| Dedication | xi |
| List of Tables and Figures | xiii |
| About the Editors | xv |
| About the Contributors | xvii |
| Foreword | xxi |
| Acknowledgements | xxv |
| Introduction: A New Frontier for Higher Education | |
| Byron A. Brown and Alastair Irons | 1 |
| Part 1: Fundamental Changes and Transitions in Higher Education | 11 |
| Chapter 1: Neoliberalism Crisis and Fundamental Shifts in Africa’s Higher Education Provision in the 21st Century | |
| Byron A. Brown | 13 |
| Part 2: Emerging Approaches and Practices in Higher Education Pedagogy | 37 |
| Chapter 2: Pedagogical Models of Digital Learning in the United Kingdom: Lessons for Africa | |
| Paula Shaw and Sarah Rawlinson | 39 |
| Chapter 3: Teaching Approaches, Social Support, and Student Learning in Non-traditional Classrooms in Higher Education | |
| Byron A. Brown | 71 |
| Chapter 4: Gamification: Teaching a Practice-based Subject Virtually for Transformative Impact | |
| David Graham, James Ellerby and Norman Dinsdale | 107 |
| Chapter 5: Reforming Emergency Remote Teaching through the Evaluation of Practice in Higher Education | |
| Byron A. Brown | 129 |
| Chapter 6: Shifts in Pedagogy and Flexible Assessment: Integrating Digital Technology with Good Teaching and Learning Practice | |
| Sam Elkington | 153 |
| Chapter 7: Blockchain Technology in Teaching, Learning, and Academic Administration as a Long-term Solution to Emergencies in Higher Education | |
| Byron A. Brown | 173 |
| Chapter 8: Humanising Pedagogy in Times of the COVID-19 Emergency: Student and Academic Voices in South Africa | |
| Leila Kajee | 195 |
| Chapter 9: Student Interaction and Engagement Supported by Blended Learning Tools in Emergency Teaching | |
| Lelokwane Mokgalo, Alice Njoroge and Mercy Musikavanhu | 213 |
| Chapter 10: Cybersecurity in the Digital Classroom: Implications for Emerging Policy, Pedagogy and Practice | |
| Alastair Irons and Tom Crick | 231 |
| Chapter 11: Online Safeguarding and Personal Cyber Skills for Students | |
| Andy Phippen and Emma Bond | 245 |
| Part 3: Culture and Policy Concerns in a COVID-19 Higher Education World | 265 |
| Chapter 12: Policy Gaps and Imperatives for Rebuilding Sustainable African Tertiary Education Systems Disrupted by COVID-19 | |
| Theophilus Mooko | 267 |
| Chapter 13: Cultural Influences in Online Pedagogy and the Final Ends of African Higher Education | |
| Byron A. Brown and Olivia Nthoi | 289 |
| Chapter 14: Summary, Conclusions and Next Steps | |
| Alastair Irons and Byron A. Brown | 315 |
| Index | 325 |