ttlc20192018: 3 Exciting Keynotes, 2 Intensive Masterclasses, 1 Forum & up to 60 parallel sessions.

Sep 12, 2019
Sep 14, 2019
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Transforming Curriculum: Empowering Learning for Life

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With the theme, ?Transforming Curriculum: Empowering Learning for Life?, the Taylor?s 11th Teaching and Learning Conference 2018 (ttlc20192018) will examine key strategies for building learning institutions which are as future-capable as the graduates they develop. Education is evolving, and many institutions have set themselves a goal to prepare their learners for life.

Empowering learners for life requires a fundamental shift in designing curriculum for Higher Education focussed on broad-based education, holistic education and the development of Life Skills.  New priorities, pedagogies, technologies, spaces and assessment strategies are required to empower learners to take ownership of their learning. Creating resilient, adaptable and future-capable learners is no longer an option for Higher Education institutions as we embrace the Education 4.0 Trends.

Therefore, the future-capable institution may instead be defined by the quality and depth of the learning experience, with a clear aim to build learners with high-level capabilities needed to navigate a successful global future such as leadership, social responsibility, innovation and problem solving.

The ttlc20192018?s innovative agenda is designed to ?unlock? the typical conference format, and our aim is to create a space that prioritises engagement with keynotes, panelists and delegates. You can look forward to a relevant, pro-active and rewarding learning experience where peer-to-peer learning and collaboration are prevalent with experts from more than 12 countries and 30 institutions.

Our programme features sessions such as : 

  1.  Masterclass with keynote speakers
  2. Forums with representatives from different industry sectors
  3. Roundtable discussions with industry, graduates, students and academia
  4. Lightning Talks

Come join us at Taylor's 11th Teaching and Learning Conference today! 


https://ttlc2019.dryfta.com/ Taylor's University Lakeside Campus, No. 1 Jalan Taylor's 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia. Taylor's 12th Teaching and Learning Conference 2019 ttlc.general@taylors.edu.my

Keynote Speakers

 

  




Professor Thakur S Powdyel

Bhutan Minister of Education (2008-2013),  President of the Royal Thimphu College from February 2015 to August 2018



Keynote:The Moment of Truth: Why I Am In A Mission Called Education?


Biography:

Thakur S Powdyel is an educator by choice, conviction and passion. He has taught in schools, colleges and universities and writes regularly on development issues, education and democracy, and meditates on educational integrity, institutional honour, national self-respect and moral literacy. Powdyel has travelled extensively across the length and breadth of his country and developed a deep understanding of the aspirations of his fellow-citizens and the needs of the country. Powdyel has often been referred to as the most widely foot-travelled education minister in the world. He has led many delegations and represented Bhutan in important conferences and meeting in different parts of the world.

As the Minister of Education (2008-2013), Powdyel, worked hard to move Bhutan towards fulfilling the Constitutional mandate of ensuring basic education for all Bhutanese children as well achieving the Millennium Development Goals, particularly universal primary enrolment and gender parity, enhance non-formal and continuing education, and restore Education to its core function as the Noble Sector by initiating the Green Schools programme under the auspices of the Educating for Gross National Happiness initiative. 


As a Member of Parliament, Powdyel introduced some important bills particularly those affecting the welfare of women and children. His published works include "As I Am, So Is My Nation", Right of Vision & Occasional Views", and "My Green School: An Outline", now available in Spanish, Catalan, Vietnamese, and Japanese, with other translations underway. He is the principal author of "The Light of My Life". 


Thakur S Powdyel was awarded the prestigious International Gusi Peace Prize in 2011 for Life-time Contribution to Education, the Global Education Award in 2012 for Outstanding Contribution to Education, and the Distinguished Service Award in 2016. Powdyel received the sacred Dakyen from His Majesty the King on April 11, 2008, and became Bhutan's Minister of Education in the country's first democratically elected government. He is a recipient of the Coronation Gold Medal 2008 and Institutional Award: The Honour of Druk Thuksey 2012. 


Thakur S Powdyel invested his public office with a rare and chastening quality of integrity, service and selflessness in the evolving Bhutanese democratic landscape in honour of his country and fellow-citizens, born of his deeply-held beliefs and convictions.  


The 1984 RCSC examination topper, TS Powdyel served as the Vice Principal of Sherubtse College for 15 years, as the Director of the Centre for Educational Research and Development for seven years and joined the country's new political process in response to the initiation of the historic democratic system by His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck in 2008.

TS Powdyel served as the President of the Royal Thimphu College from February 2015 to August 2018 in honour of the Noble Sector as a vital instrument of nation-building and human flourishing. He has been a visiting professor to and delivered talks at several university and college campuses.

Though not in civil service or in the government at present, Thakur S Powdyel remains deeply engaged in public service, trying to make a positive difference in the life of the nation, having declined several lucrative offers to work abroad.



Professor Dr Susan J. Deeley  

Professor of Learning and Teaching  and the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK. 

Keynote: Engaging Students in Partnership: 'Revising' and Navigating the Map of Assessment


Biography:

Susan J. Deeley Ph.D., M.Ed., M.Phil., B.A. (Hons) is Professor of Learning and Teaching at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK and is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the School of Social and Political Sciences. Susan is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, holds a University Teaching Excellence Award and a Students' Representative Council Teaching Award for 'Most Innovative Teaching'. Her publications include Critical Perspectives on Service-Learning in Higher Education published by Palgrave Macmillan, which has been translated into Spanish. Her other research interests are in staff-student partnership, assessment and feedback, and technology enhanced active learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbF7pMVIcsU





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