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* HERDSA Blog Post: Humanising Assessment Using A Praxis-Based Approach
* Emerging SIG - Pedagogy of Student Belonging and Wellbeing - Lunchtime Meeting at HERDSA 2025, Perth
* Submit Your Poster-Based Article to ASRHE
* Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC Semester 2
* Call for Presentation Proposals - 2025 Kaplan Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Symposium (SoLT25)
* Seeking survey volunteers for a study on trauma awareness in Australian Higher Education
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HERDSA Blog Post: Humanising Assessment Using A Praxis-Based Approach
Katie Burke, David Roy, Sian Chapman, William Baker, Amy Hamilton, & Katie Hotko, 2 July 2025
Katie Burke, David Roy, Sian Chapman, William Baker, Amy Hamilton, & Katie Hotko encourage us to consider a praxis-based assessment approach to create space for reflection and to humanise the learning process.
Read more: https://herdsa.org.au/herdsa-connect/humanising-assessment-using-praxis-...
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Emerging SIG - Pedagogy of Student Belonging and Wellbeing - Lunchtime Meeting at HERDSA 2025, Perth
HERDSA 2025, Perth, Thursday 10th July 1.05-1.35pm.
Calling all those interested in a HERDSA Student Belonging and Wellbeing Special Interest Group (SIG) –
The emerging SiG - The Pedagogy of Student Belonging and Wellbeing brings together educators who are passionate about enhancing student wellbeing, belonging, and engagement through inclusive and evidence-informed teaching practices. Our focus is on supporting students directly through pedagogy, creating learning environments where all students feel valued, connected, and empowered to succeed. We welcome academics, professional staff, and educational developers who are committed to improving the student experience and are eager to collaborate, share resources, and conduct SoTL in this space. Whether you're just beginning or deeply involved in this work, join us to build community and co-create meaningful change in higher education.
Please consider joining us online or for those not attending HERDSA 2025, we also welcome you online to discuss an emerging new HERDSA SIG
Details:
Pre-SIG Network meeting at HERDSA 2025, Perth.
Thursday 10th July, Perth Convention centre, BelleVue Ballroom from 1.05-1.35pm
or via zoom: https://adelaide.zoom.us/j/83211235214?pwd=qflEaIQLwvsxs5aTY1v7wxTByzSWMS.1
Further information: Nicola.eastaff-leung@adelaide.edu.au
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Submit Your Poster-Based Article to ASRHE
Advancing Scholarship and Research in Higher Education (ASRHE) now welcomes submissions based on conference posters — turning your design, insights, and dialogue with delegates into lasting contributions to the research community.
Whether your work is research in progress or research complete, we encourage creative formats that honour the spirit of your original poster. Think:
– A'deconstructed' poster with sequential panels and added commentary
– Reflections from conversations during the conference
– Audio insights or companion text in your own voice
We’re especially interested in innovative digital formats that translate the conference experience to online reading environments. Articles will be peer-reviewed and published under our inclusive, supportive group editorial approach.
Explore submission guidelines: https://asrhe.org/index.php/asrhe/index
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14702067
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/asrhe.bsky.social
Further information: ASRHE@herdsa.org.au
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Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC Semester 2
21 July 2025 – 14 December 2025
The award winning CAUT MOOC saw 700 participants register last semester. If you missed out on this MOOC then Semester 2, 2025 enrolments have opened for the Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC. There are 24 modules to choose from!
This course is for those who:
• teach in higher education anywhere in the world
• want content designed by learning and teaching experts
• seek to enhance their teaching and their students’ learning
• are interested in scoping the course for their institution’s professional development program
• are sessional, contract or continuing teachers.
You can choose which modules you explore and when, but we recommend one of the four pathways: new to teaching, enhancing student learning, enhancing your teaching practice or leading learning and teaching. An enhanced feature is that participants completing any of the four pathways can receive a digital badge for that pathway. Study is self-paced in two-hour modules that can be completed over a semester.
MOOC content is available to universities to share and adapt under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license. The course is presented under the auspices of the Council of Australasian University Leaders in Learning and Teaching (CAULLT) and is led by Professor Agnes Bosanquet (Torrens University) and A/Prof Marina Harvey (Macquarie University).
Enrol here: https://canvas.instructure.com/enroll/LTXWT4
21 July 2025 – 14 December 2025
Further information: Enquiries: mooc@caullt.edu.au
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Call for Presentation Proposals - 2025 Kaplan Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Symposium (SoLT25)
1 August 2025
We are inviting contributions from across our academic and professional community for the 2025 Kaplan Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Symposium (SoLT25), taking place on 30th September and 1st October 2025.
Theme: The Regenerative Landscape for Higher Education: Reflecting Back, Imagining Forward
Kaplan’s 2025 Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Symposium (SoLT25) invites academic and professional staff to share their practice and research in a spirit of renewal and forward-thinking. Inspired by Janus, the Roman god of transitions, this year’s theme explores the dynamic interplay between past pedagogical wisdom and future-focused educational innovation in a post-COVID world.
For submission guidelines and further details, please refer to the JALT website: https://journals.sfu.ca/jalt/index.php/jalt/announcement/view/75
Further information: https://journals.sfu.ca/jalt/index.php/jalt/announcement/view/75
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Seeking survey volunteers for a study on trauma awareness in Australian Higher Education
With over one in four Australians experiencing complex trauma, and trauma significantly affecting student success, your insights matter. We're researching trauma awareness in Australian higher education to help universities develop approaches that are more responsive to the needs of students with trauma experiences. Any Australian university employee who teaches, supervises, or supports students can participate (academic and professional staff; all contract types welcome). We want perspectives from staff with all levels of familiarity with trauma—including those with little or no prior knowledge. The survey should take around than 15 minutes. Questions? Contact: mmartinussen@csu.edu.au
Further information: https://thinkspace.csu.edu.au/traumaawarenesshe/
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In the spirit of reconciliation HERDSA acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australasia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.