2026 Teaching and Learning Conference Program

Day 1 - Tuesday 27 October

8:45 - 9:15	Registration, tea and coffee Atrium, Arts West
9:15 - 9:25	Welcome – Professor Beth Driscoll, Deputy Dean (Academic) Faculty of Arts; Professor Dani Tomlin, Deputy Dean, Education, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre, Arts West
9:25 - 10:10	Keynote: Professor Dave Boud, Challenges for assessment and learning in a world infused by GenAI - Professor Dave Boud Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre, Arts West
10:10 - 11:00	Unpacking QILT - CQ Quinlan, Deputy Associate Dean, Course Innovation & Quality Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre, Arts West

11:00 - 11:30

Morning tea

Atrium, Arts West

ThemeHuman and relational learningAI, curriculum and assessmentExperiential, creative & place-based learningCapabilities & futures

Location

Room 155, Level 1, Arts West

Room 156, Level 1, Arts West

Forum Theatre, Level 1, Arts West

Room 456, Level 4, Arts West

11:30 - 12:30

60 minute Roundtable:

Widening Participation Round Table
Dr. Alexandra Dane, Matt Absalom,
Hanna Kwak,
Betiel Beyin,

15 minute Long Presentations:

The evergreen curriculum: treating a degree program as its own learning organisation
Assoc. Prof. Snezana Kusljic; Miss Rachel Thomson; Assoc. Prof. Kwang Meng Cham; Dr Jessica Stander; Dr Amanda Douglass; Miss Aleksandra Kusljic

A curriculum that meets the moment? The Melbourne curriculum and uncertain futures
Dr. Elena Balcaite

Bite-sized learning in health professional programs to improve bioscience education
Assoc. Prof. Snezana Kusljic; Miss Rachel Thomson; Assoc. Prof. Kwang Meng Cham; Dr Jessica Stander; Dr Amanda Douglass; Miss Aleksandra Kusljic

How AI-Vulnerable Is Australian Higher Education Assessment? A Computational
Audit of Group of Eight Arts and Humanities Units, 2022-2026
Dr. Gonzalo Villanueva

15 minute Long Presentations:

Levelling Up Game-Based Teaching at the University of Melbourne
Dr. Cassandra Barkman, Ben Loveridge, Assoc. Prof. Matthew Harrison, Jessica Rowlings

5 minute Lightning talk:

Near peer project for Melbourne Dental School DDS1and DDS2 students
Dr. Madeline Townsend, Dr Katharine Dal Santo, Dr Amy Thompson, Dr Andre Priede, Ms Julie Owen

Pathways to engaging classrooms: The gamification of bioscience education for clinician scientists
Dr. Natalie Kondos, Prof. Snezana Kusljic, Mr Angus Cooper, Ms Shannen McGrath

15 minute Long Presentations:

Building a whole-of-faculty interprofessional curriculum: The CPC substrate model in practice
Dr. Kim Allison, Dr. Claire Mustchin, A. Prof. David Gallant, Niki Lillibridge, Tamara Clements, Lichin Lim, Carolyn Cracknell

New Horizons Fellowship 2026: Teaching Climate and Health Through Story, A Health Arts Collaboration
Dr. Stuart Henshall, Assoc. Prof. Rebecca Patrick

15 minute Long Presentations:

Embedding social accountability in cancer sciences
Assoc. Prof. David Kok, Michelle Barrett

Let's play: Educational Gaming as a source of tackling racism
Dr. Wajeehah Aayeshah, Dr. Arzoo Atiq, Mohamad Desgia Adinadya Putra (Student),
Tom Byers, Assoc. Prof. Mark Finn

Ground Up: Teaching Situated Knowledge When the World Isn't Yet Configuring You
Dr. Matthew Campbell

Learning the craft of social research through collaborative practice
Assoc. Prof. Debra McDougall

12:30 - 1:15

Lunch

Atrium, Arts West

ThemeHuman and relational learningAI, curriculum and assessmentExperiential, creative & place-based learningCapabilities & futures

Location

Room 155, Level 1, Arts West

Room 156, Level 1, Arts West

Forum Theatre, Level 1, Arts West

Room 456, Level 4, Arts West

1:15 - 2:15

15 minute Long Presentations:

Co-creating meaningful undergraduate learning experiences through a student partnership approach
Dr. Daniel Clarke

Portal perspectives: Learning from lived experience
Assoc. Prof. Kelley Graydon

Creating Space for All: Inclusive STEMM Practice in Action
Assoc. Prof. Michelle Rank; Oli Shemmell; Dr Hendrika Duivenvoorden

