HERDSA 2026 · Singapore · 7–9 July

The program, threaded into the commons

Every session of the HERDSA 2026 on-site program — keynotes, papers and roundtables — clustered into the themes the commons already works in. Find your session, find your colleagues, and when the conference ends, keep each thread going on NTLSN: free, open, national.

An honest note. Sessions below are from the official on-site program (30 June 2026 release) and are subject to change — check the HERDSA conference app for rooms, times and late changes. Papers and roundtables are grouped here by theme, not by timetable. NTLSN is independent of HERDSA and of every institution named; listing implies no affiliation or endorsement.

447 sessions across 14 themes.

Keynotes & plenaries 5 sessions

Three keynotes, the closing panel and the sponsored workshop — the moments the whole conference shares.

GenAI & assessment integrity 72 sessions

The biggest cluster of the program — securing assessment, teaching with (and about) GenAI, and holding onto integrity as the ground moves.

Assessment & feedback 41 sessions

Design, feedback literacy, marking, workload and the quiet machinery of assessment.

Active, experiential & playful learning 49 sessions

Escape rooms, LEGO®, debate, fieldtrips, storytelling, makerspaces — learning by doing, together.

Belonging, wellbeing & student success 35 sessions

Belonging, mental health, transition, engagement and what student success actually asks of us.

Students as Partners & student voice 14 sessions

Partnership, co-design and student voice — students as colleagues in the work of teaching.

Employability, WIL & industry 33 sessions

Employability, work-integrated learning, industry engagement and what graduates carry out the door.

Academic development & identity 42 sessions

Academic development, teacher identity, mentoring, recognition and the lives of the people who teach.

SoTL, research practice & doctoral education 23 sessions

SoTL, publishing, research skills and doctoral education — scholarship about the teaching itself.

Digital, TEL & analytics 38 sessions

Learning technology, analytics, VR and simulation, online and blended design.

Inclusion, UDL & equity 33 sessions

Inclusion, universal design, accessibility, equity of access and outcome.

Indigenous knowledges & decolonising 12 sessions

Indigenous knowledges, culturally safe curriculum, First Nations supervision and data sovereignty.

International & transnational education 28 sessions

International students, transnational delivery, intercultural practice and the academics who cross borders.

Leadership, governance & policy 22 sessions

Leadership, governance, policy and the structures that shape what teaching can be.

No sessions match — try a shorter fragment (surnames and single title words work best).

After the last slide

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