ASCILITE NEWS

TELedvisors May Webinar: How to influence as Third Space Practitioners

Date: Thursday 1 May 2025
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm AEST
Register and join the webinar here

Third space practitioners in the higher education sector often navigate complex collaboration challenges when driving change projects.  We often work without formal authority, making it difficult to lead initiatives. We must build informal leadership skills and foster relationships across various faculties and divisional units.

Effective collaboration is crucial, yet it can be hindered by differing priorities, communication barriers, and resistance to change. Despite these, we play a vital role in advocating for and implementing innovative solutions that enhance educational experiences and drive digital transformation within universities.

Join us to explore these challenges and hear tips for working with multiple stakeholders to enhance the student experience.

Speakers: Dr Gavin Beck, Manager (University of Technology Sydney) and Professor Julie Robert, Dean (Griffith University)

Colin Simpson, Wendy Taleo, Penny Wheeler
TELedvisors-SIG leads

TA-SIG May Webinar: Lessons from implementing programmatic assessment

This is a panel style session in collaboration with “Assessment in Higher Eduction” UK.

Date: Wednesday 7 May 2025
Time: 0700 universal | 8AM UK | 3PM SG/HK | 5PM SYD/MEL | 7PM NZ.
Registration and further information here.

Featuring two presentations:

1) “Lessons learned from a programmatic assessment development project” by Jayne Pearson and Ayesha Ahmed (King’s College London, UK)

2) “Alignment between e-portfolio design and programmatic assessment curricula” by Bas Agricola, Kitty Meijer, Lieke Ceelen and Liesbeth Baartman (Hogeschool Utrecht / University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Netherlands).

Mathew Hillier, Geoffrey Crisp
TA-SIG leads

ASCILITE May Webinar: Adding Insult to Injustice: How Justice Perceptions and Social Media Shape Vengeful Dissent in Online and On-Campus Education

Date: Thursday 22 May 2025
Time: 11:00 am (AEDT)

Ever received an angry email from a student? Online education is booming, but it comes with unique challenges—one of which is the reported greater volatility of students studying one. In this webinar, Dr Lauren Shaw (James Cook University) explores findings from Adding Insult to Injustice, a study examining how perceptions of fairness (procedural justice) and the use of student-led social media groups influence vengeful dissent in both online and on-campus higher education. Join us to unpack the implications of this research and discuss strategies to better support online student engagement while protecting staff wellbeing.

Registration for webinar: link
Join Zoom Meeting: link

Kwong Nui Sim, Karine Cosgrove
ASCILITE Webinar leads

ASCILITE Webinar Recording: AI-powered pedagogy: Exploring the effectiveness of Generative AI as a learning assistant in the ICT discipline

Watch Associate Professor Ritesh Chugh (CQUniversity’s School of Engineering and Technology) as he discusses the outcomes of a project funded by the Australasian Council of Deans of Information and Communications Technology that explored the role of GenAI as a learning assistant in ICT education.

Discover how GenAI enhances learning through personalized feedback, code diagnostics, and adaptive support—while tackling challenges like accuracy, ethics, and responsible adoption.

This webinar unveiled the GenAI Adoption Model, a framework for integrating AI-powered learning responsibly. Plus, get an look at the GenAI Toolkit—a practical resource designed to help institutions implement AI-driven education effectively.

Watch the recording from 17 April 2025 here.

Kwong Nui Sim, Karine Cosgrove
ASCILITE Webinar leads

TELAS Reviewer Certification workshop (online)

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

Our workshop supports your knowledge of the standards and is the first step to being 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);
Dates: June 12 and 13 (11am – 2.30pm AEST)
For fees and registration, go here.
Any questions feel free to email TELAS Admin.

Elaine Huber, Chris Campbell
TELAS leads

Applications to host the ASCILITE 2026 or 2027 Conference

We are seeking expressions of interest from potential conference organising committees to host the 2026 and 2027 annual conference. ASCILITE conferences are a central aspect of ASCILITE and provide opportunities for delegates to meet with international and national peers to exchange ideas, research and practice in educational technology. Conferences provide a forum for the presentation of refereed papers, short concise papers, symposiums, posters, pecha kucha and workshops. The conference also provides memorable opportunities for social interaction and networking.

If you would like to discuss hosting the conference with a member of the executive please reach out to Sandra Barker or Hazel Jones.

