Items with category:Latest Seminar Series Posts
What might the future of grading look like? Find out with our expert panel
CRADLE Seminar Series 2026 #8: To conclude CRADLE’s 2026 International Symposium, join our expert panel for this thought-provoking exploration of what lies beyond grades in higher education. Join us in person or online on Wednesday 14 October at 2.30pm (AEDT).
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).
Are you afraid of the doubt? Educator uncertainty online
CRADLE Seminar Series 2026 #6: In this seminar, Curtin University’s Professor Mollie Dollinger unpacks what educator uncertainty means for fully online programs in an age of generative AI and asks, ‘Are you afraid of the doubt?’ Join us online only on Wednesday 15 July at 2pm (AEST).
Validity and authenticity: How to treat cognition and AI
In this post, CRADLE PhD student Sky Kusumastuti offers her reflections on our fourth seminar for 2026, ‘Entangled intelligence? Distributed cognition, AI agents, and assessment validity’. This seminar challenged the audience to consider some difficult questions around assessment and GenAI, while acknowledging that we may not know the answers yet.
Beyond grades: the depth of the challenge universities face
In this post, CRADLE PhD student Lincoln Then James offers his reflections on our third seminar for 2026, ‘Is it time to move beyond grades?’ After situating grades in their historical context, this presentation challenged attendees to reconsider long-held beliefs about grades and whether there is still a place for grades in today’s universities.
