MYFest2024: Cross-Pollination for Innovation and Inclusion in Higher Education

Virna Rossi facilitates the MYFest session held on 12 August 2024. What can Gareth Southgate teach higher education practitioners? What can art and design signature pedagogies teach other fields of higher education instruction? This interactive presentation will challenge the traditional silos of educational practice, urging educators to broaden their professional networks and embrace innovative practices from various teaching environments. Drawing from a wealth of case studies and personal experiences, I will discuss how practices often confined to one educational sector or context can revolutionize learning and teaching in another. By widening out their professional horizon, university practitioners can creatively adopt and adapt novel ideas and approaches from other contexts enhancing the way they engage with and support our diverse student cohorts. The core message of my talk will revolve around the concept of professional cross-pollination not just as a theory, but as a practical approach to enhance higher education practices and design more inclusive learning experiences.