July 2025

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HERDSA Notices 2 July 2025

* HERDSA Blog Post: Humanising Assessment Using A Praxis-Based Approach
* Emerging SIG - Pedagogy of Student Belonging and Wellbeing - Lunchtime Meeting at HERDSA 2025, Perth
* Submit Your Poster-Based Article to ASRHE
* Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC Semester 2
* Call for Presentation Proposals - 2025 Kaplan Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Symposium (SoLT25)
* Seeking survey volunteers for a study on trauma awareness in Australian Higher Education


HERDSA Notices 9 July 2025

* HERDSA Blog Post: Real Voices, Real Choices: Redesigning Assessment with Autonomy & Authenticity
* HERDSA COMMUNITY: Plugged In & Switched On: AI-Powered Possibilities for Online Engagement in Higher Education
* HERDSA SoTL SIG - Check-in and meet and greet, the hybrid way! -- THIS THURSDAY!
* CAULLT webinar - Embedding First Nations ways of being and knowing into the SOTL and Research of HE L&T
* Early Career Researcher Conference
* New articles in Higher Education Research and Development


HERDSA Notices 16 July 2025

* HERDSA Blog Post: Real Voices, Real Choices: Redesigning Assessment with Autonomy & Authenticity
* HERDSA COMMUNITY: Comment on Real Voices, Real Choices
* HERDSA COMMUNITY UPDATED: Plugged In & Switched On: AI-Powered Possibilities for Online Engagement in Higher Education
* Storytelling Assessments in an AI Powered World - Assessment Quality SIG webinar


HERDSA Notices 23 July 2025

* HERDSA Blog Post: Structural practices for improved fully online higher education
* Looking for support with your SoTL project? Want to gain traction or impact? Drop in and join me for a coffee and to chat SoTL
* Join the (Re)Launch of the HERDSA Academic Development SIG
* The HERDSA Online Engagement in HE SiG presents - A showcase of HERDSA conference presentations on online engagement in HE
* August Assessment Quality SIG Catch-Up: Revamping the SIG & Lightning Round


HERDSA Notices 30 July 2025

* HERDSA Blog Post: Interactive orals at scale: What happened when we tried to draw the owl?
* HERDSA Community: Comment on How Institutions Can Empower Collaborative Online Learning
* HERDSA SA Branch small grant scheme
* The HERDSA Online Engagement in HE SiG presents - A showcase of HERDSA conference presentations
* HERD and HERDSA are delighted to announce the journal’s awards for 2024


HERDSA SA Branch small grant scheme

SA Branch Committee members are pleased to launch a 2025 small grant scheme initiative. We are interested in supporting small-scale projects and assisting our members to grow their ideas on collaborative higher education research or scholarly teaching initiatives. We encourage people interested to review the criteria in the information flyer below and consider submitting a project proposal.

Applications will be open from 1 August until 1 September.


Unveiling the power of storytelling assessments in an AI-powered world

On 17 July, a vibrant community of educators gathered online for an inspiring HERDSA Assessment Quality Special Interest Group (SIG) webinar: "Storytelling Assessments in an AI-Powered World." Convened by Pranit Anand from UNSW, the event drew almost 60 passionate participants from Australia and around the globe, all united by their curiosity about the potential of storytelling to transform student learning.