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The Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) undertakes groundbreaking research on assessment and digital learning. This research influences teaching and learning within Deakin University and across the higher education sector.

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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 14h
Come and join CRADLE! Applications are open for an opportunity to join us. We’re seeking a passionate Senior Lecturer or A/Prof who can lead and shape high-impact research that influences assessment and learning practices across a range of disciplines. blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/come-...
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CRADLE Blog: Come and work with us at CRADLE!
Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to join us at CRADLE! We’re seeking a passionate Senior Lecturer or Associate Professor who can lead and shape high-impact research that influences assess…
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Juuso Henrik Nieminen @juusonieminen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Call for papers for a special issue in @herdjournal.bsky.social: Beyond grades! 📣 Guest edited by me and David Boud at @cradledeakin.bsky.social, this SI reaches beyond grades as the dominant way of representing what students can do in #HigherEducation think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Educators! How feedback literate are you? Find out with our new teacher feedback literacy instrument, and reflect on your own feedback literacy behaviours right now by completing our survey. Read more: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/how-f...
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CRADLE Blog: How feedback literate are you? Find out with our new instrument
We have a new instrument to measure Teacher Feedback Literacy: Try it and see how feedback literate you are!
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What might the future of #highered look like if we rethink grading? Find out with our expert panel! Join us at 2.30pm on Wed 14 October and hear from 3 experts: Prof David Boud, Prof Rola Ajjawi, & A/Prof Lauren Hansen to reflect on the future of grading blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/what-...
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Teaching in Higher Education @teachinginhe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
New publication alert! 🚨 The politics of assessment: challenging the legacy of neutrality Points of Departure paper by Juuso Henrik Nieminen, Jan McArthur and Tim Fawns www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #HigherEducation #Assessment
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Society for Research into Higher Education @srhe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
How can universities create workplace-equivalent learning experiences? Professor Kate Black will explore innovative approaches to curriculum design and employability. 📅 Enhancing Employability Through Authentic Experiential Learning, 2pm (UK) 15 Sept, online bit.ly/4hTeYGG #HigherEducation
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Are you afraid of the doubt? CRADLE PhD student Xin Liu attended our recent seminar on educator doubt by Prof Mollie Dollinger and found embracing the doubt and being honest are key. Read Xin's reflections: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/find-...
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CRADLE Blog: 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 …
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Don’t miss our CRADLE Seminar Series for September! @juanfraile.bsky.social will explore how formative self-assessment can be designed as a practical route into students’ self-regulated learning. Join us Wed 16 Sept at 2pm in person or online - register now 👇 blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/how-t...
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CRADLE Blog: 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 in…
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
CRADLE PhD student Michelle Pedlow attended #HERDSA2026 and found that research is rarely a solitary endeavour; it grows through dialogue, curiosity and generosity. Read more of Michelle's reflections: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/learn...
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CRADLE Blog: 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 …
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Meet Michelle and Yessy, two of our new PhD students at CRADLE. Both Michelle and Yessy are studying aspects of feedback in higher education with us. Get to know Michelle and Yessy: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/meet-...
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CRADLE Blog: 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 jou…
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Black Box Assessment, GenAI killing trust, and programmatic assessment. Some of the highlights for CRADLE PhD student Pearl Kang at AHE 2026. Read more: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/find-...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Open now! Deakin Uni postgrad scholarship applications, apply to study with CRADLE! Read more: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/open-...
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CRADLE Blog: Open now! Apply for a 2027 PhD Scholarship
Applications for Deakin University Postgraduate Research Scholarships for 2027 are now open! This is your opportunity to undertake a PhD with CRADLE. If you’re a domestic or international student i…
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Applications for Deakin Uni's postgrad research scholarships open on Mon 6 July...next week! This is your chance to study with CRADLE. Prepare to apply now: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/are-y...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Meet our three new Visiting Scholars: Dr Kieran Balloo, A/Prof Kwang Cham, and Dr Joseph Crawford will be working with the CRADLE team on feedback. Read more: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/meet-...
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CRADLE Blog: Meet CRADLE’s three new Visiting Scholars
We’re pleased to announce that three CRADLE Visiting Scholars have been named for 2026. Congratulations to Dr Kieran Balloo (Southern Cross University), Associate Professor Kwang Cham (University o…
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
CRADLE PhD student Turkan Istencioglu shares her experience of her first international conference. Was it worth the jet lag? Definitely according to Turkan! Read more: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/sauna...
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CRADLE Blog: Saunas, seagulls and feedback – my first international conference
In this post we hear from CRADLE PhD student Turkan Istencioğlu about her experience at the 2026 EARLI SIG 4 & 11 Conference in Helsinki. Turkan’s research focuses on Teacher Feedback Literacy …
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Are you afraid of the doubt? Education is not an undertaking one can achieve without doubt, so in an age of GenAI, Prof Mollie Dollinger asks are we willing to confront it, to speak it, and recognise where it has a place. Join us on Wed 15 July at 2pm. Register: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/are-y...
