Conference Themes
We invite contributions that are scholarly, practice-oriented, reflective, and provocative to cultivate a collaborative culture among higher education institutions.
1
Interdisciplinary approaches in
learning and teaching in higher education
- Teaching models integrating different disciplinary approaches
- Using real-world scenarios that require input from
different disciplines (e.g., managing pandemics,
environmental crises and medical malpractice).
- Multi-disciplinary simulation-based learning.
- Joint teaching on topics (e.g. in science, law and health.
- Interdisciplinary research in undergraduate
teaching.
- Interdisciplinary projects that tackle sustainable
development goals.
- Capstone projects where students in different
programmes collaborate to solve complex issues
(e.g., access to healthcare, vaccine distribution justice,
environmental health).
- How to communicate and collaborate across disciplinary
boundaries.
2
Reimagining Knowledge: Blending
Traditional and Innovative Approaches in Higher
Education
- Tradition meets technology: AR for teaching abstract concepts
- Backwards design meets Ubuntu: Inclusive, culturally rooted curricula
- Multimodal meaning-making in multilingual classrooms
- Translanguaging in Education: Classroom practices that
support students’ linguistic resources for learning.
- Decolonising Assessments: From exams to culturally
responsive assessments like storytelling, performance,
and crafting.
- Reflections on Teaching and Learning: Scholarship
of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), student-lecturer
- Teaching for Equity: Designing curricula that address
socio-economic disparities.
- Student success and well-being: Studying the economic
determinants of academic success and proposing
financial support strategies.
3
The Digital Revolution
Technology, AI, and data-driven learning in higher education.
- AI-enhanced teaching with assistants and chatbots
- Educational games and simulations
- Real-time feedback tools for formative assessment
- Virtual and augmented realities for immersive learning
- Learning analytics and data-driven methods
4
Bridging Gaps: Equity, Access and
Inclusive Policies
This sub-theme addre
- Teaching for Equity: Differentiated instruction,
scaffolded group work, and tiered assignments in large
classes.
- Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy: Teaching with relevance
to multilingual and diverse student bodies.
- Inclusive Design: Adapting learning materials for visual,
auditory, sensory, and cognitive accessibility.
- Peer Teaching Models: Empowering students to coteach and lead.
- Student Success and Wellbeing: Innovations in support
services, mentorship, and institutional strategies that
promote holistic student development.
5
Sustainable Future
Higher education for sustainability and climate consciousness.
- Systems thinking in the classroom
- Teaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Green pedagogies: Bringing nature into the classroom
- Assessments reflecting sustainability competencies
- Environmental and sustainable pedagogies
6
Entrepreneurial Mindsets
Innovation and sustainability for the future.
- Embedding creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication
- Community-linked projects for real-world problem-solving
- Micro-enterprise simulations
- Learning from failure: Teaching resilience and risk-taking
- Fostering creativity in curriculum
