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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Whew, made @amandalovestoaudit.bsky.social 's #HERDSA2025 mash up dinner post. Also taking full credit for planting the seed for her to get selfie with Andrew Norton ;-)

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Herman B Wells vision for IU was a uni with strong linguistic and cultural roots - preparing grads for a complex internationalized world. That’s now all being dismantled, thanks to a conservative gov who doesn’t see value in ‘niche’ courses. And they’re only just getting started.

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Alex Steel from UNSW encourages a practical yet undervalued reflection for educators: - Why am I offering this assessment? - What course learning outcomes does it support? - What am I hoping they will learn? #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

The fab @drjot.bsky.social presenting on behalf of our team on the challenges of group assessment for equity students Speaks the variety of experiences our students (often lumped together) face - there is no one type of student! #HERDSA2025

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Assoc Prof Amanda White OAM @amandalovestoaudit.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

If you’re coming to my #herds2025 keynote tomorrow and want to check out a bit about what I do - you can check out my IG www.instagram.com/amandalovest... Same handle on YT (longer form video) and TikTok

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Gov messaging is contradictory. One hand trying to increase total number of heads, other hand hoping to dictate spots in this course but not that, this uni but not that one. Norton points out this won’t work. Can’t have the cake and eat it too! #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Norton brings up the new gov review of uni board membership. He predicts that it will find that most uni boards will be shown not to have the necessary expertise needed to make sound uni-wide decisions. #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

In case anyone is interested - collecting student complaints IMO is not student voice nor partnership activity. It retains traditional power imbalances, and pits educators vs students. Not saying it shouldn’t exist, but it should be the last ditch effort. #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Whew! Norton highlighting so many policy issues - gender based violence, discrimination, campus safety, casual underpayment. This is why we need more policy research! #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

The creation of the National Student Ombudsman is really a game-changer. Creates a central function to acknowledge students complaints - which increases some admin - but attempts to elevate these concerns. #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Andrew Norton’s work and expertise rightfully calls out concern of over regulation in higher ed — makes us less nimble, more constrained.. That not how big ideas get made. #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Can anyone ‘longer in the tooth’ tell me if there was this much emphasis on the various ways students would use the Internet? Compared to the now focus on the ways students use AI. #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I also like Esterhazy’s notion of feedback as an event (didn’t @kgravett.bsky.social also write on this?) I like nuancing the type of feedback, from the banal, the expected, to the transformation. In the latter, it really feeling like a moment. #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Jack from CRADLE further notes that students uncomplicated use of GenAI is in fact complicated… Good point. And really links to the need to shift to detect learning, which btw is really hard and much much harder than detecting cheating @jasonmlodge.bsky.social #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Corbin points out that AI tools often guide our students on what to read. This is really really scary!! Good news - this is why we need educators. To curate the reading and make sure students aren’t just reading the dominant texts of our disciplines #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Thomas Corbin of CRADLE fame, highlights that most students use GenAI even though they don’t trust it very much. Human nature I suppose to cut corners, even when we know it’s not good for us. #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Love the UNSW recognition that students don’t love surveys! This is why we need more engaging and dare I say relational approaches to higher ed research… #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

When you see the back of this head, you know the pressure to share on social media is off. 🤣 @drjot.bsky.social

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

There was a q around why the education focused roles exists? We know why. Several gov policies around reducing casual or sessional teachers, as well as growing professionalisation of courses, where many educators don’t have PhDs - or don’t excel at research. #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

At Collins F talk on education focused roles. Great to emphasise there is NO literature to assert that EF roles are more effective teachers! So many reasons to unpack this, but it’s such an important reminder we have a long way to go to support these roles - and measure their impact. #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Great opening keynote by Rowena at #herdsa2025 Interested to hear ECU is piloting units with no assessments. I imagine this would require lots of socialisation with students, not only staff. Helping them understand that can’t just fob off as they will need to demonstrate skills later.. 🤔

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

This is an excellent speech by the new Chancellor of Oxford University, William Hague. Lots of good jokes, but also a staunch defence of what a university should be. We're going to need a lot of that in the years ahead.

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Following some leaked comments about the future of wholly online degrees last week, @cathellis13.bsky.social and I break down what this really means for the higher education sector... futurecampus.com.au/2025/02/18/t...

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The Real Cost of Convenience: Online Learning’s Moment of Truth

Last week, Future Campus reported on comments made during a closed-door meeting, where a TEQSA representative prompted the...

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Last week when I visited Kalgoorlie, home to the 'super pit' of Australia, I couldn't resist telling participants in a GenAI workshop that this was their chance to 'get on the tools'! Though my activities didn't require an alcohol test beforehand... quite the opposite ;-)

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Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

🚨🥳 new paper alert! The House of Cards paper (the companion to last year's seminar - youtube.com/watch?v=IO-y...) has been published. Thanks to Rola for her leadership of the project and the team for their hard work. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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The house of cards: equity-group students’ experiences of structural inequity in higher education

Globally, correlations are reported between lower academic attainment and university students being a member of an ‘equity’ or ‘historically under-represented’ group. We seek to illuminate how this...

