Digital transformations in higher education in result of the Covid-19 pandemic: Findings from a scoping review

Sabine Wollscheid; Antonia Scholkmann; Dorothy Sutherland Olsen; Marco Capasso

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-27758-0_10

Digital transformations in higher education in result of the Covid-19 pandemic: Findings from a scoping review

Sabine Wollscheid^*, Antonia Scholkmann, Dorothy Sutherland Olsen, Marco Capasso

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Abstract

Understood as one of the most important disruptive events in recent history, the COVID-19 pandemic has facilitated and accelerated initiatives to ensure the provision of higher education (HE) in digital-mode, partly accompanied by research. While scholars have studied single dimensions of digital transformation (DT) in HE, to our knowledge digital transformation in higher education (DTHE) has not been investigated in a holistic way. A literature search for the first period of the pandemic revealed that a dynamic research field has already developed, spread across several disciplines. To get an overview over this dynamic and fragmented research field and to describe knowledge gaps, we have undertaken a scoping review of international literature on DTHE published during the first year of the pandemic. To capture the complexities and dynamics related with transformation processes we use the concept of “digital transformations” in plural (Laterza et al., Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy 15:225–233, 2020). Drawing on the assumption of a rapidly developing research field, we aim to examine the extent, range, and nature of research activity, identify knowledge gaps and synthesize the literature on DTHE from the perspective of COVID-19 as a driver for DTHE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Digital Transformations in Nordic Higher Education
Editors	Rómulo Pinheiro, Linda Barman, Lise Degn, Lars Geschwind, Cathrine Edelhard Tømte
Number of pages	26
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date	14 Jun 2023
Pages	217-242
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-27757-3, 978-3-031-27760-3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-27758-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27758-0_10
Publication status	Published - 14 Jun 2023
Event	NOS-HS Workshop 'Understanding digital transformations of teaching and learning in Nordic higher education and beyond' - University of Agder (online), Agder, Norway Duration: 30 Mar 2021 → 31 Mar 2021

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Workshop	NOS-HS Workshop 'Understanding digital transformations of teaching and learning in Nordic higher education and beyond'
Location	University of Agder (online)
Country/Territory	Norway
City	Agder
Period	30/03/2021 → 31/03/2021

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An early version of this paper has been presented at the NOS HS Workshop 1: 30–31.3.2021 responsible University of Agder (UiA)—Centre for Digital Transformation (CeDiT https://cedit.uia.no/): Understanding digital transformations of teaching and learning in Nordic higher education and beyond.

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Wollscheid, S., Scholkmann, A., Sutherland Olsen, D., & Capasso, M. (2023). Digital transformations in higher education in result of the Covid-19 pandemic: Findings from a scoping review. In R. Pinheiro, L. Barman, L. Degn, L. Geschwind, & C. E. Tømte (Eds.), Digital Transformations in Nordic Higher Education (pp. 217-242). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27758-0_10

Wollscheid, Sabine ; Scholkmann, Antonia ; Sutherland Olsen, Dorothy et al. / Digital transformations in higher education in result of the Covid-19 pandemic : Findings from a scoping review. Digital Transformations in Nordic Higher Education. editor / Rómulo Pinheiro ; Linda Barman ; Lise Degn ; Lars Geschwind ; Cathrine Edelhard Tømte. Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. pp. 217-242

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Digital transformations in higher education in result of the Covid-19 pandemic: Findings from a scoping review. / Wollscheid, Sabine; Scholkmann, Antonia; Sutherland Olsen, Dorothy et al.
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