ASCILITE NEWS

TELedvisors Webinar – Future Disruptions for Australian Universities – A University Accord Report and Discussion

Date: Thursday 27 June
Time: 2:00 – 3:00pm AEST
More information and registration hereIn this session Cherie Diaz (Executive Director, Education Innovation – Western Sydney University), Associate Professor Jason Lodge (University of Queensland) and Professor Alex Steel (UNSW) will discuss a recent report prepared for the Universities Accord Review Panel: Future Disruptions for Australian Universities.

The presenters will discuss disruptions to universities and potential university responses, including AI and the Digital Environment, Demographics and Equity, and the broader learning context. All of this will be discussed with reference to the roles of TELedvisors. Of course there will be plenty of opportunity for questions.

OEP SIG June 2024 Webinar – student-generated Open Education Resources: tapping into cognitive surplus to support open pedagogy

Date: Tuesday 25th June
Time: 12:00pm AEST
Registration & more information

This interactive webinar will be a community discussion about insights from a recent journal article examining two Australian case studies about Open Education Resource (OER) enabled pedagogy through renewable assignments for creating student-generated OER. Our guest speakers are Dr Mais Fatayer (UTS) and Dr Eseta Tualaulelei (UniSQ).

Upcoming TELAS Reviewer Certification workshops (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.

The next workshop will be held online (in Zoom) August 1 and 2 (10am – 1.30pm).

For fees and registration, go here.

Any questions feel free to email TELAS Admin.

TELall Blog post: What does the sector need to maximise the opportunities, and minimise the risks, of GenAI in education?

A wide range of materials, of varying quality, were produced over 2023 regarding use of GenAI in education in parallel with its continued technical development. The Australian Federal government, as other governments globally, launched an enquiry mid-2023 inviting submissions from stakeholders regarding the opportunities and risks of GenAI in education. As other groups, our authorship team made a submission to that inquiry; moreover, we also analysed the full set of submissions made. This corpus of over 100 submissions, which we provide in a structured format, provides insight into the perspectives of stakeholders as intended to influence policy.

Read more here

Call for Papers and Reviewers now open for ASCILITE 2024

This is a reminder that the call for papers for the 2024 ASCILITE conference is now open and details are provided on the conference website.

Hosted by The University of Melbourne 1-4th December, this year’s conference theme is Navigating the Terrain: Emerging Frontiers in Learning Spaces, Pedagogies, and Technologies.

If you are thinking of submitting a paper for the conference you may like to watch the recorded webinar here (mp4 needs downloaded).

Call for Reviewers

The 2024 Conference Organising Committee are inviting a large number of volunteers for the important work of reviewing conference submissions. The intellectual strength of ASCILITE conferences derives in part from the rigour of our peer review process and each submission will be double-blind peer reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers and proceedings published in ASCILITE Publications (APUBS). If you are interested in participating in the peer review process, you will find further details on the conference website here.

Call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the role of Associate Editor for AJET

Due date: 26th July 2024

We invite applications for new Associate Editors to join the existing editorial team of the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET). Associate Editors work with the Lead Editors to oversee the article review process and other work of the journal.

This is a global call. EOIs from Associate Editors in all regions, including outside of Australasia are welcome. We are looking for experienced educational technology researchers with a well-established track record of high quality journal publications, preferably in the field of educational technologies in post-school contexts; a strong track record of reviewing articles for journals, preferably educational technology journals; excellent English language written communication skills; knowledgeable of a range of research methods; and with the time and commitment to dedicate to the role of an Associate Editor.

For further information on how to submit an expression of interest here

Mapping the TELAS framework to your institution’s technology ecosystems

Date: Tuesday 16th July
Time: from 2pm AEST
Register here

With the development of the ASCILITE TELAS Framework there has emerged some benefit in mapping the standards to university technology ecosystems to ensure transparency for staff in enhancing course design. This webinar provides examples from two universities who have done this, Charles Darwin University, and the University of Sydney Business School.

Presenters
Bill Wade and Zachary Watt, Charles Darwin University
Carlos Prieto, University of Sydney Business School

Facilitators
Chris Campbell, UNSW Canberra
Michael Sankey, Charles Darwin University

TELedvisors SIG announce 2 part Third Space Symposium – Navigating the Third Space: working well in tertiary education

The term Third Space describes people working across and between the boundaries of traditional academic and professional roles in higher education.

People who work in the Third Space might identify as ‘ed-advisors’: learning designers, educational technologists, academic developers and many other people in roles with similar titles. Other people in the Third Space include workers in tertiary education who are developing the academic and language skills of students, research assistants and technicians, library staff and a wide array of other workers straddling these worlds.

Navigating the Third Space aims to shine a light on the valuable contributions that Third Space practitioners make, examine the ways that we work together and consolidate practical actions to raise our impact and working conditions in tertiary education.

Part 1: Global Third Space Slowposium, Friday 15th to Sat 30th November 2024 – Online
Part 2: Third Space Symposium, Sunday 1st December 2024 – University of Melbourne, Australia

More details are available here.

Join the Third Space mailing list here.

OTHER NEWS

New South Wales Higher Education Summit

Date: Friday 28 June
Time & Place: 3 – 7pm, UNSW campus + talks livestreamed
Register here

UNSW Sydney is pleased to once again host the New South Wales Higher Education Summit. The event will bring together thought leaders and practitioners from across the country, to explore key issues impacting and shaping the Higher Education sector, with a focus on AI and Assessments.

In addition to two keynotes and a panel discussion, the event includes two networking sessions, to enable participants to get together in person.

You can learn more on the event website.

FLANZ 2024 Conference and Workshops

FLANZ 2024 will be held between 26 – 28 August 2024 at the Grafton Campus of Waipapa Taumata Rau / University of Auckland with the theme – Evolving Practice in Flexible Learning.  See more about the Conference here.

This is a reminder that the ‘Early Bird Registration’ will close on 30 June 2024.

Conference Workshops

Workshops are free to conference delegates. Workshops will cater for 20-80 participants. Please sign-up to confirm your place via the FLANZ website, after July 1.

“Getting published in an academic journal” 
In this workshop, the co-editors of the Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, Dr Alison Fields and Dr Simon Paul Atkinson, will work with you through the six steps you need to consider as a potential published author.

“Calligratherapy-Conscious Chinese Calligraphy to Calm our Students and Ourselves” 
Learn how to use breathing exercises and brush strokes to focus the mind, write Chinese characters and phrases, and create a final calligraphy piece to take home.

Open Education Global 2024 Conference

Open Education Global (OEGlobal), the University of Southern Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, and the State Library of Queensland are proud to co-host the OEGlobal 2024 Conference (#OEGlobal24) in Brisbane, Australia.

Organised annually, OE Global Conference is the main venue for Open Education practitioners, policy builders, advocates, researchers, students, and decision-makers to share practices, network, and initiate collaborations. Participants collectively discuss the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in open education and share their perspectives on its future direction. We look forward to seeing you there!

More information is available on the Conference website.