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 in tertiary institutions. Effective use of GenAI in assessment for student learning and maintaining academic integrity Links between personal, academic and professionalism Student perspectives of GenAI
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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 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
Search Professor Christine Slade’s works on UQ eSpace
2021
Conference Publication
Increased student participation in feedback using ePortfolios: Shifting to a new paradigm
Bowker, Shari and Slade, Christine (2021). Increased student participation in feedback using ePortfolios: Shifting to a new paradigm. Australian ePortfolio Forum, Online with University of New South Wales, 20-21 October 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Digital Ethics Principles in ePortfolios: Version 2: Resource development by the AAEEBL Digital Ethics ePortfolio Task Force in 2021
Slade, Christine and Cicchino, Amy (2021). Digital Ethics Principles in ePortfolios: Version 2: Resource development by the AAEEBL Digital Ethics ePortfolio Task Force in 2021. Australian ePortfolio Forum, Online with University of New South Wales, 20-21 October 2021. Sydney, NSW, Australia: ePortfolios Australia.
2021
Conference Publication
A continuing consideration of digital ethics in ePortfolios: expanding AAEEBL's Digital Ethics Principles in ePortfolio resource
Slade, Christine and Cicchino, Amy (2021). A continuing consideration of digital ethics in ePortfolios: expanding AAEEBL's Digital Ethics Principles in ePortfolio resource. Australian ePortfolio Forum, Online in association with University of New South Wales, 20-21 October 2021.
2021
Other Outputs
Talking about assessment design principles, authenticity and academic integrity
Slade, Christine and Rutherford, Peter (2021). Talking about assessment design principles, authenticity and academic integrity. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2021
Other Outputs
Students as partners research project: characteristic features of 'buy, sell or trade' file-sharing websites
Slade, Christine (2021, 08 24). Students as partners research project: characteristic features of 'buy, sell or trade' file-sharing websites International Center for Academic Integrity Blog
2021
Other Outputs
Supporting WIL with ePortfolios
Slade, Christine and Bowker, Shari (2021). Supporting WIL with ePortfolios. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation.
2021
Other Outputs
DATASET: Student as Partners Summer Research Project 2020-2021: Characteristic features of ‘buy, sell or trade’ file-sharing websites: Potential ethical pitfalls for students and implications for higher education institutions
Slade, Christine, Prasetyawati, Wuri, Abando, Louella Mae, Feng, Jinguan and Rowland, Susan (2021). DATASET: Student as Partners Summer Research Project 2020-2021: Characteristic features of ‘buy, sell or trade’ file-sharing websites: Potential ethical pitfalls for students and implications for higher education institutions. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation, The University of Queensland.
2021
Conference Publication
Detecting and addressing cheating in online assessment
Slade, Christine (2021). Detecting and addressing cheating in online assessment. Australia - Indonesia Virtual Assessment Dialogue, Online, 12 August 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Using Rubrics in Assessment Master Class
Slade, Christine (2021). Using Rubrics in Assessment Master Class. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, University of the Liberal Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 29 July 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
AAEEBL digital ethics principles for ePortfolios: developing a vision for the future
Zurhellen, Sarah, Haskins, Megan, Mize, Megan, Mize, Megan, Kelly, Kevin and Slade, Christine (2021). AAEEBL digital ethics principles for ePortfolios: developing a vision for the future. Association for Authentic Experiential and Evidence Based Learning, Online, 20-22 July 2021.
2021
Journal Article
Digital ethics in ePortfolios: developing principles, strategies, and scenarios
Cicchino, Amy, Haskins, Megan, Gresham, Morgan, Kelly, Kevin, Slade, Christine and Zurhellen, Sarah (2021). Digital ethics in ePortfolios: developing principles, strategies, and scenarios. International Journal of ePortfolio, 11 (1) Digital Ethics Article, 67-82.
2021
Other Outputs
Progressing assessment at UQ: A background paper
Slade, Christine, McGrath, Dominic and Benson, Karen (2021). Progressing assessment at UQ: A background paper.
2021
Conference Publication
Upholding academic integrity: an institutional response to student use of contract cheating services
Slade, Christine (2021). Upholding academic integrity: an institutional response to student use of contract cheating services. IAFOR International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, 6-10 January 2021. Honolulu, Hawaii, United States: IAFOR.
2021
Conference Publication
Is it worse than we thought? Estimating the prevalence of commercial contract cheating using an incentivized truth-telling methodology
Curtis, G., McNeill, M., Slade, C., Harper, R., Rundle, K., Tremayne, K. and Greenaway, R. (2021). Is it worse than we thought? Estimating the prevalence of commercial contract cheating using an incentivized truth-telling methodology. WA Teaching and Learning Forum 2021 30th Anniversary: Pearls of Wisdom, Perth, WA Australia, 28 January 2021.
2021
Other Outputs
Student Identity Verified (SIV) Assessment Workshop: A response to contract cheating
Slade, Christine (2021). Student Identity Verified (SIV) Assessment Workshop: A response to contract cheating. London, United Kingdom: University College London.
2021
Conference Publication
Upholding academic integrity: an institutional response to student use of contract cheating services
Slade, Christine (2021). Upholding academic integrity: an institutional response to student use of contract cheating services. 6th IAFOR International Conference on Education, Online from Hawaii, 6-10 January 2021.
2020
Conference Publication
Developing digital capabilities of future students through consensus curriculum development
Brown Wilson, Christine and Slade, Christine (2020). Developing digital capabilities of future students through consensus curriculum development. ICED 2020, Zurich, Switzerland, 15-19 June 2020. Zurich, Switzerland: Educational Development and Technology Unit (LET) ETH.
2020
Conference Publication
The future is now as educational developers foster academic integrity in universities
Slade, Christine and Benson, Karen (2020). The future is now as educational developers foster academic integrity in universities. ICED 2020, Zurich, Switzerland, 15-19 June 2020. Zurich, Switzerland: ETH.
2020
Other Outputs
Reflections on academic integrity and academic development during COVID-19 at the University of Queensland, Australia
Slade, Christine and Benson, Karen (2020). Reflections on academic integrity and academic development during COVID-19 at the University of Queensland, Australia. Albany, NY, United States: ICAI.
2020
Conference Publication
Health care students' experience using digital systems in patient care whilst on clinical placement: Implications for educators and industry
Slade, Christine (2020). Health care students' experience using digital systems in patient care whilst on clinical placement: Implications for educators and industry. Digital Health Institute Summit, Online, 5-25 November 2020.
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
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