Kieran Balloo
@kieranballoo.bsky.social
PhD | SFHEA | HigherEd Academic/Researcher: Feedback; SoTL; Student Mental Health; Student Equity, Inclusion & Transitions | 🇬🇧 in 🇦🇺 | Views my own
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@kieranballoo.bsky.social
· Jan 17
As students become more ‘distant’, can feedback still hit the mark?
Whether they are behind a computer screen or behind bars, all students need support with making effective use of feedback – whether or not the process is a two-way street
www.timeshighereducation.com
How do we continue to make feedback effective as students increasingly move away from studying on campus, with fewer opportunities for dialogue with lecturers (& other students)? @drrobnash.bsky.social & I ponder this question @timeshighered.bsky.social:
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/stude...
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/stude...
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New equity in teaching survey is dropping as part of our ACSES-supported project, "Supporting academics with inclusive & equitable curricula, teaching and learning"!
July 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
New equity in teaching survey is dropping as part of our ACSES-supported project, "Supporting academics with inclusive & equitable curricula, teaching and learning"!
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What a pleasure to think about academic blogging – or “doing” knowledge translation – with @kieranballoo.bsky.social and Alana Piper in #PublicHumanities, a brand new journal ed. @zoebulaitis.bsky.social and Jeffrey R. Wilson.
Check out our top tips for getting started! ⬇️
doi.org/10.1017/pub....
Check out our top tips for getting started! ⬇️
doi.org/10.1017/pub....
April 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
What a pleasure to think about academic blogging – or “doing” knowledge translation – with @kieranballoo.bsky.social and Alana Piper in #PublicHumanities, a brand new journal ed. @zoebulaitis.bsky.social and Jeffrey R. Wilson.
Check out our top tips for getting started! ⬇️
doi.org/10.1017/pub....
Check out our top tips for getting started! ⬇️
doi.org/10.1017/pub....
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Nobel Prize for whoever writes a programme that automatically renames all older saved versions of a file ‘not-final’ when you save a version with ‘final’ in the name.
March 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Nobel Prize for whoever writes a programme that automatically renames all older saved versions of a file ‘not-final’ when you save a version with ‘final’ in the name.
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Did you know? By replacing your coffee with green tea, you can lose up to 92% of what little joy you still have left in your life.
March 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Did you know? By replacing your coffee with green tea, you can lose up to 92% of what little joy you still have left in your life.
New paper in @herdjournal.bsky.social with Marion Heron & @sallybaker.bsky.social. We explore the role (or lack thereof) of academic oracy (academic speaking and listening) in enabling education / pathways in Australia.
OPEN ACCESS:
OPEN ACCESS:
Awareness, understandings, and teaching practices surrounding academic oracy in university preparation pathways
University preparation pathways are an important equity mechanism for opening access to higher education to under-represented students. A vital focus of pathways education is on the academic litera...
www.tandfonline.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
New paper in @herdjournal.bsky.social with Marion Heron & @sallybaker.bsky.social. We explore the role (or lack thereof) of academic oracy (academic speaking and listening) in enabling education / pathways in Australia.
OPEN ACCESS:
OPEN ACCESS:
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when i submit an article manuscript for peer review
a woman in a black jacket says " i 'll see you again in 25 years "
ALT: a woman in a black jacket says " i 'll see you again in 25 years "
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February 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
when i submit an article manuscript for peer review
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@kieranballoo.bsky.social and I wrote a chapter in this book, released today! #Teaching, #wellbeing, #humanizing #pedagogies www.bloomsbury.com/au/reclaimin...
Reclaiming the Teaching Discourse in Higher Education
This book examines university teaching to encourage a move away from the singular lens of neoliberalism towards more a pluralistic stance that inspires a health…
www.bloomsbury.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
@kieranballoo.bsky.social and I wrote a chapter in this book, released today! #Teaching, #wellbeing, #humanizing #pedagogies www.bloomsbury.com/au/reclaimin...
