With pleasure, I welcome the April edition of the International Journal of Higher Education to be published immediately. This new issue collects material from Japan, Mongolia, the USA, Kenya and Mexico, that directly impacts one of the most urgent issues for contemporary higher education: how to enrich the learning of higher education students through innovation, engagement, and the thoughtful integration of future technologies.
In many countries across the world, universities continue to negotiate the new terrain of education and instruction as digital platforms, heterogenous student populations and shifting societal expectation forces teachers to rethink conventional teaching practices. This dynamic landscape is mirrored in this paper's additions (both conceptual and practical) that advance our understanding of successful teaching, especially in the context of higher education.