International Conference on Teaching and Learning (ICTL)

Abstract

The first International Conference on Teaching and Learning (ICTL) took place at Independent University,Bangladesh (IUB) during April 22-23, 2016. The event was organized by the Center for Pedagogy (CP) at IUB, which is established under an Acacemic Innovation Fund (AIF) sub-project titled Pedagogical Development at Undergraduate and Master’s Level (CP3357) funded by IUB and the Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP), Ministry of Education. Renowned researchers and practitioners from different academic and non-academic institutions from home and abroad presented a total of 101 research papers in this two-day-long conference. There were 27 sub-themes under the main theme of the conference - Education in the Current World: Pedagogy, Research and Social Change. The inauguration of the conference and the keynote session took place at the IUB auditorium on the second half of the first day. The chief guest of the session was Professor Mesbahuddin Ahmed, Head of Quality Assurance Unit (QAU), University Grants Commission (UGC), Bangladesh while the Chair was Professor M. Omar Rahman, Vice Chancellor of IUB. Dr. Robert Matthew, Director, Centre for Academic Research and Development (CARD), Durham University was the Keynote Speaker. A total of 27 parallel sessions were held from early morning to evening during the conference dates. The closing ceremony took place in the evening of the second day. Dr Gauranga Chandra Mohanta ndc, Project Director (Additional Secretary), Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) attended the programme as the chief guest. The conference was a great congregation of scholars and practitioners in pedagogy, which adjourned in the evening of April 23, 2016 with a grand buffet dinner at the faculty lounge of IUB.