Find out how to embrace educator doubt and uncertainty
In this post, CRADLE PhD student Xin Liu reflects on our sixth seminar for 2026, 'Are you afraid of the doubt? Educator uncertainty in fully online programs'. In this seminar Professor Mollie Dollinger unpacked what educator uncertainty means for fully online programs in an age of generative AI and asked, ‘Are you afraid of the doubt?’. Xin finds that embracing honesty can help educators manage doubt.
How to design self-assessment that students can use
CRADLE Seminar Series 2026 #7: In this seminar, Associate Professor Juan Fraile (Universidad Francisco de Vitoria) will explore how formative self-assessment can be designed as a practical route into students’ self-regulated learning. Join us in person or online on Wednesday 16 September at 2pm (AEST).
Learning, Feedback and Community: My reflections from HERDSA 2026
In this post we hear from CRADLE PhD student Michelle Pedlow about her experience at the HERDSA 2026 conference in Singapore. This was Michelle's first HERDSA conference and first conference as a CRADLE PhD student. Michelle is exploring feedback as a longitudinal interpretive process.
Article of the year! Acclaim for CRADLE’s equity research
Congratulations to past and present CRADLE team members for recent recognition of not one but two equity-focused papers.
Meet two of our new PhD students
Meet CRADLE’s newest PhD students, Michelle Pedlow and Yessy Hidajat. Both Michelle and Yessy share their thoughts on their decision to undertake further study and their aspirations for the PhD journey ahead.
Find out what CRADLE PhD Pearl discovered at AHE 2026
In this post we hear from CRADLE PhD student Pearl Kang about her experiences at the 2026 Assessment in Higher Education Conference in Manchester, UK. Pearl’s research focuses on reviewing ways to help students develop evaluative judgement via pedagogical approaches. Pearl reported on her research findings at the conference and she outlines the key highlights of the conference.
