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Sub Theme A: Methodologies and Strategies in Learning, Teaching and Assessment

Session	Title
A1-1	Collaborative Action Research for Developing Effective Instructional Strategies Aimed at Improving Study Skills Among Higher Education Students
A1-2	Developing Generative Learning: Spirals of Action and Assessment
A1-3	Silent Witness: Student Voice and Creative Approaches to Learning
A1-4	Application of DEA on Teaching Resource Inputs and Learning Performance
A1-5	Strategies to Embed Intercultural Competence as a Soft Skill in University Curriculum
A1-6	Issues in Developing a Transnational Generic-Skills Business Unit for Malaysia
A2-1	Reflection in Learning and Management Training
A2-2	Metaphors and Pair Programming as a Constructivist Strategy in Computing Education: A Literature Review
A2-3	Effects of Teaching Paraphrasing Skills to Students Learning Summary Writing in ESL
A2-4	Giving Students the Edge: The Impact of a Student Mentoring Service on a Student Mentor’s Personal and Professional Development
A2-5	Incorporating Authentic Assessment into Different University Learning Scenarios
A2-6	Learning & Teaching Through Youth-Led Initiative Programme in Character Development
A3-1	A Case Study of Students Preferred Teaching Strategies to Support Placement Learning
A3-2	‘Exhibiting’ Research: The Value of Integrating Research, Field Trip and Creative Outcomes as Teaching and Learning Approaches in Architecture
A3-3	Does Complaining Behaviour of Students Differ Between the Perceived Reward Power and Punishment Power Towards Lecturers?
A4-1	‘Reflections’ of Learning: An Integrated Portfolio as a Method to Assess ‘Graduate Capabilities’
A4-2	Problem-Based Learning as a New Trend in Language Teaching and Learning
A4-3	Emotional Intelligence: Embedding Soft Skills within the Curriculum
A4-4	The Impact of Learning Styles and Alternative Instructional Approach on Students’ Programming Performance: A Pilot Study
A5-1	Fostering Cultural Awareness in Pre-Service Teacher Education: An Experiment in Asia Literacy Capacity Building in an Australian University
A5-2	The Use of an Engagement Survey to Improve Educational Experience and Outcomes in a Language Course
A5-3	Anxious Attachment in Micronesia: An Examination of Arrested Exploration and Resignation to Place
A5-4	The Use of Learner-Development Activities in ESL Classrooms; The Correlation Between Learner Autonomy and Students’ English Writing Proficiency
A5-5	Comparison of Examination Questions Against Module Learning Outcomes Using Bloom’s Taxonomy
A6-1	Transforming Educational Practice: Teachers’ Perceptions of Embedding Academic Literacy Support Within a B.Ed Twinning Program.
A6-2	The Contribution of Listening Comprehension to Second Language (L2) and Foreign Language (FL) Learning
A6-3	Reflective Thinking Among Teachers: A Way of Incorporating Critical Thinking in the Classroom?

Sub Theme B: Technology And Its Impact On Learning, Teaching and Assessment Environments

Session	Title
B1-1	The Effects of Integrating Mobile and CAD Technology in Teaching Architectural Design Process for Malaysian Polytechnics Architectural Students in Producing Creative Product
B1-2	Researching Professionals and Online Social Networking: Toward a Professional Doctorate
B1-3	ICT Across the Curriculum: Developing Pre-Service Teachers’ Integration Literacy
B2-1	Using Blogs to Surface Evidence of Deep Learning Among College Students
B2-2	Student Perceptions and Explanations of Cognitive Strategy Use in an Unrestricted Blog
B2-3	Distance Learning by Webcam: Creating a Flatter World or Just a Bumpier Ride?
B3-1	Positive Effects of Teaching Using Mayer’s Design Principles
B3-2	Online Social Presence: An Exploratory Study on the Extent to Which It Is Experienced in a Facebook Community for Open and Distance Learners
B3-3	Innovating Teaching and Learning: Student Perceptions of Interactive Multimedia Learning in a Malaysian Classroom
B4-1	E- Portfolio Development Methodology and Evaluation Criteria for Instructional Media Classes
B4-2	Design, Development and Student Evaluation of Interactive Virtual Field Guides for Teaching Geosciences at Liverpool John Moores University, UK
B5-1	Technology, Feedback, Action!: The Impact of E-Learning Technologies Upon Students' Engagement with Their Feedback
B5-2	The Relationship Between Student Attendance, Attainment and Availability of Lecture Material on the Virtual Learning Environment: A Study in the First-Year of A Bioscience Degree
B5-3	Improving Financial & Business Awareness Through an Online Business Simulation Game: Achieving the Most Appropriate Blend of E-Learning, Tutor Input and Support Materials
B6-1	To What Extent Can Podcasting Meet Individual Learner’s Needs and Improve Student Satisfaction?
B6-2	Social Software For Collaboration Adaptive Learning in E-Learning

