📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social @elonuniversity.bsky.social Felten + Me 👇Reaffirming core purposes of academic advising: International perspectives in disruptive times 🤔#AcademicAdvising based in Solnit's "altruism, solidarity, & mutual aid"🤯 open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

Reaffirming the core purposes of academic advising: International perspectives in disruptive times

Peter Felten, Center for Engaged Learning, and Assistant Provost for Teaching and Learning, Elon University (USA); Sally Kift, President, Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows

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📢In my #NeededNowLT series #UniQLD @jasonmlodge.bsky.social 👏Beyond the chatbot: A framework for navigating the era of agentic AI in #HigherEd ▶️Aust Framework for #AI in #HE ->Bridge gap b/w standards, policy & practice ->Focus on quality learning 4 all students 👍 open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

Beyond the chatbot: A framework for navigating the era of agentic AI in higher education

Jason Lodge, The University of Queensland

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📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social @unilibrary.bsky.social Bugeja @unsw.edu.au Hedayati +Turnip 👇Strengthening validity & trust in generalist degrees thru program-level approaches to assessment 👏Making assessment more visible, valid➕defensible open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

Strengthening validity and trust in generalist degrees through program-level approaches to assessment: Possible or pipe dream?

Hayley Bugeja, University of Melbourne; Hora Hedayati, UNSW Sydney/ FutureNow! Aligned Education; Diana Turnip, UNSW Sydney

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📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social @csu.edu.au @kellinden.bsky.social @sarahteakel.bsky.social ❓What would #PartTime students like for a Happy New Year? A letter to ATEC & TEQSA 🤯35% Aust domestic students r PT 15 New Year wishes for their success open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

What would part-time students like for a Happy New Year? A letter to ATEC and TEQSA

Kelly Linden and Sarah Teakel, Charles Sturt University

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📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social #CurtinUni @molliedollin.bsky.social+++ 👏We credential them, but we've never met them. What online education must confront Robust big💭 ❓How to solve wicked problem of assuring learning for fully online degrees open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

We credential them, but we've never met them. What online education must confront

Mollie Dollinger, Curtin University

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Is anyone even on Bluesky? Worth blooting Sarah's keynote for the Deakin Teaching & Learning Conference? #DeakinTLC

📢My #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social @unsw.edu.au Diana Turnip➕ @priyakhanna.bsky.social 👇From polyjargon 2 programs: Systems thinking in assessment 🤔Long-term thinking 4 short-sighted world 🏅Assessment design as team sport 💥Programmatic➕program-level open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

From polyjargon to programs: Systems thinking in assessment

Diana Saragi Turnip and Priya Khanna Pathak, University of New South Wales

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📢In my #NeededNowLT w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social #RMIT @macowling.bsky.social @ascilite.bsky.social Circular wheel of tech: Why AI feels new but probably isn’t 🤔Why didn’t TEL community go bonkers re #GenAI 👉 #EdTech Stages of Grief 👉‘Working the steps’ 🛞Full circle open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

The circular wheel of technology: Why AI feels new, but probably isn’t

Michael A Cowling, RMIT

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📢In my #NeededNowLT blog w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social @unsw.edu.au Steel Valid assessment is a plausible argument not an absolute Beyond: Exam good, Essay bad 🤔What is valid assessment? 🤔What plausible arguments do we have that this assessment is evidence of learning? open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

Valid assessment is a plausible argument not an absolute

Alex Steel, University of New South Wales

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📢In my #NeededNowLT blog w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social @cquniversity.bsky.social Sarah-Jane Gregory #ACDS Fellow 👇A toolkit for everyone: Making science WIL work across the whole ecosystem 🚂STE(A)Ming Ahead in WIL Toolkit 'How to' #WIL across #Science disciplines 👍 open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

A toolkit for everyone: Making science WIL work across the whole ecosystem

M. Sarah-Jane Gregory, Central Queensland University

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📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social @acsesedu.bsky.social Patrick Broman 👏Teaching for all: Why equity must move into the classroom ⤴️Student diversity🟰Inclusive teaching➕universal design ✅Include all students by design #UDL [➕A new L&T Council🙏] open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

Teaching for all: Why equity must move into the classroom

Dr Patrick Broman, Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success

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📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social @unisq.bsky.social Marrington Zehntner➕Ferreira 👇Data-driven assessment reform: How UniSQ is navigating GenAI w evidence, not panic Assessment Heatmap -Acad integrity➕innovation -Evidence guides AI use 🤔Lessons open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

Data-driven assessment reform: How UniSQ is navigating GenAI with evidence, not panic

Jessica Marrington, Chris Zehntner and Jo-Anne Ferreira, University of Southern Queensland

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📢My #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social @deakinuniversity.bsky.social Hansen, Eckstein, Hamilton➕ Oslewski 👇From equity ambitions @ action: Becoming an equity-capable careers service 4️⃣Recs to shift practice 👏Universal design 👏From #WhatToDo to #HowToDoIt open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

From equity ambitions to action: Becoming an equity-capable careers service

Lauren Hansen, David Eckstein, Danni Hamilton, and Peter Oslewski, Deakin University

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📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social #SouthernCrossUni Roche➕Wilson➕Goode 👏Stop making better candles Whole-of-uni transformation 4 #StudentSuccess SCU immersive 6wk block model: focused, active ✅Big impact 🔅Brighter #HE💡 🕯️Impressive analogy game🐝 open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

Let’s stop making better candles

Thomas Roche, Erica Wilson and Elizabeth Goode, Southern Cross University

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📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social @studiosity.com Goodman 👇High use, high anxiety #GenAI's double-edged sword 4 uni student wellbeing 🤔2025 Aust Student Wellbeing Survey ->10,224 global students; 1,234 Aust -> #GenAI➕stress -> How unis can help open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

