Dear Colleagues,

Call for Abstracts

7^th Annual RITAL CONFERENCE

5th December 2019

SARETEC

The 7^th Annual RITAL conference will be hosted by the Fundani Centre for Higher Education Development on the 5^th December 2019.

Theme of the Conference:

Reimagining teaching and learning practices in the context of higher education transformation

The conference will bring together academics from across the disciplines who are interested in addressing issues of decolonisation of the curriculum, academic staff development, student engagement, language and multilingualism. It will provide a platform for academic staff to explore issues with regard to restructuring and reimagining teaching and learning practices within higher education institutions. The conference provides a platform for academic and support staff to present innovations, theorise policy and practice and explore opportunities and challenges associated with teaching and learning in higher education.

Abstracts should describe how educational transformation and decolonising teaching and learning practices were developed under any of the following conference sub-themes:

•            Research on teaching and learning

•            Decolonisation and transformation of the curriculum:

•            Research-based learning involving undergraduate students in research projects

•            Technology-enhanced teaching and learning

•            Language and the curriculum

•            Enhancing student learning and success

•            Student engagement

•            Curriculum development

•            Gender pedagogy

•            Institutional transformation

•            Blended learning

IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission of abstracts and workshop proposals: 4 October 2019

Notification of acceptance of abstracts: 31 October 2019. 

GUIDELINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS FOR PAPER AND *WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

Abstracts of 150 -200 words for paper and poster presentations, and 250 to 400 words for workshop presentations

All abstracts must be submitted to Dr Najwa Norodien-Fataar at norodien-fataarn@cput.ac.za, using the following template: 

English RITAL CONFERENCE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION FORM.docx

isiXhosa_FUNDANI _RITAL-CONFERENCE-ABSTRACT-SUBMISSION-FORM_07 October

Afrikaans_RITAL CONFERENCE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION FORM

Abstracts that meet the following conference formats will be considered:

·      Oral presentation (20 minutes)

·      Workshops (30 minutes)

·      Poster presentations