists them to take charge of their own learning. A…

Sharing a powerful IDEA: learning organizations collaborating to innovate and design engaging applications in STEM education

William L. Sterrett, Rauf I. Azam, Mahnaz Moallem, Jess Boersma, Ahsan Bashir, Karl Ricanek, Mohammad Alam Saeed, Intzar Hussain Butt, Aisha Mahmood, Sohail Masood Sukhera, Christopher Raymond Gordon

This study sought to better understand how to support and plan for a collaborative effort that brought educators together from three universities in the United States and…

Rural immersion program in India: integrating management education with community

Smitu Malhotra, Venugopal Pingali

The purpose of this paper is to review Indian management-school programs that integrate social and environmental concerns in the curriculum.

Clinical competence assessment: development of a mobile app to enhance patient centerderness

César Alberto Lucio-Ramirez, Juan Pablo Nigenda, Marisol Garcia-Garcia, Silvia Lizett Olivares

The current emphasis within education is on collaboration, data-driven decision-making, and assessment driven accountability. Medical education is now being oriented to guarantee…

Preparing future business professionals for a globalized workplace through intercultural virtual collaboration

Luana Ferreira-Lopes, Ingrid Van Rompay-Bartels

Universities have increasingly been adopting intercultural virtual collaboration (IVC) to connect and develop the intercultural competence of students from different locations…

Influence of digital learning orientation and readiness for change on innovative work behaviour: reflections from the higher education sector

Nimitha Aboobaker, Zakkariya K.A.

The paper aims to examine the influence of students’ digital learning orientation on their readiness for change and innovative work behaviour. Elaborations are made on how these…

The value of undergraduate capstone experiences: stepping stones to future organizational engagement

David Starr-Glass

This conceptual article describes the capstone experience. It argues that this final-year undergraduate study, particularly when centered on in-depth research and writing a…

Micro-credentials: the potential of personalized professional development

Tiffany Hunt, Richard Carter, Ling Zhang, Sohyun Yang

The purpose of this article is to introduce micro-credentials as an innovative, personalized professional development modality. With traditional time bound professional…

Lessons from within: redesigning higher education

Annie Hale, Leanna Archambault, Lukas Wenrick

The purpose of this study is to examine real experiences and challenges from personnel engaged in reforming and transforming the higher education ecosystem at a major university…

Franchise model schools: rethinking educational practices and structures:

Miguel Gonzales, Maria Roberts

How will schools reinvent themselves to respond to the technological and economic demands of the mid-21st century? In response to the demands, a school district in the western…

Community colleges through the human resource organizational frame

W. Reed Scull, Cliff Harbour, Keonghee Tao Han

The purpose of this conceptual paper is to encourage community college leaders to make greater use of the human resources organizational frame in understanding their organizations…

Growing leaders in schools and out: building internal capacity for the mid-21st-century

Eleanor Drago-Severson, Jessica Blum-DeStefano

This article highlights key elements of a developmental approach to leadership development and their promising connections to mid-21st-century capacities.

The future of education: a four-way conversation

Conference roundup