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Dr Cherie Lucas, A/Prof. Helen Gibbon, Dr Benjamin Phipps and Prof. Patsie Polly, UNSW Nexus Fellows,

discuss a new cross-faculty collaboration.

Associate Professor Lauren Kark gives the educator’s perspective on teaching hands-on collaboration and creating citizens who will influence society.

Dr Chien Hoong Gooi, a clinical psychologist and an Education-Focusssed Senior Lecturer in the UNSW School of Psychology, discusses the shift to competency-based grading.

It’s becoming increasingly clear that technocratic conventions of building and managing human environments need updating.

Prof. Alex Steel, Director AI Strategy, Education, shares his own (and UNSW’s) views and approaches to managing students’ use of AI in assessments. Learn why, and how, we implement the six categories of permitted use of GenAI.

Dr Helena Pacitti & A/Prof. Jason Lodge reflect on the New South Wales Higher Education Summit 2024, held on Friday 28 June, which focused on artificial intelligence and assessment.

By Dr Natalie Oh, School of Banking and Finance

Dr Rebecca Shanahan shares how introducing a pass/fail grading model supports productive risk-taking, aids equity across a cohort, helps students’ mental health and encourages their self-evaluation. 

By multiple authors across UNSW Faculties and Divisions

In an age of increasing marketisation, automation and depersonalisation, Pedagogy of Kindness re-centres the human in higher education.

By Prof. Patsie Polly (UNSW Sydney) & A/Prof. Kathryn Coleman (University of Melbourne), reflect on the interplay of ePortfolios and AI.

By Dr Cherie Lucas, Dr Mark Ian Jones, Dr Chris Campbell & Dr Helena Pacitti, UNSW Nexus Fellows,

showcase the designing of rubrics using Gen-AI.

Prof. Alex Steel, Director AI Strategy Education, revisits the key considerations for AI in teaching & learning at UNSW, now that an institutionally supported gen AI tool is available to both staff and students.

By Prof. Liz Angstmann, A/Prof. Helen Gibbon & Dr Ben Phipps, UNSW Nexus Fellows

By A/Prof. Priya Khanna & Prof. Gary Velan, UNSW Medicine & Health

By Apple Davalos, PVCE

Learn about Carol's pioneering work on Virtual Field Trips, her leadership in creating laptop-delivered solutions, and the Teaching and Learning Immersive Authoring Tool, which led to her 2023 Australian Awards for University Teaching citation.

By Associate Professor Lynn Gribble, UNSW Business School

Lynn discusses the need to embrace Generative AI as a tool for workplace use and practical applications in an academic's work.

A comprehensive analysis of our large and complex educational technology landscape across the institution has now resulted in the release of the Educational Technology Roadmap 2024-2028.