ASCILITE NEWS

CONFERENCE 2025: Earlybird Registration Discount

EXTENDED – Now Closing 22 October!

We encourage you to register by 22 October 2025 to take advantage of the special discounted rates. Don’t miss this opportunity to save!

Secure your spot today and enjoy the benefits of early registration.

To find out more about ASCILITE 2025 and to register your attendance,
CLICK HERE.

ASCILITE Committee election 2025: LAST CHANCE to vote

Voting closes midnight 16 October 2025.

To all the members that have already voted – Thank you!

If you have not voted, and were a member on the 18th of September, please check your inbox for the email with subject line:  “ASCILITE 2025 Executive Committee Election – Voting now open” sent to you from SurveyMonkey or Mailchimp.

The voting link embedded in each email is unique to each recipient.

We hope that all current members can take a few minutes to participate in the poll, so please locate your email.

If you have not received your voting link please email the ASCILITE Secretariat.

Returning Officer,
ASCILITE 2025

ASCILITE 2026 Conference

In 2026, we are trialing a new approach to hosting our annual conference. Instead of co-hosting with a university, the ASCILITE Executive will manage the conference.The venue for the 2026 conference has been chosen (Rydges Hotel, Brisbane) and we are now calling for volunteers from the ASCILITE membership to assist in the organising committees which will be chaired by the current Vice President, Elaine Huber.We have outlined the various roles required along with an outline of their responsibilities on this webpage. The teams will meet regularly across the year and will be joined by the Conference Chair.

Please read through the list of roles and responsibilities and nominate to either lead the team or to be a team member by completing the form here.

Michael Cowling, Elaine Huber & Sandy Barker
ASCILITE senior executive

Joint ASCILITE Live!  & Turnitin 15 October Webinar: Reimagining Assessment at Scale

Date: Wednesday, October 15
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm AEDT
Registration and more information here

Join Turnitin and ASCILITE for our webinar, Reimagining Assessment at Scale: Authentic, Secure, and Insight-Driven Approaches for High-Stakes and Formative Success.

Hear from a panel of educators from various institutions as they share practical strategies for creating secure, authentic, and data-driven assessments that enhance student learning in the age of AI.

Kwong Nui Sim & Karine Cosgrove
ASCILITE Live! Webinar leads

LD-SIG October 24 Webinar: Research mentoring series: Topic 5: Demystifying the research proposal, a fireside conversation

Date: Friday 24th October 2025
Time: from 12 pm AEDT
Where: Zoom
Presenter/s: Keith Heggart, Kate Mitchell, Leanne Ngo, Kashmira Dave

Join our interactive webinar to uncover what a research proposal really is — and how it differs from project, ethics, and grant proposals. Hear a panel of experienced practitioners share candid stories and concrete tactics, then leave with practical strategies to build your confidence as a third‑space professional

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

TELedvisors October 30 Webinar: Human-Led, Tech-Empowered: Evaluating Educational Al Tools for Impact

Date: Thursday 30 October 2025
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00 pm AEDT

In this month’s TELedvisors Network webinar, we are joined by Joan Sutherland and Nicholas English, who will introduce Deakin’s approach to evaluating educational technologies through ethical, pedagogical, and human expertise lenses. Participants will critically examine current evaluation practices, explore AI-specific considerations such as bias and transparency, and collaborate to refine criteria for future use. Expect active discussion, challenging questions, and shared insights. No prior AI experience required—just curiosity and a critical mindset.

Presenters: Nicholas English (Digital Learning Developer, Deakin University) & Joan Sutherland (Senior Education Developer, Deakin University’s Digital Learning Innovation team)

More information and registration here

Colin Simpson, Wendy Taleo, Penny Wheeler & Olivia Rajit
TELedvisors SIG leads

Enhance Teaching Quality and Gain Recognition through TELAS: Apply for your course or program to have a TELAS Peer-Review

Are you looking to enhance the quality of your online or blended learning?

The Technology Enhanced Learning Accreditation Standards (TELAS) offers a rigorous, evidence-based framework to review and improve the design of digital learning, whether at the unit, course, program, school, or institutional level.

TELAS reviews provide valuable, structured feedback and benchmarking aligned with national standards. Reviewed learning packages receive a TELAS digital badge, which can support promotion, award applications, or internal quality assurance processes. Most importantly, the process helps ensure that students benefit from a more coherent and high-quality learning experience.

We currently have capacity in our review schedule and invite expressions of interest. If you’re curious about how TELAS could be applied in your context or would like to explore a School or institution-wide approach please contact us on admin@telas.com for a conversation with the TELAS team. You can also review the accreditation fees here.

Elaine Huber, Chris Campbell & Lisa Jacka
TELAS leads

OTHER NEWS

One month to go! The 30th ICDE World Conference 2025

The 30th ICDE World Conference 2025 will take place in Wellington, New Zealand from 10-13 November 2025.

Hosted by Open Polytechnic of New Zealand and Massey University, this unique global conference will bring together educators, researchers, and innovators advocating for inclusive, scalable and sustainable education from around the globe.

The theme for the ICDE World Conference 2025 is ‘Ako’ – a Māori concept meaning reciprocity in learning and teaching, the exchange of ideas. The packed programme of multiple parallel sessions also offers ICDE’s largest international workshop on innovation in education, as well as the first ever Global Education Forum gathering top-level policy experts and voices on the future of education.

Register here – ICDE member and day rates available!

Check out the programme here

CRADLE Seminar Series: More than the individual:Transforming feedback cultures

When: Tuesday 11 November 2025
Time: 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm (AEDT)
Where: Deakin Downtown (Level 12, Tower 2, 727 Collins Street, Melbourne) or online
Cost:This is a free event

Despite best efforts, many feedback practices remain far from ideal. For decades, higher and professional education has addressed the challenge of practically changing feedback through educator workshops and training. More recently, training has also encompassed learners with the promotion of feedback literacy skills. But little appears to make much of a difference to on-the-ground feedback experiences in medical education.

One possible response is to shift attention beyond individual learners and teachers to consider the social and the contextual construction of feedback. A five year multi-phase qualitative project investigated the role of feedback cultures in the contrasting contexts of surgical and intensive care medical training. This talk presents findings, including culture-specific feedback strategies and insights into the key question of how to enhance feedback in less than ideal circumstances.

Join in person at Deakin Downtown or online to hear CRADLE’s Professor Margaret Bearman discuss this perennial challenge for practical feedback change.

Register here: https://cradle-seminar-series-transforming-feedback-cultures.eventbrite.com.au/

Invitation: 2025 USyd Business School’s Learning and Teaching Forum, 12-13 November

The University of Sydney Business School’s  L&T Forum committee would like to invite you to the Learning & Teaching Forum 2025, where colleagues from across the University of Sydney Business School and beyond will share their innovative teaching practices and educational research. The L&T Forum will be held on Wednesday, 12 November 2025, and it will be presented in a mixed mode, utilising both face-to-face and online platforms, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to participate.

The theme of this year’s forum will be The Future of Business Education – Disruption, Design, and the Student Experience.

When
Wednesday 12 November 2025 | 8:45 am – 5:30 pm (AEDT)
Thursday 13 November 2025 | 9:00 am – 12:30 pm (AEDT) [ONLINE]

Where
On Campus – Wednesday 12 November 2025
The University of Sydney Business School
Levels 1 and 2, Belinda Hutchinson Building H70
Crn Abercrombie Street and Codrington Street
The University of Sydney
(Please note that morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided)

Register here

For further information, contact: The 2025 L&T Forum Organising Committee