Please note: The hosting of the conference is being reviewed with the aim of assisting institutions and easing the burden via significant assistance from ASCILITE executive and a Professional Conference Organiser (PCO).

Sandy Barker and Hazel Jones
Conference leads

OTHER NEWS

UniSQ Online Conference: Online Teacher Education In The Evolving Technological Landscape: Beyond The Horizon

Date: Wednesday 17 September 2025
Keynotes: Professor Simon Buckingham Shum and Professor Donna Pendergast
Closing date for abstracts: 1 July 2025

Hosted by UniSQ – Supported by Morgan State University, STAR Scholars & AACU

Join educators, researchers, and policymakers for a one-day conference exploring the future of online teacher education. With advances in AI and digital tools, teaching strategies, engagement, and accessibility are evolving rapidly.

More information here.

Registrations now open for the 2025 Scholarship Learning and Teaching (SoLT) conference

TAFE Queensland Higher Education will be hosting the 2025 Scholarship Learning and Teaching (SoLT) conference on July 3, 2025 at the South Bank campus. The conference theme is Empowering Education through Confidence and Change and aims to showcase Scholarship of Teaching and Learning research from tertiary education institutions across Australia.

The conference program includes an array of workshops and presentations related to the scholarship of teaching and learning. The day will conclude with a poster session and a closing keynote presentation by Dr. Alice Brown, University of Southern Queensland.

The full conference program will be released closer to the event. However, all attendees will have the opportunity to create a personalised schedule based on their preferred workshops and concurrent sessions.

Early Bird Registrations close 16 May 2025, with General Registrations closing 9 June 2025. The ticket fees are included below.
Early Bird Fee – $95
General Fee – $110

To learn more about the 2025 SoLT conference, including how to register, please visit our website.

Navigating the Future: Innovation and Integrity in the era of AI

Customer Roundtable Discussions Hosted by Turnitin in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane

Turnitin is pleased to extend an invitation to It’s exclusive educator event that brings together education thought leaders and innovators from across the region to help shape the future of education.

Join Turnitin’s senior leaders as they unveil our new global research, introduce upcoming Turnitin solution innovations, and explore the transformative impact of AI on education. Gain insights from peer education experts who will share their deep knowledge and experience, and take the opportunity to network with other executive-level peers.

Melbourne Event
Date: Tuesday May 13, 2025
Time: 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM (AEST)
Venue: Novotel Melbourne on Collins
Register now

Sydney Event
Date: Thursday, May 15, 2025
Time: 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM (AEST)
Venue: Novotel Sydney Darling Square
Register  now

Brisbane Event
Date: Friday, May 16, 2025
Time: 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM (AEST)
Venue: Hyatt Regency Brisbane
Register  now

Please take 2 minutes to complete this short pre-registration questionnaire. Your responses will help us address key concerns and tailor the discussion to your interests.

Call for contributions: Collaborative paper on postdigital co-design with Generative AI

Contributions of 700 words are invited for a collectively authored article exploring co-design in higher education through a postdigital lens. The contributions should showcase examples of how educators, researchers or designers are integrating Generative AI as a co-designer in higher education. These examples can range from optimistic, preferable possibilities to more critical perspectives.

Each submission should include a real-world example and visual artefact (e.g. image, drawing, screenshot) that together illustrate your co-design practice with Generative AI. Selected contributions will be submitted as a collaborative paper to Postdigital Science and Education.

Further information is available here.

Call for participants: Research into online engagement strategies

To all experienced online teachers and engagement experts in Higher Education, Alice Brown (University of Southern Queensland) is currently seeking your assistance in a research project (HERDSA grant 2024) to investigate students’ perceptions of their most valued course (subject) specific online engagement strategies. These are strategies that teachers include as part of their online learning environment to support student learning (such as discussion forums; social forums and introductions; Padlets, eBooks, online tutorials, team activities, badges, personal communications, weekly announcements and nudges, collaborative/peer activities and opportunities to learn with others, short recordings and digital media and videos, stop and think activities, online whiteboard, guest speakers, providing explicit expectations about learning and ways of working, …..and many more).

If you are a strong online teacher or know of an uber teacher who strongly engages students online, then please contact Alice. The research team are eager to hear from your students about their experiences of online engagement in your course. The team are interested in learning more about the strategies your students found useful in helping them feel part of the subject.

For further information please email Alice Brown.