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CRADLE Blog: 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,…
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
How do we create assessment that serves learning? Find out with CRADLE Co-Director David Boud as he discusses this, and many other assessment questions, in the Campus Talks podcast with THE. Listen now: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/campu...
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Campus Talks: How to create university assessments that serve learning
Learn what constitutes good feedback and how to get students actively engaged in learning from their assessments
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
In a world where human and machine activity are increasingly difficult to separate, are validity and authenticity a way to evidence learning? CRADLE PhD student Sky Kusumastuti provides her thoughts on Professor Jason Lodge's very popular CRADLE Seminar: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/valid...
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CRADLE Blog: 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 sem…
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Is there still a place for grades in universities? CRADLE PhD student Lincoln Then James reviews Dr Juuso Nieminen's seminar Beyond Grades and finds the question leads to a deeper reconceptualistion of what learning looks like. Read Lincoln's review: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/beyon...
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CRADLE Blog: 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, thi…
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Is #GenAI is severing the link between writing and the ideas writing represents? How can we respond to this evidentiary crisis? Find out with CRADLE and Kelly Webb-Davies. Join us on Tue 26 May at 10.30am. Read more & register: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/how-t...
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CRADLE Blog: 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…
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Join Prof. Jason Lodge as he explores how students' thinking is being changed by #genAI. How might this affect assessment? How do we get valid evidence of learning when learning itself has been transformed? Join us Wed 13 May at 2pm. Register / read more: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/entan...
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CRADLE Blog: 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 w…
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
How do we prepare graduates for the AI-evolving world of work? CRADLE PhD student Siham AbuKhalaf discovers it's all about balance. Find out more as Siham reviews our latest CRADLE Seminar: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/all-a...
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CRADLE Blog: All about balance? How to prepare graduates for the AI-evolving world (of work)
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 w…
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Meet Katrina Clifford, Colin Simpson & Martin Potter, our three CRADLE Fellowship recipients for 2026. Congratulations to all three, and we look forward to collaborating with them on their projects. Read more about their Fellowship projects: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/three...
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CRADLE Blog: Three new CRADLE Fellowships for 2026!
We are pleased to announce that three CRADLE Fellowships have been awarded for 2026. Congratulations and welcome to Associate Professor Katrina Clifford, Dr Colin Simpson and Associate Professor Ma…
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
People and friendships were the highlights of Anastasiya Umarova's PhD journey with CRADLE. We congratulate Anastasiya on her recent graduation, and thank her for her timely research into feedback histories. Read more about Anastasiya's journey: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/peopl...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
What was popular on our blog last year? No surprise that it involves #GenAI. See the top 3 posts: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/top-3...
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CRADLE Blog: Top 3 posts: What have you been reading on our blog?
As we power into 2026, we were looking at our blog statistics to see what was popular over the last year. It would seem that GenAI is the subject that garners the most interest. No surprise there, …
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
One week to go! Don't miss out as we share 6 curriculum wide recommendations to prepare graduates for increasingly unknowable futures. Join us on Wed 18 March at 2pm. Online or in person... Read more and register: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/unkno...
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CRADLE Blog: Unknowable futures: How to prepare graduates for an AI-evolving world (of work)
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 t…
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Why do universities keep using grades? @juusonieminen.bsky.social asks if it's time to move beyond grades. Join us on Wed 15 April 2026 at 2pm to hear a way to reassemble the work grades traditionally do. Read more and register: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/is-it...
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CRADLE Blog: Is it time to move beyond grades?
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 m…
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Did you miss our first seminar of 2026? No problem, watch the recording now on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/GTN6_HqSIfo All our previous seminars are there too, catch up now!
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CRADLE Seminar Series 2026 #1: Manifesto for feedback in the age of AI
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
A provocation: that's how CRADLE PhD student Siham AbuKhalaf found the Manifesto for feedback was positioned by the creators during our first seminar of 2026. Read more of Siham's reflections: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/a-pro...
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CRADLE Blog: A provocation: the manifesto for feedback
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 w…
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
What is the future of feedback in the age of Artificial Intelligence? Join our panel, facilitated by Prof Margaret Bearman, to discuss the manifesto for of feedback in the age of #GenAI and kick off our Seminar Series for 2026! Read more and register: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/what-...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
How do we prepare graduates for an AI-evolving world? Find out as we propose six curriculum-wide recommendations. Join us at Deakin Downtown or online on Wed 18 March at 2pm (AEDT). Read more & register: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/unkno...
