This webinar, organised by the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Online Engagement SIG and the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE), explored how artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance online engagement in higher education. It featured a panel of experts including:
* HERDSA Blog Post: Show Your Working: Assessment Needs to See the Process, Not Just the Product
* HERDSA Community: Bringing Your HERDSA 2025 Roundtable to Life: Key Insights from the Preparation Workshop
* Let’s talk assessment at HERDSA 2025
* Storytelling Assessments in an AI Powered World - Assessment Quality SIG webinar
* Guest Editor Proposals Closing Soon - TESOL in Context 2026 Special Issue
* Course Advisory Committee role (paid) for Business academic
* Call for Contributions – Open Library of Secure Online Assessments
* HERDSA Blog Post: Can Generative AI Be a Fair Marker?
* HERDSA SoTL SIG - June 2025 meeting - This Friday! --- How to demonstrate SoTL excellence and leadership
* Storytelling Assessments in an AI Powered World - Assessment Quality SIG webinar
* Reminder - Abstracts due - International Conference on AI for Higher Education (AI4HE) 2025
* Reminder - Call for chapters: Open book on Generative AI-Enhanced Research
* Call for Abstracts – Learning & Teaching Forum 2025 – The Future of Business Education
HERDSA recently hosted a dynamic preparation workshop for presenters of the upcoming HERDSA 2025 conference, attended by approximately 70 participants. The session focused on how to design and deliver engaging, impactful roundtable discussions—a format increasingly valued for its interactive nature and potential to spark meaningful dialogue among peers.
* HERDSA Blog Post: Teaching the arts in virtual environments: rising to the challenge
* HERDSA SoTL SIG - June 2025 meeting - Next Friday! --- How to demonstrate SoTL excellence and leadership
* HERDSA/ASCILITE joint Webinar: Plugged In & Switched On: AI-Powered Possibilities for Online Engagement in Higher Education
* CAULLT webinar: Diverse leaders driving an institutional culture of academic integrity: Perspectives from Academics and Administ
* JANZSSA Call for Papers — Volume 33, Issue 2
* New book: Sustainability
The re-election of the Albanese Labor government with a strong majority, provides a rare opportunity for major higher education policy reforms. Some of the government’s priorities were articulated by the Australian Universities Accord, but which of the 47 recommendations are likely to be implemented? Both major parties sought to deflect concerns about inflation and housing on to international students, but will that scapegoating persist after the election?
* HERDSA Blog Post: Is the way we assess students healthy?
* HERDSA Community: Critically Reflecting ‘On’ and ‘Of’ Online Engagement in Higher Education
* HERDSA/ASCILITE joint Webinar: Plugged In & Switched On: AI-Powered Possibilities for Online Engagement in Higher Education
* Scholarships for Research-Led Wellbeing Programmes Now Open
* The International Journal for Students as Partners seeks additional editorial board members – REVISED OPEN CALL
* Save the Date for HERGA 2025!
The HERDSA Victoria Branch arranged an opportunity for Branch members to undertake a guided cultural tour of the Birrarung Marr, Barak Bridge and MCG Scar Trees. The walk aimed to highlight the significant history of the land on which you are walking and looks to reveal the cultural relationship between people and place. Walkers meeting at the John Davies Memorial Tree, East Melbourne (next to MCG) for the inner city walk and were guided by members of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation.
* HERDSA Blog Post: Is the way we assess students healthy?
* HERDSA Community: Global Leadership Journey: Insights from Professor Mathews Nkhoma
* HERDSA Community: The 5C Framework: Your Blueprint for SOTL Research
* HERDSA/ASCILITE joint Webinar: Plugged In & Switched On: AI-Powered Possibilities for Online Engagement in Higher Education
* HERDSA Online Engagement in Higher Education SiG
* CRADLE Seminar Series. Why authenticity matters: Helping students to find meaning and value in assessment
The HERDSA International Academics Special Interest Group recently hosted an inspiring presentation by Professor Mathews Nkhoma, Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor at RMIT Melbourne. In this engaging session, Professor Nkhoma shared his remarkable academic leadership journey, which began in Malawi and has spanned the UK, UAE, Vietnam, and now Australia.
