Dr Manisha Thakkar is an educator and researcher in the field of health science for over 15 years. She has implemented various learning interventions to improve student engagement and learning outcomes across multiple organisations she has worked thus far. Her major focus has been on EBP skills, employability skills and graduate outcomes, technology enhanced and interactive curriculum. Through this research she is aiming to improve teaching practices of professional practitioners who are commonly engaged as academics. Her ultimate goal is to scaling up and strengthening the quality of health care work force education through innovative teaching and reflective learning practices.

Angela Tsai, SFHEA, is a Teaching Fellow for the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Auckland. She coordinates and contributes lectures and practical laboratories in a number of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Class enrolments in these courses range from ~20 (postgraduate) to ~150-1400 students (undergraduate), and service students in a diverse range of degree programmes. She is interested in addressing various transitional challenges (e.g. from secondary to tertiary, from first-year to second-year, and from third year to subsequent postgraduate studies/industry and employment), through examining the place and potential of evolving educational technologies and practices in purposeful curriculum and learning design. In particular, her areas of practice and interest include assessment and learning design, student metacognition and study skills, course coordination and student support at scale, and educational technologies.

Ann completed a PhD in Physiology at the University of New South Wales (2001) and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Physiology and Anatomy at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. Ann has over 25 years’ experience in developing and delivering curriculum across the areas of biology and physiology. Ann has gained several awards for teaching including: the Vice Chancellor’s Medal for Outstanding University Teacher, USC, 2008; an Australian Learning and Teaching Citation for excellence in learning and teaching in 2009. Ann was recognised with a HEA Senior Fellowship in 2019. Ann’s research areas are primarily in Biomedical Science Education, in particular academic integrity and ethics, and visualisation strategies.

Nicole completed a PhD in Physiology at the University of New England, Australia (2006), a Graduate Certificate in Education (2011) and a Master of Education (2013) at James Cook University, Australia. Nicole has taught biology, animal and human physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology for the past 25 years at universities in Australia and Canada, and is currently located at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. Nicole received an Award for Advancing the Blended Learning Environment in 2017 and was recognised as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) in 2019. She has conducted research in Australia, Canada and the USA, and her research interests include the development, implementation, and evaluation of learning technologies such as 3D immersive animation, and physiology projects focussed on cellular metabolism and ion transport.

Rebecca Awdry completed her doctoral research on the investigation of student assignment outsourcing in higher education. She has been researching academic integrity and its threats for almost 15 years. Her research includes exploring the methods and modes through which students outsource their work and the purpose for which work is outsourced. Through the application of criminology she has presented theoretical explanations for the motivations towards academic misconduct and how the behaviour is learnt. Rebecca currently works at a Senior Education Consultant supporting institutions to review their academic integrity practices.

Michelle Picard currently serves as Pro-Vice Chancellor Learning and Teaching Innovation at Flinders University. Michelle has been working in the fields of Higher Education and Applied Linguistics since 1989. She has taught at every level from Primary and Adult Basic Education and Training to Researcher Education programs to PhD and post-doctoral fellows. Her university work has spanned enabling/Foundation programs, ELICOS, academic language and learning and lecturing and supervising within Schools of Education, Arts and Social Sciences. Michelle has lived and worked in Australia, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, and The Sultanate of Oman and regularly taught programs in Singapore. Her fields of expertise include all levels of academic literacy development including academic integrity, TESOL, higher education, online and blended learning and English for Academic Purposes and supervises in the fields of Education, Applied Linguistics and Media.

Dr Kung-Keat Teoh is the academic lead in the Flinders Student Learning Support Services. Teoh holds a PhD and M.Sc. in Information Technology and a B.A. (Hon.) in English Language and Literature Studies along with a Diploma in Education. Teoh has extensive experience in Academic Language and Learning teaching and teaching across Foundations Studies, undergraduate and postgraduate coursework programs. Teoh's research interests lie in electronic commerce, usability studies, human computer interaction, 3D internet, embodied conversational agents, social presence, computers and human behaviour, multi-user environments, elearning, eportfolios, learning styles, transition and first year students in higher education.

Margaret Bearman is a Professor with the Centre for Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) at Deakin University. Her research includes feedback, assessment and digital learning in higher and professional education. Alongside her colleagues Darci Taylor, Matt Thomas and Linda Corrin, she has developed and researched many different types of learning and teaching innovations and is very interested in notions of sustainability.

Associate Professor Linda Corrin is the Associate Director, Learning Innovation (Business and Law) at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. Linda has over 20 years’ experience working in higher education and has taught in the fields of education, business, and IT. Her research focuses on how learning analytics can be used to provide meaningful and timely feedback to teachers and students, as well as the ethical aspects of learning analytics implementation and use. She is the coordinator of the Victorian/Tasmanian Learning Analytics Network and a co-coordinator of the ASCILITE Learning Analytics Special Interest Group. She has won several awards for her learning analytics research and co-edited the book “Learning Analytics in the Classroom: Translating learning analytics research for teachers” in 2019. Linda is also a lead editor of the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology.

Associate Professor Darci Taylor is the Director, Learning Design at Deakin University and has over 15 years’ experience working in the Australian higher education sector. Her key responsibilities are to provide visionary leadership and strategic direction in learning design across Deakin along with operational and practical advice associated with curriculum innovation and transformational learning design. Darci is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and recipient of multiple Vice Chancellor’s Awards for Teaching and Learning Excellence. Her research interests include constraints and enablers of student’s personal goals in higher education and the impact of teaching and learning transformation on both staff and students.

Emma Laing believes a sense of belonging in the classroom is integral to her students' achievement. Emma has taught at Bond University for 12 years in the Core Curriculum, focusing on Critical Thinking & Communication, a first-semester compulsory subject. Emma has a keen interest in the first-year experience and has been experimenting with TikTok to improve engagement and learning with short-form video content. The initiative began in September 2022 and has received positive feedback from students about its use for revision purposes. Emma's account @firstsemwithem (First Semester with Emma) has over 40 000 views and aims to provide a learning space outside the classroom and informal space where students can learn in their palms, at their own pace and revisit content if needed.

Mrs Katrina Gersbach, School of Social Work and Arts, Charles Sturt University, Dubbo, Australia. Katrina is an early career researcher. Katrina draws on her practice background in working alongside children and their families within multiple contexts in her teaching of child welfare, case management and Social Work practice-based subjects.

Ms Rohena Duncombe, School of Social Work and Arts, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga Australia. Co-convenor of the international Social Work in Health Inequality Network (SWIHN) and member of the International Network of Cooperative Inquirers (INCINQ). Research interest in access and entry to health and welfare services, and inclusive practices in social work education.

Anne Croker is a rurally-based health profession educator and researcher working with the University of Newcastle Department of Rural where she co-supervised the MD student project with her colleagues Reakeeta Smallwood and Lisa Urquhart. Anne is co-presenting on behalf of the supervisory team. While Anne’s experience with research has mostly been in the interpretive paradigm, she drew on her recent work with the University of Newcastle’ Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education to bring a lens of social justice and critical reflexivity. All supervisors valued the experience working with the students and will keep reflecting on the key messages arising from the project as they continue to acknowledge, unsettle, grapple and inquire.