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Higher Education – and Business Education – at the centre of global challenges
Academic conferences are important and unique opportunities for scholars to stress-test works in a collegial, creative, and critical spaces. I reflect on two works I have recently presented at the 35th Annual Consortium of Higher Education Research (CHER) Conference and the British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference. Action research in Higher Education The first paper…
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Navigating the dissonances of authenticity in assessment: (Re)defining authentic assessment in business education (part 3)
It is critical to (re)define authentic assessment in part because assessment in higher education is deeply broken (as we have discussed in parts 1 and 2 of this blog). The internecine tensions between the assurance and pedagogical aims of assessment have exerted so much stress on the frameworks and foundations of our practice. The result is that the emotional…
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Developing the reflective student-entrepreneur by integrating reflection into assessments
How can we encourage reflexivity among students, so they gain insights from their experiences? This unit utilised a novel and highly effective approach that incorporated reflection into sequenced assessments. What is true knowledge acquisition? “Yo jāgāra tam richa kāmayamante The one who is awake, knowledge seeks her/him out” Rig Veda 5.44.14 Rig Veda’s ancient wisdom…
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Navigating the dissonances of authenticity in assessment: (Re)defining authentic assessment in business education (part 2)
As we discussed in the first part of this blog, the practices of assessment in higher education have been problematic for decades. From a student experience perspective, assessment is the root cause of significant institutional administration burden and stress. It is also at the centre of student angst in the form of appeals, academic integrity…
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Learning at Scale conference: Reflections
In this post, we share highlights from the annual conference on Learning at Scale. In addition to exploring keynote addresses by Professor Simon Buckingham-Shum and Professor Oleksandra Poquet and unveiling two collaborative work-in-progress papers presented by the authors, we offer insights into the emerging discussions and innovations that are shaping the future of learning at…
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Navigating the dissonances of authenticity in assessment: (Re)defining authentic assessment in business education (part 1)
This three-part blog post will look at the challenges of assessment in modern universities, both in terms of defining it but also deigning and enhancing it to ensure that it can deliver both the benefits of assessment of learning (which institutions require) and assessment for learning (or perhaps changing that common conceptual framing to learning…
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Meet Sara, a young student researcher at USyd
I am on the Executive Group of the Australasian Council of Undergraduate Research (ACUR Council), a not-for profit member association that promotes undergraduate research opportunities and supports universities in better supporting young research talent. Apart from showcasing undergraduate research work at the Parliament House in Canberra, running colloquia for staff working with UG talent, the…
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Quality Assurance – is it just a game in the higher education sector?
What is ‘quality assurance’? Lemaitre says, “Quality assurance in higher education is a process of establishing stakeholder confidence that provision (input, processes, outcomes) fulfils expectations or measures up to threshold minimum requirements” (Lemaitre, 2018, p. 1). Generally, quality assurance in higher education is a process of ensuring that the teaching and learning process meets the…
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Re-connecting with my Learning Sciences Community
The 3rd Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) was recently held in Montreal, Canada. For a span of five transformative days, from June 10 to 15, we embarked on a collective journey, exploring the ever-shifting terrain of educational paradigms. Amidst this dynamic backdrop, I witnessed the harmonious merger of two…
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Enhancing learning through targeted rest breaks
Rest is increasingly recognised as important for performance, wellbeing and learning. Rest breaks can happen over a range of timespans, such as a holiday taken over many weeks, sleep overnight, a walk in nature over a few hours, or getting up from your desk for a coffee break taking just few minutes. In workplaces, methods…
