Professor Byron A. Brown is Professor of Education and Director of Research and Innovation at University of Zululand, Republic of South Africa, and Visiting Scholar at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Formerly Deputy Executive Director for Teaching, Leaning and Research at BAC, Botswana.Professor Alastair Irons is Deputy Principal and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Abertay University, UK, and Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa.

• Introduction: A New Frontier for Higher Education; Byron A. Brown and Alastair IronsPart 1. Fundamental Changes and Transitions in Higher EducationChapter 1. Neoliberalism Crisis and Fundamental Shifts in Africa’s Higher Education Provision in the 21st Century; Byron A. BrownPart 2. Emerging Approaches and Practices in Higher Education PedagogyChapter 2. Pedagogical Models of Digital Learning in the United Kingdom: Lessons for Africa; Paula Shaw and Sarah RawlinsonChapter 3. Teaching Approaches, Social Support and Student Learning in the Non-traditional Classrooms in Higher Education; Byron A. BrownChapter 4. Gamification: Teaching a Practice-based Subject Virtually for Transformative Impact; David Graham, James Ellerby, and Norman DinsdaleChapter 5. Reforming Emergency Remote Teaching Through the Evaluation of Practice in Higher Education; Byron A. BrownChapter 6. Shifts in Pedagogy and Flexible Assessment: Integrating Digital Technology With Good Teaching and Learning Practice; Sam ElkingtonChapter 7. Blockchain Technology in Teaching, Learning and Academic Administration as a Long-term Solution to Emergencies in Higher Education; Byron A. BrownChapter 8. Humanising Pedagogy in Times of the COVID-19 Emergency: Student and Academic Voices in South Africa; Leila KajeeChapter 9. Student Interaction and Engagement Supported by Blended Learning Tools in Emergency Teaching; Lelokwane Mokgalo, Alice Njoroge, and Mercy MusikavanhuChapter 10. Cybersecurity in the Digital Classroom: Implications for Emerging Policy, Pedagogy and Practice; Alastair Irons and Tom CrickChapter 11. Online Safeguarding and Personal Cyber Skills for Students; Andy Phippen and Emma BondPart 3. Culture and Policy Concerns in a COVID-19 Higher Education WorldChapter 12. Policy Gaps and Imperatives for Rebuilding Sustainable African Tertiary Education Systems Disrupted by COVID-19; Theophilus MookoChapter 13. Cultural Influences in Online Pedagogy and the Final-ends of African Higher Education; Byron A. Brown and Olivia NthoiChapter 14. Summary, Conclusions and Next Steps; Alastair Irons and Byron A. Brown

I find the book to be one anchored in praxis…I think the most powerful aspect of this book is its multi-disciplinarity, and its focus on engaging readers in discussion about reimagining pedagogical practices in what can now be viewed as the ‘New Normal’ in higher education teaching and learning across Africa and the world. An excellent resource for the higher education sector.