Draft Program

8.00 am

Registration Opens. Coffee on arrival

8.45 am

Arrival of guest of honour:

Dato' Sri Effendi Norwawi, Special Envoy in Higher Education to Prime Minister

9.05 am

Welcome address

Professor Richard Larkins

Vice-Chancellor and President, Monash University

9.20 am

Opening remarks

Professor Merilyn Liddell, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Monash University Malaysia

Professor Tyrone Pretorius, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Monash South Africa

Issues from the Leading Edges - Quality and Assurance in a University with International Campuses

9.50 am

Introduction to conference themes

Living Moments Reflective Drama Company

10.05 am

Official Conference Opening and Speech

Presentation of souvenirs

10.30 am

Morning Tea

11.00 am

Keynote: Professor Dato Dr Sharifah Hapsah bt Syed Hasan bt Shahabudin
Director Quality Assurance Division, Ministry of Higher Education

12.30

Lunch

1.30 pm

Mr Matthew Evans , Counsellor, Education, Science and Training, Australian Education International (AEI)

National and international quality assurance and legislation

Mr Robert Carmichael , Audit Director, Australian University Quality Agency (AUQA)

Ensuring offshore quality

Professor Walter Wong, Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor, Monash University Malaysia

3.00 pm

Afternoon Tea

3.30 pm

Panel presentation: National frameworks for higher education quality assurance

Professor Lewis Dzimbiri, Univerity of Botswana, Botswana

Professor Rachavarn Kanjanapanyakom, Kasetsart University, Thailand

Professor MTM Jiffry, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Professor Tserensodnom Gantsog, National University of Mongolia, Mongolia

5.00 pm

End of sessions

6.30 pm

Conference Welcome Reception
hosted by Professor Richard Larkins, Vice Chancellor, Monash University

8.00 am

Registration opens. Coffee on arrival

Keynote: Cayman Room

9.00 am

Professor Rhukmini Nair, Indian Institute of Technology

Trans-Formations: Texts, Technologies And Teachers In The Twenty-First Century

10.30 am

Morning Tea

Jamaica Room

Cancun Room

Key West Room

11.00 am

The Impact of the Brain Drain Phenomenon on Higher Education In Poor Countries: the case of Malawi

Enhancing tutorial learning experience through reflective practices

An Architecture to Aid Students Manage their Personal Knowledge

Lewis Dzimbiri,
Botswana

Sim Khoon-Seng,
Malaysia

Stuart Garner,
Australia

11.30 am

The Internationalisation of Higher Education: Brain Drain or Brain Gain?

Using image to facilitate the exploration of issues in the internationalisation of higher education

Help! Someone help! The critical need for a peer mentoring support system for pre-undergraduate students

Richard Braddock, Charlotte Frew & Paul Taylor, Australia

Marie-Louise Annerblom & J. Kaya Prpic, Sweden

Irene Maitland &
Lynne Manson,
South Africa

12.00 pm

The Value Of Internationally Acquired Degrees: Does It Increase A Filipino’s Local Marketability?

Towards a ‘Culture of Reflection’ among pre-degree students at Dublin City University

Can You Speak Maths? The Effects of Language Diversity on the Learning of Mathematics

Andrea Santiago, Philipines

Darren McDermott,
Ireland

Lynne Manson &
Irene Maitland, South Africa

12.30 pm

Lunch

1.30 pm

What do we really know about the outcomes of Australian international higher education? A critical review & prospectus for future research

Solution for Capacity Building for Lecturers in University in Vietnam

The Role of Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Repatriating Victims of Human Trafficking in Thailand: A Case Study

Denise Cuthbert, Wendy Smith & Janice Boey,
Australia

Ngoc Thach Trinh,
Vietnam

Scott Dowman,
Australia

2.00 pm

A case study of change and commitment: Engendering commitment to quality and internationalisation in a major Australian university

The Development Of Professional Identity Of University Lecturers

A working validation of English proficiency tests for small sample size

Susan Mayson, Jan Schapper & Sally Joy,
Australia

Debbie Lees & Sarah Gravett, South Africa

Wang S-C, William Pao, & S. Seibu Jacob, Malaysia

2.30 pm

What does quality in higher education mean? Perceptions within the Thai university system

The need for an orientation course for university staff – Sri Lankan experience

World Café: Cultural dimensions to pedagogy

J. Kaya Prpic & Rachavarn Kanjanapanyakom, Thailand

M.T.M. Jiffry,
Sri Lanka

(tba)

3.00 pm

Afternoon Tea

3.30 pm

Reciprocal learning

Imaging culture: using postcards to explore issues of cultural diversity

Using weblogs to connect international students

Fiona Henderson
Julie Dixon, Australia

Marie-Louis Annerblom & J. Kaya Prpic, Sweden

Tom Chandler & John Weeks, Cambodia

5.00 pm

End of sessions

7.00 pm

Hawkers’ Dinner

8.00 am

Registration opens. Coffee on arrival

Keynote: Cayman Room

9.00 am

Professor Asma Abdullah, Universiti Utara Malaysia

The challenges of building cross cultural teams

10.30 am

Morning Tea

Jamaica Room

Cancun Room

Key West Room

11.00 am

Global Flows of Knowledge & People: The Bangladesh Experience

Cross-Cultural Adaptability and Openness to Experience in Multicultural Societies: A South African Perspective