5 minute Lightning talk:

Pedagogies of Resistance in Times of Revolutionary Upheaval: Reflections on validity, authenticity and nurturance from the feminist field
Dr. Hannah Garden, Dr. Joshua Pocius

60 minute Roundtable:

Preparing healthcare professionals for a digital & data-driven future: embedding digital transformation, AI and data stewardship into healthcare education
Professor Ang Davies

15 minute Long Presentations:

Plant to Learn the vAlue of biodiversity iN healTh (PLANT): Case study of nature-based education
Dr. Jessica Abbonizio, Ms Catherine O'Shea, Ms Ainslie Macdonald, Dr Gayathri Mekala, Dr Alexis Pang, Mr Andrew Irvin, A/Prof Stuart Barber, A/Prof Ken Winkel, Rachael Miller, Prof Forbes McGain

Experiencing Art in embodied spaces: A student virtual exhibition to enhance learning experience and collaboration
Elisabetta Ferrari, Dr. Thomas Cochrane,
Meredith Hinze

Building clinical communication confidence: active learning in complex audiological cases
Ms. Lucy Shiels, Dr Donella Chisari

Generative Relational Intelligence: First Nations Song Pedagogy and the Ethics of Learning
Dr. Lou Bennett

60 minute Roundtable:

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them think
Dr Alice Boer-Endacott, Dr Michael "Maxx" Schmitz

Short 5 minute break

Theme	Human and relational learning	AI, curriculum and assessment	Experiential, creative & place-based learning	Capabilities & futures
Location	Room 155, Level 1, Arts West	Room 156, Level 1, Arts West	Forum Theatre, Level 1, Arts West	Room 456, Level 4, Arts West
2:20 - 3:20	60 minute Roundtable: Generating scholarship through the nexus of teaching and research Dr. Erin Stapleton, Prof. Fiona Fidler, Dr. Anna Kosovac, Dr. Georgina Walker, Cynthia Palikat	60 minute Workshop: How AI exposed is your degree? Assoc. Prof. Kayley Lyons, Mr David Mulholland, Mrs Rafif Algethami	60 minute Roundtable: Anti-Racism and Racial Literacy: A Talking Space Dr. Kay Are, Dr Wajeehah Aayeshah, Dr Odette Kelada, Dr Hayley Singer	5 minute Lightning talk: Evolving capstones to cultivate professional identity and collaborative skills Dr. Yeptain Leung, Dr. Kelly Bower, Sarah Greet, Campbell McKay, Dr. Kim Allison SoTL: An Unexpected Journey Dr. Madeline Townsend 45 minute Workshop: Generative [Integrative] intelligence in SoTL: Designing mixed methods projects with joint displays Dr. Jessica Stander

Short 10 minute break

ThemeHuman and relational learningAI, curriculum and assessmentExperiential, creative & place-based learningCapabilities & futures

Location

Room 155, Level 1, Arts West

Room 156, Level 1, Arts West

Forum Theatre, Level 1, Arts West

Room 456, Level 4, Arts West

3:30 - 4:00

15 minute Presentation:

What Does UDL Look Like in Practice? Improving Accessibility in Canvas
Meredith Hinze

Teams that learn: Cultivating connection and belonging across a paediatric health campus
Danica Van Den Dungen, Dr. Daniela Ramirez, Dr. Paola Villanueva

15 minute Presentation:

Interdisciplinary international health science student experiences - Hokkaido, Japan
Dr. Tandy Hastings-Ison, Dr Nicole Hill

5 minute Lightning talk:

In defence of the essay
Dr. Alanna Myers

Extending the Self: Generative AI as Situated Sense-Making in International Students' Higher Education Learning
Dr. Aiman Rizal, Yasha Barretto

15 minute Presentation:

It is more than a checklist: rethinking cultural competence in health professional training
Ms. Donya Eghrari

15 minute Presentation:

Evaluation of pilot interdisciplinary research capstone projects in graduate health education
Dr. Rachel Toovey, Dr Kelly Bower, Dr. Free Coulston, Prof. Lucio Naccarella, Prof. Dani Tomlin

5 minute Lightning talk:

Which Form of Object-Based Learning is the Most Impactful?
Dr. Nick Pendergrast, Dr. Heather Gaunt, Jennifer Gray

