​​Visit the SoTL website to view short Keynote Abstract Appetizer videos from this year's Keynote Speakers: Prof Geo Quinot (Stellenbosch University) and Prof Joy Mighty (Carleton University in Ottawa). The videos give a short overview of the theme and focus of the keynotes.

The 12th annual in-house Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) conference presented by Stellenbosch University (SU) will take place on 29 and 30 October 2019 at the Lord Charles Hotel, Somerset West. Pre-conference workshops will be offered on 28 October 2019.

The conference theme for this year is “Teaching Matters @ SU".

Prof Mighty asks, “Why teach? Why do YOU teach? Would it matter if you did not teach? How you answer these questions may provide important clues to how you teach, how you interact with your students, and your perceptions of the role that teaching plays in both your professional identity and the dominant teaching philosophy of your institution."

Prof Quinot depicts the focus of his paper as, “A collaborate paradigm of teaching and learning. It asks what the relationship is between the 'YOU' and the 'OUR' when one says, 'Your teaching matters'. The paper aims to link the individual teaching practice with a community of practice via the African value of ubuntu, asking whether such a collaborative paradigm is perhaps more appropriate for a university with the vision of becoming 'Africa's leading research-intensive university."

Remember to register for the conference before the closing date of 18 October 2019.

Please visit the conference website at http://www0.sun.ac.za/sotl for registration and keynote biographies.​

Enquiries: sotl@sun.ac.za​​​