Teaching Reading and Writing through a Web-Based Communicative Medium: Weblogs

Eshanul Haque &
Golam Dastangir, Bangladesh

Maria Damianova, Marilyn Lucas, Debra Cairns, Sue Barney & Maria Ponto, South Africa

Jafar Askani Arani, Iran

11.30 am

Cooperation in Higher Education: visions, models and experiences of the “quiet revolution” of Makerere University

Go with the Flow: Some Suggestions for Promoting Intercultural Competence in Classroom Settings

Teaching in multiple dimensions – experiences of cultural aspects of teaching 3D digital modelling skills to Cambodian Archaeology and Architecture students

Edward Kirumira, Uganda

Derrick Nault, Japan

Tom Chandler, Australia

12.00 pm

A Study of International Students’ Perceptions of Malaysian Higher Education

Globalization and Cultural Specificity in Stress and Coping among Female and Male Students studying in South Africa and Australia

Chatrooms and classroom: youth culture, technology, education and the evolution of English in India

Lim Y-M & Yap C-S*,
Malaysia

Marilyn Lucas, Maria Damianova, Sue Burney, & Maria Ponto,
South Africa

Rhukmini Nair, India

12.30 pm

Lunch

1.30 pm

Current situation of Higher education in Mongolia

Connect-International Exchange of Ideas- A Cross Cultural Design Project

Evaluation of Teaching Systems: How Do They Transfer Across Cultures?

Tserensodnom Gantsog , Mongolia

Sarah Jones, Australia

Erika Martens &
Wendy Smith, Australia

2.00 pm

Challenges and prospects of quality education in the University of Malawi: the case of Chancellor College

Constructing Meaning and Metaphor for Cultural Pedagogy

Non-Prescriptive, Teacher-Corrective-Assessment Practices in the Pacific

Fred Msiska,
Malawi

Debra Manning,
Australia

Purushothama Thimmappa, Fiji

2.30 pm

Developing quality higher education: A Thai perspective

Recognising traditional collective identity for improving the quality of learning in Vietnamese higher education.

Making transnational teaching evaluation meaningful to students and teachers

Rachavarn Kanjanapanyakom, Thailand

Le Van Hao ,
Vietnam

Elizabeth Santhanam &
Eileen Thompson, Australia

3.00 pm

Afternoon Tea

3.30 pm

Development of a
“Change Academy”

The hidden dimensions of culture

Opening Hearts and Minds; A New Frame-work for teachers and Learners

Norman Jackson, Australia

Asma Abdullah, Malaysia

Kevin Neild & Viv Thom, UK

5.00 pm

End of sessions

7.00 pm

Conference Dinner

8.00 am

Registration opens. Coffee on arrival

Keynote: Cayman Room

9.00 am

Keynote: Professor Norman Jackson, University of Nottingham

Creativity in Tertiary Education: tipping points for cultural change

10.30 am

Morning tea

Jamaica Room

Cancun Room

Key West Room

11.00 am

University Excellence in a World of Scarcity

Asynchronous learning: the path to improved learning in Indian Higher Education

The Life Story Approach: The meeting point of research and teaching in international education studies

Paul Taylor & Richard Braddock, Australia

Anand Khanzode ,
India

Wu Li-Juing ,
Taiwan

11.30 am

An overview of capital structures and profitability among selected private university and college clusters in Malaysia

Hello? Is anyone there? Connecting colleagues across continents to realise the vision of international education

Communication skills for global contexts: Accommodating diversity in curriculum design

S. F. Ong & Md. R. Nordin, Malaysia

Judy Backhouse &
Sheelagh Walton, South Africa

Kara Gilbert, Charlotte Brack & Louis Roller, Australia

12.00 pm

A Critical Analysis of the Role of Monash South Africa in the Internationalisation Drive of Monash University

An Ecological Model of e-Learning in Chinese Context - Critical reflections of 5 years’ practice of e-learning management in IBOE

Understanding the ‘glocal’ nature of graduate attributes

Braam van der Vyver ,
South Africa

Yuengo Gu,
China

A. Hunter & J. Kaya Prpic, Australia

12.30 pm

Lunch

12.30 pm

World Café: Research Collaboration in International Higher Education
- projects and possibilities (Cayman Room)
Kaya Prpic et al

2.00 pm

Internationalization and the Risks for Higher Education: An Iranian Case Study

Export And Import Of Higher Education In New Zealand: Maintaining Hegemony?

Global signposts to local treasures. The case of the KwaZulu-Natal Literary Map on the Web

Azra Kianinejad,
Japan / Iran

Anita Abbott,
New Zealand

Graham Stewart,
South Africa

2.30 pm

Response To Challenges Of Access To Higher Education In Uganda: The Case Of Makerere University

Education Outside The Classroom - Identifying and implementing the educational needs of ‘shadow employees’ in an international educational institution

Transnational Education: Our Expectations and Our Challenges - Is Anybody Listening? From Teacher’s and Students’ Perspectives

Eli Katunguka-Rwakishaya, Uganda

Peter Goddard & Sheelagh Walton, South Africa

Rohani Mohamad &
Rashdan Rashid, Malaysia

3.00 pm

Afternoon tea

3.30 pm

Closing Plenary with Living Moments Reflective Drama Company

5.00 pm

Close of conference