Stellenbosch University Experiential Education Conference 2020

CONFERENCE TRACK 5:
Research and innovation in experiential education.

Experiential education as integrated in the curriculum presents exciting new opportunities for scholarship and research. A rigorous and well-developed scholarship agenda in the area of experiential education can lead to innovation moving institutions beyond current limitations

This can be in the form of new curricular; curriculum renewal and experiential education integrations, internship programmes, active and collaborative learning as well as project and problem-based learning. Globally there are numerous experiential education pedagogical approaches, each presenting opportunities for study and research. What modes of learning will emerge as a result of covid-19 and how will universities remain relevant during mass global change that includes the higher education sector?

This conference-track explores experiential education and experiential learning as expanding frontiers in higher educational research and innovation in responding to pressing humanitarian needs and issues of social justice.

  1. Innovative learning and teaching within a research paradigm

  2. Engaged scholarship

  3. Scaling for impact

  4. Technological economic and demographic trends in higher education

  5. Innovation for social change

  6. Opportunities for research and innovation in experiential education activities

  7. Innovative tools and research skills for experiential education development

  8. Ethics of big data and students

  9. Information research – utilising big-data to determine student development and success

  10. Tracking students – what is ethical and what is not.

  11. Researching and measuring what counts

  12. Multi-disciplinary multi-partnership research platforms

Enquiries

If you have enquiries about the submission of abstracts, please email us at experientiallearning@sun.ac.za, or Ruth Andrews at rutha@sun.ac.za and Ayanda Ntuli at ayandantuli@sun.ac.za.