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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2020
Conference Publication
Digital ethics in ePortfolio practice
Kirby, Misty M., Downer, Terri and Slade, Christine (2020). Digital ethics in ePortfolio practice. Australian ePortfolio Forum 2020, Online supported by Deakin University, 29-30 October 2020.
2020
Conference Publication
Creating, designing and developing our eportfolio Co-Lab
Coleman, Kathryn, Mitchell, Kate, Polly, Patsie and Slade, Christine (2020). Creating, designing and developing our eportfolio Co-Lab. Australian ePortfolio Forum 2020, Online supported by Deakin University, 29-30 October 2020.
2020
Conference Publication
In-depth consideration of digital ethics in using ePortfolios: resource development by the AAEEBL Digital Ethics ePortfolio Task Force
Slade, Christine, Kelly, Kevin, Stuart, Heather and Mize, Megan (2020). In-depth consideration of digital ethics in using ePortfolios: resource development by the AAEEBL Digital Ethics ePortfolio Task Force. Australian ePortfolio Forum 2020, Online supported by Deakin University, 29-30 October 2020.
2020
Conference Publication
The digital student: using an ePortfolio as a digital maturity pedagogy to successfully engage online
Slade, Christine and Brown Wilson, Christine (2020). The digital student: using an ePortfolio as a digital maturity pedagogy to successfully engage online. Australian ePortfolio Forum, Online, 29-30 October 2020. Melbourne: ePortfolios Australia.
2020
Conference Publication
The digital student: using an ePortfolio as a digital maturity pedagogy to successfully engage online
Slade, Christine and Brown Wilson, Christine (2020). The digital student: using an ePortfolio as a digital maturity pedagogy to successfully engage online. Australian ePortfolio Forum 2020, Online supported by Deakin University, 29-30 October 2020.
2020
Conference Publication
In-depth consideration of digital ethics in using ePortfolios: Resource development of the AAEEBL Digital Ethics ePortfolio Task Force
Slade, Christine, Kelly, Kevin, Mize, Megan K. and Stuart, Heather (2020). In-depth consideration of digital ethics in using ePortfolios: Resource development of the AAEEBL Digital Ethics ePortfolio Task Force. Australian ePortfolio Forum, Online, 26-27th October 2022. Adelaide, SA Australia: ePortfolios Australia.
2020
Other Outputs
Taking contract cheating seriously: institutional-student partnership for action
Slade, Christine, Benson, Karen, Adams, Peter, Franklin, Craig, van roo Douglas, Ethan and Evans, Rowan (2020). Taking contract cheating seriously: institutional-student partnership for action. Atlanta, GA, United States: International Center for Academic Integrity.
2020
Journal Article
"RIPSSL": a new reflective inquiry protocol to lift the lid on students' significant extra-curricular learning outcomes from study abroad
Reid, Andrea, Slade, Christine and Rowland, Susan (2020). "RIPSSL": a new reflective inquiry protocol to lift the lid on students' significant extra-curricular learning outcomes from study abroad. The Qualitative Report, 25 (7), 1873-1889. doi: 10.46743/2160-3715/2020.4370
2020
Other Outputs
Academic integrity toolkit (Beta version)
Bretag, Tracey, Curtis, Guy, O'Neill, Margot and Slade, Christine (2020). Academic integrity toolkit (Beta version). Sydney, Australia: Australian Government Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency.
2020
Other Outputs
Defining digital ethics when using eportfolios
Slade, Christine (Panellist), Kirby, Misty (Panellist), Haskins, Megan (Panellist) and Crowley-Watson, Megan (Panellist) (2020). Defining digital ethics when using eportfolios. Adelaide, Australia: Eportfolios Australia.
2020
Journal Article
From consultation and collaboration to consensus: introducing an alternative model of curriculum development
Brown Wilson, Christine and Slade, Christine (2020). From consultation and collaboration to consensus: introducing an alternative model of curriculum development. International Journal for Academic Development, 25 (2), 189-194. doi: 10.1080/1360144x.2019.1584897
2020
Conference Publication
Learning designers as capacity builders in Australian universities
Slade, Christine, Parker, Jeff, McGrath, Dominic and Greenaway, Ruth (2020). Learning designers as capacity builders in Australian universities. Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 July 2019. Sydney, NSW Australia: HERDSA.
2019
Journal Article
Students’ conceptual understanding and attitudes towards technology and user experience before and after use of an ePortfolio
Slade, Christine and Downer, Terri (2019). Students’ conceptual understanding and attitudes towards technology and user experience before and after use of an ePortfolio. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 32 (3), 553-560. doi: 10.1007/s12528-019-09245-8
2019
Conference Publication
Student secondary use of ePortfolio Data: a need for digital ethics guidelines
Kirby, M. M., Slade, C. and Brown Wilson, C. (2019). Student secondary use of ePortfolio Data: a need for digital ethics guidelines. Higher Education Research Association of Australasia, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 July 2019.
2019
Journal Article
Patient portals facilitating engagement with inpatient electronic medical records: a systematic review
Dendere, Ronald, Slade, Christine, Burton-Jones, Andrew, Sullivan, Clair, Staib, Andrew and Janda, Monika (2019). Patient portals facilitating engagement with inpatient electronic medical records: a systematic review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21 (4) e12779, e12779. doi: 10.2196/12779
2019
Conference Publication
The technology evolution in higher education: Is there still a place for ePortfolios?
Slade, Christine, Tsai, Jessica and Daniels, Amber (2019). The technology evolution in higher education: Is there still a place for ePortfolios?. Australian ePortfolio Forum, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 20-21 November 2019. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ePortfolios Australia.
2019
Conference Publication
Student secondary use of ePortfolio data
Kirby, Misty, Slade, Christine, Brown Wilson, Christine, Downer, Terri, Fisher, Bernadette, Siddiqui, Zarrin, Isbel, Stephen, McAllister, Lynn and Miller, Allison (2019). Student secondary use of ePortfolio data. 42nd Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Annual Conference, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 July 2019. Auckland: University of Auckland.
2019
Book Chapter
Starting early: using ePortfolios to prepare first year midwifery students for professional practice
Downer, Terri and Slade, Christine (2019). Starting early: using ePortfolios to prepare first year midwifery students for professional practice. Ensuring quality in professional education volume I: Human Client Fields Pedagogy and Knowledge Structures. (pp. 73-98) edited by Karen Trimmer, Fernando F. Padró and Tara Newman. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-01096-6_4
2019
Conference Publication
Exploring ePortfolio practice in health & education: a need for digital ethics guidelines
Kirby, M., Slade, C., Brown Wilson, C., Downer, T., Isbel, S., Fisher, M., Siddiqui, Z. and McAllister, L. (2019). Exploring ePortfolio practice in health & education: a need for digital ethics guidelines. Australian ePortfolio Forum, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 20-21 November 2019. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ePortfolios Australia.
2019
Conference Publication
Challenges in sustaining technology enhanced learning: recruitment, employment and retention of learning designers in Australian universities
Slade, Christine, McGrath, Dominic, Greenaway, Ruth and Parker, Jeffrey (2019). Challenges in sustaining technology enhanced learning: recruitment, employment and retention of learning designers in Australian universities. ASCILITE 36th International Conference of Innovation Practce and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education, Singapore, Singapore, 2-5 December 2019. Singapore, Singapore: Singapore University of Social Science.
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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