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Matt Brett @mattbrettltu.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Delighted to be co-author on open access paper on 'the house of cards' metaphor we used to characterise experiences of higher ed students www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Thx for having me! @ rola ajjowi; @crawfordnic.bsky.social @ Margaret Bearman; @molliedollin.bsky.social @drjot.bsky.social

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Today at Curtin I'll be providing an all-staff briefing session on our 'Assessment 2030' work, and will be integrating the wise words of @cathellis13.bsky.social from last week's USYD GenAI Leaders forum: "we need to stop detecting cheating, and start detecting learning." 🙌

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Most edtech sold to schools is not supported by evidence. Now, a new edtech evidence industry promises to address this gap to support schools. For our new article, we studied how "edtech brokers" make evidence and how they are becoming "edtech knowledge governors" doi.org/10.1080/1476...

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Edtech brokers and evidence governance: knowledge intermediaries in the education technology market

New types of intermediary organisations are creating evidence to guide school practices and shape markets around education technologies. This article focuses on the practices through which edtech b...

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Sally Kift @kiftsally.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

▶️ #UnisAccord MYEFO Summary tinyurl.com/u333xyrz ▶️ @jasonclaremp.bsky.social Media comms tinyurl.com/422jdeuh ▶️Add $2.5billion 4 Managed Growth Funding (transition over 2026, from 01/01/27)➕Needs-based Funding (from 01/01/26) ▶️Add $54million 4 new Aust Tertiary Edu Commission #ATEC to drive reform

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Incredibly excited to be part of a team funded by ACSES to investigate how to support academics towards inclusive curriculum! Led by Chris Browne and Sally Baker of ANU, with a few of my fav Bluesky friends too @sarahoshea.bsky.social @kieranballoo.bsky.social www.acses.edu.au/2025-26-larg...

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2025-26 Large Grants awarded - ACSES

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Alex Steele starts out a great panel chat on pointing out TEQSA GenAI note mentions processes, people, and practice... but nothing about learning! #ascilite2024

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Tegan Little @teganlittle.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Having fun at #ascilite2024! Shameless plug for my wee little poster abstract here: publications.ascilite.org/index.php/AP...

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Enhancing feedback capabilities with the peer feedback module | ASCILITE Publications

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Is there a reason this panel is a plug for bluesky? I mean I like it sure, but I don't need a panel telling me why social media is good... #ascilite2024

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

The importance of research-informed decision-making IMO underscores the importance of senior leaders to have research (and maybe even T&L!) backgrounds and active engagement in research production... #ascilite2024

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I (obviously) agree with the idea of consilience (who wouldn't?) - but easier to say than do. The way the academic workload works, doing things that take considerable time, and harness big teams with qual and quant etc, isn't necessarily rewarded (nor read). #ascilite2024

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

"Threshold standards guides everything about higher ed" - says @jasonmlodge.bsky.social. And they might change. (But I would argue we 'mind' them more than follow them!) #ascilite2024

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Have I ever heard a @jasonmlodge.bsky.social keynote where he doesn't diss learning styles!?! Drink. #ascilite2024

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I resonate strongly with Jason's point that the higher ed field often recycles the same ideas over and over! @jasonmlodge.bsky.social #ascilite2024

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Jason begins his keynote with a slew of the fear mongering vibes around ed tech over the years... and now says this time (GenAI) is different... hmmm where are we going with this!? @jasonmlodge.bsky.social #ascilite2024

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

@czernie.bsky.social is 100% right. You want to make a difference? Get involved in your uni's procurement process of ed tech softwares (including GenAI). Push back - ask thorny questions. Don't let them cut out the academic voice, especially the voice fighting for greater equity. #ascilite2024

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Fan-girling just slightly over meeting @czernie.bsky.social at #ascilite2040. A thread in our convo is what does an 'advocate' in higher ed look like? And how can 'simply' being on committees can in fact be a form of activism and resistance against the machine... (if you speak up) ✊

Picture of Laura wearing a fabulous purple and black smock dress (that she found vintage shopping), with Mollie, where a white button down and navy silky pants (that she def did not buy vintage shopping alas...)

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Jonathan Brazil highlights the UNESCO AI literacy dimension of 'attitudes' - what does this mean? What attitudes should students have? Surely we can't be prescriptive here!! #ascilite2024

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Dr Sandy Barker SFHEA @sandybv.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

The amazing @amandalovestoaudit.bsky.social presenting at #ascilite2024 on assessment design and genai. Fantastic session as always.

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Ha! @timbocop.bsky.social points out to @jasonmlodge.bsky.social (as he uses words like delve) that Claude / LLMs shape us, as we shape it.... #ascilite2024

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Yes, 'you use GenAI to develop your evaluative judgement' says @margaretbea.bsky.social (I suppose you can use anything), but how does the instant feedback change this bit?

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

As @margaretbea.bsky.social is speaking about her very repetitive process of getting ChatGPT to modify an image, I think about how markedly different that is from creating an image before AI #ascilite2024

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Also enjoying @timbocop.bsky.social reflections that all literacies change --- be it cultural, digital or AI. Mmmmm... chewy thoughts. #ascilite2024

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Love @timbocop.bsky.social comment that it's not about individual AI literacy but collective literacy! #ASCILITE2024

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Summarising Paula DB (loosely): adding AI doesn't change the primary goal of education - to get learners to reflect on their own learning and develop their own 'how to' on learning #ASCILITE2024

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