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* HERDSA Blog Post: Rethink, Redesign, Relearn: Generative AI's Impact on Higher Education
* HERDSA SoTL SIG - November meeting - This Friday! --- Learning through collaboration: SoTL outside of the classroom
* HERDSA WEBINAR: Curriculum, Assessment & AI: Real World Applications. Join us for this hybrid event!
* Supporting leadership in inclusive assessment policy and practice webinar
* An invitation to participate in an industry Think Tank - Widening the doors in HE - Implications for teaching online students
* CRADLE Seminar Series: A house of cards? Equity-group students’ experiences of navigating university
* Invitation to respond to proposed ‘open’ article with exegesis category
* Request: Participant Volunteers for PhD research: Investigating Resilience & Wellbeing of Academics using Workplace Technology
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HERDSA Blog Post: Rethink, Redesign, Relearn: Generative AI's Impact on Higher Education
Rawan Nimri, 13 November 2024
Rawan NimrI reflects on the impact of AI on higher education and where it may take us in the future
Read more: https://herdsa.org.au/herdsa-connect/rethink-redesign-relearn-generative...
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HERDSA SoTL SIG - November meeting - This Friday! --- Learning through collaboration: SoTL outside of the classroom
Friday, 15 November 2024, 12.00–1.00 pm AEDT (NSW/VIC time)/11.00 am–12.00 pm AEST (QLD time)
Topic: Learning through collaboration: SoTL outside of the classroom
Presenter: Sue Sharpe (Australian National University)
Date: Friday, 15 November 2024, 12.00–1.00 pm AEDT (NSW/VIC time)/11.00 am–12.00 pm AEST (Qld time)
As an education designer working in the third space, Sue has had to be creative about how she engages in SoTL. She’ll walk you through some of the ways that she’s been able to engage with SoTL, through networking, collaboration and utilising and extending existing projects.
Zoom registration link: https://unisq.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpduuqqT8oE9eNBtwMqrc7Bvim1eNqfKsj
Join our LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14343410/
Further information: Please feel free to contact the HERDSA SoTL SIG at herdsa.sotl.sig@gmail.com
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HERDSA WEBINAR: Curriculum, Assessment & AI: Real World Applications. Join us for this hybrid event!
Thursday 28th November 2024 2.00- 6.00pm
This exciting event will take place at ACAP in Sydney CBD and online, bringing together leading academic educators to explore the transformative role of AI in education and innovation in assessment and curriculum.
The conference features a stellar lineup of presentations, including our keynote address by Prof. Danny Liu from the University of Sydney. He will delve into the crucial topic of ‘Practically Responding to Generative AI and Assessment: What Are the Five Things We Need to Get Right?’, providing invaluable insights for educators navigating this evolving landscape.
With sessions covering groundbreaking research on online assessments, storytelling in higher education, and managing academic integrity in the age of AI, attendees will leave inspired and equipped with practical strategies to enhance their teaching practices. Network with thought leaders and peers fostering connections that will extend beyond the event. For those attending on campus, afternoon tea will be provided.
Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/2024-herdsa-conference-curriculum-assessmen...
Further information: gina.saliba@acap.edu.au
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Supporting leadership in inclusive assessment policy and practice webinar
15 November 12 - 1 pm
Join Dr. Lois Harris (CQU), Assoc. Prof. Joanne Dargusch (CQU), Dr. Joanna Tai (Deakin University), Dr. Johanna Funke (CDU) and Prof. Roseanna Bourke (Massey University) as they discuss findings from a CAULLT-funded study on how universities in Australia and New Zealand support inclusive assessment.
They will cover different interpretations of inclusive assessment, share real-world challenges and opportunities, and provide examples of innovative practices. The session will also introduce a new Open Educational Resource, “Leading Inclusive Assessment,” to help create inclusive assessment practices.
To register, click https://tinyurl.com/rrwv9nun.
For detailed information, refer to the webinar webpage https://tinyurl.com/4x37jjwe
Further information: secretariat@caullt.edu.au
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An invitation to participate in an industry Think Tank - Widening the doors in HE - Implications for teaching online students
Register for one of the following dates Nov 26th - 1pm AEST - QLD time; Nov 27 9am AEST - QLD time & Nov 28th 12pm AEST - QLD
Are you an experienced online teacher, or do you conduct research focused on online learning or engagement in higher education?
