Inclusive multimodal (re)design for higher education pedagogies in South Africa and Sweden

Higher education globally is undergoing significant transitions due to increasing levels of diversity amongst student populations. This requires universities to adapt their teaching and learning practices in order to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals around inclusive education. This research project aims to foster collaboration between Africa and Europe, who are facing overlapping challenges and opportunities in the work towards equitable and sustainable development. More specifically, the purpose of the project is to identify principles for inclusive design of teaching and learning with the potential for transformation of higher education. We focus on educators who have been recognized by students, peers, institutions, national or international bodies as producing innovative pedagogical designs with the potential to transform the genres and practices of higher education. Some of these genres include traditional lectures, seminars, examination formats and texts. We analyze these educators’ ‘best practices’ in higher education teaching and learning in order to devise design principles for inclusive teaching and learning.