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Enabling education is a public good, a true legacy of Whitlam-era policies that assert that higher education is for everyone. Emma Hamilton, Matthew Bunn, Kieran Balloo and Sally Baker discuss FEE-FREE Uni Ready. loom.ly/NkzLxm0
What’s in a name? Enabling education in Australia
Our terminology matters in framing enabling education, particularly for students who have experienced educational disadvantage.
loom.ly
February 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Enabling education is a public good, a true legacy of Whitlam-era policies that assert that higher education is for everyone. Emma Hamilton, Matthew Bunn, Kieran Balloo and Sally Baker discuss FEE-FREE Uni Ready. loom.ly/NkzLxm0
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Policies on turnaround time do not predict NSS. This definitely emphasises my own experience that NSS improvements are best achieved by hyper-local considerations rather than pan-University ones www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Universities’ policies on feedback speed do not meaningfully predict students’ satisfaction with assessment and feedback
It is widely believed that an essential property of feedback’s effectiveness is its timeliness, and students frequently report untimely feedback as a significant source of dissatisfaction in their ...
www.tandfonline.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Policies on turnaround time do not predict NSS. This definitely emphasises my own experience that NSS improvements are best achieved by hyper-local considerations rather than pan-University ones www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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That exciting moment when I realize I did *not* finish my coffee.
January 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
That exciting moment when I realize I did *not* finish my coffee.
How do we continue to make feedback effective as students increasingly move away from studying on campus, with fewer opportunities for dialogue with lecturers (& other students)? @drrobnash.bsky.social & I ponder this question @timeshighered.bsky.social:
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/stude...
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/stude...
As students become more ‘distant’, can feedback still hit the mark?
Whether they are behind a computer screen or behind bars, all students need support with making effective use of feedback – whether or not the process is a two-way street
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 17, 2025 at 6:14 AM
How do we continue to make feedback effective as students increasingly move away from studying on campus, with fewer opportunities for dialogue with lecturers (& other students)? @drrobnash.bsky.social & I ponder this question @timeshighered.bsky.social:
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/stude...
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/stude...
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I requested an article from 1985 yesterday vis Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and it’s already a PDF in my inbox.
At first it seems miraculous but I know that it’s because of libraries’ long-standing resource sharing agreements & the work of many hands. Thank you, ILL colleagues!
At first it seems miraculous but I know that it’s because of libraries’ long-standing resource sharing agreements & the work of many hands. Thank you, ILL colleagues!
January 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I requested an article from 1985 yesterday vis Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and it’s already a PDF in my inbox.
At first it seems miraculous but I know that it’s because of libraries’ long-standing resource sharing agreements & the work of many hands. Thank you, ILL colleagues!
At first it seems miraculous but I know that it’s because of libraries’ long-standing resource sharing agreements & the work of many hands. Thank you, ILL colleagues!
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This year, be the nodder in the audience every presenter deserves
January 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This year, be the nodder in the audience every presenter deserves
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In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change
December 31, 2024 at 2:41 PM
In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change
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My hottest take for the end of the year is that it is immensely more satisfying to cross things off a to-do list written on paper than any electronic equivalent.
December 31, 2024 at 10:08 PM
My hottest take for the end of the year is that it is immensely more satisfying to cross things off a to-do list written on paper than any electronic equivalent.
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Headline of the Year contest starts tomorrow.
Here are the winners from previous contests:
Here are the winners from previous contests:
December 21, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Headline of the Year contest starts tomorrow.
Here are the winners from previous contests:
Here are the winners from previous contests:
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Incredibly excited to be part of a team funded by ACSES to investigate how to support academics towards inclusive curriculum!
Led by Chris Browne and Sally Baker of ANU, with a few of my fav Bluesky friends too @sarahoshea.bsky.social @kieranballoo.bsky.social
www.acses.edu.au/2025-26-larg...
Led by Chris Browne and Sally Baker of ANU, with a few of my fav Bluesky friends too @sarahoshea.bsky.social @kieranballoo.bsky.social
www.acses.edu.au/2025-26-larg...
2025-26 Large Grants awarded - ACSES
www.acses.edu.au
December 18, 2024 at 5:52 AM
Incredibly excited to be part of a team funded by ACSES to investigate how to support academics towards inclusive curriculum!
