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CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning @cradledeakin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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

A screenshot of the first page of the article from the journal Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives titled: The politics of assessment: challenging the legacy of neutrality by Juuso Henrik Nieminen, Jan McArthur and Tim Fawns. The screenshot includes the abstract of the article (available via the link).

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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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: 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 · 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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