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HERDSA Notices 4 June 2025

* HERDSA Blog Post: Is the way we assess students healthy?
* HERDSA Community: Critically Reflecting ‘On’ and ‘Of’ Online Engagement in Higher Education
* HERDSA/ASCILITE joint Webinar: Plugged In & Switched On: AI-Powered Possibilities for Online Engagement in Higher Education
* Scholarships for Research-Led Wellbeing Programmes Now Open
* The International Journal for Students as Partners seeks additional editorial board members – REVISED OPEN CALL
* Save the Date for HERGA 2025!


HERDSA Notices 11 June 2025

* HERDSA Blog Post: Teaching the arts in virtual environments: rising to the challenge
* HERDSA SoTL SIG - June 2025 meeting - Next Friday! --- How to demonstrate SoTL excellence and leadership
* HERDSA/ASCILITE joint Webinar: Plugged In & Switched On: AI-Powered Possibilities for Online Engagement in Higher Education
* CAULLT webinar: Diverse leaders driving an institutional culture of academic integrity: Perspectives from Academics and Administ
* JANZSSA Call for Papers — Volume 33, Issue 2
* New book: Sustainability


HERDSA Notices 25 June 2025

* HERDSA Blog Post: Show Your Working: Assessment Needs to See the Process, Not Just the Product
* HERDSA Community: Bringing Your HERDSA 2025 Roundtable to Life: Key Insights from the Preparation Workshop
* Let’s talk assessment at HERDSA 2025
* Storytelling Assessments in an AI Powered World - Assessment Quality SIG webinar
* Guest Editor Proposals Closing Soon - TESOL in Context 2026 Special Issue
* Course Advisory Committee role (paid) for Business academic
* Call for Contributions – Open Library of Secure Online Assessments


Bringing Your HERDSA 2025 Roundtable to Life: Key Insights from the Preparation Workshop

HERDSA recently hosted a dynamic preparation workshop for presenters of the upcoming HERDSA 2025 conference, attended by approximately 70 participants. The session focused on how to design and deliver engaging, impactful roundtable discussions—a format increasingly valued for its interactive nature and potential to spark meaningful dialogue among peers.


HERDSA Notices 18 June 2025

* HERDSA Blog Post: Can Generative AI Be a Fair Marker?
* HERDSA SoTL SIG - June 2025 meeting - This Friday! --- How to demonstrate SoTL excellence and leadership
* Storytelling Assessments in an AI Powered World - Assessment Quality SIG webinar
* Reminder - Abstracts due - International Conference on AI for Higher Education (AI4HE) 2025
* Reminder - Call for chapters: Open book on Generative AI-Enhanced Research
* Call for Abstracts – Learning & Teaching Forum 2025 – The Future of Business Education


Plugged In & Switched On: AI-Powered Possibilities for Online Engagement in Higher Education

This webinar, organised by the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Online Engagement SIG and the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE), explored how artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance online engagement in higher education. It featured a panel of experts including:


Where to now? Higher Education policy directions as the dust settles

The re-election of the Albanese Labor government with a strong majority, provides a rare opportunity for major higher education policy reforms. Some of the government’s priorities were articulated by the Australian Universities Accord, but which of the 47 recommendations are likely to be implemented? Both major parties sought to deflect concerns about inflation and housing on to international students, but will that scapegoating persist after the election?