Events
Upcoming events
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Using GenAI in Assessments: 7 Approaches for Students
This hands-on workshop is designed to empower educators to leverage generative AI as a tool to enhance student engagement, foster creativity, and strengthen constructive alignment in assessment practices.
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Idea Workshop: Jobs to be Done
Join us for our Idea Workshop series - choose a session that interest you or attend the complete series for a comprehensive foundation in idea validation and boost your Pre-Accelerator application.
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AI Sector Voices: Cogniti and Biochemistry Education
In the lead up to our initial Cogniti training session on 02 April, LDTI is pleased to welcome Dr Barbara Hadley (Griffith University School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences). Barbara will be discussing how Cogniti supports engagement in a biochemistry
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Leveraging GenAI for Assessment Design
How can AI help us design better assessment tasks? In this session, we'll explore key considerations when using AI to generate ideas for assessments, focusing on how to craft effective and meaningful tasks, and other important factors to ensure a
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Discussing GenAI in the Classroom
Participants will explore key considerations and policies for using GenAI, examine different use cases in the classroom, and discuss how to have conversations about GenAI with their students.
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Idea Workshop: Value Proposition Design
Join us for our Idea Workshop series - choose a session that interest you or attend the complete series for a comprehensive foundation in idea validation and boost your Pre-Accelerator application.
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AI in Action: Deep Research
The LDTI AI in Action sessions are an opportunity for staff to come together and discuss how they are using GenAI in their teaching, learning, and research. Each 30-minute session includes a brief demonstration and time for Q&A.
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AI Sector Voices: Cogniti and Sports Marketing Education
In the lead up to our initial Cogniti training session on 02 April, LDTI is pleased to welcome Dr Sarah Wymer (Senior Lecturer - Sport Leadership and Management, Auckland University of Technology) to discuss her use of Cogniti in a
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Idea Workshop: Introduction to AI
Join us for our Idea Workshop series - choose a session that interest you or attend the complete series for a comprehensive foundation in idea validation and boost your Pre-Accelerator application.
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AI Tinker Session: Draft a Course Plan with ChatGPT
The LDTI GenAI Tinker Sessions provide an opportunity for academic staff to try out different tools, experiment with their functionality, and think about how they could be used in day-to-day work.
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Academic Misconduct using Gen AI
This 60-minute session is intended for academic staff, and will include a discussion of how implementing secure assessments (as outlined in the University of Newcastle Assessment Framework) can limit opportunities for misconduct and support the integrity of our awards.
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Teaching in Action: Interactive Oral Assessments
The LDTI Teaching in Action sessions are an opportunity for staff to discuss a teaching tool, concept, or pedagogy to prompt reflection on their practice and uplift the educational experience for UON students. Each 30-minute session will be delivered via
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AI Sector Voices: Cogniti and Statistics Education
In the lead up to our initial Cogniti training session on 02 April, LDTI is pleased to welcome Minh Huynh (AI in Research Training Lead) and Dr Liana Pozzo (School of Life and Environmental Sciences) from the University of Sydney
Past events
The Voice and Indigenous Health Panel Discussion
The University of Newcastle's Thurru Indigenous Health Unit brought together a panel of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health experts to talk through the impact of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. The panel was moderated by Darren Nolan, Lecturer in the School of Medicine and Public Health, and includes:
- Associate Professor Michelle Kennedy, proud Wiradjuri woman and Assistant Dean Indigenous Strategy and Leadership in the College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing
- Professor Kelvin Kong, proud Worimi man and renowned Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgeon
- Karen Nicholls, proud Torres Strait Islander, University of Newcastle Alum, General Practitioner and Lecturer at the University of Newcastle
- Zabowie Mills, proud Torres Strait Islander, Psychological Science student, Research Assistant and Student Mentor at the University of Newcastle.
David Maddison Lecture 2022
'How should we tell the truth about Australia?'
The David Maddison Memorial Lecture returned in 2022 to commemorate the contributions to medical education made by Professor David Maddison.
This special lecture featured keynote speaker Professor Sarah Maddison, who discussed emerging truth-telling processes, the opportunities and challenges such processes face, and what it means for universities and academic disciplines to reckon with their role in the ongoing colonisation of this continent.
The lecture was followed by a Yarning Circle discussion featuring University of Newcastle panel members:
- Dr Tameka McFadyen - a proud Wonnarua/Kamilaroi woman and Lecturer in the Thurru Indigenous Health Unit
- Loren Collyer - a proud Bandjin woman and Executive Support Officer, Reconciliation, Office of Indigenous Strategy and Leadership
- Tanika Ridgeway - is a proud Worimi woman, current Medicine student and Research Assistant, School of Medicine and Public Health
Professor Sarah Maddison
Sarah Maddison is Professor of Politics and Director of the Australian Centre at the University of Melbourne. She has published widely, including 10 books in the fields of reconciliation and intercultural relations, settler colonialism, Indigenous politics, gender politics, social movements, and democracy. Her most recent book is The Colonial Fantasy: Why white Australia can't solve black problems, published in 2019. She is also Professor David Maddison’s daughter.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.