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Belonging to your University Discipline Tribe

Patsie Polly & Cristan Herbert encourage us to revive discipline tribes to strengthen student belonging and success.
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An assessment design that promotes learning and academic integrity

Carl Sherwood explains how identity-verified assessment can be used alongside online tasks to check students’ understanding and foster collaborative learning.

Connecting the dots: Could Generative AI be a Psychosocial Risk for Women?

Have you considered the dark side of genAI? Janine Arantes certainly has. In this post, Janine explores the capacity of genAI to cause psychosocial harm, particularly for those undertaking carework.

Securing assessments is a waste of time in the GenAI era

Daniel Andrews, Georgina Stephens & Tim Fawns unpack the argument that securing assessment in the genAI era is a waste of time; and in doing so lead us to reconsider what really matters when we assess students.

Creating Space for Proactive Educational Design

Ella Collins-White & Monique Laura explore what happens when we stop asking educators to work in the margins and instead create space for collaborative, inclusive education design.

Taking the plunge - Assessment in the age of genAI

Donna Lu invites us to consider the implications of AI in assessment and the opportunity we have to create something better. Can you pull off a half-pike twist with your assessment design, or will you end up with a belly flop?

Towards a relational ecosystem of kindness in Higher Education

Gabi Nudelman introduces us to the idea of an ecosystem of kindness in higher education, encompassing students, colleagues and ourselves.

Wearing Two Hats: A Personal Reflection on Attending HERDSA 2025

Helen Lai shares her insights from the HERDSA 2025 conference about her teacher vs researcher identity & learning through dialogue.

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