Program

2025 CSEdX Agenda

Tuesday, 11 November 2025 | 9 AM - 3 PM | Online

9:00 - 9:45 AM

Open | Welcome

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Welcome - Professor Janelle Wheat, Pro Vice-Chancellor Learning & Teaching, Charles Sturt University

Open Conference - Prue Laidlaw, Acting Academic Director, Education Strategy Learning and Teaching, Charles Sturt University

 

Concurrent workshops A – Critical AI practices in everyday work

Workshops - these will be application-focused; will cover Critical AI practices in everyday work - teaching, research, administration, professional services, governance.

Link: https://www.csu.edu.au/division/learning-teaching/csedx/csedx-workshops

9:45 - 10:45 AM

Workshop 1A: Info & AI Literacies Boot Camp: From Prompt to Practice 

Presenters: Rebecca Fabry, Lachlan Kalache, Lorraine Rose, Kelly Shaw

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Workshop 1B: Embracing Critical and Creative AI Use in Assessment Design: The Children's Book Group Assignment 

Presenter: Dr Genaro Oliveira

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Workshop 1C: Generative AI in the First Year: Designing Learning with Clarity, Agency and Accountability 

Presenters: Andrea Francis, Jacki Sherwood, Sangeetha Kirsnan, Trudie Fenwick

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 Short break 10:45 -11:15 AM
11:15 - AM 12:45 PM

Keynote Panel ‘Critical AI Practices in Higher Education: diverse perspectives’

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 Extended break 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM

1:30 - 2:00 PM

Celebration and Acknowledgement of CSU learning and teaching community

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Concurrent workshops B – Critical AI practices in everyday work

Workshops - these will be application-focused; will cover Critical AI practices in everyday work - teaching, research, administration, professional services, governance.

Link: https://www.csu.edu.au/division/learning-teaching/csedx/csedx-workshops

2:00 - 3:00 PM

Workshop 2A: Practical AI for Reusable Interactive Activities 

Presenters: Ryun Fell and Matt Olson (Digital Learning Services Team)

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Workshop 2B: "Same Same but Different": Principles of Assessment Design and AI 

Presenters: Nicole Mitchell and Liz Stephens

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Workshop 2C: AI Across the Curriculum: Scaling AI in Assessment Design 

Presenters: Peir Woon, Arnela Ceric, Ana Torres Ahumada

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3:00PMEnd of event

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We have 43 engaging presentations showcasing practices related to authentic assessment, a focus on pedagogy, innovative learning and teaching approaches, scaffolding critical thinking, and work integrated learning.

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Tuesday, 26 November 2024

9:15AM

Open | Welcome

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Welcome - Professor Janelle Wheat, Pro Vice-Chancellor Learning & Teaching, Charles Sturt University

Open Conference - Professor Renée Leon, Vice-Chancellor, Charles Sturt University

9:30AM

Keynote Panel

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Designed as a thought and conversation igniter about what ‘radical reimagination’ can look like, why it matters and the role of regional universities.

Provocation: what does radical imagination look like from your perspective, why is it important and what can regional universities do in the current context to radically reimagine?

Panellists:

Professor Paul Harpur,  The University of Queensland

Alec Webb,  Chief Executive Officer Regional Universities Network

Professor Sarah O’Shea,  Charles Sturt University

Professor Maria Raciti,  University of the Sunshine Coast

11:00AMBreak 11:00 AM - 11:15AM
11:15AM

Stream 1.1 - Oral Presentations
Theme: Assessment and feedback

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Facilitator: Kellie Jackson

CSEdX Session Technical Facilitator: Mark Sandilands

Welcome and Introduction (5 Mins)

Presentation 1: Elise Rosser
Developing Collaborative Moderation Approaches in a Large, Multi-Cohort Subject (10 min)

Presentation 2: Timothy Retchford
Replacing examinations with an Interactive Oral Assessment (IOA) in third year physiotherapy subjects (10 min)

Presentation 3: Sarah Teakel
Kindness and connectedness: Enhancing remote student support with peer evaluation (10 min)

Presentation 4: Rebecca Lindsay 
Reimagining Assessment for an Ancient Language: That’s Radical! (10 min)

Q & A (15 Mins)

Stream 2.1 - Roundtable Discussion & Oral Presentations
Theme: Student Success

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Facilitator: Louise Pembleton

CSEdX Session Technical Facilitator: Lachlan Kalache

Welcome and Introduction (5 Mins)

