Chee Wong

Another great episode of Teacher Insights from Catalyst 🙌🏼 In this episode, Dr Carl Hendrick dives into how learning happens, insights on the evolving educational landscape in Australia, the Science of Learning, and the myths that often mislead teachers and schools Catholic Education, Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn https://lnkd.in/gav7_RW8

36

Teachers lead charge shaping classrooms Thank you to Peter Hanlon at The Australian Financial Review for this article. It was great to contribute to a piece that recognises the leadership, critical thinking, and responsible decision-making educators are demonstrating towards GenAI. The article reflects what many already know: teachers are leading innovation, resisting hype, and demanding responsible AI grounded in sound pedagogy. The article also points to organisations like Education Services Australia (ESA) and the eSafety Commissioner who are building capacity around digital safety and risk, and Wyndham Tech School, Brimbank Tech School and associated Communities and Practice empowering teachers and schools, which Smart Glasses Lab, coleader Dr. J Andrew Welsman has a wealth of knowledge about. What the article doesn’t point to, is academic integrity or assessment reform. With 72% of the teaching workforce identifying as women, and the rise of smart glasses, deepfakes, and covert surveillance through smartglasses, GenAI is not just a pedagogical issue - it’s a gendered workplace safety risk. This isn't down playing that work - it is uplifting the impacts GenAI has on student experience on placement. It demands we reconsider what 'classroom readiness' looks like. GenAI is reshaping student experience, and this shift cannot be ignored. To do so, is not only naïve - it is reckless. Further, in the article, I refer to www.AI4education.org, a free, open-access platform offering 40+ scenarios as a potential solution. The goal of these scenarios is simple: to improve student experience. Made possible thanks to Victoria University's Special Studies Program (SSP), these scenarios in 2025 alone, have been engaged with by educators from 29 countries and I hope they offer you practical activities to integrate into your curriculum too. Notably, however, this global interest, reinforces a broader truth: educators understand that the impact of GenAI on student experience is not limited to integrity or assessment reform. It includes digital safety, ethical innovation, protection from emerging harms, and inclusive, anticipatory governance. As universities prepare for the Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence, our AI strategies in teacher education must reflect the same principles: prevention, equity, care, and accountability. If practice about GenAI stays focused only learning outcomes, and plagiarism, it will miss deeper risks: deepfakes, biometric surveillance, and platform creep that impact student experience. Teachers are leading the way, lets do so in intital teacher education too. Our graduates must be equipped for a world where muck-up day this year could involve a deepfake of them, in a 'prank gone wrong'. This is the reality they are entering, and to equip them with anything less is a failure of duty of care. Massive thank you to Gemma Williams for VU research to have such great impact. #AIGE #AIgovernanceforEducation

33

7 Comments

Today, education experts from across the country gathered for the Teacher Workforce Roundtable 2025, at the National Museum of Australia. Representatives from schools, unions and education and government experts shared their expertise and insights on national priorities for the teacher workforce. Key themes included: o strengthening the teaching profession through contemporary, nationally consistent accreditation and standards o supporting teacher and principal wellbeing and workplace safety o enhancing teacher workforce data and analysis with more effective and efficient governance. This national collaboration follows the implementation of the National Teacher Workforce Action Plan.

62