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Jason M. Lodge
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Psych scientist researching in learning sciences, education, ed-tech & AI. Professor of Educational Psychology at The University of Queensland. Reformed chef.
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@unsw.edu.au Diana Turnip➕ @priyakhanna.bsky.social
👇From polyjargon 2 programs: Systems thinking in assessment
🤔Long-term thinking 4 short-sighted world
🏅Assessment design as team sport
💥Programmatic➕program-level
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From polyjargon to programs: Systems thinking in assessment
Diana Saragi Turnip and Priya Khanna Pathak, University of New South Wales
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November 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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TEQSA just published 'Enacting assessment reform in a time of artificial intelligence'

We describe three pathways to assessment reform:

- taking a program-wide approach
- assuring learning in every unit/subject
- implementing a combination of these approaches

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September 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
#SouthernCrossUni Roche➕Wilson➕Goode
👏Stop making better candles
Whole-of-uni transformation 4 #StudentSuccess
SCU immersive 6wk block model: focused, active
✅Big impact
🔅Brighter #HE💡
🕯️Impressive analogy game🐝
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Let’s stop making better candles
Thomas Roche, Erica Wilson and Elizabeth Goode, Southern Cross University
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September 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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📢In my #NeededNowLT blog w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
#QUT Kevin Ashford-Rowe
👇The centrality of academic judgement in assessment practice
✅Centrality of academic judgement
✅Don't panic
✅Build capability in assessment literacy
✅Generate a mature GenAI discourse
👏
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The centrality of academic judgement in assessment practice
Kevin Ashford-Rowe, Queensland University of Technology
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September 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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We're in a national race to build an #AI-ready workforce, but are we running in the wrong direction? 🤔

We need a national #learning agenda. A coordinated approach to addressing the numerous questions AI has raised about thinking and learning is now essential. www.linkedin.com/pulse/austra...
Is Australia's AI skills agenda missing the point?
Canberra is abuzz with the future of work. The increased realisation of the potential impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on the economy has kicked off a flurry of activity, from highlig...
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August 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social #USC Cat Picton➕ unilibrary.bsky.social‬ Catherine Mann 👇The relationship revolution:Nurturing learning thru advising ✅Lots of fab EGs ✅"Nurturing rich & transformative places of learning" � @creaght.bsky.socialopen.substack.com/pub/neededno...se
The relationship revolution: Nurturing learning through advising
Dr Cat Picton, University of the Sunshine Coast Dr Catherine Mann, University of Melbourne
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August 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
#RMIT @miriamreynoldson.bsky.social
👏Assessment integrity in the age of AI: Where to from here?
-What's not the answer?
-What are the problems?
-What solutions?
👍Thoughtful, generously curated➕3 x bonus blogs!
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Assessment integrity in the age of AI: Where to from here?
Miriam Reynoldson, RMIT
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August 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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📢In my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
@csu.edu.au Kelly Linden➕Sarah Teakel @acsesedu.bsky.social
👏Putting part-time students on the map👏
-Systems assume full-time
-Logistical, structural & cultural barriers
🤔Redraw support
🤔Simple policy changes
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Putting part-time students on the map
Kelly Linden and Sarah Teakel, Charles Sturt University
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August 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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@utas.edu.au @darlenemclennan.bsky.social➕#EbeGanon
👇Carrots & sticks: Levers 4 positive #HigherEd change🥕

NOW4️⃣x #DisabilitySupportFund @🤑$53,905,928m/yr
🤔How 2 ensure lasting transformation❓
👏More than tick box
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Carrots and sticks: Levers for positive change in universities
Darlene McLennan and Ebe Ganon, University of Tasmania
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July 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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#AI literacy is not the answer.

We're prioritising teaching students to use tools that won't exist in 5 years at the cost of developing the human skills that have mattered for centuries.

Wrong problem, wrong solution.

