Festival of Learning and Teaching - October 2024
The Festival of Learning and Teaching provides a space for academic and professional staff and student leaders to come together to focus on the education endeavour integral to the purpose of the University. It is an opportunity for all staff who teach or support learning to share practice, be inspired, learn from one another, and network.
Attendees engaged with the discussions around the Festival's theme 'Impact through inclusion and innovation'Ìýon Thursday 31 October.
The half day event was held at the Flentje Lecture Theatre and Barr Smith South rooms.
Attendees heard from the keynote presenter Associate Professor Jason Lodge and university colleagues and had the opportunity to contribute to discussions about Learning and Teaching.
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Features of October Program
KEYNOTE
Inclusive and equitable learning and teaching in the age of AI
Associate Professor Jason Lodge, The University of Queensland
As AI technologies continue to evolve, the implications for higher education are increasingly coming into focus. Generative AI, in particular, is a different technology from those that previously impacted education. As such, ensuring the inclusive and equitable use of these evolving technologies is complex. Traditional digital divides are being potentially exacerbated, and new divides are emerging. In this keynote, we will explore the evolving implications of AI for learning and teaching across increasingly diverse cohorts of students and consider ways to best support student success in the age of AI. While some emphasis on technical capabilities is needed, fundamental skills such as critical thinking, the ability to manage uncertainty, and self-regulated learning are now more important than ever.
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Interactive concurrent sessions on the following topics
- Interactive presentations
- Marketplace of Ideas
- Decolonising the curriculum: Practical strategies to meet staff needs
- Student panel discussion: Safety, inclusion and belonging
- Facilitating adaptive learning in the age of AI
- Inclusive synchronous learning technologies and teaching practices
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Images of Learning and Teaching Prize Winners
Staff from the Barr Smith Library coordinated theÌýImages of Learning and Teaching photographic competition.
Open to both staff and students, this competition encouraged entrants to visualise the transformative power of learning and teaching at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ.ÌýWinners of this year's competition were announced at the Festival and presented with their prizes.
Professor Peter Burdon, Associate Professor Braden Phillips, Professor Suzanne Le Mire, Megan Colbert, Professor Mario Ricci, William Hocking, Sophie Oerlemans, Jiaxuan Chang, Sian Woolcock, Professor Rob Woodgate and Professor Jennie Shaw.
Staff Awards
First Prize – Associate Professor Emma George
Second Prize – Megan Colbert
Third Prize Joint – Dr Mandi Carr
Third Prize Joint – Tahlee Stevenson
Students Awards
First Prize – Sophie Oerlemans
Second Prize – William Hocking
Third Prize Joint – Jiaxuan Chang
Third Prize Joint – William Chau