SECoP Symposium 2025

Welcome to the Annual SECoP Symposium 2025 at the University of Sydney!

Please come along on Thursday 24th July for a day of activities including a panel discussion, short talks, and interactive activities for everyone to get involved. All education-interested folk welcome - academic, casual/sessional, professional, and students. This event is kindly sponsored by the Faculty of Science. Morning/afternoon tea and lunch will be provided (tickets limited).

Disruption of education in 2025 – Adapting to disruption/Explore disruption 

“This theme encourages delegates to explore disruption as a metaphor, offering theoretical insights and lived experiences as tertiary educators that deepen our engagement in explaining and theorizing its transformative role in and of SoTL.” 

Symposium Program

Downloadable program is also available.

Please bring a laptop if you are attending the Hackathon.

Hackathon Topics:

1)     Security with authenticity in Assessment (Osu)

How can we ensure assessments remain authentic while maintaining integrity and security in an AI-rich environment? Join this table to explore practical approaches, share experiences and emerging solutions for safeguarding assessment authenticity in the digital age.

2)    AI and Evaluative Judgement (James)

Evaluative judgement is an essential skill underpinning critical thinking and refers to our ability to discern work of variable quality. At this table, we will discuss ideas for how to embed and measure the evaluative judgement capabilities of students working with GenAI output.

3)    Inclusive teaching and UDL (Alice)

How can we design teaching and learning that welcomes diversity and fosters inclusion for all students? This table focuses on practical strategies and universal design principles for creating accessible, supportive, and flexible learning environments.

4)    Embedding of Indigenous content (Matt)

What are effective and respectful ways to incorporate Indigenous perspectives and content into curricula? Join us to share approaches, resources, and challenges related to authentic and meaningful embedding of Indigenous knowledge and voices in teaching.

5)    Vibe coding (Reece)

Explore how AI-assisted programming, known as "vibe coding," enables educators and students to generate code through natural language prompts. This table discusses how this method could be utilised for teaching methodologies and accessibility in higher education.

I.        Sub-table: Using GitHub Copilot to 'Vibe Everything’ (Januar)

This sub-table is for people already using AI for coding on a regular basis and want AI that builds with them.

6)    Interactive Oral Assessment in a STEM setting (Angela)

Interactive Oral Assessment (IOA) is an appealing alternative for authentic, interactive assessment in the age of AI-assisted learning. But does it work for STEM and large cohorts? This table shares existing and emerging cases and invites discussion on how you might adapt IOA in your own context.

7)    Feedback and SRES (Fran)

How do we make feedback more meaningful and actionable for students? This table will explore how SRES (Student Relationship Engagement System) and other feedback tools can be used to personalise communication, foster engagement, and support student learning journeys.