Oral Exams on Trial
Tim Coronel, Dr. Fiannuala Morgan

Day 2 - Wednesday 28 October

Theme	Human and relational learning	AI, curriculum and assessment	Experiential, creative & place-based learning	Global Humanities Alliance
Location	Room 155, Level 1, Arts West	Room 156, Level 1, Arts West	Room 161, Level 1, Arts West	Forum Theatre, Level 1, Arts West
9:00 - 10:00	60 minute Roundtable: Launch and Interactive Workshop for the Learning and Teaching Resource Bank for First-Year Arts Educators Prof. Jacqueline Dutton, Dr. Nida Mollison, Andrea Dodu-Balu, Dr. Wajeehah Aayeshah, Dr. Callum Reid, Dr. Tahlia Birnbaum, Dr. Nira Rahman, Annelise Roberts, Scott Welsh, Simon Christie, Natalie Lynch	60 minute Roundtable: Effective Interactive Oral Assessments: Findings from the Faculty of Arts Pilot Prof. Beth Driscoll, Dr. Karen Farquharson, Dr. Martin Bush, Dr. Ke Hu @unimelb.edu.au>@unimelb.edu.au>	60 minute Roundtable: Rethinking Access in Digital Learning Roundtable Dr. Antonia Wimbush, Meredith Hinze, Dr. Judit Kroo	60 minute Roundtable: Critical Mapping as teaching and learning: Revealing the layers of campuses or cities Chaired by Assoc. Prof. Liz Dean (University of Melbourne): Assoc. Prof. Mitul Baruah (Ashoka University), Dr. Diah Kusumaningrum (Universitas Gadjah Madah), Prof Andreja Zevnik (University of Manchester)

ThemeHuman and relational learningAI, curriculum and assessmentExperiential, creative & place-based learningGlobal Humanities Alliance 

Location

Room 155, Level 1, Arts West

Room 156, Level 1, Arts West

Room 161, Level 1, Arts West

Forum Theatre, Level 1, Arts West

10:00 - 11:00

60 minute Roundtable:

Reimagining international students and curriculum intelligence
Joyce Cheng, Dr. Tresa Le Clerc, Dr. Cassandra Barkman

15 minute Long Presentations:

Teaching GenAI - Augmentation, Discovery & Ethics
Dr. Mitch Goodwin

From Language Learning to Professional Capability: Making Multilingual Skills Visible through Work-Integrated Learning
Isidro Martinez Garcia

5 minute Lightning talk:

Collaborative Knowledge: Reflections on trialling an in-class observed assessment
Dr. Rosie Clare Shorter, Ebony Muller, Hannah Fairlamb

AI in Learning Design: The four D's of putting AI to work in your teaching
Dr. Allison Creed

Permitted but Scrutinised: Student AI Disclosure Practices in Assessment
Dr Triparna Gandhi, Dr Ali Saha

Teaching Argument and Text Construction in the Age of AI: Concepts and Approaches from EAP
Dr. Timothy Johanssen

60 minute Roundtable:

Learning from experience: the development of a classroom-based experiential learning toolkit for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Dr. Elena Balcaite, Dr. Becky Clifton, Assoc. Prof. Liz Dean, Andrea Dodo-Balu, Elisabetta Ferrari, Dr. Sonja Molnar, Dr. Gonzalo Villanueva, Dr. Antonia Wimbush, Dr. Rachel Woodlock

60 minute Roundtable:

Teaching in Polarising Times: Pedagogy, Popular Culture and Political Self-Expression in the Age of Democratic Collapse
Chaired by Assoc. Prof. Umut Ayidin (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile): Dr. Sarah Walsh (University of Melbourne), Dr. Ananya Sharma (Ashoka), Dr. Diah Kusumaningrum (Universitas Gadjah Madah), Dr. Krittika Bhattacharjee (Ashoka University), Dr. Oscar Otele (University of Nairobi)

11:00 - 11:30

Morning tea

Atrium, Arts West

Theme	Human and relational learning	AI, curriculum and assessment	Experiential, creative & place-based learning	Global Humanities Alliance
Location	Room 155, Level 1, Arts West	Room 156, Level 1, Arts West	Room 161, Level 1, Arts West	Forum Theatre, Level 1, Arts West
11:30 - 12:30	60 minute Roundtable: Settler Cultures, Chinese Nationalism and Pedagogical Dichotomies: Teaching Experiences and Strategies Dr. Lewis Mayo, Dr. Simon Christie, Alexia Rutkowski, Assoc. Prof. Craig Smith, Dr. Nancy Wang	60 minute Workshop: What Does Implementing UDL Look Like in Practice? A Canvas Accessibility Hackathon Meredith Hinze, Dr. Rikke Bundgaard-Nielsen	5 minute Lightning Talk: Care in pedagogical practice: Reflections on the Art History Reading Room Suzannah Henty, Dr. Callum Reid Translating Marcel Proust: Investigating Collaborative Digital Tools in the Modern Language Classroom Dr Patrick Kennedy, Dr Nicholas Strole Beyond the Default: Inclusive Prompting as Design Practice Dr. Allison Creed 15 minute Presentation: From Classroom to Gallery: An Experiential Approach to Language Learning Sandrine Michel, Claire Dumans From Stage to Site: Experiential and Place-Based Learning in the Ancient World Gaetana Pelelgrini	60 minute Roundtable: Learning Sustainability with Place: Sensory, Affective, Imaginative and Situated Pedagogy, Creative Making and Practice Chaired by Assoc. Prof. Liz Dean (University of Melbourne): Assoc. Prof. Nicole Klenk (University of Toronto), Assoc. Prof. Paula Elena de Solminihac Castro (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), and Mr Philip Murunga, Miss Sarah Alif Ibrahim and Professor Winnie Mitulah (University of Nairobi)