Are you a strong advocate, or researcher focused on, increasing equitable participation and student success in higher education?
If your work or research fits into one or both of these areas, please register to join and contribute to one of three Think Tanks being held during the last week of November. Think Tank participants will be invited to provide their insights and respond to the following question: What would an increase in online enrolments of underrepresented students mean for the online teaching and engagement strategies we currently employ?
The Think Tanks are motivated by key themes evidenced in the Australian Universities Accord Final report (Australian Government, 2024). The report strongly emphasises the importance of increased access to underrepresented students in higher education. While the goal of ‘widening the doors in higher education’ is commendable, experience (and data) indicates that there will be an increase in students opting to study online. To offer students the best opportunity for success, it is important consideration be given, and efforts focused on the implications of the online teaching and engagement strategies we currently employ. The Think Tanks will involve active participation in the form of a virtual World Café.
This event is co-hosted by the HERDSA Online Engagement in HE Special Interest Group and The Australian Centre of Student Equity and Success (ACSES).
Further information: Further information: Register here - https://surveys.unisq.edu.au/index.php/948584?lang=en or contact Dr Megan Kimber megan_kimb
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CRADLE Seminar Series: A house of cards? Equity-group students’ experiences of navigating university
5 Dec 2024, 2pm-3.30pm
Improving access, participation and success of equity-group students in Australian higher education is in the national spotlight, taking a central position in the Australian Universities Accord (O’Kane et al., 2023, 2024). In this context, we conducted a qualitative longitudinal study to investigate undergraduate equity-group students’ day-to-day experiences in negotiating their life, work and learning at Deakin University. Through this investigation, we sought to elicit fine-grained narrative data from students which might inform the design and implementation of supports for equity-group students. Thirty-five students took part in a series of four interviews from June 2023 to July 2024, resulting in a total of 123 in-depth interviews. Despite having some similar characteristics and circumstances, such as juggling their studies with paid work and parenting, and experiencing some similar challenges, the students in this study were a heterogeneous group; there was diversity in terms of study mode and type of attendance; responsibilities such as parenting/caring and work; practical challenges; and positive/negative learning experiences.
In this seminar, we will offer an overview of findings from the project with a focus on moments of precarity, success, and failure, and implications of this work for research, policy and practice in higher education.
Join us for this compelling and this topical presentation online with CRADLE'[s Dr Joanna Tai and Dr Nicole Crawford, and UBC's Prof Rola Ajjawi.
Further information: https://CRADLE_Seminar_Series_5_December_2024.eventbrite.com.au
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Invitation to respond to proposed ‘open’ article with exegesis category
Dr Paul Callaghan expanded his HERDSA Conference keynote’s discussion of the fundamental differences between Western and Aboriginal culture, pedagogy, epistemology, ontology, and axiology in an ASRHE invited article (https://doi.org/10.59197/asrhe.v5i1.10483). Motivated by the desire to counteract restrictions inherent in journal publishing, open opportunities for the presentation of Indigenous research and enable dialogue towards a new understanding of research quality, the ASRHE editors are proposing a new ‘open’ article category which pairs an article with an exegesis. The editors are inviting you to follow the arguments in the newly published editorial (https://asrhe.org/index.php/asrhe/article/view/11103) and respond to the call for feedback.
Further information: Please contact editors@asrhe.org or e.heinrich@massey.ac.nz
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Request: Participant Volunteers for PhD research: Investigating Resilience & Wellbeing of Academics using Workplace Technology
I would like to invite you to participate in this UNE PhD qualitative study (Ethics approval: HE24-129, valid 10/7/2026) investigating how academics maintain resilience and wellbeing using workplace technology. Your participation will involve completing a short pre-screening online survey, ensuring the target group, academics employed in a higher education institution, who use workplace technology for work completion are selected (public or private university). An invitation to participate in an online video interview and submission of a short reflection will be sent to participants who meet pre-screening criteria.
Further information: If you would like to find out more about the study and participate contact Marie B. Fisher via email: mfisher@myune.edu.au
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