#Education #AILiteracy #CriticalThinking #Teaching #FutureOfWork #EdTech
Why AI Literacy Will Go the Way of the Floppy Disk
How the push for AI-specific education misses the forest for the trees I've been watching the 'AI literacy' discussion with the same mixture of bemusement and concern I'd feel watching someone frantic...
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June 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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#CharlesSturtUniversity #PrueLaidley
👏We Need to Do the Parallel Work: Rethinking #LearningOutcomes in the Age of AI
Importance of redesigning #HigherEducation #LOs ➕assessment in the age of #GenAI
👍Fab links
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We Need to Do the Parallel Work: Rethinking Learning Outcomes in the Age of AI
Prue Laidlaw, Charles Sturt University
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May 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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What’s in a name? Enabling education in Australia - This week in @kiftsally.bsky.social's #NeededNow in #Learning and #Teaching open.substack.com/pub/neededno... #HigherEd #EnablingEducation
What’s in a name? Enabling education in Australia
Emma Hamilton, University of Newcastle; Matthew Bunn, James Cook University; Kieran Balloo, Southern Cross University; Sally Baker, Australian National University
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April 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Every #assessment task is now a group assignment #Learning #Teaching #Education #HigherEd #EdTech #EdChat #AI www.linkedin.com/pulse/every-...
April 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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#UniAdelaide Palmer
The Beatles & #AI
🤔How does an AI Beatles doco➕AI Grammy-award winning Beatles song impact #HigherEd AI❓
->Appropriate➕transparent use
->Understand risks
->Reward good, creative use
->Iterate
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The Beatles. Showing how AI and education can mix responsibly and ethically
Edward Palmer, Director, Digital Learning and Society Hub, School of Education, University of Adelaide
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April 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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⏰In my #NeededNowLT series @jasonmlodge.bsky.social 🔟Persistent #AcademicIntegrity myths
@ccguerilla.bsky.social➕Mark Bassett🙏
Very clear succinct advice re flaws➕risks
🚫Lock down every assessment
☑️Prioritise assessments that genuinely measure meaningful learning
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Ten persistent academic integrity myths
Mark A. Bassett, Charles Sturt University; Kane Murdoch, Macquarie University
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February 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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⏰In my #NeededNowLT series @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
#ACER Dabrowski
That's outside my pay grade:Supporting student➕staff #MentalHealth
👏Staff #MentalWellbeing integral to student wellbeing👏
😔Big need 4 better resources➕guidelines
@nteunion.bsky.social @orygen.org.au
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“That's outside of my pay grade” – Is the tertiary sector ready to support student (and staff) mental health needs?
Anna Dabrowski, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
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February 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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🚨 Now in my #NeededNowLT series w @jasonmlodge.bsky.social
🤔 #UQ Jason asks: What to do about #ArtificialIntelligence now:Examining the real impact on learning
▶️Proceed w caution-Learn fast act slow
▶️To understand #AI impact on learning, move beyond opinions
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What to do about artificial intelligence now: Examining the real impact on learning
Professor Jason Lodge, The University of Queensland
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February 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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What to do about artificial intelligence now: Examining the real impact on learning
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What to do about artificial intelligence now: Examining the real impact on learning
Professor Jason Lodge, The University of Queensland
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February 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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For anyone interested in experimental psychology and education, there is a symposium planned on the afternoon of June 17 at EPC. Hope to see lots of #LeaningSciences #EdPsych #ScienceOfLearning researchers and practitioners there.
expsyanz.bsky.social Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · Nov 8
The Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC) and Asia Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV) are holding a joint meeting in 2025, to be held at UNSW in Sydney, from June 17-20. Abstract and symposium submissions are open!
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November 22, 2024 at 5:09 AM
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Just so we’re clear, when banks struggle financially, it’s left up to taxpayers to bail them out but when taxpayers struggle financially, banks are left to make record profits. Have I missed anything?
November 15, 2023 at 8:30 PM
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How are students integrating generative AI into their learning practices? Here Paula, Jaclyn and I argue that these new tools are being incorporated into an increasingly complex network of co-regulation. ro.uow.edu.au/jutlp/vol20/...
November 7, 2023 at 9:42 PM
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It's not like a calculator, so what is the relationship between learners and generative artificial intelligence? New paper here: doi.org/10.1080/2373...
October 29, 2023 at 7:53 PM