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* CAULLT/HERDSA Award for outstanding leadership in Higher Education
* Invitation to apply for Roger Landbeck Professional Development Fund
* Comedy show about paywalls and open access
* Job opportunity: Learning Designer
* CRADLE Seminar Series: Is it time to rethink the role of high-stakes examinations in university subjects?
* Call for Reviewers: Learning Letters
* New online first articles in Higher Education Research and Development
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CAULLT/HERDSA Award for outstanding leadership in Higher Education
13 September 2024
CAULLT and HERDSA are delighted to report that as part of our recent Memorandum of Understanding, the Inaugural CAULLT / HERDSA Award for Outstanding Leadership in Research and Development in Higher Education was announced at the HERDSA gala dinner on 10 July 2024.
Applicants should submit their applications by 13 September. The awardees will be announced at the CAULLT 2024 Conference on 25 October 2024.
Contact Eva Heinrich. e.heinrich@massey.ac.nz
Further information: https://www.herdsa.org.au/awards-and-prizes
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Invitation to apply for Roger Landbeck Professional Development Fund
30th September 2024
The Roger Landbeck Professional Development Fund (RLPDF) aims at supporting early career researchers from the Oceania region in their development as researchers and in connecting with their home communities. The fund aims at supporting the creation of hubs of sharing or communities of practice among early career researchers. It recognizes the importance of two-directional knowledge flows between researchers and communities and honours the knowledge of those communities.
In the 2024 round one grant of up to AUD 5,000 (plus GST for expenses accruing in Australia) is available. Applications are due on 30 September 2024. For detailed information see the guidelines document.
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Comedy show about paywalls and open access
Friday 23 August 8:15pm
Nothing says 'advancing human knowledge' like putting critical research behind a paywall so that industry, practitioners, and the public never get to read it, right? Or better yet, forcing academics to shell out $3000-$15000 for the privilege of sharing their (already publicly funded) work openly.
Come along and watch The Peer Revue this Friday for a comedy show about all the silliness of the academic publishing game, featuring Deakin University Librarian Hero Macdonald. Working alongside colleagues in the Council of Australian University Librarians, Hero leads the negotiation of national ‘Read and Publish’ agreements that enable everyday people to read research from many Australian academics - including a lot of articles in HERDSA's flagship journal Higher Education Research & Development.
Come along, ask some questions, hear Hero talk, and watch some of Melbourne's finest improvisers do some comedy. We usually get some higher ed scholars in attendance, and the cast features one current financial member of HERDSA.
Friday 23 August 8:15pm at Improv Conspiracy Theatre Melbourne (Near Parliament)
Tickets: https://improvconspiracy.com/shows/the-peer-revue
Free tickets available for PhD students and uni casuals - email show producer Phill Dawson p.dawson@deakin.edu.au
Further information: https://improvconspiracy.com/shows/the-peer-revue
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Job opportunity: Learning Designer
2 September
The new Adelaide University is hiring. Do you know anyone who might be interested in joining our learning design team at UniSA?
https://workingatunisa.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?event=jobs.checkJobDetail...
Further information: https://workingatunisa.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?event=jobs.checkJobDetail...
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CRADLE Seminar Series: Is it time to rethink the role of high-stakes examinations in university subjects?
11th September
In this seminar Melbourne University's Dr Sarah French, Senior Lecturer in Education, and Prof Raoul Mulder, Professor of Evolutionary Ecology in the School of BioSciences and Professor of Higher Education, unpack the very timely questions relating to the future of high-stake assessments.
High-stakes final examinations are widely used as summative assessments in university subjects, and the advent of Generative AI is spurring calls for even greater use of such assessments. In this seminar, we review and evaluate arguments and empirical evidence in the academic literature for and against their deployment as assessment tools in higher education. Perceived academic benefits of high-stakes examinations include their ability to test knowledge recall, motivate study, demonstrate performance under pressure in the absence of information, and their potential to safeguard academic integrity. From a logistical and resource perspective, summative examinations also are cost-effective to administer.
Nevertheless, high-stakes summative examinations have significant pedagogical drawbacks. These include concerns about their reliability and validity, their lack of real-world authenticity and relevance, their limited capacity to assess deep learning, their contribution to elevated psychological distress, and their potential to generate academic inequity as a result of gender- or ethnicity-based differences in performance. We conclude that the current heavy reliance on high-stakes assessments is poorly justified by the balance of empirical evidence. While well-designed examinations remain potentially valid assessment tools as part of a diversified assessment regime, we suggest that careful consideration be given to whether they should be retained, redesigned, reweighed or replaced.
Join us for this compelling and this topical presentation at Downtown or online.
Register Here: https://CRADLE_Seminar_Series_11_September_2024.eventbrite.com.au
Further information: cradle@deakin.edu.au
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Call for Reviewers: Learning Letters
The newly launched journal, Learning Letters, is seeking reviewers to join our editorial team. Our journal focuses on the rapid publication of promising research in learning analytics, educational technology, human and artificial cognition, artificial intelligence and education, learning design, and learning sciences written in concise 2500 word manuscripts. As a reviewer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and rigour of the research we publish and enhance your academic and professional profile. You can learn more about Learning Letters and and register as a reviewer by going to the Learning Letters website for more details:
https://learningletters.org/index.php/learn/Reviewers
Further information: https://learningletters.org/index.php/learn/Reviewers
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New online first articles in Higher Education Research and Development
University-to-work transition and work placements: evidence of heterogeneous pay dynamics, Panagiotis Arsenis & Miguel Flores, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2024.2385357
How can we conceptualise the current position of the retrospective PhD through published work in British Universities? David William Stoten, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2024.2385363
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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.