CRADLE Seminar Series
Every year CRADLE hosts a series of seminars that bridge research and practice
Featuring local and international guest speakers, the informative and collaborative seminars are held via video conference across all campuses and are available around the world. Previous seminars are available on our YouTube channel if you missed them.
2026 Seminar Series
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Latest Seminar Series Posts
- 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. - How to respond to an evidentiary crisis: Voice-First Written Assessment
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?
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).
