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2023: ACODE Whitepapers

ASCILITE is proud to publish these whitepapers for ACODE as part of our MoU. ACODE's mission is to enhance policy and practice in Australasian higher education around technology enhanced learning and teaching at institutional, national and international levels.

For more information about ACODE, visit https://www.acode.edu.au/

Published: 14 March 2023

ACODE Whitepapers

  • Embracing AI for student and staff productivity : An ACODE Whitepaper based on the ACODE 88 Workshop and Roundtables

    Lynnae Venaruzzo, Kate Ames, Steve Leichtweis

    The ACODE 88 workshop was held on Thursday 2 March 2023 with 241 registrations from 31 institutions. Attendees represented a broad range of roles from across the sector, including teaching academic staff, educational designers and technologists, directors of learning and teaching, and learning support specialist staff. In addition to activities on the day, a pre-workshop survey was distributed to institutional representatives to determine the current state of decision-making, understanding, and actions on the use of AI. The survey received 34 responses from Australasian higher education institutions, and the following recommendations were developed based on workshop discussions, roundtables and survey responses.

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  • Governance of artificial intelligence and data in Australasian higher education: A snapshot of policy and practice

    Ratna Selvaratnam, Lynnae Venaruzzo

    Governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly urgent in higher education institutions for its impact on the quality and equity of education. Earlier in 2023, AI usage conversations across the sector appeared to predominantly focus on the other AI, Academic Integrity. Just like the technology has advanced in the past eight months since the first ACODE (Australasian Council of Open Digital Education) whitepaper on this topic this year, so too has the practice of using AI. In October 2023, ACODE conducted a survey to get an understanding of AI policy and practice in member institutions. The results show there is a mixed view whether guidelines and policies are in place with respect to the governance of AI and data which suggests the sector needs to continue these conversations for some time to come. Furthermore, ethical application of AI is emerging through experimental activities and pilots of proof of concepts, suggesting that case studies and recommendations for practice could be developed in 2024 to further assure quality and equity in education.

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