Unknowable futures: Preparing graduates for an AI-evolving world (of work). Wednesday 18 March at 2pm. Deakin Downtown or online.
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Collaborate with us! Applications for the CRADLE Visiting Scholars Scheme 2026 are now open. The scheme offers support for researchers in Australia or NZ with aligned expertise to visit CRADLE for in-person collaborative work. Apply by 16 Mar 2026. Read more: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/colla...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
What is the future of feedback in the age of Artificial Intelligence? Join our panel, facilitated by Prof Margaret Bearman, to discuss the manifesto for of feedback in the age of #GenAI and kick off our Seminar Series for 2026! Read more and register: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/what-...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Number 1 again! CRADLE Co-Director David Boud has been named the top Australian researcher in Higher Education by The Australian's Research Magazine 2026. For the 7th year in a row! Congratulations David. Read more: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/sensa...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Picture my research: From research to illustration. CRADLE PhD student Ameena Payne recently gave a short presentation on her research, with artist Sarah Firth turning it into a graphic illustration as she spoke! See the result: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/from-...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Congratulations Jess! Dr Jess Lees has completed her PhD journey with CRADLE. Jess explored how digital tech features in teaching of physical examination for health professional students. Jess describes her PhD journey as a transformative experience. Read more: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/congr...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
The reality of uncertainty: Dr Nicole Crawford shares her reflections and key takeaways from our last seminar of 2025, where Prof Margaret Bearman discussed the role that feedback cultures play in improving #feedback. Read Nicole's thoughts here: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/the-r...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Our work suggests that the biggest influence on how #feedback is done is not nation or institution – but your work practices. Check our research-based strategies for a guide on how to navigate feedback cultures in your workplace. Read more and get the guides: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/how-t...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
2025 is CRADLE's 10th Anniversary! We recently held a seminar with the whole team to celebrate, and we discussed the road behind and the journey ahead. Two of our PhD students reflect on the seminar and how we moved from research to real change. Read more: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/how-t...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Are we zombies? Maybe #GenAI makes us feel that way suggests CRADLE PhD visitor Lhea Reinhold. She discovered that validity is the word for assessment practitioners at the final webinar of our New Directions in AI Research and Practice series. Read Lhea's review: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/are-w...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
We have a manifesto for #feedback in the age of #GenAI. 17 researchers got together in Copenhagen and wrote a manifesto that is a call to action as we face urgent and complex decisions about how to engage with #GenAI in education. Get the manifesto: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/manif...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Thank you to all those who joined us to celebrate our 10th anniversary on 15 October. It was wonderful to celebrate with you all!
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
We are delighted to welcome two new PhD Scholarship students to the CRADLE family. Siham and Rachel are studying how #genAI affects authentic assessment and evaluative judgement respectively. Read more about what they are researching...and why: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/meet-...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
How do we respond to the challenge of #genAI and #assessment design? Do we need to change anything? How can we ensure any change suits everyone? CRADLE PhD student Mert Pekel reflects on our symposium panel that discussed these very questions. Read Mert's review: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/do-we...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
More than the individual: just how do we enhance #feedback in less than ideal circumstances? Find out with Prof Margaret Bearman on Tues 11 Nov at 2pm for our last seminar of 2025! Read more and register: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/join-...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Congratulations to @juusonieminen.bsky.social on being awarded the prestigious Erik De Corte award at #EARLI2025! The award recognises an early career researcher who demonstrates exceptional promise in the field of Learning and Instruction. Well done Juuso! blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/juuso...
Professor Erik De Corte, Professor Lucia Mason (EARLI President) and Dr Juuso Nieminen
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
How do we make assessment tasks secure in a time of #GenAI? Find out with our expert panel of #assessment and academic integrity scholars and practitioners. Join us on Thurs 23 Oct at 2pm. Read more and register: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/how-d...
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
CRADLE PhD student Kaiyu Huang found the first webinar in our new series on #genAI in #HigherEd helpful to consider the student perspective on AI. Read her reflections: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/the-d... Missed the webinar? Watch it now: youtu.be/obMKKYLvML0
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Missed this? Catch up on our YouTube channel right now: youtu.be/obMKKYLvML0
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CRADLE New Directions in AI Research and Practice #1: Student Perspectives on AI in Higher Education
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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Wow, where did the time go? We celebrate 10 years of CRADLE in 2025 - and you're invited! Join the team on Wed 15 October at 2pm to reflect on the last 10 years, and see what lies ahead. Cake available for those who join us at Deakin Downtown! Register now: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/youre...
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CRADLE Blog: You’re invited! Join us to celebrate 10 years of CRADLE
CRADLE celebrates its 10th birthday in 2025. Join the team to reflect on CRADLE’s successes and find out what still lies ahead. Celebrate with us online or at Deakin Downtown on Wednesday 15 …
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