Authentic Assessment in The Age of Generative AI Michael Sankey We have all struggled with the advent of Generative AI in higher education, and the last 10 months has been quite the ride, particularly in terms of how quickly this has evolved. But we are starting to see some clean air as the dust starts […]

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Associate Professor Steve Wheeler from Plymouth University in the UK on his thoughts about the future of the VLE (virtual learning environment) and how Social Media now fits within the Higher Education picture moving forward. As with many of us, Steve started his journey with social media playing with wiki’s, blogs and by […]

Professor Michael Sankey This work is an extrapolation of work originally published in: Sankey, M. D. (2022). The state of Australasian online higher education post-pandemic and beyond. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 19(2), 14-26.https://doi.org/10.53761/1.19.2.2 Assessment Tools and tips for use Create an online social media advertisement on the topic you’re learning Most students today […]

Professor Michael Sankey. Griffith University This article was first published in the APAC CIOoutlook Magazine in December 2020. Please cite: Sankey. M. (2020). The changing face of technology enhanced learning. APAC CIO Magazine. December. Available from: https://education.apacciooutlook.com/cxoinsights/the-changing-face-of-technology-enhanced-learning-nwid-7862.html The digital ecologies we employ are changing because the way we are teaching is changing. As we have […]

Professor Michael Sankey – Griffith University 1 November 2020 Digital learning has evolved somewhat differently in Australia than it has in many other developed nations, primarily because of the physical distances involved on this sizeable continent. This has led to, on average, Australian institutions being bigger than those in the UK and US, and this […]

First published in LinkedIn 29 November 2019 If you missed Part 1 please first see: Instagram in Platos’ Despite the confluence of digital medias, image manipulation (though not a new phenomenon), and the ubiquitous availability of representations, the photograph has shown an astonishing resilience to still be seen as evidence. We evidence the fact that we […]

First published on LinkedIn 30 September 2019 Michael Sankey with the help of Richard Avedon In homage to Susan Sontag’s ‘On Photography’ some 42 years on As humanity moves from lingering on in Plato’s cave to creating new visions, or representations of so-called truth, by representing ‘the moment’ millions of times an hour, it potentially […]