Sub Theme C: Institutional Policies and Professional Development

Session	Title
C1-1	Quality is What Quality Does!
C1-2	Exploratory Study of Students’ Perception Towards Learning Experience in Their Industry Placement in the Hospitality Industry
C1-3	The Applicability of Bowen’s Family Theory to the Malay Population
C2-1	Designing Teaching for Active Learning (DTAL) – Observations from the Joint Edinburgh Napier University and TAR College Staff Development Programme
C2-2	Mission Possible: Widening Access to Quality Distance Teacher Education Through a Win-Win Collaboration Between Open University Malaysia and the Teacher Education Division of Malaysia
C2-3	Involvement in Academic Quality Applications as a Means of Faculty Development
C3-1	Collaborative Higher Education Programmes as the Way Forward For Continuing Professional Development and Lifelong Learning
C3-2	A Case Study: Establishing an Effective Employability Programme at Liverpool John Moores University
C4-1	Developing Universities Through Change Initiatives – Sheffield Hallam University, UK, and the Centre for Excellence for Employability
C4-2	Informing Institutional Inclusive Policy and Practice: Disabled and Nondisabled Student Teaching, Learning and Assessment Experiences
C5-1	The International Student Experience: Students from Malaysia Studying for a Degree in the UK
C5-2	Planned Developments That Make Graduate Employability an Explicit Value Within a UK Higher Education Institution
C5-3	The Relationship Between Organisational Climate and Knowledge Sharing Behaviour in Malaysian Universities
C5-4	Using Alumni Role-Models to Identify, Enhance and Integrate Employability Within the Curriculum
C6-1	The Management of Cross Cultural Relationships in Transnational Higher Education Partnerships
C6-2	Equipping the Curriculum and Our Graduates for the Real World
C6-3	Restructuring Aboriginal Education in Canada for Enhancing Human Resource Development, Employability, Equity and Social Justice

Workshops

	Title
Workshop 1	Affective Teaching: Implementation and Possible Outcomes
Workshop 2	Developing Peer Support as a Means of Enhancing the International Student Experience
Workshop 3	How To Better Prepare Students for E-Learning and Avoiding Common Pitfalls
Workshop 4	Tailoring Research Articles to Journals

Poster Presentations

	Title
Poster 1	Effect of Medical Student’s Emotional Intelligence on Academic Performance
Poster 2	You Can Lead a Horse to Water…: Staff Development and the Communities of Practice Initiative at Manchester Metropolitan University
Poster 3	Learning Tendency of Low Achievement Students in University
Poster 4	The Development of Creative Art Activities through Peer-cooperative Small Group and Peer Assessment
Poster 5	E-Learning, Affective Computing and Aesthetic for Improving Education Outcomes in Web-based Education
Poster 6	Use of 3-D Printing Models to Enhance the Classroom Learning Concepts of a Casting Component
Poster 7	Peer Review of Biology Final Year Project - A Platform for the Development of Critical Thinking
Poster 8	Promoting Students’ Personal Development through Biology Co-Curriculum in Partnership with Non-Academic Units
Poster 9	Objectives, Delivery and Assessment – Adoption of OBE Triangular Philosophy and Methodologies in Biology Program Level
Poster 10	Sustainable Quality Assurance for an Annual Professional Body Programme Review Visit
Poster 11	Collegial Conversations : Enhancing the Teaching Environment in Humanities and Teacher Education
Poster 12	Offshore/onshore: The interface of allied and academic support to personalise the experience of international students
Poster 13	Own and other: Bi-cultural strategies to produce global citizens