This session is open to all academics from different disciplines, who are interested in learning more about the scholarship of teaching and learning. The session provides an opportunity to gain insights from four colleagues who have employed SoTL methodologies for thier research projects. These include: collaborative autoethnography, case study, phenomenology and mixed methods approaches, ethics, strengths and weaknesses of approaches and examples 

Chair:  A.Prof Kathie Ardzejewska (University of Notre Dame)

This presentation will outline the utility of using Mass Open Online Courses  (MOOC) as a mechanism for supporting equity and diversity in tertiary education though the medium of advances in technology enhanced leaning. Specifically, it will cover:

PRESENTERS:  Professor Denise Jackson; Professor Ruth Bridgstock; Dr Claire Lambert; Associate Professor Ruth Sibson; Dr Matalena Tofa

Annual WA Branch events include the following. WA Branch members are informed by email, and invitation from the WA Branch Teams for online events. 2025 event dates will be added here in due course.

• AGM (1 May 2025)
• SOTL webinars and workshops
• HERDSA 2025 Rekindled
• Writing Retreat
• End of Year Social event

The advent of COVID-19 has necessitated a rapid movement to online assessment for universities across the world. Due to technological challenges, cost, and concerns around privacy and surveillance, many universities have chosen to make use of non-invigilated online exams. There has been a resultant upsurge in misconduct cases.

Among the many challenges faced by universities in the context of COVID-19 is the problem of invigilated exams. Every semester university students have historically gathered en masse, seated in large halls in tight rows (in contravention of social distancing) to sit for examinations. But this year, universities have had to make quick, pragmatic decisions about whether to defer their examination periods, conduct exams online, or replace exams with alternative assessments.