Overview
Background
Associate Professor Christine Slade PhD GCProfLearning BA (Com Plan & Devt) PFHEA ATCL
Assessment and Academic Integrity
In my role as Associate Professor in Higher Education, in the Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation (ITaLI) I contribute to the UQ strategic priorities, with leadership responsibilities in assessment, academic integrity and generative artificial intelligence. In 2023 I received an Australian Award for University Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning for my academic integrity work. In August 2023, I was an invited assessment expert at the TEQSA commissed Assessment Reform in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Forum which developed principles and propositions to support the sector. I also was an expert advisor of the development of the Australian Framework for Generative Artificial Intelligence in Schools.
Digital Ethics
Engaging in technology is part of everyday life, more so since COVID-19. I advocate for the inclusion of digital aspects in curricula and support educators and students in building their digital capabilities for learning and professionals in the workplace. Since 2012 I have advanced folio pedagogies to facilitate students using ePortfolios to demonstrate learning over time, reflect on their developing practices, and to showcase their digital brand to wider audiences. Important aspects of these practices is understanding and applying digital ethics and eProfessionalism principles when engaging online. Therefore, I am a member of the international Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-based Learning (AAEEBL) Taskforce on Digital Ethics and ePortfolios which has produced guiding ethical principles, strategies and scenarios for institutions, educators, administrators and students. I also partnered with the UQ Library to develop a new eProfessionalism digital essentials module for educators and students to use when building their online presence. I have a particular interest in Digital Healthcare and work with international academics and industry representatives to advance student preparation for clinical placements and future work.
Research Interests
My research and teaching interests include innovative pedagogies, assessment, academic integrity, digital curriculum, ePortfolios and ethics. I have written a suite of journal articles and other publications, and presented at national and international conferences about my research and practice (see the 'Publications' tab above).
Availability
- Associate Professor Christine Slade is:
- Not available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, La Trobe University
- Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Learning, University of the Sunshine Coast
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of the Sunshine Coast
- Principal Fellow, Higher Education Academy, Higher Education Academy
Research interests
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Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), Academic Integrity and Assessment
I am interested in the integrity discourse that is being disrupted by GenAI tertiary institutions. Effective use of GenAI in assessment
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Academic Integrity
Using education as a mechanism to inform student and staff knowledge and decision-making about academic integrity Institutional response to the contemporary challenges of academic misconduct. The concept of award integrity The relationship between the values of academic integrity and the concept of assessment security
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Assessment
How to design assessment to meet intended learning outcomes given the diversity of delivery genres needed now Programmatic assessment, professional conversations, literacy and culture change How portfolio pedagogies may be useful in programmatic assessment
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Assessment and feedback
Linking assessment and feedback as a couplet of essential learning elements. Improving feedback literacy for staff and active feedback participation by students. Feedback use across a programmatic approach
Research impacts
Teaching and Learning Research
Current Projects
- Student Perspectives on AI in Higher Education' a collaborative effort of four major Australian Universities: Monash, the University of Queensland, Deakin and the University of Technology Sydney, which aimed to understand higher education students' relationships with GenAI. Project website: aiinhe.org
Past Projects
- Time poor, strategic or vulnerable? Understanding how and why students use online 'buy, sell or trade' file-sharing/tutoring services and the ethical impacts for tertiary institutions' Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Inc (HERDSA) grant 2021-2022 Associate Professor Christine Slade (CI) with Dr Guy Curtis UWA and Sheona Thomson QUT.
- 'Faculty Assessment Practices in Response to COVID-19: opportunities for innovative futures' D2L/ASCILITE grant 2020-2021 with Dr Kathryn Coleman and Kate Mitchell (UniMel) and Professor Patsie Polly (UNSW).
- 'Digital health: towards a learning healthcare system' ITaLI partner Global Change Research Network Grant under the leadership of Associate Professor Clair Sullivan, Centre for Health Services Research
- 'Embedding Digital Health Knowledge, Capabilities and Attributes into University Nursing and Midwifery Curriculum' funded by a UQ New Staff (teaching-focused) Start Up Grant - Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) grant. The aim of the project was to collate the current scholarly literature and best practice available in preparing healthcare graduates to be digitally apt through innovative curriculum. A scoping review of current literature was published in Nurse Education Today and the results of a pilot study with nursing and midwifery students about their perspectives and experiences in using digital systems whilst on placement was published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing.
