Submissions are invited in the following categories:
- Abstracts for Conference Days (Wednesday and Thursday), one page limit per abstract, as in the Template.
- Refereed Papers for Conference Days (Wednesday and Thursday): Full article submission, including an abstract of no more than 200 words and length of 5-6 pages. These will be fully peer-reviewed.
Generative AI tools are increasingly used in research and academic writing. If you have used generative AI in preparing your submission, please include a brief statement acknowledging this use as part of your submission. e.g., ChatGPT 4o was used as part of the editorial process when drafting this abstract to improve clarity and readability.
Submission close: 2 June for abstracts for oral presentations and posters. 16th June for refereed papers.
Please note you will need to nominate one of the following sub-themes for your submission. The sub-theme will be used to help arrange the program, and will not appear in the published abstract.
- Assessment: submissions under this sub-theme should share best-practice, lessons learned and/or new approaches to assessing student learning. We welcome submission that are grappling with ‘the future’ of assessment.
- Experiential Learning: submissions under this sub-theme should share approaches to providing ‘experiences’ within programs and courses. This sub-theme may include papers on the use of labs, practicals and field trips; authentic learning; or pedagogies that engage with affective, transformational or reflective practice.
- Technology Enhanced Learning: submissions under this sub-theme should focus on the role of technology in supporting effective student learning and in supporting students’ futures. Submissions could also explore the challenges and complexities of technology in science and maths education now and in the future.
- Work Integrated Learning: submissions under this sub-theme explore the ways in which explicit professional practices, government, industry and other employers are brought into the STEM higher education curriculum. Papers could also consider how this approach impacts students’ ability to shape the/their future.
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: submissions under this sub-theme should provide insight into different challenges, approaches and solutions to creating equity, diversity and inclusion in the tertiary classroom and/or on campus. This could include, for example, modifications to traditional teaching structures to facilitate accessible learning for neurodiverse cohorts, and those with chronic conditions and specific needs.
- Elevating First Nations Australians’ Sciences: submissions under this sub-theme should focus on teaching and learning that engages with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and perspectives and may also include training and upskilling of staff. .
- Other: if your submission does not fit under one of the listed sub-themes, or you cannot decide between sub-themes, choose this category. The sub-themes are for use by the program committee to help arrange the program and will not appear in the published abstract.
Abstracts and papers must be formatted following the conference style guidelines.
The abstract or paper you submit for Conference Days (Wednesday and Thursday) may be accepted as poster or oral presentation. Presentations in parallel sessions will be allocated according to sub-themes. the Program Committee will endeavour to allocate sub-themes based on author recommendations. This will depend on the number of submissions received and the topic of your submission.
If your abstract is accepted as poster, you may be asked to present a one-minute “elevator pitch” of your poster. Posters and pitches will be presented in-person.
Discipline Day: The Tuesday morning sessions for Discipline Day in 2025 will be picking up on the themes of education leadership, dissemination/publication and career development. In the afternoon, discipline groups, including Third Space practitioners will have an opportunity to come together.
If you would be willing to lead discussions in your discipline, please read out to the conference organisers via acdsteachinglearning@gmail.com. Where there are multiple expressions of interest from a discipline area, we will connect you up to facilitate planning.
Accepted abstracts and refereed papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings.
