Greetings from day 2 of "The Evolving University" stream of EDUtech Australia 2025 at the Sydney Convention Center. Associate Professor Rachel Fitzgerald, Deputy Associate Dean (Academic) UQ pointed out that academics who teach are mostly not trained teachers. What I hope she would say next was "here is how we can get them trained and qualified". Instead she talked about AI. Unlike most of my colleagues I have been trained to teach. But then Professor Fitzgerald pivoted to the %PACK teaching techniques. As I understand it, the idea is to offer teacher training as a response to concern over AI. It is a clever idea, but perhaps not sustainable. Without compulsion I am not sure universities will put the resources into staff qualified to teach.
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