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Welcome – Professor Patrick McAndrew, Director, Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University – Welcome Address

Keynote address – Professor Eileen Scanlon, The Open University, Technology enhanced learning research as a site for interdisciplinary working

SESSION 1: Frameworks – theory and engagement 

Option 1: Theory into Practice

• Implementing Interdisciplinarity as Transactive Memory across Existing Arts/Science Modules, Dave Morrison, Plymouth University
• Integration and Transdisciplinarity in Teacher Education, Dr Penny Humby, Trinity College, Dublin
• Interdisciplinary Teaching – the advantages and challenges of teaching in teams, Dr Kevin Kuykendall and Ida Kemp

Option 2: Engaging new students in interdisciplinarity

• The Student Hub Live: an interdisciplinary approach to student engagement, Karen Foley, The Open University
• Revisions and Decisions: Revising and Implementing an Interdisciplinary Module at Stage One, Dr Rachel Clements and Dr Thomas Astley, Newcastle University
• The value of visual literacy in interdisciplinary study, Dr Veronica Davies, The Open University

SESSION 2: Frameworks – undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum

Option 1: Undergraduate curriculum

• Applying Interdisciplinary Approaches in the Liberal Arts through ‘Living Labs’, Dr Andy Zieleniec and Ella Tennant, Keele University
• An institutional research-based education strategy in practice: The UCL Connected Curriculum and How to Change the World, Brent Carnell and Mark De Freitas, UCL Centre for Advancing Learning and Teaching / UCL Careers
• A programme of research led interdisciplinary learning for all level 2 students: “10bn” at the University of Sheffield, Alastair Buckley, University of Sheffield

Option 2: Postgraduate curriculum

• Learning together, evaluating together: An enhanced evaluation of interprofessional postgraduate learning, Dr Christopher Little and Ms Jane Jervis, Keele University
• Beyond the curriculum: embedding inclusive learning and interdisciplinary engagement, Bobby Nisha, The University of Sheffield  
• Supporting inter- and multidisciplinary teaching and learning at taught postgraduate level, Dr Payam Rezaie and Jay Rixon, The Open University

SESSION 3: Case studies 

• Enhancing (in)formal learning ties in interdisciplinary management courses: a quasi-experimental social network study, Dr Bart Rienties, The Open University
• Emergence and convergence: Opening space for interdisciplinary initiatives in Canadian higher education, Nick Baker and Alan Wright, University of Windsor, Canada
• Larging it – Implementing interdisciplinarity, a progress report from the University of Sheffield: what have we learned?, Claire Allam, University of Sheffield
• Liberal foundations: what does every first-year undergraduate need to know (how to do)?, Helen Brookman, King’s College London and Angus Lockyer, SOAS University of London

SESSION 4: Theory into Practice 

• Open discussion on the development of interdisciplinary postgraduate curriculum (part 1) and Open discussion on the development of interdisciplinary postgraduate curriculum (part 2), Chaired by Dr Payam Rezaie, The Open University (session notes)
• Supporting knowledge construction and participation in interdisciplinary discourse communities, James Wilkinson and Stacie Withers, Queen Mary University of London
• Changing gears – expediting organisational reorientation towards a successful interdisciplinary learning and teaching environment and Notes, Marcus Hill, University of Leeds (session notes)

Plenary – Professor Peter Taylor, Director of the Open Programme, The Open University – Plenary Address

Posters

• Co-discovery: The Value of Broadening within the UG Curriculum, Caroline Campbell and Dr Karen Llewellyn, University of Leeds
• How loyal are BA/BSc (Hons) Open degree students to specific disciplines? Helen Cooke, The Open University
• A case-study report on an undergraduate extra-curricular pilot module in Transdisciplinary Design and Innovation, Penny Humby, Jake Rowan Bryne and Michael Wride, Trinity College, Dublin
• An unexpected journey: Which students engage with an extracurricular undergraduate research conference and what do the students present?, Dr Chris Little, Keele University
• Integrated and situated academic development across the disciplines: lessons from an HEA-accredited Continuing Professional Development scheme, Jane Roberts, Laura Hills and Jill McLachlan, The Open University
• The messiness of preparing students for a messy world, James Stewart, Arno Verhoeven, University of Edinburgh

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