2025 Program

Day 1 -  Tuesday 28 October

9:00

Registration, tea and coffee

Atrium, Arts West

9:30

Dean's Welcome – Professor Jennifer Balint, Dean of the Faculty of Arts; Professor Beth Driscoll, Deputy Dean (Academic) Faculty of Arts; Professor Elizabeth Molloy, Deputy Dean, Education, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre, Arts West

9:45

Keynote: Care and Attention: Reflections from the New Horizons Fellows – Dr Sonia Jawaid Shaikh and Dr Nicola Redhouse, New Horizon Fellows, chaired by Professor Kristen Pammer

Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre, Arts West

10:30

Student Panel: Learning together: The value of engaging with students for educational practice and direction – Dyumna Awasthi (Arts), Udhanka Saravanan (Arts), Chloe Campbell (MDHS) and Christina Lin (MDHS)

Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre, Arts West

11:00

Morning tea

Atrium, Arts West

ThemePedagogyDiversity, Equity, InclusionAI & AssessmentWellbeing, WiL, Employability
LocationRoom 161, Level 1, Arts WestForum Theatre, Arts WestRoom 156, Level 1, Arts WestRoom 155, Level 1, Arts West
11:30Roundtable:
Cultural Collections in Action: Transformative Object-Based Learning and Work-integrated Learning Practices in Arts and MDHS 
A/Professor Kwang Cham, Dr Heather Gaunt, Dr Kim Goodwin, Dr Olivia Meehan, Dr Rosie Shea, Dr Georgina Walker		Roundtable:
Exclusive University – Inclusive Teaching and Learning
Dr Kerstin Knight, Dr Kay Are, A/Professor Femke Buisman-Pijlman, A/Professor Grace Thompson, Nila Shekarvand, Dr Joshua Pocius		Long Presentation:
Development of a new approach to ongoing simulation and clinical assessments at Melbourne Dental School
Sarah Laing, Dr Michael Wylie

Long Presentation:
What Makes a Learning & Teaching Innovation Impactful? A scoping review
Dr Claudia Rivera Munoz, Dr Laura Dooley, A/Professor Amber Willems-Jones, Dr Mehmet Ozmen, Dr Abi Brooker

11:45Session continuesSession continuesLong Presentation:
Findings and reflections on implementing AI-enhanced activities in an EAP class
Dr Giuseppe D’Orazzi,
Dr Carrie Peng		Long Presentation:
Diversifying the Narrative and the Medium: The Use of Podcasts to Teach Journalism
A/Prof Louisa Lim, Dr Wajeehah Aayeshah, Dr Niles Zhao
12:00Session continuesSession continuesLong Presentation:
The value of assuring learning: Leveraging AI for secure assessment design
Dr Allison Creed, Dr Elizabeth Lakey, Dr Guy Morrow		Long Presentation:
Engaged reflexivity and its value for transformative higher education in Development Studies
Dr Denisse Rodriguez Quinonez, Dr David Lozada
ThemePedagogyDiversity, Equity, InclusionAI & AssessmentWellbeing, WiL, Employability
LocationRoom 161, Level 1, Arts WestForum Theatre, Arts WestRoom 156, Level 1, Arts WestRoom 155, Level 1, Arts West
12:30Workshop:
Haikus: Creative approach to inspire discussion and assessment joy
Dr. Vivian Romero

Workshop:
Fostering Cultural Diversity
Dr Said Shafa, Dr Xue Jun Cheng, Dr Vanja Rozenblat, Dr Angelina Fong, Dr Sophie Paquet-Fifield, Dr Samantha Marangell

Workshop:
From Feedback to Feed Forward 
Dr Jessica Lees, Ashley Anderson

Long Presentation:
From conceptual to concrete: learning ethics in a clinical ethics committee for medical students 
A/Professor Rosalind McDougall, Professor Clare Delany, Mr Jerry Luo, Dr Carolyn Johnson, Professor Lynn Gillam, Katheryn Hall, Sharon Feldman, Meaghan Storey

