Internationalization: From concept to implementation

Abstract

Higher education is in a phase of rapid internationalization, with practices and impacts ranging from curriculum reform to satellite campuses to affiliated partner institutions. Internationally, higher education institutions are increasingly engaged with issues pertaining to technology integration. The primary reason for this is a growing acceptance of the importance of student-centered and heuristic learning, and the emergence of mobile devices as learning tools. This paper is also concerned to show technology integration as an internationalizing practice that promotes and enables brand, staff, and student mobility. The paper presents an evidence-based case study for technology integration at Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School (BMIHMS), a higher education institution that provides international business education, specializing in hotel, resort, and event management. In responding to the nascent trends in technology, and the continuing impacts globalization is having on higher education, BMIHMS has demonstrated that technology integration is an effective internationalizing practice.