The Inspired Learning Summit 2018 was held at UNSW Sydney 
on 27 September.
This page includes video recordings of the Keynote Speech as well as the Panel Debate session.
You can also find here materials related to some of the Multimedia Showcase presentations. If you are interested in a resource that isn't listed here, or if you'd like to reach out to any of the showcase presenters, contact us via [email protected].
All the bright lights - living and learning with a disability
Keynote speech by Abby Himashi Jayasuriya
To view the recording click here or the image.
Abby Himashi Jayasuriya is a PhD student at UNSW, specialising in ethnomusicology. She was born in Australia after her parents migrated from Sri Lanka and was soon diagnosed with a visual impairment called retinitis pigmentosa. She overcame many difficulties with perseverance and a strong dependence on technology.
One of her missions in life is to develop mastery over her devices and to share this knowledge with others when possible. She was therefore very pleased when invited to join the PVC(E)’s Students as Partners project last May. Her role was to audit online courses in accordance with accessibility requirements of visually impaired students. Her collaboration with Nicole Saintilan and Emily Chandler has sparked some awareness of existing issues and methods of creating accessible content.
Accessibility Presentation
Presentation by: Dr Emily Chandler
Animations and Graphic Design
Presentation by: Dr Vanessa Huron, Dr Nicole Saintilan and Dr James Vassie
Ethical use of student data - panel debate
Facilitated by Dr Lorenzo Vigentini
Watch the video recording here or click the image below.
Ethical (and acceptable) use of student data to enable the personalisation of learning and to inform the evaluation and improvement of teaching quality, at a time in which controversy about data privacy is prominent in the public discourse.
This panel debate provided an opportunity to collectively challenge our beliefs and preconceptions to articulate core principles that might frame institutional policies on the use of student data in the digital era.
Panel composition
Pro Vice Chancellor Education,
UNSW Sydney
Chief Data & Analytics Officer,
UNSW Planning & Performance - Division of Strategy & Quality, UNSW Sydney
Head, Student Reporting & Analytics,
UNSW Sydney
A/Prof. Wayne Wobcke
Academic in Computing Science and Artificial Intelligence with relevant interest and expertise,
UNSW Sydney
Director of Education-focussed Career Development,
Deputy Head of School and Director of Teaching BABS,
Inaugural UNSW Scientia Education Fellow
Principal at Data Synergies;
WS Chair, Data Access, Use and Privacy at IoTAA;
Consultant, Gilbert + Tobin
Director of the Centre for Big Data Research in Health,
UNSW Sydney
Vice President of Human Resources - UNSW Education Society,
Survey reference group; advocacy work,
UNSW Sydney
PhD Candidate - Data architecture, Internet of Things, sensor data analytics, applied machine learning,
UNSW Sydney
Virtual Tours and 3D Models
Demo presentations by: Dr Felipe Crisostomo Munoz, Dr Naila Even, Dr Shaun Lehman and Alex Lewis