12:45Session continuesSession continuesSession continues

Long Presentation:
Using a podcast interview assessment task as an ‘enhanced assessment’ tool for reflective practice
A/Prof Nathan Stam

1:00Long Presentation:
The transformative potential of the creative writing workshop 
Associate Professor Julienne van Loon, Dr Nadia Niaz, Bec Kavanagh

Lightning Talk:
A Pedagogy of Kindness: An Emotive Foundation for Internationalising Teaching and Learning 
Dr Shashini Gamage


Lightning Talk:
Sensory-Dialogical Approaches to Educating for Equity and Inclusion: Using Japan as a Cross-Cultural Case Study
Dr Jenny Hall

 Long Presentation:
Learning professionalism using creativity and diversity concepts
Dr Guy Morrow, Associate Professor Kwang Cham, Dr Anu Polster
1:30Lunch

Atrium, Arts West
ThemePedagogyDiversity, Equity, InclusionAI & AssessmentWellbeing, WiL, Employability
LocationRoom 161, Level 1, Arts WestForum Theatre, Arts WestRoom 156, Level 1, Arts WestRoom 155, Level 1, Arts West
2:30Long Presentation:
“My views changed from thinking that the conflict could be simply resolved to understanding the nuances…”: Diving into Global Politics through Simulation-based Learning
Dr Gonzalo Villanueva		Roundtable:
Collaborative Peer Review of teaching: Enhancing Equity and Practice in Language Classrooms
Ruonan Zeng, Dr Zhenyi Guo, Dr Sally Chan, Tamami Mori, Hiroko Woods		Roundtable:
Is ChatGPT the saviour of the academy?
Dr Alice Boer-Endacott, Dr James Bradley, Dr Gerhard Wisenfeldt, Dr Anna Kosovac, Dr Maxx Schmitz

Roundtable:
Promoting World-readiness through Work Integrated Learning Curriculum
Dr Elena Balcaite, Dr Tahlia Birnbaum, Dr Mell Chun, Dr Matt Holden, Isidro Martinez Garcia, Chai Couzens, Yutong Chen 

2:45Long Presentation:
Valuing Pedagogies of the Popular - A Dancer's Approach to Teaching Cultural Studies
Dr Elena Benthaus		Session continuesSession continuesSession continues
3:00Long Presentation:
"You can’t be a Hegemon and Isolationist": Students’ Reflections on the Decline of the US Hegemony and The Future of the International Order
Dr. Nuri Veronika 		Session continuesSession continuesSession continues
ThemePedagogyDiversity, Equity, InclusionAI & AssessmentWellbeing, WiL, Employability
LocationRoom 161, Level 1, Arts WestForum Theatre, Arts WestRoom 156, Level 1, Arts WestRoom 155, Level 1, Arts West
3:30Creative workshop:
Enhancing Classroom Learning through Innovative Uses of PowerPoint
Dr Anthony Williams		Roundtable:
Diversity, Inclusion and Curriculum in the Faculty of Arts: Turning words into action
Tamami Mori, Dr Hannah McCann, Dr Caroline Kyi, Dr Giuseppe D’Orazzi, Associate Professor Claire Spivakovsky, Professor Ikuko Nakane, Dr Wajeehah Aayeshah, Pratiwi, Hina Ueda		Creative workshop:
Building Creativity in Teaching, Learning, and Research: A Hands-On Workshop for the Age of AI
Pedro Guarracino		Long Presentation:
Scaffolding Language Learning and Building Cultural Inquiry through Structured Object-Based Classes
Ruonan Zeng, Xiaoju Liu, Johanna Petkov
3:45Session continuesSession continuesSession continues

Lightning Talk:
If You Can See It, You Can Do It: Promoting Motivation and Wellbeing through Vision-Enhancing Activities in Language Education
Dr Riccardo Amorati