12:30 - 1:15

Lunch

Atrium, Arts West

Theme	Human and relational learning	AI, curriculum and assessment	Experiential, creative & place-based learning	Global Humanities Alliance
Location	Room 155, Level 1, Arts West	Room 156, Level 1, Arts West	Room 161, Level 1, Arts West	Forum Theatre, Level 1, Arts West
11:30 - 12:30	60 minute Roundtable: Imagining Disability Otherwise: Speculative Pedagogy and the Generative Intelligence of Disagreement Dr. Judit Kroo	15 minute Presentation: Access-Aware Secure Assessment: Equitable Design and Scaffolding Strategies from Across the Faculties Dr. Kay Are, Dr. Tahlia Birnbaum, Dr. Krishna Somaletha Chandran, Case Competitions as Authentic and Assured Assessment in Arts and Cultural Management Dr. Kirsten Stevens, Dr. Duncan Caillard Making students actors in the digital world: integrating start up projects into a subject format Prof. Ingrid Volkmer, Dr. Shashini Gamage Student-negotiated assessment and its application within an industry project masters subject Anthony Williams	60 minute Roundtable: Decolonising the curriculum: Frameworks, approaches and practical suggestions Dr. Giuseppe D'Orazzi, Dr. Monika Winarnita, Dr. Simon Christie, Dana Fahadi, Julius Mok	60 minute Roundtable: Building partnerships: the role of professional staff in the Global Humanities Alliance Ms Amy Burton (University of Melbourne), Ms Ira Rajeev (Ashoka University), Ms Bethany Pedder (University of Manchester), Ms Parada Peerachidacho (Mahidol University)

2:15 - 3:00

Student Panel

Forum Theatre, Arts West

Theme	Human and relational learning	AI, curriculum and assessment	Experiential, creative & place-based learning	Global Humanities Alliance
Location	Room 155, Level 1, Arts West	Room 156, Level 1, Arts West	Room 161, Level 1, Arts West	Forum Theatre, Level 1, Arts West
3:00 - 4:00 pm	5 minute Lightning Talk: From Input Errors to Learning Opportunities: Reclaiming Romanised Input for Chinese and Japanese Language Learning Ruonan Zeng Different Voices, Shared Learning: Orchestrating an Inclusive Chinese Language Classroom Ruonan Zeng 15 minute Presentation: Naming your standpoint: addressing perceived bias through in-class critical reflections in Development Studies Dr. Simon Vandestadt Constructing Creative Identity for International Students and Graduates through Cross-cohort Community of Practice: Case Study of Arts-China Connect Dr Dorcas Yeung, Dr Simon Soon From tug-of-war to push-hands: teaching-led research, research-led teaching Assoc. Prof. Ika Willis	15 minute Presentation: Teaching Purposeful Engagement: Rethinking Communication Education in the Age of Generative AI Dr Samuel Cairnduff From AI Assistance to Active Learning: Redesigning Chinese Character Pedagogy Dr. Zhenyi Guo Unsettling Belonging: Decolonial Inquiry and Relational Learning in the Arabic Capstone Dr Tarek Makhlouf Manifestos, Digital Artefacts and Feminist Political Subjectivity in the Age of AI Dr. Emma Whatman, Dr. Eloise Faichney	60 minute Roundtable: Delivering Next Generation Capstones for This Generation's Graduates Dr. Alexandra Dane, Assoc. Prof. Liz Dean, Assoc. Prof. Ken Setiawan, Prof. Paul Rae, Dr. Andreas Dorrer	60 minute Roundtable: Cross-discipline, cross-border: exploring the value of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences in changing professional environments David McGinniss, Veronica Sullivan, Dr Ebrima Sarr, Ira Rajeev