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Track 6
| Thursday, July 9, 2026 |
| 1:45 PM - 4:10 PM |
| Stephen Riady Centre (SRC) Seminar Room 5 Level 1 |
Speaker
Assoc Prof Jemma Skeat
Director, Speech Pathology
Deakin University
Participatory design at the course level: meaningful collaboration with people with lived experience of disability in a new Masters course
1:45 PM - 2:10 PMBiography
Associate Professor Jemma Skeat is Discipline Lead for Speech Pathology at Deakin University and led the development of the new Master of Speech Pathology. She has a strong commitment to collaborating with people with disability, families, and communities to ensure that education, research, and practice are informed by lived experience and real-world priorities. Her teaching and scholarship emphasise inclusive, rights-based, and socially responsive approaches to communication and swallowing across the lifespan. Jemma has a particular interest in how students learn to integrate theory, evidence, and lived experience, and in designing curricula and learning activities that support the development of reflective, collaborative, and ethically grounded practitioners. Through her work, she seeks to make the often hidden processes of professional reasoning and decision-making visible, supporting students to become thoughtful and socially accountable health professionals.
Dr Jessica To
Lecturer
The University of Hong Kong
Examining the effectiveness of GenAI-supported student-teacher feedback partnerships: A quasi-experimental study in the Chinese context
2:15 PM - 2:40 PMBiography
Dr Jessica To is a Lecturer at Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre, The University of Hong Kong. Her research expertise lies in assessment feedback, peer and self-assessment. She published in multiple SSCI journals, for example Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, Higher Education Research and Development, Teaching and Teacher Education.
Dr Elizabeth Goode
Southern Cross University
Supporting underrecognised students online: Raising success for all through focused, guided and active learning
2:45 PM - 3:10 PMBiography
Dr Elizabeth (Liz) Goode is a Senior Lecturer in the Academic Portfolio Office and in pathways education at Southern Cross University, Australia. Liz is currently researching the impact of immersive block models on students’ learning and achievement, and assessment and pedagogy in enabling education. She leads the editorial team for an institutional scholarship of learning and teaching paper series via the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). Liz is the recipient of numerous teaching awards, including an Outstanding Teaching Award and an Australian Office for Learning and Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning.
Mr Boya Zhao
Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The Unviersity of Melbourne
Beyond employability: an examination of international students’ agency and employment outcomes in Australia
3:15 PM - 3:40 PMBiography
Boya is a current graduate researcher at CSHE, University of Melbourne. His research interests include international students' experiences and success, employability and graduate outcomes, student agency in higher education, and student mobility.
Assoc Prof Angelina Fong
University of Melbourne
Your Journey in SoTL: A short practical course to support productive engagement in SoTL
3:45 PM - 4:10 PMBiography
Angelina Yin Fong, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor, Anatomy and Physiology, The University of Melbourne. She specialises in education technologies that scale learning and assessment, using inclusive approaches to make complex science accessible to diverse cohorts. Her work embeds graduate capabilities across science and biomedicine curricula and develops students’ critical thinking, problem‑solving, teamwork, and communication. Her current research examines student decision‑making around generative AI in learning and assessment.
Assoc Prof Kwang Cham
Associate Professor
The University of Melbourne
Co-presenter
Biography
Kwang Meng Cham, Ph.D., SFHEA, is an Associate Professor, Optometry and Vision Sciences, The University of Melbourne. His education‑focused scholarship prepares students for clinical practice through curriculum innovation, interprofessional education, and digital learning technologies. He has led grant‑funded projects on feedback, assessment, collaborative practice, and digital 3D learning, and his research explores creativity, diversity, and the integration of humanities in health education.
Chair
Nira Rahman
Lecturer
University of Melbourne, HERDSA Fellow