Lightning Talk:
Bridging Theory and Practice: An Analysis of the Master of Applied Linguistics Capstone Subject in Fostering Intercultural Competence and Professional Readiness
Dr Beatrice Venturin

Day 2 -  Wednesday 29 October

9:00

Registration, tea and coffee

Atrium, Arts West

9:15

Welcome and recap of day 1 – Dr Michael Falk, Senior Lecturer In Digital Studies

Forum Theatre, Arts West

9:30

Transforming commitment into impact: widening participation at the University of Melbourne – Kate Flynn, Director, Widening Participation, hosted by Professor Beth Driscoll Deputy Dean (Academic)

Forum Theatre, Arts West

10:30

Morning tea

Atrium, Arts West

ThemePedagogyDiversity, Equity, InclusionAI & AssessmentWellbeing, WiL, Employability
Location

Room 161, Level 1, Arts West

Forum Theatre, Arts WestRoom 156, Level 1,  Arts WestRoom 155, Level 1, Arts West

11:00

Workshop:
Cultivating an Active Learning Environment in the LMS: Inclusive Pedagogies, Research-Led Teaching and Student Wellbeing
Dr Elena Balcaite, Dr Antonia Wimbush, Associate Professor Kate Macdonald, Dr Elena Verezub, Michael Burville
Long Presentation:
Going beyond inclusion: Reducing the workload of teachers and students
Associate Professor Sheelagh Daniels-Mayes, Professor Ikuko Nakane, Bella Jenkins

Roundtable:
Different Forms of Secure Assessment
Deputy Dean (Academic) Professor Beth Driscoll,
Associate Dean Professor Julie Clarke, Dr Tracii Ryan

Long Presentation:
Understanding wellbeing of Chinese international students in Melbourne: a multi-dimensional study on affective, behavioural, and cognitive factors
Dr Yizhou Wang, Dr Eric (Jun) Fu, Dr Yu Hao, Dr Qiuping Pan

Session continues Long Presentation:
The value of educating postgraduate researchers on Indigenous Data Governance (IDG) and Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS) as core curriculum
Dr Penny Holliday 		Session continues
Long Presentation:
Partnerships in ‘Solidarity’ – insights from India
Dr David McGinniss
Session continues 

Long Presentation:
Breaking Barriers: Inclusive Pedagogies for Diverse University Learners in Language Classrooms
Dr. Silvia Yang, Noryán Jiménez

Session continues
Long Presentation:
Employability is just the beginning: Making the arts a better place to work
Dr Kim Goodwin,  Dr Caitlin Vincent
ThemePedagogyDiversity, Equity, InclusionAI & AssessmentWellbeing, WiL, Employability
LocationRoom 161, Level 1, Arts WestForum Theatre, Arts WestRoom 156, Level 1, Arts WestRoom 155, Level 1, Arts West

12:00

Roundtable:
Virtual learning environments and experiential learning in language teaching: Immersive virtual reality in the study of Italian language and culture
Elisabetta Ferrari
Mitch Buzza
Workshop:
Taking a proactive step to enhancing student equity and wellbeing in your teaching through universal design
Dr Garrity Hill, Dr Elena Balcaite, Ashley Anderson

Roundtable:
"Tell Me About Your Essay": Insights on Designing and Delivering Interactive Oral Assessments
Deputy Dean (Academic) Professor Beth Driscoll, Dr Alice Boer-Endacott, Dr Alexandra Dane. Dr Rachel Woodlock,
Dr Kellie Frost

Roundtable:
Creating Opportunities through Work Integrated Learning – what’s needed and what’s possible?
Associate Professor Rachael Diprose, Dr David McGinniss, Snigdha Kar, Chit Sandi Kyaw, Darryl Mohr, Dr Ali Reza Yunespour

