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Call for Papers CLOSING NEXT MONDAY!

Closing: 13 July, 5:00pm AEST
 

One week left to submit your paper

There is just one week remaining to submit your paper for this year’s conference. As we explore the theme of human connection in the age of AI, we invite contributions that challenge, inspire and reimagine how we learn, teach, collaborate and care in increasingly digital environments.

Whether your work is empirical, conceptual, practice-based or provocational, we encourage you to add your voice to this important conversation. Submit your paper before the closing date and be part of shaping a conference centred on connection, creativity and community.

Submit your paper here.

 



ASCILITE Spring into Excellence Research School 2026

Are you interested in Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) research, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), or building your confidence as a researcher in higher education?

Whether you are an early to mid-career researcher wanting to sharpen your TEL research practice, a teaching-intensive academic curious about publishing, a PhD candidate looking to expand your research in TEL and SoTL, an ASCILITE mentor or mentee, or an academic seeking to forge cross-institutional research collaborations — the ASCILITE Research School provides a supportive and engaging environment to develop your ideas and move your research forward.

We are very happy to announce that the 2026 ASCILITE Spring into Excellence Research School will be held at the RMIT Melbourne campus (124 La Trobe Street, Melbourne VIC 3000).

Dates: 7–9 September 2026 (Tuesday lunchtime through to Thursday lunchtime)
Cost: $300 (members), $450 (non-members – includes 12 months membership) + GST

More information about the Research School can be found here.

And to help spring into spring, the ASCILITE Executive has approved a 50% discount for the first 20 paid registrations!

Apply for a 50% discounted registration here.

Presenters include: Professor Michael Henderson (ASCILITE Life Member, Monash), Professor Michael Cowling (ASCILITE President, RMIT), Professor Sue Gregory (ASCILITE Life Member, UNE), Professor Petrea Redmond (ASCILITE Life Member, UniSQ), Professor Eva Heinrich (RMIT), Associate Professor Linda Corrin (Deakin University).

Michael Cowling
Research School Lead


Wavelength is back!

The ASCILITE Wavelength Podcast is back, providing a platform for voices, ideas, and conversations shaping technology-enhanced learning across Australasia and beyond.

Whether it’s an interview, panel discussion, solo reflection, vox pop, creative audio piece, or Gen AI-supported podcast, Wavelength welcomes contributions that share research, practice, innovation, experiences, and thought leadership from across our community.

Please refer to this page for more information about the submission types and process.

We’d love to hear your voices. Individuals interested in submitting a podcast segment should consult the ASCILITE Wavelength Submission Guidelines.

Tune in. Contribute. Share your wavelength.

Vickel Narayen & Karine Cosgrove
Podcast Leads


TELAS Reviewer Certification workshop (online)

The Technology Enhanced Learning Accreditation Standards (TELAS) are internationally benchmarked standards designed to assess the quality of online learning, particularly in the tertiary sector. They provide institutions with the means to assess and evaluate the affordances of their online learning environments, thereby guiding quality enhancements. For more information about TELAS visit our website.

Our workshop supports your understanding of the standards and is the first step toward becoming a certified TELAS reviewer. No matter what your role is at your institution, you will find these workshops informative and interactive.

Our next workshop will be online in Zoom (split across two half days); September 10 and 11 (10:00am – 1:30pm AEST)

For fees and registration, go here.

Any questions feel free to email TELAS Admin.

Elaine Huber, Chris Campbell, Lisa Jacka & Lisa Budgen
TELAS leads


Joint ASCILITE Turnitin Webinar:  Designing authentic, hybrid and scalable assessments

Date: Tuesday, 14 July 2026
Time: 11 am AWST | 1 pm AEST | 3 pm NZST
Presenters: A/Prof Popi Sotiriadou (Griffith University), A/Prof Anne-Marie Chase (Swinburne) & Audrea Warner (University of Auckland)

Moving toward authentic, applied assessments is the goal for modern education, but large classes and limited marking capacity often create a ceiling. How do we deliver high-quality, flexible testing without overwhelming our resources?

Join @ASCILITE, @Turnitin and educators from Griffith University, Swinburne University, and more for a strategic session: Designing Innovative & Scalable Assessments. Learn how shifting to digital workflows can maintain discipline-specific requirements while making grading highly efficient.

Can’t make it live? Register to get the recording and resources.

Register here.

Karine Cosgrove
ASCILITELive! Webinar Lead


LD-SIG July Webinar: Research Mentoring Series: Dissemination channels – Digital professional network and Professional Identity

Date: Thursday 16 July 2026
Time: 10:00 am AWST | 12:00 pm AEST | 2:00pm NZST
Join here

A Third Space digital expert will guide participants in building a professional digital presence to enhance credibility. Participants will create or refine their digital profiles (e.g., LinkedIn, blogs, ePortfolios) and develop strategies to showcase their research and accomplishments.

Leanne Ngo, Keith Heggart, Kashmira Dave, Kate Mitchell
LD-SIG Leads


ASCILITELive! Webinar Recording: The Art of Peer Review

This ASCILITELive! webinar explored how to review conference submissions using the APUBS/OJS system, including submission types, templates, double-blind review, feedback forms, reviewer recommendations, and optional annotated files. The presenters A/Prof Thom Cochrane and Dr. Vickel Narayan emphasises constructive, supportive reviewing—especially for early-career authors and work in progress. They explain how reviewers can update their profiles with affiliations, keywords, ORCID details, and availability so editors can assign suitable submissions.

Watch the recording here.

Karine Cosgrove
ASCILITElive! Webinar Lead


OTHER NEWS

Australasian Academic Integrity Network Forum 2026: Call for Submissions + registration open

A fully online event to be held Friday, 11 September 2026. Share knowledge, best practice and explore key questions in the challenging and fast-paced field of academic integrity. The event is open to Australian and New Zealand higher education staff members.

Presenter options: Roundtable discussions (40-minute sessions) or a Digital poster (prepared 5 min video and meeting time in the program).
Accepted presenters will receive free reg.
Submission: a 200 word abstract focused on academic integrity.
*Extended* Deadline: Friday 26 June 2026.

General audience registration is also now open.

Further information here.

ePIC APAC Summit 2026: Unlocking Human Potential – All Learning Counts

What if every form of learning counted?
As the nature of learning continues to evolve, we’re seeing knowledge, skills and capabilities developed through work, community participation, professional practice, entrepreneurship, migration and lived experience. Yet many recognition systems still struggle to value learning wherever it occurs.

Join us for the inaugural ePIC APAC Summit, a new regional forum bringing together around 100 leaders from education, industry, government, community and Indigenous organisations to explore how recognition systems can better value learning wherever it occurs.

Through panel presentations, international case studies and working sessions, participants will explore how open recognition, micro-credentials and digital credentials can strengthen lifelong learning, workforce capability and social inclusion

Discussion themes

  • Recognising all learning
  • Workforce transformation and productivity
  • Equity, inclusion and diverse knowledge systems
  • Policy and structural reform
  • Lifelong and life-wide learning

Date: 27–28 August 2026
Venue: Deakin Downtown, Melbourne, Australia
Register here.

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