Roundtable 1:  Buck Reed
Establishing Ethical Boundaries for AI Use in Supervision of Honours and HDR Students (30 min)

Presentation 3: Lorraine Rose
AI for All: Bridging the Digital Divide with OER (10 min)

Q & A (10 Mins)

Stream 3.1 - Oral Presentations
Theme: Student Engagement

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Welcome and Introduction (5 Mins)

Facilitator: Karen Hayes

CSEdX Session Technical Facilitator: Trudie Fenwick

Presentation 1:  Ashad Kabir
Enhancing Student Engagement and Learning Experience in Online Delivery through Competition-Based Learning: A Case Study of Computer Programming Subjects Using HackerRank (10 min)

Presentation 2: Kim Oliver
Do paramedic students consider regionality when exploring service delivery?  (10 min)

Presentation 3: Donna Bridges
Teaching sociology: Improving engagement and achieving transformative learning (10 min)

Presentation 4: Janelle Hill
Mathematics and English teachers’ views of and pedagogical strategies with iPads – a case study.  (10 min)

Q & A (15 Mins)

12:15PMBreak 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30PM -  1:30PM

Stream 1.2 - Oral Presentations
Theme:  Student learning

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Facilitator: Kelly Shaw

CSEdX Session Technical Facilitator: Mark Sandiland

Welcome and Introduction (5 Mins)

Presentation 5: Dolores Dooley
Exploring innovative assessment design to support a greater alignment between the midwifery student, industry and university to drive the student learning experience (10 min)

Presentation 6: Kathleen Smithers
Preparation and pedagogies for Australian honours students: A scoping review (10 min)

Presentation 7: Alexander Tynan
Investigating Best Practices for Integrating Project Management Frameworks into the Research Processes of PhD Candidates. (10 min)

Presentation 8: Sam Bowker
The Art of Everywhere Else: A Tour de Force of Public Lectures (10 min)

Q & A (15 Mins)

Stream 2.2 - Roundtable Discussions
Theme: Student Success

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Facilitator: Deborah Scheele

CSEdX Session Technical Facilitator: Lachlan Kalache

Welcome and Introduction (5 Mins)

Roundtable: Tasfia Rahman
Fostering Equity in Regional Education: Integrating Intersectional Pedagogy with Client-Centered Transition Support (30 min)

Roundtable: Lucy Zuman
Are 50-year old adult learning principles still golden? Exploring the application of andragogy to the modern learner (30 min)

Stream 3.2 - Oral Presentations
Theme:  Student Engagement

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Facilitator: Amita Krautloher

CSEdX Session Technical Facilitator: Trudie Fenwick

Welcome and Introduction (5 Mins)

Presentation 5: Mark Frost
Rethinking teaching and student engagement with regional Chinese students post- COVID (10 Mins)

Presentation 6: Rebecca Fabry
Partnership in action: An Open Educational Resource (OER) anthology for regional social work practices (10 Mins)

Presentation 7: Shayne Chau
From Theory to Practice: Gamification in Medical Radiation Science Education (10 Mins)

Q & A (15 Mins)

1:30PMLunch 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50PM -
2:50PM

Awards & Acknowledgement

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Associate Professor Koshila Kumar, Sub-Dean (Academic Development) & Director, Teaching Academy

(Executive Dean Award Recipients, Change One Thing Award Recipients,  Teaching Academy Grant  Recipients,  Peer Reviewers
HEA Fellowship Mentors,Teaching Academy Leads,
Reviewers of CSEdX Abstracts, Contributors of Teaching Academy Events.)

Wednesday, 27 November 2024

9:15AM

Open | Masterclass

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Welcome - Professor Lisa Cary, Dean, Learning and Teaching Innovation, Charles Sturt University

Masterclass - Gregg Higgins, Director, Digital Learning and Teaching Precinct, Charles Sturt University

Simulating Reality: GenAI in Clinical Training for Nursing and Pharmacology (but applicable to any discipline).

