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* HERDSA Blog Post: What are educators doing right? Insights from student feedback
* Voting closing soon for the HERDSA Executive 2025-2027
* HERDSA SoTL SIG - March 2025 meeting - This Friday! --- Reflection – it’s a critical practice in SoTL
* CRADLE Seminar Series. Programmatic Assessment. Insights from Theory and Practice
* JANZSSA Writing Workshop Series — Shut Up and Write with Megan Pozzi!
* Seeking Participant Volunteers (academics) for a UNE Resilience in Higher Education and technology Qualitative Study
* Invitation to Participate: A Doctoral Survey Study on Digital Technology in Authentic Assessment
* Enhancing Learning and Teaching of Digital Citizenship through Scenario-based AR Learning Trails
* New online first articles in Higher Education Research and Development
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HERDSA Blog Post: What are educators doing right? Insights from student feedback
Lara Molendijk, 19 March 2025
Lara Molendijk shines a light on what we as educators as doing right (at least according to students).
Read more: https://herdsa.org.au/herdsa-connect/what-are-educators-doing-right-insi...
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Voting is closing soon open for the HERDSA Executive 2025-2027
23 March 2025
HERDSA members are encouraged to vote for their selection of NINE (9) candidates for the 2025-2027 HERDSA Executive.
To view and cast your vote go to https://herdsa.org.au/executive-election-2025
NOTE: You must log into the HERDSA web site to view the ballot form and cast your votes for the candidates you would like to represent you on the HERDSA Executive.
Please login with your email and password.
Voting will be open to HERDSA members for until 5.00pm Australian Eastern Daylight Savings time on 23 March 2025.
HERDSA members will be advised of the outcome of the voting as soon as possible after all candidates have been notified of the election results.
Further information: https://herdsa.org.au/news/herdsa-executive-2025-2027-election
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HERDSA SoTL SIG - March 2025 meeting - This Friday! --- Reflection – it’s a critical practice in SoTL
Friday, 21 March 2025, 12.00–1.00 pm AEDT (NSW/VIC time)/11.00 am–12.00 pm AEST (QLD time)
Topic: Reflecting on reflective practices as SoTL scholars
Presenter: Dr Corinne Green (University of South Australia)
Corinne will share her story of being and becoming a SoTL scholar, highlighting how she uses reflective practice to integrate intentional actions with taking up as-yet-unknown opportunities. Dr Corinne Green will also use her experiences in SoTL and in writing a book chapter about her experiences, to invite you to engage in reflective practices to clarify your intentions and be strategic in your SoTL choices.
Zoom registration link: https://unisq.zoom.us/meeting/register/rT5UexjmRfCDHWnCrZb1zQ
Join our LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14343410/
Note: We will not be having a SIG meeting in April due to the public holidays.
Further information: Please feel free to contact the HERDSA SoTL SIG at herdsa.sotl.sig@gmail.com
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CRADLE Seminar Series. Programmatic Assessment. Insights from Theory and Practice
20th March
CRADLE is pleased to welcome Dr Liesbeth Baartmann as a visiting academic with Deakin University. She will discuss the experiences of research in programmatic assessment in the Netherlands, and unpack outcomes in vocational education and practice.
Programmatic Assessment is seen as a promising approach to align assessment with Higher Education goals such as inclusiveness, employability and assessment for learning. Its value has been evidenced in the Netherlands, in practice-based research carried out in a professional learning community consisting of about 25 higher education programmes. In this presentation, Liesbeth shares the theoretical principles of programmatic assessment and how these principles have been worked out in practice in design choices made by programmes in different domains. Also, lessons learned regarding student learning and decision-making will be discussed.
Join us for this compelling and this topical presentation at Downtown or online.
Further information: cradle@deakin.edu.au
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JANZSSA Writing Workshop Series — Shut Up and Write with Megan Pozzi!
31 March 2025
You’re invited to join a series of engaging and inspiring writing workshops with JANZSSA Board Member, Megan Pozzi, offering a supportive space for prospective authors to flourish.