High use, high anxiety. GenAI's double-edged sword for university students' wellbeing

Jack Goodman, Studiosity

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📢In my #NeededNowLT blog w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social #QUT Kevin Ashford-Rowe 👇The centrality of academic judgement in assessment practice ✅Centrality of academic judgement ✅Don't panic ✅Build capability in assessment literacy ✅Generate a mature GenAI discourse 👏 open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

The centrality of academic judgement in assessment practice

Kevin Ashford-Rowe, Queensland University of Technology

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📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social #USC Cat Picton➕ unilibrary.bsky.social‬ Catherine Mann 👇The relationship revolution:Nurturing learning thru advising ✅Lots of fab EGs ✅"Nurturing rich & transformative places of learning" �� @creaght.bsky.socialopen.substack.com/pub/neededno...se

The relationship revolution: Nurturing learning through advising

Dr Cat Picton, University of the Sunshine Coast Dr Catherine Mann, University of Melbourne

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📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social #RMIT @miriamreynoldson.bsky.social 👏Assessment integrity in the age of AI: Where to from here? -What's not the answer? -What are the problems? -What solutions? 👍Thoughtful, generously curated➕3 x bonus blogs! open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

Assessment integrity in the age of AI: Where to from here?

Miriam Reynoldson, RMIT

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📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social @csu.edu.au Kelly Linden➕Sarah Teakel @acsesedu.bsky.social 👏Putting part-time students on the map👏 -Systems assume full-time -Logistical, structural & cultural barriers 🤔Redraw support 🤔Simple policy changes 👍 open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

Putting part-time students on the map

Kelly Linden and Sarah Teakel, Charles Sturt University

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📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social 👇Implementing Accord recommendations to achieve Growth thru Equity #NadineZacharias talking #EquityMatters re Accord big vision 😀Excitement 😟Challenges 💥Impact 🧑‍💼Priorities (if VC for1️⃣day) @acsesedu.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

Implementing the Accord’s recommendations to achieve Growth through Equity

Dr Nadine Zacharias, Managing Director, Equity by Design

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📢Now in my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social 👇Dreaming big: The perfect university for a changing world #MonashUni Claire Macken ❓What is it ❓Perfect #University scorecard -Vision for excellence, equity, innovation & partnership -Societal impact & trust open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

Dreaming big: Creating the perfect university for a changing world

Professor Claire Macken, Monash University

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📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social #UniQueensland Bunda➕Barney 👇Empowering educators, engaging learners: The journey to Indigenise curriculum -Benefits all students -Many disciplines -What Works -Challenges -Tips -Open access Handbook -Podcast 👍 open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

Empowering educators, engaging learners: The journey to Indigenise curriculum

Tracey Bunda and Katelyn Barney, The University of Queensland

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📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social 👇#USyd Jinqi Xu 🌏Becoming an internat student- Rethinking how we understand & support learners across cultures🤔 🌏Learning as a process of becoming rather than a series of deficits to correct👏 open.substack.com/pub/neededno... @ieaa.bsky.social

Becoming an international student - Rethinking how we understand and support learners across cultures

Dr Jinqi Xu, University of Sydney

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📢Now in my #NeededNowLT w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social @utas.edu.au @darlenemclennan.bsky.social➕#EbeGanon 👇Carrots & sticks: Levers 4 positive #HigherEd change🥕 NOW4️⃣x #DisabilitySupportFund @🤑$53,905,928m/yr 🤔How 2 ensure lasting transformation❓ 👏More than tick box open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

Carrots and sticks: Levers for positive change in universities

Darlene McLennan and Ebe Ganon, University of Tasmania

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What’s in a name? Enabling education in Australia - This week in @kiftsally.bsky.social's #NeededNow in #Learning and #Teaching open.substack.com/pub/neededno... #HigherEd #EnablingEducation

What’s in a name? Enabling education in Australia

Emma Hamilton, University of Newcastle; Matthew Bunn, James Cook University; Kieran Balloo, Southern Cross University; Sally Baker, Australian National University

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The Beatles. Showing how AI and education can mix responsibly and ethically by Prof Edward Palmer open.substack.com/pub/neededno... h/t @kiftsally.bsky.social

The Beatles. Showing how AI and education can mix responsibly and ethically

Edward Palmer, Director, Digital Learning and Society Hub, School of Education, University of Adelaide

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Great read and a very valuable practical resource

Sally Kift@kiftsally.bsky.social · last yr.

📢Now in my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social 👇Beyond Access: Why Australia's #Equity Challenge Requires Practical Teaching Solutions👏 #GreenGuide 👍Fab resource @sydney.edu.au ✅Practical equity design 4 educators ➕#Cogniti agent @dannydotliu.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

📢Now in my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social 👇Beyond Access: Why Australia's #Equity Challenge Requires Practical Teaching Solutions👏 #GreenGuide 👍Fab resource @sydney.edu.au ✅Practical equity design 4 educators ➕#Cogniti agent @dannydotliu.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

Beyond Access: Why Australia's Equity Challenge Requires Practical Teaching Solutions

Samantha Clarke, Jessica Frawley and Eszter Kalman, The University of Sydney

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📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social @sallybaker.bsky.social ➕ Steph Cousins 👇 Leveraging the goodwill of a sector: Mobilising campuses to welcome Refugee Student Settlement Pathway students 👏Fab initiative for centring #Equity in #InternationEdu👏 open.substack.com/pub/neededno...

Leveraging the goodwill of a sector: Mobilising campuses to welcome Refugee Student Settlement Pathway students

Associate Professor Sally Baker, Refugee Education Australia; Steph Cousins, Skill Path Australia

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