ASCILITE NEWS

ASCILITE 25 – Final update

ONLY 1 WEEK TO GO!!

We can’t wait to see you in Adelaide
30 November – 3 December for the 42^nd ASCILITE conference.

Haven’t registered yet?
There is still time > REGISTER HERE

Don’t forget to go to the Social Program page for your “dress up” suggestions for our gala dinner on Tuesday night.

Make sure you don’t miss out on the fantastic program including the pre-conference workshops on Sunday – there are still a couple of places available.

Sponsor Shout Out….

We would like to thank and acknowledge the generous support of all our conference sponsors and exhibitors.

Visit the Conference sponsor webpage for a full listing.

Conference 2025 Organising Committee

Conference 2026 – Help us choose the conference theme!

We are running a competition to harness the collective creativity of the ASCILITE Community. Please submit your ideas and the most voted one will win a prize at the conference.

How to Participate

1. Open the Padlet using this link.
2. Add your idea by clicking the “+” button at the bottom right or double-clicking anywhere on the board.
3. Choose whether to be named or anonymous:
   • If you would like to be credited, type your name in the “Author” field or login.
   • If you prefer to remain anonymous, simply leave that field blank and don’t login.
4. Submit as many ideas as you wish.
5. Browse suggestions from colleagues and click the “Like” button on any entries you find interesting or promising.
6. Voting is open to all members. The ideas with the most likes will be considered for the final shortlist.

We look forward to your contributions and appreciate you helping us co-design the conference focus for 2026.

Conference 2026 Organising Committee

Invitation to attend the ASCILITE Annual General Meeting (AGM)

The 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) for ASCILITE will take place during the annual conference on Monday 1 December, 12:40pm ACST in the Adelaide Convention Centre.

All current members are cordially invited to attend the meeting. The room will be advised in the conference program. Check the conference agenda for any change to the meeting time closer to the event.

We do hope you can join us where we present the 2025 Executive election results, review ASCILITE’s financial position and seek approval from members for next year’s budget.

2024 AGM Minutes
2025 AGM Agenda
2025 President’s Annual Report
2025 Treasurers Report
2024 – 2025 Reconciled Financial Statements

The ASCILITE executive

TELedvisors November Webinar: Third Space Symposium Proceedings Launch

Date:  Thursday 27 Nov 2025,
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm AEDT

In the final 2025 TELedvisors Network webinar, we have a special edition. We are launching the Third Space Symposium Proceedings.

Join Colin Simpson and Penny Wheeler and guests, hosted by Wendy Taleo.

The Third Space Symposium in 2024 brought together more than 70 contributors and 500 participants over 15 days to share our experiences and perspectives of working at third space practitioners (e.g. learning designers, education technologists, academic developers) in tertiary education. Join us as we officially launch the proceedings of this event with content and reflections from 40 contributors and hear a series of lightning presentations about some of the sections in the publication.

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

OEP-SIG: Don’t miss our last get-together of the year!

Date: Monday 1 December 2025
Time: 11am AEST, 12pm AEDT, 11.30am ACDT (check your time zone)

Special Focus Topics:

• Short Open Education Conference 2025 report back by scholarship holders and attendees.
• Everyone shares your ‘one big thing’ for 2025, e.g., a win you’re proud of, something that totally surprised you, a powerful lesson you learned the hard way, or something exciting on the horizon.

Register for the meeting

Agenda

Claire Ovaska, Jenny Wallace, Steven Chang, & Ash Barber
OEP-SIG leads

New TELall Blog – Beyond engagement: using interactive videos to support self-regulated, reflective learning and drive student success

Jocasta Williams from Echo360 has provided our newest TELall blog post relating to a recent project based at Swinburne University of Technology aimed at improving student engagement and self-regulation. The outcomes from the project are being delivered at the ASCILITE Conference on Monday 1^st December by Dr Katya Pechenkina or you can see Jocasta and her team at the Echo360 stand in the sponsors area at the conference.

Read the blog post here 

COMING NEXT to the TELall Blog – Beyond engagement: using interactive videos to support self-regulated, reflective learning and drive student success
Cidilabs – Silver and Photo Booth sponsor at the 2025 ASCILITE Conference bring us our next blog post (to be published Friday 28^th November) looking at the importance of accessibility for all students in their online learning materials.  Don’t miss this important discussion – come to ASCILITE 2025 in Adelaide and have a chat with the Cidilabs team.

Sandy Barker
TELall Blog lead

ASCILITE Publications now hosted by OAPA

ASCILITE now partners with the Open Access Publishing Association to enhance the value of APUBS (ASCILITE Publishing) for the ASCILITE members and facilitating wider impact for the TEL (Technology Enhanced Learning) community.

Together ASCILITE and OAPA support fully open access publishing and knowledge sharing. OAPA provides APUBS with better server speeds, upgrade and development support and guidance for future SCOPUS indexing.

Join us by registering with APUBS as a reviewer and support ASCILITE by becoming an author of future ASCILITE Conference submissions.

Thom Cochrane & Vickel Narayan
APUBS 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. 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

ASCILITE Website maintenance window

The ASCILITE websites

• ascilite.org,
• blog.ascilite.org, and
• telas.edu.au (and the app)

Will be intermittently unavailable in the week of  8 – 12 January 2026. We need to conduct some over due server maintenance

We apologies for any inconvenience caused.

ASCILITE Secretariat

OTHER NEWS

Open Access eBook: Inquiry in Action – Using AI to Reimagine Learning and Teaching

How are educators and students reimagining learning in the age of Generative AI? This new open-access collection, Inquiry in Action, brings together authentic case studies from The University of Queensland that showcase how AI is being used to enhance learning design, assessment, and student engagement.

Each case explores practical, ethical, and creative approaches to integrating AI into teaching offering inspiration for anyone navigating this rapidly evolving space.

Read the full collection here.

Participants needed: Contribute to the Future of AI, Integrity & Industry in Higher Education

You are invited to participate in a national research project exploring the intertwined roles of Artificial Intelligence, Academic Integrity, and Advancing Industry in Australian higher education.

About the Study
This research examines the interplay of the three “AIs”:

• Artificial Intelligence (the rapid rise of GenAI),
• Academic Integrity (authorship, assessment validity, trust), and
• Advancing Industry (workforce needs and GAI-enabled productivity).

With industry adoption accelerating faster than academic practice, this study seeks to understand how students, educators, and employers perceive GenAI—where their views align, where they diverge, and what this means for learning, teaching, and future workforce readiness.

This project is approved by HREC (SCU 2024/166).

Take the Survey (10–15 minutes) here.

Research Team

• Professor Shelley Kinash (Universal Higher Education)
• Professor Christy Collis (AIPC / Endeavour College)
• Dr Arif Jubaer (Arif Systems)
• Dr Polly Lai (Southern Cross University)
• Professor Henk Huijser (QUT)
• Dr Saeed Shaeri (Universal Higher Education)

For any questions, please contact: Dr Julia Caldicott, Southern Cross University

LAK26 Registration is now open!

The Society for Learning Analytics Research (SOLAR) is celebrating 16 years of LAK conferences in 2026!

April 27 – May 1 2026 Bergen, Norway

More information and registration here.