Megan will provide expert guidance and practical strategies to enhance your work, leading structured exercises including writing to stimulus and deconstructing writing samples.
Whether you’re polishing your manuscript or drafting an internal report, these sessions offer the perfect opportunity for focussed writing, as well as a safe space to learn, share, ask questions, and build supportive networks. This writing community welcomes prospective authors of all levels of experience and at all stages of the writing process.
Register now and enjoy some dedicated writing time in these free online sessions, to be held on 31 March, 26 May, 18 August, and 15 September.
Further information: https://janzssa.scholasticahq.com/post/3004-janzssa-writing-workshop-ser...
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Seeking Participant Volunteers (academics) for a UNE Resilience in Higher Education and technology Qualitative Study
We would like to hear from academics at all levels who are willing to participate in this UNE PhD qualitative study (Ethics approval: HE24-129, valid 10/7/2026) investigating how academics in Australian higher education institutions adapt and manage their practice using workplace technology to complete educative work. Your participation will involve completing a short pre-screening online survey, ensuring the target group, academics employed in a higher education institution in Australia, who use workplace technology for educative work are selected (public or private university). Click on the link to complete the short survey.
https://unesurveys.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_08ocuZ46BaZ3bHE
An invitation to participate in an online, short video interview will be sent to participants who meet pre-screening criteria and interviewees need to submit a 300-400 word reflection (post interview). We look forward to hearing from you.
Please forward this request to academics, working in Australian Higher education institutions who would be interested in participating.
Further information: contact Marie (Bernie) Fisher: mfisher@myune.edu.au or LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-f-51697368/
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Invitation to Participate: A Doctoral Survey Study on Digital Technology in Authentic Assessment
Dear HERDSA organization,
My name is Anjin, and I am a PhD student at the University of Otago, New Zealand, researching tertiary educators' use of digital technology in authentic assessment.
Given HERDSA’s role in advancing innovative teaching/learning/assessing practices in HE, I would greatly appreciate your support in sharing this study with relevant educators in your network.
We are seeking input from educators who:
✅ Design and/or implement authentic assessments
✅ Use digital technologies in these assessments
The study has been approved by the University of Otago Ethics Committee (Ref: D23/324). Tertiary educators who are interested in participating in this study can access the survey here: https://otago.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3OcMGEqZnBvW66G.
Thank you for your time and consideration. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
Best regards,
Anjin
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Enhancing Learning and Teaching of Digital Citizenship through Scenario-based AR Learning Trails
Enjoy exploring our student-focused Scenarios that developed by the project team based on the 9 elements of the Digital Citizenship Framework.
Download: https://digitalcitizenship.hkbu.edu.hk/resources-social/
Project website: https://digitalcitizenship.hkbu.edu.hk/
#digitalcitizneship #technology #hkbu #chtl #ARscenarios
Further information: https://digitalcitizenship.hkbu.edu.hk/resources-social/
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New online first articles in Higher Education Research and Development
Towards conceptual clarity in pedagogical research: the case of the ‘imposter phenomenon’ jingle/jangle fallacy, Madeleine Pownall, Pam Birtill & Richard Harris, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2025.2470821
Embodied journeys: international students as active co-creators of inclusive higher education spaces, Heather Cockayne, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2025.2463525
Disrupting the self: self-identity, discomfort and (un)becoming through the research process, Craig Henry Jones & Emma Huddlestone, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2025.2467894
The impact of mandatory academic service-learning on university graduates’ continual civic engagement: evidence from a curriculum reform, Shuheng Lin, Grace Ngai, Kam Por Kwan, Stephen C.F. Chan & Kenneth W.K. Lo, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2025.2467901
Master’s thesis supervision in Hong Kong: a narrative inquiry, Madhu Neupane Bastola & Guangwei Hu, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2025.2467906
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In the spirit of reconciliation HERDSA acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australasia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.