International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association

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Reimagining Higher Education: Innovation and Leadership in an Interconnected World The topic is unique in that it focuses on universities becoming socially responsible institutions to drive innovation and leadership in higher education in an increasingly interconnected world. It will support the HETL 2025 conference in Dubai: https://www.mdx.ac.ae/hetl2025

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AI-enhanced ESD – Advancing sustainability learning in HE The greatest potential of AI lies in its ability to help students become more aware of the world’s interconnectedness, make more sound ethical decis...

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Universities must lead on sustainable development education People must be provided with the knowledge and skills they need to address climate change effectively. Universities need to lead society on sustainabl...

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Enhancing the learning ecosystem with micro-credentials Around the world, micro-credentials have the potential to keep higher education institutions relevant and attuned to the realities of how learners liv...

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Multicentricity and the future of learning: Rethinking education for a hyperconnected world The following keynote addresses were given on 23 October 2025 and 25 October 2025, respectively: The 13th BK21FOUR Special Lecture at Seoul National University (South Korea) and The 27th International Conference of the Korean Language Education Research Institute at Seoul National University (South

Free Webinar: Education Under Threat: Is Innovation the Key to Resilience? Register at: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5706694497008343390. Emerald and HETL are pleased to invite you to our upcoming 'Education Under Threat: Is Innovation the Key to Resilience?' webinar in support of our latest mission campaign. In this webinar, we’ll discuss how innovation through digital tools, inclusive pedagogy, and new models of collaboration can help education not just survive but thrive.

If we want AI to deepen rather than dull our collective intellect, we must do what du Châtelet did best: teach as we translate, reveal as we compute, synthesize as we explain. “Make it intelligible” was her approach; “make it accountable” should be ours—accuracy with conscience—that is the future she exemplified, and the responsibility we have inherited.

Our symbiotic future: Émilie du Châtelet and the power of integrative thinking Our symbiotic future: Émilie du Châtelet and the power of integrative thinking Patrick Blessinger In this article, I want to extend and ground the argument presented in Emerging Symbiotic Intelligence: Reawakening Leibniz for the AI Age, by demonstrating how integrative thinking can animate toda...

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Time Machines Time Machines By Patrick Blessinger “To read is to voyage through time." - Carl Sagan When I pick up a book, my mind opens wide, and I go to places I've never been before.

If Leibniz taught us anything, it’s that intelligence, like the universe itself, is relational, not merely computational. To honor his unfinished project, we must design AI-driven learning ecosystems that fuse algorithmic power with ethical foresight, so that technology amplifies our shared values rather than eclipsing them.

The emerging symbiotic intelligence: Reawakening Leibniz in the AI age The emerging symbiotic intelligence: Reawakening Leibniz in the AI age Patrick Blessinger “There are two kinds of truths: truths of reasoning are necessary and eternal; truths of fact are contingent and dependent on experience.”― Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Discourse on Metaphysics (1686) When ...

Climate change is no longer an impending prediction—it is the overarching truth of our time. Its effects are already visible in the rising oceans, vanishing trees, and the melting glaciers across the globe. And as the natural world is being remade by rising temperatures and environmental stress, so too should our education systems adapt to meet the challenge.

The shifting paradigm in climate change education The shifting paradigm in climate change education Patrick Blessinger, Abhilasha Singh, and James Brown Climate change is no longer an impending prediction—it is the overarching truth of our time. Its effects are already visible in the rising oceans, vanishing trees, and the melting glaciers across...

One of the biggest challenges to education in the digital age is the digital divide. The digital divide is no longer an issue about access to hardware and software. With digital technology and the ubiquitous internet, the digital divide encompasses all aspects of the digital space, including broadband, content, and digital literacy.

How digital literacy shapes academic success How digital literacy shapes academic success Patrick Blessinger, Abhilasha Singh, and James Brown One of the biggest challenges to education in the digital age is the digital divide. The digital divide is no longer an issue about access to hardware and software.

In an increasingly interconnected world, with rapid technological and social change, the driving force for human advancement is the most powerful yet largely invisible. Behind every flash of discovery, every leap of innovation, and every advance in the procession of human civilization, knowledge is the kinetic energy that propels us forward.

Knowledge: A renewable energy for a hyperconnected world Knowledge: A renewable energy for a hyperconnected world Patrick Blessinger In an increasingly interconnected world, with rapid technological and social change, the driving force for human advancement is the most powerful yet largely invisible. Behind every flash of discovery, every leap of innovati