2025 Schedule
| The Eleventh Annual Conference on Global Higher Education at Lakeland University Japan | |||||
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| Panel No. | Time | Panel Title | Presenters | Affiliation | Paper Title |
| 9:35 | Opening Remarks | ||||
| 1A Room 512 |
9:50-11:15 | CLIL and EMI | Julia Christmas, Howard Brown | Julia Christmas, University of Niigata Prefecture; Howard Brown, University of Niigata Prefecture | Finding Balance in CLIL Classrooms: Developing a Framework for Self Assessment of CLIL Practice |
| Gregory A. King, Adam Martinelli | Gregory A. King, Chubu University; Adam Martinelli, Chubu University | Engage, Explore, Present: A Flexible Framework for CLIL | |||
| Mizuka Tsukamoto | Ryukoku University | English-Medium Education: Lessons from an Experience | |||
| 1B Room 514 |
9:50-11:15 | AI and Student Writing | Kelly Hansen | Kumamoto University | Effects of Generative AI in ESL Writing |
| Amy Melbourne | Testing Quantitative Authorship Attribution Methods for AI Plagiarism in Efl Writing Assignments - A Comparison of Computer Mediated and Non-computer Mediated Writing. | ||||
| Huw Davies | Huw Davies, Rikkyo University | Questioning the Value of English Writing Skills Classes: the Need for Solutions that Fit Today's Changing World | |||
| 1C Room 515 |
9:50-11:15 | Student Wellness | Francisco Naranjo Jessica McDonald | Lakeland University Japan | Developing a human development-focused framework for student wellbeing: developing a meaningful survey |
| Alesse Nunes | Alesse Nunes, Soka University | The Role of Absolute Happiness in Higher Education: A Framework for Student Well-Being and Social Contribution | Dr. Max Praver, Dr. Ian Roth | Max Praver, Meijo University; Ian Roth, Meijo University | Stronger and Smarter: The Role of Exercise and Physical Activity in Higher Education Success |
| 2A Room 512 |
11:30-12:55 | Engaging Technology | Dr. Drian Glyde, DM, MBA, CFE, M.npn | Virginia Wesleyan University | Engaging Students Through Co-Creation: A Collaborative Pathway to Enhanced Learning |
| Jonathan Nahum Marpaung, PhD | Jonathan Nahum Marpaung, University of Indonesia | Are Lecture Videos Still an Effective Learning Tool? Graduate Business Students’ Patterns and Preferences for Instructional Videos | |||
| Christopher G. Haswell | Christopher G. Haswell, Kyushu University | Podcasting and materials development: how academic interviews can be transformed into academic projects | |||
| 2B Room 514 |
11:30-12:55 | Caring for Our Students | Dr. Melodie Cook | University of Niigata Prefecture | 10 Tips for Creating Barrier-Free Classes |
| Jessica McDonald | Lakeland University Japan | Quiet rooms create loud benefits. | |||
| David Laurence, Greg King | David Laurence, Chubu University; Greg King, Chubu University | From Admission to Integration: Helping Students Thrive in Japanese Higher Education | |||
| 2C Room 515 |
11:30-12:55 | Evolving Japan | Dr Debra Occhi | Miyazaki International University | Innovative Multicultural Developments Through Regional Studies in Japanese Higher Education |
| John Rucynski | Okayama University | Personal Narratives by Long-term Residents of Japan as a Springboard for Intercultural Discussions | |||
| John Nevara | Atomi University | The Future English Language Curriculum | |||
| 12:55 ~ 2:35 | Break | ||||
| 3A Room 512 |
2:35-4:00 | Issues of AI | Dr. Aaron Hahn | Kyushu University | Improving Academic Writing Classes with Generative AI |
| Dr. Sadia Irfan | Sadia Irfan, Faculty of Education, Southwest University. | Exploring the impact of generative AI on students Creativity and Critical thinking in Chinese Higher Education. | |||
| Luis Poza | Lakeland University Japan | Overview of AI in the Classroom | |||
| 3B Room 514 |
2:35-4:00 | Students Outside the Classroom | Derrick Wong | Derrick Wong, Reitaku University | Developing Student-led Communicative Interest Groups in a Self-Access Learning Center |
| Dr. Joshua John Jodoin | Joshua John Jodoin, Konan University | Engaging People Outside the Classroom on Environmentalism: The Hike and Lecture Series Experiment | |||
| 3C Room 515 |
2:35-4:00 | Questions of Culture | Dr. Audrey Paradis | Dr. Audrey Paradis, University of Oulu | What Do ‘Woke’ Students Really Know About Racism? |
| Dr. Brian J. English | Tama University, School of Global Studies | Building a Shared Reality: Cultural Cohesion or Cultural Entropy | |||
| Dr. Ana Sofia Hofmeyr | Kansai University | Intercultural Competence for Professional Success: Voices from Japanese Global Jinzai | |||
| 4A Room 512 |
4:15-5:40 | Pedagogy and Curriculum | Ferghal McTaggart | Reitaku University | Gauging Student Responses to L2 Speaker Listening Content in Japanese University Classrooms |
| Christopher G. Haswell and Todd Beuckens | Christopher G. Haswell, Kyushu University; Todd Beuckens, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University | Authenticity and TESOL: Curriculum Development in Japanese University Courses | |||
| Myles Chilton | Myles Chilton, Nihon University | Making It Personal: What’s Good about Bad Reading | |||
| 4B Room 514 |
4:15-5:40 | Focus on Study Abroad | Prof Dr. Joff P. N. Bradley | App development and study abroad ‘curation’ | |
| Richard A. Lee | Richard A. Lee, Kurume Institute of Technology | Redefining Study Abroad with Technology and Collaboration | |||
| Ruth Vanbaelen | University of Tsukuba | Japanese students’ outlook on studying and working abroad | |||
| 4C Room 515 |
4:15-5:40 | The Japanese University | Bregham Dalgliesh | Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo | Academic Inbreeding and the Pariah Stranger |
| Takao Kamibeppu | Fukuyama City University | Internationalization of public universities in Japan: Trends and issues | |||
| Professor Robert Aspinall | Doshisha University | The Japanese University as a Monolingual Institution | |||
| 5:50 | Closing Remarks | ||||
| 6:30 | Reception Dinner | ||||