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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 11

Whew, made @amandalovestoaudit.bsky.social 's #HERDSA2025 mash up dinner post. Also taking full credit for planting the seed for her to get selfie with Andrew Norton ;-)

Assoc Prof Amanda White OAM @amandalovestoaudit.bsky.social · Jul 9

Congrats to the #herdsa2025 social team for a great conference dinner!
Highlight was when @andrewjnorton.bsky.social said yes to a selfie! Amazing food, venue was great and the art activity was 🤌. Can’t wait to see the Photo Booth pics!

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 9

Herman B Wells vision for IU was a uni with strong linguistic and cultural roots - preparing grads for a complex internationalized world.

That’s now all being dismantled, thanks to a conservative gov who doesn’t see value in ‘niche’ courses. And they’re only just getting started.

Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · Jul 8

Editorial: Indiana University, Ball State and Purdue are gutted without logic or thought

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/07/e...

Editorial: Indiana University, Ball State and Purdue are gutted without logic or thought

Taking an axe to degree programs at Indiana University makes no sense.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 9

Alex Steel from UNSW encourages a practical yet undervalued reflection for educators:

- Why am I offering this assessment?
- What course learning outcomes does it support?
- What am I hoping they will learn?

#HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 9

The fab @drjot.bsky.social presenting on behalf of our team on the challenges of group assessment for equity students

Speaks the variety of experiences our students (often lumped together) face - there is no one type of student! #HERDSA2025

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Reposted by Mollie Dollinger

Assoc Prof Amanda White OAM @amandalovestoaudit.bsky.social · Jul 9

If you’re coming to my #herds2025 keynote tomorrow and want to check out a bit about what I do - you can check out my IG

www.instagram.com/amandalovest...

Same handle on YT (longer form video) and TikTok

Login • Instagram

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 9

Gov messaging is contradictory.

One hand trying to increase total number of heads, other hand hoping to dictate spots in this course but not that, this uni but not that one.

Norton points out this won’t work. Can’t have the cake and eat it too! #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 9

Norton brings up the new gov review of uni board membership.

He predicts that it will find that most uni boards will be shown not to have the necessary expertise needed to make sound uni-wide decisions. #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 9

In case anyone is interested - collecting student complaints IMO is not student voice nor partnership activity.

It retains traditional power imbalances, and pits educators vs students.

Not saying it shouldn’t exist, but it should be the last ditch effort. #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 9

Whew! Norton highlighting so many policy issues - gender based violence, discrimination, campus safety, casual underpayment.

This is why we need more policy research! #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 9

The creation of the National Student Ombudsman is really a game-changer.

Creates a central function to acknowledge students complaints - which increases some admin - but attempts to elevate these concerns.

#HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 9

Andrew Norton’s work and expertise rightfully calls out concern of over regulation in higher ed — makes us less nimble, more constrained..

That not how big ideas get made. #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 9

Haha on my soapbox, but we really do need more policy people.. and esp diverse people!

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 8

Would be good to link up more if the frameworks that emerged from that time! Surely would save some time

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 8

Oh yes!! I knew it (without the help of the internet or AI). Thx for sharing

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 8

Update. @drjot.bsky.social now knitting. Def should get points if you ever spot this IRL, but likely means the responsibility to tweet is on me now… #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 8

Can anyone ‘longer in the tooth’ tell me if there was this much emphasis on the various ways students would use the Internet?

Compared to the now focus on the ways students use AI.

#HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 8

Or maybe it was… @carlessdavid.bsky.social ?

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 8

I also like Esterhazy’s notion of feedback as an event (didn’t @kgravett.bsky.social also write on this?)

I like nuancing the type of feedback, from the banal, the expected, to the transformation. In the latter, it really feeling like a moment. #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 8

Jack from CRADLE further notes that students uncomplicated use of GenAI is in fact complicated…

Good point. And really links to the need to shift to detect learning, which btw is really hard and much much harder than detecting cheating @jasonmlodge.bsky.social #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 8

Sometimes I take sentences that say students and replace it with ‘people’. In this case, it totally works 😅

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 8

Corbin points out that AI tools often guide our students on what to read. This is really really scary!!

Good news - this is why we need educators. To curate the reading and make sure students aren’t just reading the dominant texts of our disciplines #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 8

Oh something positive! That’s nice

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thomas Corbin of CRADLE fame, highlights that most students use GenAI even though they don’t trust it very much.

Human nature I suppose to cut corners, even when we know it’s not good for us. #HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 8

Love the UNSW recognition that students don’t love surveys!

This is why we need more engaging and dare I say relational approaches to higher ed research…

#HERDSA2025

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Mollie Dollinger @molliedollin.bsky.social · Jul 8

When you see the back of this head, you know the pressure to share on social media is off. 🤣

@drjot.bsky.social

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