- 'Professionalisation in Academic Development: Exploring learning designer roles in a changing higher education sector', funded by the Council of Australian Directors of Academic Development (CADAD now CAULLT). This project explored contemporary concerns about the attraction and retention of suitable learning designers by university central teaching and learning units to meet diverse roles and employment conditions. A national survey to learning designers and directors of central teaching and learning units yielded over 120 responses. The results of the survey can be found in the Ascilite 2019 (pp. 272-281) and HERDSA 2019 (pp. 94-104) Conference proceedings
Works
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Featured
2022
Journal Article
Insights into how academics reframed their assessment during a pandemic: disciplinary variation and assessment as afterthought
Slade, Christine, Lawrie, Gwendolyn, Taptamat, Nantana, Browne, Eleanor, Sheppard, Karen and Matthews, Kelly E. (2022). Insights into how academics reframed their assessment during a pandemic: disciplinary variation and assessment as afterthought. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 47 (4), 588-605. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2021.1933379
Featured
2022
Journal Article
Nursing and midwifery students' perspectives of using digital systems on placement: A qualitative study
Peacock, Ann, Slade, Christine and Brown Wilson, Christine (2022). Nursing and midwifery students' perspectives of using digital systems on placement: A qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 78 (4), 1128-1139. doi: 10.1111/jan.15091
Featured
2022
Journal Article
Developing and evaluating nationwide expert-delivered academic integrity workshops for the higher education sector in Australia
Curtis, Guy, Slade, Christine, Bretag, Tracey and McNeil, Margot (2022). Developing and evaluating nationwide expert-delivered academic integrity workshops for the higher education sector in Australia. Higher Education Research and Development, 41 (3), 665-680. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2021.1872057
Featured
2021
Journal Article
Moving beyond self-reports to estimate the prevalence of commercial contract cheating: an Australian study
Curtis, Guy, McNeill, Margot, Slade, Christine, Tremayne, Kell, Harper, Rowena, Rundle, Kiata and Greenaway, Ruth (2021). Moving beyond self-reports to estimate the prevalence of commercial contract cheating: an Australian study. Studies in Higher Education, 47 (9), 1844-1856. doi: 10.1080/03075079.2021.1972093
Featured
2021
Other Outputs
AAEEBL Digital Ethics Principles V.2: Version 2
Zurhellen, Sarah, Haskins, Megan, Cicchino, Amy, Hoeppner, Kristina, Slade, Christine, Mize, Megan, Conefrey, Theresa, Gresham, Morgan and Kelly, Kevin (2021). AAEEBL Digital Ethics Principles V.2: Version 2. Online: Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-based Learning.
Featured
2020
Journal Article
Health care students experience of using digital technology in patient care: a scoping review of the literature
Wilson, Christine Brown, Slade, Christine, Wong, Wai Yee Amy and Peacock, Ann (2020). Health care students experience of using digital technology in patient care: a scoping review of the literature. Nurse Education Today, 95 104580, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104580
Featured
2020
Other Outputs
Academic integrity toolkit
Bretag, Tracey , Slade, Christine, McNeill, Margot and Curtis, Guy (2020). Academic integrity toolkit. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Government Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency.
Featured
2019
Journal Article
Talking about contract cheating: facilitating a forum for collaborative development of assessment practices to combat student dishonesty
Slade, Christine, Rowland, Susan and McGrath, Dominic (2019). Talking about contract cheating: facilitating a forum for collaborative development of assessment practices to combat student dishonesty. International Journal for Academic Development, 24 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/1360144X.2018.1521813
Featured
2018
Journal Article
‘Just turn to us’: the persuasive features of contract cheating websites
Rowland, Susan, Slade, Christine, Wong, Kai-Sheng and Whiting, Brooke (2018). ‘Just turn to us’: the persuasive features of contract cheating websites. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 43 (4), 652-665. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2017.1391948
2025
Conference Publication
Addressing a persistent academic integrity challenge: An approach to tackling copyright infringement on student academic file-sharing sites.
Slade, Christine (2025). Addressing a persistent academic integrity challenge: An approach to tackling copyright infringement on student academic file-sharing sites.. HERDSA QLD, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 21 April 2025.
