Call for Papers
Sharing Teaching-Learning Experience Conference (STEC2019)

Conference Date:                      March 8-9, 2019
Conference Venue:                   TLC, IIT (BHU) Varanasi
Submission Deadline:               January 31, 2019

This national conference aims to bring together scholars in higher education to share their teaching-learning experience and ideas on pedagogical innovation and application. The conference invites participation from the practitioners in teaching-learning across domains and disciplines (including innovation and experiences promising integration of school and higher education).

Research in education is happening at a greater pace than before, making it much more imperative to seek their harmonious integration in teaching and learning environment. A number of pedagogical innovations have led to an enlightened worldview on teaching-learning. Higher education, in particular, has higher scope for integration of these ideas into teaching-learning practice. The ideas, expertise and experience of the researchers and practitioners happen to be one of the most valuable among the sources for research and innovation in education. The conference seeks to bring them together at a common platform to facilitate a meeting of minds from diverse domains and disciplines to share their teaching-learning expertise and experiences. The sharing of wisdom enables a better understanding of the concepts and practices in teaching-learning leading to desired outcome.

The Teaching Learning Cell (TLC) of IIT (BHU), under the PMMMNMTT scheme of the MHRD (Govt. of India), and in collaboration with the Inter University Center for Teacher Education (IUCTE, BHU) and the Faculty of Education of Banaras Hindu University, is organizing a national conference on Sharing Teaching-Learning Experience as a platform for the practitioners in higher education to share their teaching-learning expertise, experience and ideas in innovation, in the form of paper presentations, panel discussions and expert lectures. 

The Conference will include invited key-concept lectures, rounds of panel discussions (primarily based on impact study and findings of PMMMNMTT schemes) and presentations (oral and poster), focussing on sharing of innovative ideas, expertise and experiences, from the faculty members, researchers and practitioners in the area of higher education from across domains and disciplines.

In addition to papers sharing teaching-learning experiences, we are particularly interested in studies that directly reflect implicational issues and address the relation of innovation (including digital) with sustainability and other pedagogical and social concerns. We seek abstracts (250-300 words) that bring out key ideas, localizable innovations and sustainable design in teaching-learning conceptions and practices at higher education. Examples of topics include, but not limited to:

• Academic matters: roles and responsibilities
• Bridging the gap: self, society, institution and beyond
• Digital intervention: shifting modes, modalities and challenges
• Educational innovation: sustainable design and deliverables
• Localization: integration of teaching-learning research
• Impact study and findings: Experience of one month induction training programmes of PMMMNMTT scheme

Participants
Students, researchers, faculty and practitioners including learners, trainers and educationists from across domains and disciplines are invited to participate. Moreover we encourage participation by submission of research abstract for presentation (oral or poster) in the conference.  

Submission of Proposals
Submissions should include a title, an abstract of 250-300 words and a brief biography including name, institutional affiliation, and email contact. Only previously unpublished papers and those not already committed elsewhere may be submitted. Submission deadline is January 31, 2019. Successful proposals will be notified by February 5, 2019 for full paper/poster. Full paper and poster submission deadline is February 21, 2019.

Submission Link: http://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sect19

Registration
No Registration Fee, Online registration (starts after notification)

Support
Local hospitality (accommodation twin sharing & food) for all the registered participants (7^th Evening -10^th Noon, March 2019) and limited travel support 

Conference Secretariat
ABLT Complex, TLC, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, UP – 221005, INDIA
Email: office.tlc@itbhu.ac.in

Contact Person (while emailing please write STEC2019 IIT BHU in the subject)
Dr Anil Thakur: anil.hss@iitbhu.ac.in
Dr V. Ramanathan: vraman.chy@iitbhu.ac.in