CSEdX 2026 will feature a keynote panel bringing together respected voices in higher education to explore the connections that bring teaching, people and community together.
Professor Jason M. Lodge, Professor of Educational Psychology and Director of the Learning, Instruction, and Technology Lab in the School of Education at The University of Queensland
Professor Jason M. Lodge is an educator, psychological scientist, and an internationally recognised authority on learning, educational technology, and artificial intelligence. His work focuses on translating evidence into effective and practical strategy for public and private sector organisations, including, but not limited to, educational institutions and departments of education and training.
He serves as an expert advisor on learning and AI to prominent international bodies, including UNESCO and the OECD. In Australia, he advises the National Ministerial Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in Education and the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). For TEQSA, he led the development of the Assessment Reform for the Age of Artificial Intelligence resource, a framework that has informed assessment policy and practice globally.
Professor Lodge's research and leadership are supported by over $5.3 million in competitive funding and numerous accolades, including being named in the top 2% of scientists worldwide. His experience includes academic leadership roles at The University of Queensland, board memberships for higher education institutions, and extensive public speaking and media commentary on the future of education and learning.
Kelly Matthews is an internationally respected scholar whose research spans the student experience, teaching-focused academic identity and belonging, the scholarship of teaching and learning, curriculum development, and most recently students’ experiences of AI in higher education. She has authored more than 150 publications with over 100 keynote and invited addresses.
Her leadership has been recognised through Principal Fellowship of Advance HE, an Australian Learning and Teaching Fellowship, commissioned work for the Higher Education Standards Panel, and multiple teaching and leadership awards. Kelly holds a PhD in Higher Education and has worked across professional staff and academic roles in student support and teaching.
Kelly is the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Teaching & Learning at the University of Wollongong. She has served as Vice-President of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and held editorial roles, including Higher Education Research & Development and as founding editor of the International Journal for Students as Partners.
Her work is guided by a commitment to higher education as a public good and to building institutions where students and staff can thrive through trust, partnership and shared purpose.
Professor Kelly Matthews, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning), Educational Excellence, University of Wollongong