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HERDSA SoTL Modules – Setting the Bar in World Standard Support for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning


Author - Associate Professor Alice Brown, University of
Southern Queensland

As a leading professional association, the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) is proud to announce the launch of the redeveloped HERDSA Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Modules.

HERDSA Notices 5 November 2025

* HERDSA Blog Post: Goodbye, online exams! Rethinking online assessment with a Digital Decision Index
* HERDSA Community: NSW Branch nominates a new Branch Executive
* The count down is on for the release of the redeveloped HERDSA SoTL Modules
* HERDSA Online Engagement in HE (SiG event) Widening the Doors in HE: Implications for Engaging Underrepresented Students Online
* CRADLE Seminar Series: 'More than the individual: transforming feedback cultures'
* CALL FOR EOI: Editors - TESOL in Context 2026-2028

Reimagining Assessment in Uncertain Times: Dialogues from the UK and Australia

On 5 November 2025, the HERDSA Assessment Quality Special Interest Group and ASCILITE’s Transforming Assessment community jointly hosted a thought-provoking webinar titled Reimagining Assessment in Uncertain Times: Dialogues from the UK and Australia. The session brought together two leading voices to explore how higher education can evolve assessment practices amid rapid technological changes and persistent institutional inertia towards meaningful assessment systems.

HERDSA Notices 29 October 2025

* HERDSA Blog Post: A Singapore Branch to put “Asia” into Australasia
* New HERSDA SoTL Modules Coming Soon – Module 4 – SoTL Research Methods – Action research, surveys, observations, interviews,
* NERA Conference 2026 - a Nordic conference for educational research.
* CRADLE Seminar Series: 'More than the individual: transforming feedback cultures'
* CAULLT webinar: AI’s First Disrupted Profession: Practical Strategies for Teaching in a Changing Higher Education Sector
* New articles in Higher Education Research and Development

HERDSA Notices 22 October 2025

* HERDSA Blog Post: No-Code, No Problem: How Educators Are Building Their Own Learning Apps in Minutes
* HERDSA Community: PhD by publication, prior publication and creative works: Publishing Pathways and Avoiding Potholes Workshop Recordings
* The Pedagogy of Student Belonging and Wellbeing Special Interest Group Meeting 31/10/25, 12pm
* HERDSA Online Engagement in HE (SiG event) Widening the Doors in HE: Implications for Engaging Underrepresented Students Online

HERDSA Hong Kong Branch Dinner Dialogue – 23 October 2025

The HERDSA Hong Kong Branch hosted its signature Dinner Dialogue on 23 October 2025, bringing together local members and colleagues for an evening of engaging discussion and collegial exchange over dinner. Since its founding in 1997, the Dinner Dialogue series has been a hallmark of the Branch, providing a relaxed yet intellectually stimulating environment for educators to explore emerging issues in higher education.

HERDSA Notices 15 October 2025

* HERDSA Blog Post: ‘Keep it simple’ to make moments of authentic learning visible
* HERDSA Community: From vision to practice: Wrapping up the Australasian Symposium on Programmatic Approaches to Assessment
* HERDSA SoTL SIG -- This Friday!!! -- The reflective academic: Experiencing forms of autoethnography in SoTL
* Are you up for a coffee and SoTL chat?
* HERDSA Webinar: The 5C Formula for Impactful SoTL Projects
* Reimagining Assessment in Uncertain Times: Dialogues from the UK and Australia

Inside IJAD: What We Learned from Four Journal Editors About Getting Published

How many academic journals do you know that let you submit a 250-word proposal for a paper and then provide constructive feedback before you commit the time and energy to a complete manuscript? The International Journal for Academic Development (IJAD) is one such supportive journal — and as we discovered, this developmental approach is what the journal is aiming to do.

HERDSA Notices 8 October 2025

* HERDSA Blog Post: ‘Don’t be sorry, just declare it’: safeguarding the integrity of the essay
* Register for the HERDSA Academic Development SIG Webinar next week
* Final 2025 HERDSA Online in HE - SiG event - Widening the Doors in HE: Implications for Engaging Underrepresented Student Online
* Never a better time to join HERDSA - New HERDSA SoTL Modules Coming Soon
* CRADLE celebrates 10 years! "The road behind and the journey ahead" - 10th anniversary seminar
* Uni student wellbeing research hub webinar

NSW Branch nominates a new Branch Executive

The NSW branch continues to provide professional leadership opportunities while supporting HE policy, T&L practice and SoTL, exemplified by our new branch executive committee. Nominations were sort  by the 1 October 2025 from all HERDSA members across NSW, for roles spanning from leadership in governance, membership co-ordination, communication and event planning. Special congratulations to Gina Saliba (ACAP) who is stepping up into a Co-Chair role after her extemporary work as our Events lead.

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