The beginning of a new year always invites reflection. Fresh diaries. Clean calendars. The quiet promise that things might feel a little different this time around. In Australia, that sense of renewal holds extra significance because a new year also marks the start of a new teaching year. New classes. […]
Academic Identity & Professional Learning - Innovation & Future of Higher Education - Reflections & Provocations - Teaching Practice
Do Teaching Philosophies Actually Matter?
As the new school year begins in many regions, educators are encouraged to revisit their teaching philosophy. For some, this is a real opportunity to pause and consider what genuinely matters in their teaching. Others see it as little more than busywork, a document they produce simply because it’s required, […]
Assessment & Feedback - Innovation & Future of Higher Education - Reflections & Provocations - Student Learning & Engagement
Why Higher Education Must Separate Assessing from Grading
In higher education, we often talk about assessment, but what is usually meant is grading. The two have become so closely linked that we forget they serve very different purposes. When they blend together, it is learning that suffers. If we see assessment as the process of understanding where a […]
Academic Identity & Professional Learning - Reflections & Provocations
Leading From Where You Stand: Rethinking Academic Leadership in Learning and Teaching
Recently, I had the opportunity to co-convene the Higher Education Practice & Learning Symposium. Our keynote speaker, Bruce Mackh, shared a deceptively simple reminder that resonated throughout the day: “we are all leaders.” That statement has stuck with me not because it was provocative, but because it expressed something many […]
Innovation & Future of Higher Education - Reflections & Provocations
If We Built a University Today: What We’d Keep, What We’d Leave Behind, and What We’d Finally Get Right
What would happen if we started over? If we wiped the slate clean. IF there were no inherited policies, no century-old traditions, no “we’ve always done it this way”, and we built a university designed for students, educators, and the societies of today? This isn’t meant to be a financial […]