Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Conference 

The Network of Quality, Teaching and Learning hosts a biennial conference on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). This provides a platform for conversations and collaborations on SoTL across AKU, raising the profile of teaching and learning at AKU by bringing together AKU faculty, faculty developers, and those interested in SoTL within AKDN and AKU partners.​

2​023 Conference

The 5th Biennial Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, 2023 (SoTLC2023) aims to bring together educators, students, academic staff, researchers, and other stakeholders to share innovative ideas, trials and triumphs, and best practices in transformative teaching for engaged learning.

You can register as a particpant to attend in person or vitually - Visit  Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference (SoTL) 2023 ​​

2021 UnConference

The fourth biennial Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference on November 29-30, 2021 but with a difference – This year it will be an UnConference.​

The ‘Un’Conference will allow us to be faculty and student-led, through a Global Solutions Café and Co-creation Learning Labs; engage in fun reflective activities, through a Quarantine Teaching Bloopers, provide faculty development opportunities through Flipped Learning Master Classes and  Peer-Reflective Studios, and allow for asynchronous engagement such as through Pecha Kucha stories, at an attempt to minimize the zoom and virtual learning fatigue.​​
Click the link below to visit SoTL UnConference 2021 homepage. 
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference (SOTL) 2021 ​​

Watch the SoTL UnConference 2021 Highli​​ghts

2019 Conference

The third conference was held on 27-28 November 2019 and was titled 'Evidencing Teaching Practices for Effective Learning in Higher Education.' Keynotes were Professor Debra Dawson (Western University, Canada) and Professor Mike Atkinson (Western University, Canada). For more information, visit the SoTL Conference page​. ​​

2017 Conference

​​The second conference was held in October 2017 and was titled 'Active Learning in Higher Education.' Keynotes were Professor Geraldine Van Gyn (retired professor from the Faculty of Education, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) and Late Professor Brenda Leibowitz (former Chair of Teaching and Learning in the Education Faculty at the University of Johannesburg).  The conference was opened by Dr. Haile Debas (Chair of Board of Trustees, Aga Khan University, and was attended by 120 participants. Post 2017's SOTL conference, 10 full papers and 2 reflective pieces which were presented in the SOTL conference were submitted for review in the journal 'SOTL in the South'.​

2015 Conference

The first conference was held in August 2015, and was titled 'Engaged Teaching for Engaged learning.' Keynotes were presented by esteemed professors from international universities including Professor Arshad Ahmed (former Vice President Teaching and Learning at Mc Master's Institute for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching and Learning) and Professor Janet Welch (Assistant Dean and Executive Director, Academic Technologies, University of Alberta). The conference was opened by Dr. Greg Moran (former Provost, Aga Khan University), and was attended by 150 participants.

AKU hosts Scholarship of Teaching and Learning conference

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference 2015: Engaged Teaching for Engaged Learning​