Ed & Tech must-reads 091225

As I mentioned last week, I’ve been at the ASCILITE (Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education) conference in Adelaide. 3 or so days of deep diving into the latest work in ed & tech in the company of many of my third space colleagues and friends. It’s a wonderful conference with a very supportive vibe and great enthusiasm for the space. Excellent keynotes from Kelly Matthews (UQ) on the role of emotion in education, Michael Henderson (Monash) on feedback with AI, Lynn Gribble (UNSW) on redesigning education in light of AI, and Mollie Dollinger (Curtin) on the challenges of addressing AI in wholly online teaching. (Noticing a theme?) I do wonder why conferences don’t include the keynotes in the proceedings - script and slides?

A big part of the appeal of this event for me is the extent to which it has been embraced by third space practitioners - I would estimate that it is around a 50/50 split and for several years now there has been a rich array of 3S themed presentations. With more than 90 sessions (including Pecha Kuchas and panels and whatever our (well received) TELedvisors Network “Battle of the Bots” was), it’s hard to pull out a small selection of must reads but I will note that the proceedings are all now available online and there is a wealth of stuff to get through.

Some highlights (of many):

Quiz me if you can
What interactive video engagement data tells us about achievement

Ekaterina Pechenkina

Undergraduate 2030 Reimagining our higher education landscape for the epistemological and technological youthquakes of Generation Alpha

Peter Bryant

Reframing Solving complex problems with learning design

Tim Klapdor, Kat Alchin, Richard Bartlett, Danielle Lemieux, Jonathon Klynsmith

Learning designers and AI Navigating values, ethics, and future capabilities

Kay Harrison, Sangeetha Kirsnan, Simone Poulsen, Tina Barclay, Monica Vahl

Clarifying third space roles for more effective collaboration

Colin Simpson (Why yes, that is me)

Dreaming forward
Learning designers exploring the gap between current realities and imagined futures

Raelene Tifflin, Simin Littschwager, Kashmira Dave, Camille Dickson-Deane

Assessment by design A classification framework for learning assurance in the age of GenAI

Anne-Marie Chase

GenAI policy evolution at Southern Cross University

Ruth Greenaway, Zachery Quince

Driving scalable innovation in digital learning environments The RMIT Digital Learning Environments Innovation Engine (DLEIE)

Samuel Malcolm, Daniel Steen (Big highlight this one!)

LIFT as leadership practice Cultivating identity, influence, and belonging for women in the third space

Simone Tyrell, Karine Cosgrove, Helmy Cook, Kranthi Addanki, Leanne Ngo (Winner of the best concise paper)

Transform Building creative capacity and psychological safety for innovation in higher education through professional learning

Amelia Di Paolo, Glendon Gardner, Kevin Millingham

Let it break What fractures reveal about the future of assessment in the age of GenAI

Justine Maldon, Michelle Pedlow, Rebecca Scriven

From the eyes of a third space witness An autoethnographic account of gaps in multimedia pedagogy and translation into classrooms

Roxie Vuong, Diana Saragi Turnip

Revisiting Laurillard’s Conversational Framework in the GenAI Era

Aneesha Bakharia, Linda Corrin

Paving the runway while landing the plane Learning designers working across sectors to enable agile curriculum development

Matthew Robson, Emily Takayama

Navigating generative AI in higher education A framework for educator decision-making

Karl McGuirk (ASCILITE learning designer of the year)

Data to design Simulating instructional strategies with agent-based modelling

John Vulic, Michael J. Jacobson, James A. Levin

Walking the talk Co-designing a co-design approach

Uyen Nguyen, Sasha Stubbs

Building capacity for AI-powered learning A collaborative trial of conversational agents in higher education

Antony Tibbs