1:00

Lunch

Atrium, Arts West

ThemePedagogyDiversity, Equity, InclusionAI & AssessmentWellbeing, WiL, Employability
LocationRoom 161, Level 1, Arts WestForum Theatre, Arts WestRoom 156, Level 1, Arts WestRoom 155, Level 1, Arts West
2:00 Long Presentation:
“We are not the handmaids of a zombie neoliberalism”: Unnovation, experimental media archaeology, and revolutionised objects in shared spaces of teaching and learning
Jon Dale,  Sally Ann McIntyre		Lightning Talk:
Cultural Sensitivity in Practice: Decolonizing and Diversifying Pedagogy for Tutors
Dr Ling Tang,  Jenny Mengjie Cai

Lightning Talk:
Looking from Inside Out: Emotion as Method in Teaching 1980s Korean Social Movements
Dr Jaekyung Roh 		Lightning Talk:
Beyond Integrity: Rethinking Assessment in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Triparna Gandhi

Lightning Talk:
Using AI tools to train future subtitlers: a classroom perspective
Dr Juerong Qiu 

Lightning Talk:
Students Using TikTok In Class (without being told off for it!)
Dr Nick Pendergrast

2:15Long Presentation:
Karl Marx’s ‘labour theory of value’ and the Selfie: A Methodological Intervention Into the Political Economy of the Image and the Value of the Research-Teaching Nexus
Dr Tommaso Durante

Lightning Talk:
Practical Pathways to Accessible Canvas Sites: A Collaborative Approach in the School of Languages and Linguistics
Dr Rikke Bundgaard-Nielsen,  
Meredith Hinze

Lightning Talk:
Qualifying relationality as lawful value in Higher Education: Constitutionalism, Treaty relations, and pedagogical fiduciary duty
Natalie Lynch

Lightning Talk:
GenAI and Social-Emotional Learning in Marketing Communication Education
Aiman Rizal

Lightning Talk:
‘A credible industrial action plan’: Comparing Australia Higher Education Assured Assessment Policies in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Todd Farrell		Lightning Talk:
The Role of Structured Journaling and Reflective Teaching in Work Integrated Learning
Dr Matt Holden

Lightning Talk:
Budgeting for Success: Using Resource Tokens to Simulate Constraints in Work-Integrated Learning
Dr Michael Schmitz
2:30Long Presentation:
Valuing Education: The Learning and Teaching Resource Bank for First-Year Arts Educators
Professor Jacqueline Dutton, Dr Tahlia Birnbaum,  Annelise Roberts		Lightning Talk:
Changing the Story: voices of equality in the classroom
Dr Laura Lori 		Session continuesLightning Talk:
Develop career pathways for Indigenous art and cultural centre workers
Dr Sabine Cotte
ThemePedagogyDiversity, Equity, InclusionAI & AssessmentWellbeing, WiL, Employability
LocationRoom 161, Level 1, Arts WestForum Theatre, Arts WestRoom 156, Level 1, Arts WestRoom 155, Level 1, Arts West
3:00
Workshop:
Between-the-lines: reflecting on anti-racism through interactive gaming
(Please bring your laptop)
Dr Wajeehah Aayeshah, Mohamad Desgia Adinadya Putra
Roundtable:
Comedy in Session: Turning Humour into Active Learning
Dr Anna Kosovac,  Dr Megan McIntosh,  Emma Sharp,  Bec Petraitis,  Ava Brown		Rountable:
Beyond Traditional Assessment: Developing Collaborative Resources for the GenAI Era
Associate Professor Mike Pianta, Associate Professor Clare McNally,  Associate Professor Yossi Rathner,  Dr Jenny Hall,  Dr Wilfred Wang,  Dr Lutfun Nahar Lata		Roundtable:
ePortfolios for reflection, growth and careers
Dr Elena Balcaite,  Véronique Duché,  Meredith Hinze,  Kate Mitchell, Dr Antonia Wimbush, Eva Rodgers
Ibuki Tadamasa 
4:10

Closing Reflection - Professor Beth Driscoll, Deputy Dean (Academic) Faculty of Arts

Forum Theatre, Arts West