TLS KC Proposals for 2021 Annual Conference

Following is a copy and paste of a message I received from NAFSA asking me to help promote the submission of TLS KC Proposals for the 2021 NAFSA Annual Conference in Orlando:

The TLS KC has set up a system to match potential co-presenters this year for the 2021 Annual Conference. If you are still looking for a co-presenter, please take a moment to fill out this quick Presenter Matching Form. We will connect you with potential co-presenters so that you can collaborate in developing and submitting session proposals for the conference.

 

If you know of others who are still looking, please encourage them to fill out this form as well!

 

The proposal deadline is next week: Aug. 26, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. EDT.

 

Here are the TLS Content Focus Areas (CFAs) + sub-topics:

CFA: Teaching and Learning in International Education 

(see TLS CFP for full details)

• Adaptation of intercultural learning to online and virtual formats 
• Faculty development programs to support new modes of internationalization 
• The application of Design Thinking – an attempt to redefine problems by finding alternative ways of addressing them -- to international education 
• Film, digital storytelling and international education 
• Virtual, AI, and 3DG/4D virtual environments in teaching and learning 
• Interdisciplinary collaborations between the humanities, social sciences, STEM, and professional fields 
• Social media and teaching, learning, and scholarship

CFA: Global Issues & Trends

• Teaching, learning, and scholarship that relate to sustainability, climate change, biology/epidemiology, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and other key global challenges of the 21st century 
• The ethical and moral challenges around global teaching, learning, and scholarship 
• Research and assessment on impacts to local/host communities and partners; research and assessment on virtual programming and exchange; reviews of key research and data in the field 
• New approaches to partnership development 
• Global learning collaborations across offices, partners, and consortia 

CFA: Diversity & Inclusion

• Critical and post-colonial approaches to teaching and learning 
• New approaches to topics such as intercultural competence or global learning 
• Issues of identity, belonging, and difference 
• Regional or area studies, especially on Latin American and Caribbean approaches to knowledge 
• Diversity and inclusion in international education research

CFA: Professional Development

• Research agendas, gaps, challenges, and opportunities in the field 
• Leadership and professional development strategies for scholar-practitioners 
• Research and data “laboratories” and master classes to encourage innovation, collaboration, and creative design • Publication tips and strategies 

CFA: Comprehensive Internationalization

• How teaching, learning, and scholarship in the field can be infused into institutional strategy (e.g. through accreditation plans, assessments, institutional research and decision making, pedagogy and curriculum) 
• The use of research/data in policy or strategy formation, or in university management 
• Best practices in curriculum internationalization and global learning 
• Innovations in internationalization at home programming and policies 

(Note: we are especially in need of submissions focused on the last three CFAs from the TLS perspective: Diversity & Inclusion, Professional Development, and Comprehensive Internationalization)

 

I know that many of our colleagues aren’t yet certain about their capacity to attend in person in 2021, but we encourage them to submit a proposal anyway! There is a lot that can happen over the next 9 months! (Also, it is possible to retract a proposal, but it is not possible to add a proposal after the deadline.)