Items with category:CRADLE Seminar Series
How to respond to an evidentiary crisis: Voice-First Written Assessment
15 April 2026
CRADLE Seminar Series 2026 #5: In this seminar, the University of Oxford’s Kelly Webb-Davies will outline Voice-First Written Assessment - a two-stage assessment model designed in response to the evidentiary crisis that generative AI poses for educators assessing students’ ideation and reasoning. Join us at Deakin Downtown or online on Tuesday 26 May at the special time of 10.30am (AEST).
Entangled intelligence: Is AI changing the way students think?
2 April 2026
CRADLE Seminar Series 2026 #4: In this seminar, the University of Queensland’s Professor Jason Lodge will consider whether generative AI is fundamentally restructuring how students think, and ask what might this means for assessments and assessment validity. Join us at Deakin Downtown or online on Wednesday 13 May at 2pm (AEST).
All about balance? How to prepare graduates for the AI-evolving world (of work)
31 March 2026
In this post, CRADLE PhD student Siham AbuKhalaf reflects on the critical question of our second seminar for 2026: Unknowable Futures: Preparing Graduates for an AI-Evolving World (of Work). In a world shaped by AI, what should higher education actually prepare students for?
Is it time to move beyond grades?
5 March 2026
In this seminar CRADLE’s Dr Juuso Nieminen will critically discuss why higher education systems continue to use grades despite plenty of evidence on how they don’t work, and whether we should now move on. Join us at Deakin Downtown or online on Wednesday 15 April at 2pm (AEDT).
A provocation: the manifesto for feedback
20 February 2026
In this post, CRADLE PhD student Siham AbuKhalaf reflects on the timely and salient messages of our first seminar for 2026: Manifesto for feedback in the age of AI. The topics are closely aligned with Siham's own research areas whereby she is investigating the relationship between AI, authentic assessment, and student motivation.
Unknowable futures: How to prepare graduates for an AI-evolving world (of work)
6 February 2026
In our second seminar for 2026 Deakin's Dr Danni Hamilton, Associate Professor Lauren Hansen, and Professor Phillip Dawson share six curriculum-wide recommendations to prepare graduates for the AI-evolving world (of work). Join us at Deakin Downtown or online on Wednesday 18 March at 2pm (AEDT).