2025
Journal Article
Integrating academic and professional integrity: a co-designed serious game for nursing students - a multi-methods study
Creighton, Laura, Mitchell, Gary, Hamilton, Conor, Craig, Stephanie, Stark, Patrick, McLaughlin-Borlace, Nuala, Slade, Christine and Brown Wilson, Christine (2025). Integrating academic and professional integrity: a co-designed serious game for nursing students - a multi-methods study. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 21 (1) 8. doi: 10.1007/s40979-025-00181-y
2025
Journal Article
Promoting self-efficacy of nursing students in academic integrity through a digital serious game: A pre/post-test study
Creighton, Laura, Brown Wilson, Christine, Anderson, Tara, Hamilton, Conor, Curtis, Guy, Slade, Christine and Mitchell, Gary (2025). Promoting self-efficacy of nursing students in academic integrity through a digital serious game: A pre/post-test study. Nursing Reports, 15 (2) 45, 1-11. doi: 10.3390/nursrep15020045
2025
Journal Article
What generative Artificial Intelligence priorities and challenges do senior Australian educational policy makers identify (and why)?
Bower, Matt, Henderson, Michael, Slade, Christine, Southgate, Erica, Gulson, Kalervo and Lodge, Jason (2025). What generative Artificial Intelligence priorities and challenges do senior Australian educational policy makers identify (and why)?. AER. doi: 10.1007/s13384-025-00801-z
2024
Conference Publication
Addressing a persistent academic integrity challenge: an approach to tackling copyright infringement on student academic file-sharing sites
Slade, Christine, Lewandowski-Cox, James and Walton, James (2024). Addressing a persistent academic integrity challenge: an approach to tackling copyright infringement on student academic file-sharing sites. HERDSA + ACEN | Snapshots 2024, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 5 December 2024.
2024
Journal Article
Assumption: students are using GenAI in the same way
Walton, Jack and Slade, Christine (2024, 11 12). Assumption: students are using GenAI in the same way Future Campus online.
2024
Journal Article
Gen AI and student perspectives of use and ambiguity : A multi-institutional study
Fawns, Tim, Henderson, Michael, Matthews, Kelly, Oberg, Glenys, Liang, Yifei, Walton, Jack, Corbin, Thomas, Bearman, Margaret, Buckingham Shum, Simon, McCluskey, Trish, McLean, Jan, Shibani, Antonette, Bakharia, Aneesha, Lim, Lisa-Angelique, Pepperell, Nicole, Slade, Christine, Chung, Jen and Seligmann, Ari (2024). Gen AI and student perspectives of use and ambiguity : A multi-institutional study. ASCILITE Publications, 132-134. doi: 10.14742/apubs.2024.1218
2024
Journal Article
Student use of Generative AI : Findings of a multi-institutional large-scale survey
Chung, Jennifer, Henderson, Michael, Pepperell, Nicole, Slade, Christine, Liang, Yifei and Yu, Shihua (2024). Student use of Generative AI : Findings of a multi-institutional large-scale survey. ASCILITE Publications, 101-102. doi: 10.14742/apubs.2024.1153
2024
Conference Publication
Coproduction, codelivery and codesign in curriculum development
Brown Wilson, C., McCutcheon, K., Slade, C., McMullan, J. and Mitchell, G. (2024). Coproduction, codelivery and codesign in curriculum development. International Nurse Education Conference, Singapore, Singapore, 27 - 30 October 2024.
2024
Conference Publication
Use of an academic integrity serious educational game to support professionalism in pre-registration nursing: a mixed methods evaluation
Creighton, L., Mitchell, G., Hamilton, C., Stark, P., McLaughlin-Borlace, N., Craig, S., Slade, C. and Brown Wilson, C. (2024). Use of an academic integrity serious educational game to support professionalism in pre-registration nursing: a mixed methods evaluation. International Nurse Education Conference, Singapore, Singapore, 27 - 30 October 2024.
2024
Journal Article
A pedagogical evaluation of an institution's digital assessment platform (DAP): integrating pedagogical, technical and contextual factors
Slade, Christine, Mahon, Kathleen, Lynagh, Jacqueline, McGrath, Dominic, Sheppard, Karen, Ahsan, Syed Qasim Muhammad and Benson, Karen (2024). A pedagogical evaluation of an institution's digital assessment platform (DAP): integrating pedagogical, technical and contextual factors. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 40 (4), 90-104. doi: 10.14742/ajet.9448
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Christine Slade is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Examining the Process of Assessment Innovation in Business Education: A Complex Adaptive Systems Approach
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Rachel Fitzgerald
Completed supervision
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
The connection between experience and learning: Student perspectives on the significance of international study
Associate Advisor
Media
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