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What Actually Changes Teaching Practice? Reclaiming Scholarship through Scholarly Translation

What if scholarship was never meant to be an output? Manisha Thakkar, Kelly Matthews, & Janis Wardrop discuss how scholarship influences practice and why this matters right now.

Reimagining Assessment: A Collaborative Journey Through Co-Design

Jennifer Sun, Amanda Kennedy, Sandis Zeivots, Andrew Cram & Yuan Liao discuss a co-design approach to assessment involving not only lecturers but students, tutors and ed designers.
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The Human Edge: Discernment, Agency and Connection in the Age of AI

Sonia Khosa unpacks where humans still hold the cards in the age of AI - discernment, agency and connection.

The HERDSA Fellowship journey – one of the most rewarding experiences

Ruth Donoghue & Kathie Ardzejewska share their journey through the HERDSA fellowship journey as mentee and mentor.
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The owners and tenants’ dilemma of higher education

What do the real estate market in Sydney and higher education have in common? Daniela Castro de Jong explores how we can lean into kindness to navigate these increasingly demanding climates.

The joy of blogging: community coffee break conversations

Aisling Keane, Emma Kennedy & Kerry Dobbins highlight blogging as a scholarly contribution that can promote community conversation.
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Gather authentic evidence of learning through assessment in the age of AI

Bronwyn Alton reimagines what assessment may look like as we enter the age of AI and the role of real-world assessment tasks.

Beyond the List: Reimagining Graduate Attributes for Dynamic Futures

Rowena Ulbrick explores how many universities are now reimagining graduate attributes and the importance of the capabilities students require.

Who Do You Learn From? Why Conversations Matter

Nicole Reinke, Dongmei Li, & Jessica Borger discuss the role of Talking About Teaching and Learning (TATAL) at the upcoming HERDSA conference and beyond.

Assessing and addressing online quiz vulnerability with AI

Albert Munoz showcases a tool which can establish how vulnerable our MCQs are to student use of genAI.

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