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kiftsally.bsky.social
📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
@elonuniversity.bsky.social Felten + Me
👇Reaffirming core purposes of academic advising: International perspectives in disruptive times
🤔#AcademicAdvising based in Solnit's "altruism, solidarity, & mutual aid"🤯 open.substack.com/pub/neededno...
Reaffirming the core purposes of academic advising: International perspectives in disruptive times
Peter Felten, Center for Engaged Learning, and Assistant Provost for Teaching and Learning, Elon University (USA); Sally Kift, President, Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows
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March 3, 2026 at 11:36 PM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢In my #NeededNowLT series
#UniQLD @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
👏Beyond the chatbot: A framework for navigating the era of agentic AI in #HigherEd
▶️Aust Framework for #AI in #HE
->Bridge gap b/w standards, policy & practice
->Focus on quality learning 4 all students
👍
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Beyond the chatbot: A framework for navigating the era of agentic AI in higher education
Jason Lodge, The University of Queensland
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February 27, 2026 at 3:54 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
@unilibrary.bsky.social Bugeja @unsw.edu.au Hedayati +Turnip
👇Strengthening validity & trust in generalist degrees thru program-level approaches to assessment
👏Making assessment more visible, valid➕defensible
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Strengthening validity and trust in generalist degrees through program-level approaches to assessment: Possible or pipe dream?
Hayley Bugeja, University of Melbourne; Hora Hedayati, UNSW Sydney/ FutureNow! Aligned Education; Diana Turnip, UNSW Sydney
open.substack.com
February 20, 2026 at 5:04 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
@csu.edu.au @kellinden.bsky.social @sarahteakel.bsky.social
❓What would #PartTime students like for a Happy New Year? A letter to ATEC & TEQSA
🤯35% Aust domestic students r PT
15 New Year wishes for their success
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What would part-time students like for a Happy New Year? A letter to ATEC and TEQSA
Kelly Linden and Sarah Teakel, Charles Sturt University
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February 5, 2026 at 12:52 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
#CurtinUni @molliedollin.bsky.social+++
👏We credential them, but we've never met them. What online education must confront
Robust big💭
❓How to solve wicked problem of assuring learning for fully online degrees
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We credential them, but we've never met them. What online education must confront
Mollie Dollinger, Curtin University
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December 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢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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From polyjargon to programs: Systems thinking in assessment
Diana Saragi Turnip and Priya Khanna Pathak, University of New South Wales
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November 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢In my #NeededNowLT w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
#RMIT @macowling.bsky.social @ascilite.bsky.social
Circular wheel of tech: Why AI feels new but probably isn’t
🤔Why didn’t TEL community go bonkers re #GenAI
👉 #EdTech Stages of Grief
👉‘Working the steps’
🛞Full circle
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The circular wheel of technology: Why AI feels new, but probably isn’t
Michael A Cowling, RMIT
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November 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢In my #NeededNowLT blog w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
@unsw.edu.au Steel
Valid assessment is a plausible argument not an absolute
Beyond: Exam good, Essay bad
🤔What is valid assessment?
🤔What plausible arguments do we have that this assessment is evidence of learning?
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Valid assessment is a plausible argument not an absolute
Alex Steel, University of New South Wales
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October 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢In my #NeededNowLT blog w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
@cquniversity.bsky.social Sarah-Jane Gregory #ACDS Fellow
👇A toolkit for everyone: Making science WIL work across the whole ecosystem
🚂STE(A)Ming Ahead in WIL Toolkit
'How to' #WIL across #Science disciplines
👍
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A toolkit for everyone: Making science WIL work across the whole ecosystem
M. Sarah-Jane Gregory, Central Queensland University
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October 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
@acsesedu.bsky.social Patrick Broman
👏Teaching for all: Why equity must move into the classroom
⤴️Student diversity🟰Inclusive teaching➕universal design
✅Include all students by design #UDL
[➕A new L&T Council🙏]
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Teaching for all: Why equity must move into the classroom
Dr Patrick Broman, Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success
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October 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
@unisq.bsky.social Marrington Zehntner➕Ferreira
👇Data-driven assessment reform: How UniSQ is navigating GenAI w evidence, not panic
Assessment Heatmap
-Acad integrity➕innovation
-Evidence guides AI use
🤔Lessons
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Data-driven assessment reform: How UniSQ is navigating GenAI with evidence, not panic
Jessica Marrington, Chris Zehntner and Jo-Anne Ferreira, University of Southern Queensland
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October 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢My #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
@deakinuniversity.bsky.social Hansen, Eckstein, Hamilton➕ Oslewski
👇From equity ambitions @ action: Becoming an equity-capable careers service
4️⃣Recs to shift practice
👏Universal design
👏From #WhatToDo to #HowToDoIt open.substack.com/pub/neededno...
