Teaching & Learning

Mid-Year Meeting

• The 2026 mid-year session titled Designing with GenAI, not outsourcing to it: assessment for the next phase of AI fluency on 20 August explored the shift from AI fluency to complete rethink of assessment design, with a focus on moving beyond attempts to ‘secure’ assessment against GenAI and towards designing assessment that makes student reasoning, judgement and decision making visible.

  Participants first used Dr Mark Bassett’s HE Educator’s AI Diagnostic to challenge some of the emerging assumptions and myths around GenAI use, assessment security and detection. The session then moved into practical assessment redesign, exploring where GenAI may replace student thinking and how assessment can instead make students’ reasoning and judgement more visible.

  The workshop also drew on Michael Borck’s open-source resource, Conversation, Not Delegation: How to think with AI, not just use it, as a practical starting point for educators venturing further into the assessment redesign space.

  Resources:

  • Session recording
  • Presentation slides
  • Diagnostic tool: MATH, NOT MAGIC | The HE Educator’s AI Diagnostic
  • Open source book: Conversation, Not Delegation – Staying Critical

CAUTHE 2026 conference

• Meeting at the CAUTHE 2026 conference on the theme Developing AI Fluency Through Purposeful Learning Design from 5:00–6:00pm on 11 February at the National Wine Centre, Adelaide, SA. The workshop, led by Dr Rebecca Marrone (University of Adelaide) and facilitated by the SIG co-chairs, focused on how educators can move beyond tool adoption toward cultivating AI fluency through purposeful class and assessment design. The session reframed the conversation from Will students use AI? to How well can students exercise judgement when using AI? Participants explored how small but strategic adjustments in learning design can make disciplinary thinking visible, rather than assuming it.
• Download: Workshop slides | Recording: Workshop recording

Mid-Year Meeting

An online workshop titled Embracing all things GenAI in inclusive assessment design was held on 1 August 2025, 1.45pm-3.15pm, hosted by the SIG co-chairs, Dr Rawan Nimri, Dr Sandra Guisela Cherro Osorio and Anastasia Yeark, which included:

• A content-rich, theory-informed 30-minute presentation, exploring how Generative AI can be leveraged to support inclusive assessment design, and drawing on current pedagogical frameworks, industry relevance, and ethical considerations.
• A 30-minute breakout activity with participants divided into three groups, Events, Hospitality, and Tourism, to collaboratively develop teaching strategies and assessment task ideas that integrate GenAI tools in inclusive and meaningful ways.
• Showcase and discussion: each group shared their proposed assessment task with the wider cohort, followed by an open discussion on adaptability, impact, and implementation considerations.

VIEW WORKSHOP RECORDING  | WORKSHOP PPTX PRESENTATION | WORKSHOP PROMPTS

CAUTHE 2025 conference

• 12 February 16:00 – 17:30 (AEST). Download flyer. Hosted by SIG Co-chairs, Dr Anastasia (Yeark) Fomina, Dr Niki Macionis & Dr Aaron Tham with speakers:
  • Chris Wong, KBS Hospitality & Tourism Facilitator, provided an update on the scenario generator, featuring destination videos created using GenAI.
  • Elizabeth Dominguez, KBS Integrity Officer and Hospitality & Tourism Facilitator, focussed on inclusive pedagogy and how non-inclusive teaching practices, such as poorly designed curricula and assessments, can unintentionally alienate students, leading to disengagement and increasing the risk of academic misconduct. This presentation provided practical insights into the critical points of no return, where students often veer off course and explored how inclusive pedagogical strategies can address these challenges. Followed by an interactive Q&A segment and a social dinner evening.

Mid-Year Meeting

• On Friday 2 August 1:30-2:30pm, titled Inclusive Teaching Practices, this professional development session focused on inclusive teaching practices for higher education educators committed to creating fair and supportive learning environments through their teaching methods. It covered practical strategies such as providing multiple ways for students to engage, presenting information in various formats, and offering diverse ways to demonstrate their understanding. 
• VIEW Video recording | DOWNLOAD Inclusive Teaching Practices Presentation by Bozena Rupnik, MCCT Manager of Academic Success Centre, Kaplan Business School

CAUTHE 2024 conference

• On Thursday 8 February from 16:00-17:30, Anastasia Yeark presented Using GenAI in Assessment Design: Scenario Generator. A guide on how teachers can utilise GenAI to create an authentic assessment that incorporates decision tree logic. This showcase built on the recent TEQSA’s guidance on assessment reform in the higher education sector.

Mid-Year Meeting

• Panel discussion on Tourism, Hospitality and Events (THE) Education Futures. Thursday 27 July from 16:00 to 17:00 (AEST), online with speakers: Prof Johan Edelheim, Hokkaido University, Japan, Dr Marcela Fang, William Angliss Institute, Melbourne and Ms Elise Lawrence, International Centre of Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality Education (THE-ICE) Download flyer

Japan Summer school course

• Teaching Tourism: Values-based Transformative Learning Experiences by Johan Edelheim, Professor of Tourism & Media, Hokkaido University, Sapporo on 19-26 August.

CAUTHE 2023 Conference

• Redirecting and re-focusing teaching in Tourism, Hospitality and Events Education on 6 February, 5.00-6.00pm, followed by dinner at the Norfolk Hotel from 6pm. Download flyer