Dealing with Disruption: Supporting Student Learning, Development, and One Another in Complex Times
Across higher education, we are navigating sustained disruption — pedagogical, technological, structural, and emotional. ESLTIS 2026 invites educators, academic developers, and teaching-focused colleagues to share scholarship-informed responses to these challenges, with a particular emphasis on how we support student learning while sustaining ourselves and our communities.
Sub-themes
When submitting, contributors are invited to align their proposal with one or more of the following sub-themes:
- Teaching and Learning in an Age of AI Possibilities and Disruptions
(e.g. AI literacy, curriculum design, staff capability, student partnership) - Supporting Student Success, Belonging, and Inclusion
(e.g. widening participation, international students, transitions, inclusive pedagogies) - Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in Practice
(e.g. low-resource scholarship, evaluation of innovation, impact-focused SoTL) - Academic Identities, Workload, and Professional Sustainability
(e.g. teaching-focused careers, leadership, wellbeing, recognition and reward) - Partnership, Collaboration, and Community in Learning and Teaching
(e.g. staff–student partnership, cross-institutional working, communities of practice)
These themes are intended to be enabling rather than restrictive, and interdisciplinary, critical, and practice-based perspectives are warmly welcomed.
Submission formats
We invite proposals in the following formats:
- Oral Bites (5 minutes): Short, focused contributions or work-in-progress
- Talks (15 minutes): Research-informed or reflective scholarship presentations
- Workshops (60 minutes): Interactive, participatory sessions
How to submit
📄 Submit your proposal here:
👉 https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esltis26
The call for papers will close in April.
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