From equity ambitions to action: Becoming an equity-capable careers service
Lauren Hansen, David Eckstein, Danni Hamilton, and Peter Oslewski, Deakin University
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September 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢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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Let’s stop making better candles
Thomas Roche, Erica Wilson and Elizabeth Goode, Southern Cross University
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September 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
@studiosity.com Goodman
👇High use, high anxiety #GenAI's double-edged sword 4 uni student wellbeing
🤔2025 Aust Student Wellbeing Survey
->10,224 global students; 1,234 Aust
-> #GenAI➕stress
-> How unis can help
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High use, high anxiety. GenAI's double-edged sword for university students' wellbeing
Jack Goodman, Studiosity
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September 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢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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The centrality of academic judgement in assessment practice
Kevin Ashford-Rowe, Queensland University of Technology
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September 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢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" � @creaght.bsky.socialopen.substack.com/pub/neededno...se
The relationship revolution: Nurturing learning through advising
Dr Cat Picton, University of the Sunshine Coast Dr Catherine Mann, University of Melbourne
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August 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢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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Assessment integrity in the age of AI: Where to from here?
Miriam Reynoldson, RMIT
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August 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢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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Putting part-time students on the map
Kelly Linden and Sarah Teakel, Charles Sturt University
open.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
👇Implementing Accord recommendations to achieve Growth thru Equity
#NadineZacharias talking #EquityMatters re Accord big vision
😀Excitement
😟Challenges
💥Impact
🧑‍💼Priorities (if VC for1️⃣day)
@acsesedu.bsky.social
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Implementing the Accord’s recommendations to achieve Growth through Equity
Dr Nadine Zacharias, Managing Director, Equity by Design
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August 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢Now in my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
👇Dreaming big: The perfect university for a changing world
#MonashUni Claire Macken
❓What is it
❓Perfect #University scorecard
-Vision for excellence, equity, innovation & partnership
-Societal impact & trust
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Dreaming big: Creating the perfect university for a changing world
Professor Claire Macken, Monash University
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July 31, 2025 at 12:06 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
#UniQueensland Bunda➕Barney
👇Empowering educators, engaging learners: The journey to Indigenise curriculum
-Benefits all students
-Many disciplines
-What Works
-Challenges
-Tips
-Open access Handbook
-Podcast
👍
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Empowering educators, engaging learners: The journey to Indigenise curriculum
Tracey Bunda and Katelyn Barney, The University of Queensland
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July 25, 2025 at 5:51 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
👇#USyd Jinqi Xu
🌏Becoming an internat student- Rethinking how we understand & support learners across cultures🤔
🌏Learning as a process of becoming rather than a series of deficits to correct👏
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@ieaa.bsky.social
Becoming an international student - Rethinking how we understand and support learners across cultures
Dr Jinqi Xu, University of Sydney
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July 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢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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Carrots and sticks: Levers for positive change in universities
Darlene McLennan and Ebe Ganon, University of Tasmania
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July 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢Now in my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
👇Beyond Access: Why Australia's #Equity Challenge Requires Practical Teaching Solutions👏
#GreenGuide
👍Fab resource @sydney.edu.au
✅Practical equity design 4 educators
➕#Cogniti agent @dannydotliu.bsky.social
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Beyond Access: Why Australia's Equity Challenge Requires Practical Teaching Solutions
Samantha Clarke, Jessica Frawley and Eszter Kalman, The University of Sydney
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June 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
kiftsally.bsky.social
📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
@sallybaker.bsky.social ➕ Steph Cousins
👇
Leveraging the goodwill of a sector: Mobilising campuses to welcome Refugee Student Settlement Pathway students
👏Fab initiative for centring #Equity in #InternationEdu👏
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Leveraging the goodwill of a sector: Mobilising campuses to welcome Refugee Student Settlement Pathway students
Associate Professor Sally Baker, Refugee Education Australia; Steph Cousins, Skill Path Australia
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June 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM