Pla 2016 - ESENESR, Poitiers (France) Robin Middlehurst - Leadership & innovation in higher education: case studies from the UK.

1. Methodology for selection of
promising innovative practices in
higher education
Presentation by
Anna Lasakova & Lubica Bajzikova
Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
Peer Learning Activity and Training Course, Poitiers, 25 - 27 January 2016

2. AimsAims
• To raise awareness in respect to important aspects of innovations
at higher education institutions (HEIs)
• To provide innovation leaders at HEIs with an user-friendly tool to
detect promising innovative practices in education
• To help in essential managerial decisions over innovations and
their implementation
• To support collectives at HEIs in transparent decision-making in
regard to new methods and models of education
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3. Starting point: Innovation in HEStarting point: Innovation in HE
Innovation in the GAIHE project
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A trend that has expanded over the past five years and has attracted
considerable attention, having the potential to provide fundamental
alternations to the higher education offer

4. Innovation in HE at the end of the day...Innovation in HE at the end of the day...
• Implemented
• Adopted
• Contributing
• Being more effective
• Meeting various needs
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5. Promising innovative practice (PIP)Promising innovative practice (PIP)
• An integrated solution that represents a specific and original way of
responding to a challenge
Three contemporary challenges in HEIs acc. to GAIHE project
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Competitiveness & Success
Planning & Longitudinality
Commitment to global community

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CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES IN HE

7. PROMISING INNOVATIVE PRACTICES
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11. TheThe Tool for selection of PIPsTool for selection of PIPs
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12. Criteria for “PIP adds value”
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ADVA_1. Promoting University – Business – Government cooperation
ADVA_2. Promoting learning of new practices
ADVA_3. Promoting lifelong learning
ADVA_4. Enabling easy access to knowledge
ADVA_5. Supporting goodwill of the HEI
ADVA_6. Diversification of the current modes of education
ADVA_7. Internationalization/networking
ADVA_8. Fostering the ICT-related skills
ADVA_9. Fostering practical knowledge
ADVA_10. Empowering teachers/students

13. Criteria for “PIP is sustainable”
SUS_1. Maintaining its underlying character continuously
SUS_2. Standardized operating procedure at the HEI
SUS_3. Formal feedback channels from the users
SUS_4. Buy-in from the leadership of the HEI
SUS_5. Employees are motivated/incentivized
SUS_6. Clear employee accountability in job descriptions
SUS_7. Easy training for the users
SUS_8. Coherence with HEI's vision and strategy
SUS_9. Link to accreditation procedures and criteria
SUS_10. Link to requirements of HEIs stakeholders
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14. Criteria for “PIP is transferable”
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TRANS_1. Adaptability to various cultures & mentalities
TRANS_2. Adaptability to various institutional & legal contexts
TRANS_3. Easy administration
TRANS_4. Straightforward training of the staff
TRANS_5. Not a bureaucratic burden
TRANS_6. Value-for-money
TRANS_7. No need for change in the HEI's governance/management
structures
TRANS_8. Convergence with the public policies agenda
TRANS_9. No need for change in current practices or processes at the
HEI
TRANS_10. Easily monitored by QA/QM processes

15. SummarySummary
• The Tool
o Linked to the management of innovation in HE
o Supports the modernization trend in HE
o Reflects on current major challenges of HE → Criteria for selection of PIPs
o Enhances our knowledge on important aspects of innovation in HE
o Helps in essential managerial decisions over HE innovations and their
implementation
o Measurement of actual/potential benefits of particular innovations
o Being primarily a collective decisional tool it builds on the idea of
empowerment and shared leadership at HEIs
o Potential to be utilized in HEIs as an integral part of QA/QM processes,
internal planning and strategic orientation toward innovation-oriented HE
o Needs validation in further empirical research
Peer Learning Activity and Training Course, Poitiers, 25 - 27 January 2016

16. ReferencesReferences
• Bajzíková, Ľ., & Lašáková, A. (2014). On the drivers, barriers and challenges of innovation
in university education. In Kvalita jazykového vzdelávania na univerzitách v Európe 5.
Bratislava: Ekonóm, pp. 24-33.
• Florea, S., & McGrath Hoareau, C. (2014). Governance and Adaptation to Innovative
Modes of Higher Education Provision. Management of Sustainable Development Journal
(MSD), 6(1), 35-38.
• GAIHE Final report. Section Project methodology. (2016). Drafted by Lašáková, A., &
Bajzíková, Ľ.
• Innovation in Governance and Public Administration: Replicating What Works. (2006).
New York: United Nations.
• Mioduser,
D., Nachmias,
R., Forkosh Baruch‐ ,
A., & Tubin,
D. (2004). Sustainability, scalability
and transferability of ICT based pedagogical innovations in Israeli schools. Education,‐
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• Salmon, G. (2005). Flying not flapping: a strategic framework for e-learning and
pedagogical innovation in higher education institutions. ALT-J, Research in Learning
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