From polyjargon to programs: Systems thinking in assessment Diana Saragi Turnip and Priya Khanna Pathak, University of New South Wales

📢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
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TEQSA just published 'Enacting assessment reform in a time of artificial intelligence'

We describe three pathways to assessment reform:

- taking a program-wide approach
- assuring learning in every unit/subject
- implementing a combination of these approaches

www.teqsa.gov.au/guides-resou...

Let’s stop making better candles Thomas Roche, Erica Wilson and Elizabeth Goode, Southern Cross University

📢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🐝
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The centrality of academic judgement in assessment practice Kevin Ashford-Rowe, Queensland University of Technology

📢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
👏
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Is Australia's AI skills agenda missing the point? Canberra is abuzz with the future of work. The increased realisation of the potential impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on the economy has kicked off a flurry of activity, from highlig...

We're in a national race to build an #AI-ready workforce, but are we running in the wrong direction? 🤔

We need a national #learning agenda. A coordinated approach to addressing the numerous questions AI has raised about thinking and learning is now essential. www.linkedin.com/pulse/austra...

The relationship revolution: Nurturing learning through advising Dr Cat Picton, University of the Sunshine Coast Dr Catherine Mann, University of Melbourne

📢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"
👍
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Assessment integrity in the age of AI: Where to from here? Miriam Reynoldson, RMIT

📢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!
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Putting part-time students on the map Kelly Linden and Sarah Teakel, Charles Sturt University

📢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
👍
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Carrots and sticks: Levers for positive change in universities Darlene McLennan and Ebe Ganon, University of Tasmania

📢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
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It was interesting to see how much came through within a couple of minutes of chatting with each one.

Why AI Literacy Will Go the Way of the Floppy Disk How the push for AI-specific education misses the forest for the trees I've been watching the 'AI literacy' discussion with the same mixture of bemusement and concern I'd feel watching someone frantic...

#AI literacy is not the answer.

We're prioritising teaching students to use tools that won't exist in 5 years at the cost of developing the human skills that have mattered for centuries.

Wrong problem, wrong solution.

#Education #AILiteracy #CriticalThinking #Teaching #FutureOfWork #EdTech

We Need to Do the Parallel Work: Rethinking Learning Outcomes in the Age of AI Prue Laidlaw, Charles Sturt University

NOW in my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
#CharlesSturtUniversity #PrueLaidley
👏We Need to Do the Parallel Work: Rethinking #LearningOutcomes in the Age of AI
Importance of redesigning #HigherEducation #LOs ➕assessment in the age of #GenAI
👍Fab links
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I’m glad you found our Easter egg Jo. Seemed like an appropriate time of year for it.

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

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

Every #assessment task is now a group assignment #Learning #Teaching #Education #HigherEd #EdTech #EdChat #AI www.linkedin.com/pulse/every-...

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

📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
#UniAdelaide Palmer
The Beatles & #AI
🤔How does an AI Beatles doco➕AI Grammy-award winning Beatles song impact #HigherEd AI❓
->Appropriate➕transparent use
->Understand risks
->Reward good, creative use
->Iterate
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🙋‍♂️🙏

hahahaha didn’t the cyclone hit Melbourne? I mean it’s about the same distance from Brisbane as the far north is. What’s a rounding error between friends?

Congrats Colin! That’s a significant milestone. All the best for the examination process.

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Ten persistent academic integrity myths Mark A. Bassett, Charles Sturt University; Kane Murdoch, Macquarie University

⏰In my #NeededNowLT series @jasonmlodge.bsky.social 🔟Persistent #AcademicIntegrity myths
@ccguerilla.bsky.social➕Mark Bassett🙏
Very clear succinct advice re flaws➕risks
🚫Lock down every assessment
☑️Prioritise assessments that genuinely measure meaningful learning
👍
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“That's outside of my pay grade” – Is the tertiary sector ready to support student (and staff) mental health needs? Anna Dabrowski, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

⏰In my #NeededNowLT series @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
#ACER Dabrowski
That's outside my pay grade:Supporting student➕staff #MentalHealth
👏Staff #MentalWellbeing integral to student wellbeing👏
😔Big need 4 better resources➕guidelines
@nteunion.bsky.social @orygen.org.au
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With two drop-offs and pick-ups some distance from each other every day? It’s already taking nearly 3 hours a day! I’ll stick with my car for the time being.

What to do about artificial intelligence now: Examining the real impact on learning Professor Jason Lodge, The University of Queensland

🚨 Now in my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
🤔 #UQ Jason asks: What to do about #ArtificialIntelligence now:Examining the real impact on learning
▶️Proceed w caution-Learn fast act slow
▶️To understand #AI impact on learning, move beyond opinions
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What to do about artificial intelligence now: Examining the real impact on learning Professor Jason Lodge, The University of Queensland

What to do about artificial intelligence now: Examining the real impact on learning
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lol. No, no it won’t.

Shortsighted, in both directions it seems.

Not sure how hot that take is Steve. Seems increasingly apparent, I reckon. I would also add social sciences to the list.

For anyone interested in experimental psychology and education, there is a symposium planned on the afternoon of June 17 at EPC. Hope to see lots of #LeaningSciences #EdPsych #ScienceOfLearning researchers and practitioners there.

It is nice to see people migrating en masse away from that cesspit that Elon created.