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Putting the South back into Global South: SoTL as scholarly and social activism by Behari-Leak, Kasturi

“…In unpacking the theme of ‘Sustainable Futures for Teaching and Learning’, I explore the discourse of ‘grand challenges’ for SoTL in the South. I offer…”
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Are AI detection and plagiarism similarity scores worthwhile in the age of ChatGPT and other Generative AI? by Baron, Philip

“…Recent advancements in chatbots have provided students and academics with a new mode of how knowledge can be sourced and composed. Within a very short space of…”
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Editorial: Teaching and Learning for Sustainable Futures by McDonald, Jared, Bernard, Eleanor, Simpson, Zachary

“…In this editorial, the guest editors and SOTL4theSouth conference organisers reflect on the significance of the theme of the conference and special issue, and…”
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Teaching and learning for sustainable futures: Reclaiming, collaboration and empathy by Berman, Kim Shelley

“…Introducing community engagement to my annual class of Visual Art honours students has become increasingly challenging. There is a healthy resistance to the…”
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University community partnerships for climate change adaptation in Malawi: Exploring contributions, potential opportunities and challenges by Phiri, Chimwemwe

“…Partnerships with local communities have emerged as a prominent educational strategy within university functions, aligning with the ethos of an institution…”
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Projections on (re)designing pedagogical pathways towards decolonial praxis in postgraduate literacy education by Prozesky, Maria, Ferreira, Ana

“…What would it mean to teach a postgraduate course about literacy education in South Africa in a way attuned to place, bodies, ways of being, and decolonial…”
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Amazwi Amasha: New Approaches to Sustainable Poetry Teaching and Learning by Genis, Gerhard, Byrne, Deirdre C.

“…At many South African schools poetry is considered  to be a “problem genre”, with both teachers and learners viewing it as “difficult” and as a genre that…”
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Situating pluralism in biomedical healthcare practices: Lessons from the ethnomedical approach by Van der Merwe, Anke, Serekoane, Motsaathebe, Du Plooy, Shirley

“…Healthcare interactions have become increasingly varied, prompting the need for revised person-centred approaches that call for curriculum reform. This paper…”
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The music department without walls: Lessons from Marshall McLuhan by De Villiers, Alethea

“…In the technological age, the print-based culture of the previous century and the current practice of the bureaucratization of higher education (HE) influence…”
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The humanities impacting communities through entrepreneurship: A case study of student enterprise from a South African university by Sebolao, Rosaline

“…The role of a university education is to transform and develop communities through the production of academically competent graduates and research, as well as…”
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The Night Nurse: A reflection on On Being Sane in Insane Places by D. L. Rosenhan (1973) by Mapaling, Curwyn

“…In this poetic reflection, The Night Nurse draws inspiration from D.L. Rosenhan's influential 1973 study to probe the complex relationship between personal…”
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Towards Learning Excellence in Universities: A Critical Review of Information and Communication Technology Policies in Education in Kenya by Kiarie, Caroline, Jones, Nicola-Jane

“…The current reality is that technological advancement has shaped how learning is being conducted in education. Communication technology has been embraced in…”
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Psychological safety during a large-scale simulation-based learning event by Henrico, Karien

“…Psychological safety (PS) is currently endorsed as best practice in simulated learning environments. PS refers to the belief that a student can express their…”
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Becoming octopus: Indigenous ways of knowing and green leadership by Pointer, Rebecca, Miller, Darlene

“…On 30 June 2014 we (a small group of academic women) opened our first Green Leadership School, an experiment in decolonising the classroom, exploring…”
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International collaboration and connections through design thinking: A case study of the Global Classroom for Democracy Innovation (GCDI) by Wingfield, Matthew, Carson, Jesi, Mujulizi, Mukisa, Von Lieres, Bettina, Adamovic, Marco, Piper, Laurence, Lundqvist Westin, Wilma

“…This paper is based on the collaborative development of the Global Classroom for Democracy Innovation (GCDI), and its month-long virtual pilot workshop, the…”
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Storytelling for personal connection: A pedagogical strategy to localise fashion education by Roos, Carla, Harvey, Neshane

“…The 2015 student protests, #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall, gave rise to the call to decolonise curricula and end the dominance of Western ideologies in…”
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Student disciplinary policies at a distance and online university in South Africa by Marais, Ingrid

“…Academic integrity is at the core of the academic project and is threatened if universities and the academics and students in them, do not take the quest of…”
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South African Higher Education: Transformation or/and Decolonisation? by Muraina, Luqman, Toshe-Mlambo, Yonela, Cingo, Siviwe

“…Transformation is the christened name of institutional activities seeking to change South Africa ‘into the opposite of apartheid’, including in higher…”
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Choosing to learn outside the classroom: Rural South African students’ motivation for and benefits of participating in voluntary international virtual exchanges by Breshears, Diana, Du Plessis, Rentia

“…In recent years, universities have adopted virtual exchange programmes to promote intercultural competencies, language acquisition, and global citizenship…”
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Transforming perspectives on gender through imagined futures: A speculative design inquiry by Bediako Ackon, Kimberly

“…This paper will present a second-year Fashion Design Theory project, ‘Imagining Gender Equality in 100 Years’. The project outcomes were based on the critical…”
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