‘Connective Alignment’ as the Educational Approach for Higher Education in the Digital Age

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https://doi.org/10.56059/jl4d.v11i1.970

Keywords:

Connectivism, Constructivism, Alignment, Higher education

Abstract

Most students in higher education at present are ‘digital natives.’ They use technology in every facet of their life, including their education. They learn from formally organised courses as well as from informal learning. Hence, informal learning has been identified as crucial for the sustainability of higher education in the current global context. Technology facilitates informal learning and, thus, has made substantial changes in how learning occurs in modern age learners. These changes that occurred in the learning process due to the influence of technology should be addressed by the educational approaches used in higher education to achieve the best outcomes in relation to the academic performance of students and students’ satisfaction. This commentary presents an educational approach: ‘Connective Alignment’ for higher education in the digital age, which can fulfil the learning needs of the learners in this digital age.

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Vindya V. Senadheera, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya

Vindya V. Senadheera is a Lecturer in the Department of Physiotherapy in Faculty of Allied Health Sciences in University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She is a doctoral student on the Board of Study in Digital Learning in Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. In her research she investigates how to design digital teaching-learning processes in higher education using the concept of microlearning. Email: vindyasenadheera@ahs.pdn.ac.lk

Thilini P. Rupasinghe, Department of Applied Computing, Faculty of Computing and Technology, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Dr. Thilini P. Rupasinghe is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied Computing, Faculty of Computing and Technology, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Her research interests include the development of functional nanomaterial for material science, agricultural and environmental applications and technology education. Email: thilinir@kln.ac.lk

Dileepa S. Ediriweera, Health Data Science Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Dr. Dileepa S. Ediriweera is a Professor in the Health Data Science Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. His research interests include medical informatics, biostatistics and spatiotemporal modeling and disease mapping. Email: dileepa@kln.ac.lk

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Published

2024-03-23

How to Cite

Senadheera, V. V., Rupasinghe, T. P., & Ediriweera, D. S. (2024). ‘Connective Alignment’ as the Educational Approach for Higher Education in the Digital Age. Journal of Learning for Development, 11(1), 172–180. https://doi.org/10.56059/jl4d.v11i1.970

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2024): ISSUE 1

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Reports from the Field

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Received 2023-04-12
Accepted 2024-03-03
Published 2024-03-23