10:15AMBreak 10:15AM - 10:30AM
10:30AM

Stream 1.3 - Oral Presentations
Theme: Curriculum design, development and delivery

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Facilitator: Kimberley McMahon-Coleman

CSEdX Session Technical Facilitator: Mark Sandiland

Welcome and Introduction (5 Mins)

Presentation 1: Amita Krautloher
Global Citizenship in Regional Contexts: Assessing the Internationalisation of Curriculum within the subjects in the Faculty of Arts and Education (10 min)

Presentation 2: Bismark Ofori-Manteaw
Beyond Technique: A scoping review on the Role of Soft Skills in Medical Radiation Science (10 min)

Presentation 3: Lucia Wuersch
Learning and Teaching in Local Universities through International Research Partnerships (10 min)

Presentation 4:Lauren Iffland
Nice to Know vs Need to Know: tackling disengagement with clinically vital content (10 min)

Q & A (15 Mins)

Stream 2.3 - Roundtable Discussions

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Facilitator: Stephanie Knott

CSEdX Session Technical Facilitator: Lachlan Kalache

Welcome and Introduction (5 Mins)

Roundtable 1: Allan Gunn
How appropriate are videos and podcasts for workplace or work integrated learning assessment?

(30 mins)

Roundtable 2: Jennifer Manyweathers
What do summative marks do for our students’ learning and what happens if we do things differently?

(30 mins)

Stream 3.3 - Oral Presentations
Theme: Student Engagement

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Facilitator: Wouter Kalle

CSEdX Session Technical Facilitator: Trudie Fenwick

Welcome and Introduction (5 Mins)

Presentation 1: Monica Short
Celebrating Differences and Generating Engagement through Satellite Skill-Based Intensives in a Regional University. (10 min)

Presentation 2: Isabel Paton
Supporting first year SAHESS students (10 min)

Presentation 3: Dr Doaa Hanafy
Boosting retention, satisfaction & success in a microsession model of learning: Cross-sectional survey of students and staff.(10 min)

Presentation 4:   Suzi Querruel
Unmasking the future of caring for older people: Innovations in Interdisciplinary Health Education (10 min)

Q & A (15 Mins)

11:30PMBreak 11:30 PM - 11:45 PM
11:45PM -  12:45PM

Stream 1.4 - Oral Presentations
Theme: Curriculum design, development and delivery & Student engagement

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Facilitator: Michelle O’Connor

CSEdX Session Technical Facilitator: Mark Sandiland

Welcome and Introduction (5 Mins)

Presentation 5: Lisa Speedie
A Regional Career Readiness Collaboration- SNPHS, Career and Skills Hub and NSW Health (10 min)

Presentation 6: Andreia Schineanu
Co-teaching with Aboriginal Elders in the classroom - implementing Indigenous pedagogy in face to face teaching (10 min)

Presentation 7: Kirsty Van Grinsven
The power of reciprocity in cultural learning. (10 min)

Presentation 8: Chelsea Lander
Exploring the impact of the Connecting to Country cultural immersion experience on Allied Health students in the Lachlan area of NSW – A case study.  (10 min)

Q & A (15 Mins)

Stream 2.4 - Oral Presentations
Theme: Student Success

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Facilitator: Oli Meredith

CSEdX Session Technical Facilitator: Lachlan Kalache

Welcome and Introduction (5 Mins)

Presentation 1: Kirsten Locke
Mindful Leadership in Regional Higher Education (10 min)

Presentation 2: Angela Fenton
The impacts of menopause on women leaders in Higher Education: A Strengths Approach (10 min)

Presentation 3: Monique Shephard
Rebuilding connections: Reflections on implementing Communities of Practice for HDR supervisors in a regional university (10 min)

Presentation 4: Jennifer Podesta
An evidence-based approach to developing a Graduate Attributes Framework (10 min)

Q & A (15 Mins)

Stream 3.4 - Oral Presentations
Theme:  Student Engagement

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Facilitator: Linda Peach

CSEdX Session Technical Facilitator: Trudie Fenwick

Welcome and Introduction (5 Mins)

Presentation 5: Robyn Jarman
Enhancing Work-Integrated Learning for Neurodivergent Students in Medical Science: A Novel Approach to Placement Support (10 Mins)

Presentation 6: Rosemary Corrigan
Embracing our Regional Identity and Supporting our Future Allied Health Workforce (10 Mins)

Presentation 7: Yazdan Mansourian
How the concept of locality in Wenger’s theory of Communities of Practice informs work-integrated learning: A reflective report (10 Mins)

Presentation 8: Stacey Jones
Enhancing teacher education students’ readiness for professional experience placement and employment: Authentic school-university partnership opportunities (10 Mins)

Q & A (15 Mins)

12:45PM

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Associate Professor Koshila Kumar, Sub-Dean (Academic Development) & Director, Teaching Academy

1:15PMBREAK 1:15PM - 1:30PM
1:30PM- 2:30PMWorkshops
After CSEdX there will be a number of  1 hr workshops for Charles Sturt University Staff. These are designed to engage participants in an interactive and hands-on experience.  

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