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Keynote speaker

Professor Michael Henderson

Michael is Professor of Digital Futures, and Director of Educational Design and Innovation in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. Michael spends most of this time being enjoyably frustrated by educational technologies. His research focuses on innovative teaching and learning designs and the implications of digital technologies across all sectors of education. He is an internationally recognised educator and researcher with over 175 publications and the recipient of national and international awards for teaching and research. He was identified in 2024 as the Australian field leader in education research. His current research interests are focused on generative AI, assessment and feedback, as well as creativity in online teaching.

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Dr Narelle English

Research Fellow, Lecturer in Assessment, Faculty of Education, The University of Melbourne

Dr English's research projects are assessment related and she works on projects relating to developmental learning and the design and development of data collection tools and assessments. She has also designed and implemented assessment for teaching programs in the Master of Teaching, Master of Education, the Network of Schools project within the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, and the Department of Education’s Bastow Institute.

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Professor Elizabeth Molloy

Deputy Dean, Education, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne

Professor Molloy is Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching, in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. She is also Professor of Work Integrated Learning in the Department of Medical Education, Melbourne Medical School, at the University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on workplace learning, feedback and assessment, interprofessional education, and teacher professional development.

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Professor Raoul Mulder

Professor of Evolutionary Ecology, School of BioSciences and Professor of Higher Education, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne

Professor Mulder is passionate about maximising opportunities for student learning in higher education, and in scientific, evidence-based approaches to university teaching. He has a long-standing interest in the potential of educational technologies to improve learning outcomes. He has pioneered the use of student peer review and automated grading in his own subjects, and taught one of the early successful MOOCs in Australia. His work in teaching innovation has been supported by a range of grants and university and national teaching awards.