Led by Chris Browne and Sally Baker of ANU, with a few of my fav Bluesky friends too @sarahoshea.bsky.social @kieranballoo.bsky.social
www.acses.edu.au/2025-26-larg...
Led by Chris Browne and Sally Baker of ANU, with a few of my fav Bluesky friends too @sarahoshea.bsky.social @kieranballoo.bsky.social
www.acses.edu.au/2025-26-larg...
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My regular suggestion: At the end of the semester why not reach out to someone whose work you taught and let them know? These days we have very little idea who teaches our stuff and in what contexts. It takes almost no time and can really make their day.
December 14, 2024 at 5:16 PM
My regular suggestion: At the end of the semester why not reach out to someone whose work you taught and let them know? These days we have very little idea who teaches our stuff and in what contexts. It takes almost no time and can really make their day.
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Special Issue Launch! 📗🚀
‘Reimagining Higher Education Learning Spaces: Assembling Theory, Methods, and Practice’
Co-edited by Professor Sam Elkington and Dr Jill Dickinson.
🗓️ Wednesday 29 January 2025
Online 7-9pm Australian EST / 8-10am UK
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2025-speci... 🎟️
‘Reimagining Higher Education Learning Spaces: Assembling Theory, Methods, and Practice’
Co-edited by Professor Sam Elkington and Dr Jill Dickinson.
🗓️ Wednesday 29 January 2025
Online 7-9pm Australian EST / 8-10am UK
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2025-speci... 🎟️
2025 Special Issue Launch ‘Reimagining Higher Education Learning Spaces'
Are you interested in what the future could look like for learning spaces in Higher Education?
Hear from contributors to the HERD 2025 SI.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 11, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Special Issue Launch! 📗🚀
‘Reimagining Higher Education Learning Spaces: Assembling Theory, Methods, and Practice’
Co-edited by Professor Sam Elkington and Dr Jill Dickinson.
🗓️ Wednesday 29 January 2025
Online 7-9pm Australian EST / 8-10am UK
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2025-speci... 🎟️
‘Reimagining Higher Education Learning Spaces: Assembling Theory, Methods, and Practice’
Co-edited by Professor Sam Elkington and Dr Jill Dickinson.
🗓️ Wednesday 29 January 2025
Online 7-9pm Australian EST / 8-10am UK
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2025-speci... 🎟️
This sounds unbelievably timely!
Coming this July. The Caring University: Reimagining the Higher Education Workplace after the Great Resignation. More details soon 😎
December 6, 2024 at 11:44 PM
This sounds unbelievably timely!
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Trying out this new coffee alternative called “sleep”
December 5, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Trying out this new coffee alternative called “sleep”
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before coffee: I hate everything
after coffee: I hate everything but nervouser
after coffee: I hate everything but nervouser
December 4, 2024 at 1:10 PM
before coffee: I hate everything
after coffee: I hate everything but nervouser
after coffee: I hate everything but nervouser
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TEQSA just released their #GenAI for #HE toolkit that summarises best practices from the Request for Information. Responses from 202 Australian institutions, organised into three sections: Process, People and Practice. www.teqsa.gov.au/guides-resou...
November 28, 2024 at 4:02 AM
TEQSA just released their #GenAI for #HE toolkit that summarises best practices from the Request for Information. Responses from 202 Australian institutions, organised into three sections: Process, People and Practice. www.teqsa.gov.au/guides-resou...
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Can anyone help me find a post about AI-generated text in online qual survey studies?
I saw a post on here the other day about this as an issue, and possibly how to tackle it -- if anyone can help me find it that would me much appreciated! 🙏
I saw a post on here the other day about this as an issue, and possibly how to tackle it -- if anyone can help me find it that would me much appreciated! 🙏
November 27, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Can anyone help me find a post about AI-generated text in online qual survey studies?
I saw a post on here the other day about this as an issue, and possibly how to tackle it -- if anyone can help me find it that would me much appreciated! 🙏
I saw a post on here the other day about this as an issue, and possibly how to tackle it -- if anyone can help me find it that would me much appreciated! 🙏