Poster 11: Addressing Grand Challenges in Higher Education: An Approach Toward Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Knowledge, and Experience Exchange Silvia Mazabel, Kirsty McIntyre, Gülnur Birol, Sarah Bean Sherman, Alexis Gonzalez, Stephan Koenig, Adele Ruosi, Erica Jeffery & Amber Schroeder, Science Centre for Learning and Teaching (Skylight), The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Building on existing efforts […]
2026 Poster 11: Addressing Grand Challenges in Higher Education: An Approach Toward Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Knowledge, and Experience Exchange
/in 2026 Posters, 2026 ProceedingsPoster 11: Addressing Grand Challenges in Higher Education: An Approach Toward Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Knowledge, and Experience Exchange Silvia Mazabel, Kirsty McIntyre, Gülnur Birol, Sarah Bean Sherman, Alexis Gonzalez, Stephan Koenig, Adele Ruosi, Erica Jeffery & Amber Schroeder, Science Centre for Learning and Teaching (Skylight), The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Building on existing efforts […]
2026 Poster 12: Reflective Learning Logs as an Assignment Tool for Students
/in 2026 Posters, 2026 ProceedingsPoster 12: Reflective Learning Logs as an Assignment Tool for Students Penny Laycock (University of Glasgow, UK) This poster examines the use of reflective learning logs as an assessment in an Honours-level course to support students reflecting on their learning. Students analyse what supports or hinders their learning, how their approaches change over time, and […]
2026 Poster 13: Attendance as a Predictor for Course Academic Performance in Undergraduate Sport and Exercise Science Students
/in 2026 Posters, 2026 ProceedingsPoster 13: Attendance as a Predictor for Course Academic Performance in Undergraduate Sport and Exercise Science Students Victoria Penpraze (University of Glasgow, UK) Attendance is commonly associated with academic performance in undergraduate (UG) sport and exercise science (SES) programmes. This study reports preliminary findings examining the relationship between attendance and academic outcomes within a UG […]
2026 Poster 14: Simulation-Based Learning as a Catalyst for Teachers’ Self-Efficacy and Empathy
/in 2026 Posters, 2026 ProceedingsPoster 14: Simulation-Based Learning as a Catalyst for Teachers’ Self-Efficacy and Empathy Sehrab Masri (Ramat Gan Academic College, Israel) & Nayif Awad (Sakhnin Academic College for Teacher Education, Israel) This study examines simulation-based learning (SBL) as a pedagogical approach for enhancing teachers’ self-efficacy and empathy, two key competencies for effective and inclusive teaching. Using a […]
2026 Poster 15: Assessment and Collaboration: Do Grades Help or Hurt Group Culture?
/in 2026 Posters, 2026 ProceedingsPoster 15: Assessment and Collaboration: Do Grades Help or Hurt Group Culture? Marina Menshykova (University of Aberdeen, UK) The study examines how grading practices influence group culture and collaboration in educational settings. It explores how assessment systems shape student behaviour, particularly in group work contexts. Focusing on shared versus individual grades and the role of […]
2026 Poster 16: Uncovering Building Blocks Leading to a Collaborative Culture through Staff-Student Partnership
/in 2026 Posters, 2026 ProceedingsPoster 16: Uncovering Building Blocks Leading to a Collaborative Culture through Staff-Student Partnership Wei Lin Poh (Heriot-Watt University, Malaysia) This poster explores intentional collaborations between staff and students to build an inclusive academic culture that strengthens belonging and shared ownership of learning. It highlights student-staff partnership initiatives—such as liaison committees, class representative forums, and social […]
2026 Poster 17: Co-creating Assessments with Employers: What Worked, What Challenged, and What We Learnt
/in 2026 Posters, 2026 ProceedingsPoster 17: Co-creating Assessments with Employers: What Worked, What Challenged, and What We Learnt Gule Saman, Joy Perkins & Adnan Ilyas (Heriot-Watt University, UK) Integrating industry into university curricula is essential for strengthening graduate employability. Graduate Apprenticeships (GAs) offer one model that blends academic study with substantial work based learning. To explore how assessment and […]
2026 Poster 18: Crossing Cultural Boundaries in Teacher Education: Bedouin College Students’ Experiences in Jewish Schools in Israel
/in 2026 Posters, 2026 ProceedingsPoster 18: Crossing Cultural Boundaries in Teacher Education: Bedouin College Students’ Experiences in Jewish Schools in Israel Inna Smirnov-Okanin (Kaye Academic College of Education, Israel) This qualitative case study explores the intercultural experiences of Bedouin college students enrolled in a teacher education program during their practical training in Jewish schools in Israel. Based on semi-structured […]
2026 Poster 19: From Policing to Partnership: Leveraging GenAI for Compassionate and Culturally Responsive Academic Integrity
/in 2026 Posters, 2026 ProceedingsPoster 19: From Policing to Partnership: Leveraging GenAI for Compassionate and Culturally Responsive Academic Integrity Hebatallah Shoukry, Gule Saman, Nidhal AbdulAziz & Clare Thomson (Heriot-Watt University, UK) This pilot study explores how Generative AI (GenAI) can support fair, efficient, and empathetic decision-making in academic misconduct cases across culturally diverse campuses. Conducted within the School of […]
2026 Poster 20: Making Accounting Thinking Visible: Visual Thinking Strategies, Generative AI and Metacognitive Development in Pre-University Education
/in 2026 Posters, 2026 ProceedingsPoster 20: Making Accounting Thinking Visible: Visual Thinking Strategies, Generative AI and Metacognitive Development in Pre-University Education Zuliana Zaludin, Heriot-Watt University, UK This study discusses the use of Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) and Generative AI (GenAI) to create visual representations of abstract concepts in Accounting for pre-university students. The study tackles the problem of rote […]