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Annual Council Meeting 2018 Western Sydney University Parramatta Campus Thursday 5–Friday 6 July 2018	Eighteen Deans, Heads of Schools or their representatives attended the ACDICT Annual Council Meeting (with one apology due to Sydney's fog) On 5–6 July 2018, at the Female Orphan School on Western Sydney University Parramatta Campus meeting schedule New President, Deputy President and members of Executive At the Annual Council Meeting 5-6 July 2018 a new executive was inducted. There were the same number of nominations as vacancies in the executive. The new executive is: President: Prof Katrina Falkner, University of Adelaide (to 2020) Deputy President (and president-elect): Associate Professor Trina Myers, James Cook University(to 2020) Immediate past president: Prof Maurice Pagnucco, UNSW (to 2020) ordinary executive member: Prof Simeon Simoff, Western Sydney University (to 2020) ordinary executive member: Prof Andrew Woodward, Edith Cowan University (to 2019) ordinary executive member: Peta Wyeth, Queensland University of Technology (to July 2020) Many thanks to our retired and resigned members of the executive, Professor Iwona Miliszewska UTS, Professor Justin Zobel, University of Melbourne, and Dr Simon, University of Newcastle. Presentation notes and references Graduate Readiness for Work and Employability Kevin Harris, WorldSkills Australia, on behalf of AIIA, Graduate Readiness for Employability James Alexander, Incubate and Galileo notes to come additional notes: Denise Jackson & Grant Michelson (2015), Factors influencing the employment of Australian PhD graduates, Studies in Higher Education, 40:9, 1660-1678, DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2014.899344 (paywall) Cybersecurity education Matt Wilcox, Fifith Domain (notes coming soon) Stephenie Andahl, AustCyber, AustCyber’s core mission and building the cyber security workforce other references: ACS webpage of accredited courses with cybersecurity ACS accreditation update Science and Technology Australia Darren Saunders, Secretary STA notes coming soon further notes and references: STA/Professionals Australia Science Remuneration Report 2017 Information snapshots (Chris Johnson) Information snippets enrolment numbers, student satisfaction, digital jobs gap, STEM gap, student gender balance Benchmarking assessment, Attrition and retention Benchmarking assessment Chris Johnson (2018), ACDICT Benchmarking Assessment Survey 2018: Survey results and Comments Ray Bachan (2017), Grade inflation in UK higher education, Studies in Higher Education, 42:8, 1580-1600, DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2015.1019450 (paywall) Attrition and retention DET 2018 Higher Education Standards Panel Final Report — Improving Retention, Completion and Success in Higher Education ACDICT report: Attrition and retention in Higher Education statistics in ICT, update 2018 Elanor Huntington, Opportunites for engineering and computing higher education notes to come Diversity and Equity notes and panel: Katrina Falkner, Sally-Ann Williams, Elanor Huntington

ALTA Forum 2018 at UNSW Kensington NSW 5–6 April 2018	Up to three people from member universities were invited to attend the ACDICT Academy Learning and Teaching Forum (ALTA) at UNSW, 5–6 April 2018. 39 people came, from 28 different universities... and 11 guest speakers and panellists. Forum Program Presentations and related references Sally Varnham, The student voice see also project website (if this fails, see the Student Voice in University Decision Making Facebook page) UK links: sparqs (student partnerships in quality Scotland) 2017 Architects of their experience, Flint, Goddard & Russell, TSEP 2017 Framework for Student Engagement Through Partnerships, HEA UK 2015 Benchmarking of Assessment Chris Johnson, Issues and approaches to benchmarking assessment Simon, Grassroots benchmarking Results of on the spot survey on benchmarking experience Educating cybersecurity and Collaboration in education Owen Pierce [presentation to follow] Todd Williams Equity and Diversity Katrina Falkner/Claudi Szabo, ICT Enrolment statistics and trends presentation Claudia Szabo, Women in STEM project Women in STEM Careers presentation Women Leaders in STEM Careers Program University of Adelaide BBC experiment Girls and Boys Toys Secondary School Digital technologies: Implementing the National ICT Curriculum Julie King Australian Curriculum Digital technologies Leanne Cameron [presentation] ACCE Australian Council for Computers in Education Matt Bower [presentation] Australian Council of Deans of Education Outreach and Collaboration in Digital Technology Curriculum Implementation handout Students beyond the mainstream: work placements and experience for international students Gerard Holland Employability for International Students Panel: chair Ana Hol introduction Gerard Holland, Peta Wyeth, Marilyn Wells, Danny Toohey, Simi Bajaj, Cat Kutay Hot Topics from the floor list of topics [summary of discussion to follow ]

ACDICT Annual Council Meeting Tuesday 8 August–Wednesday 9 August 2017 McDonell Building, University of Melbourne.	Elections for members of executive Three positions on the executive were open. Three nominations were received, all were therefore declared elected. The new executive members are Trina Myers (JCU), Andrew Woodward (ECU), Justin Zobel (Melbourne). Morri Pagnucco (UNSW) remains President, Iwona Miliszewska (UTS) immediate past-president, Katrina Falkner (Adelaide) Vice-president; Chris Johnson (ACDICT Executive Officer) is an executive member ex officio Presentations and related references Michael Tomlinson, TEQSA, The Regulatory Environment Simon, Newcastle, CC2020: a substantial undertaking Suzanne Roche, AIIA, Graduate Readiness for Employability Dawn Bennett, Curtin, presentation What is employABILITY in ICT, and how do we develop it? Literacies for Life: introduction for educators Sample Individualised Student Reports Patricia McLaughlin, RMIT, The STEM Ecosystem Project Jo Coldwell-Neilson, Deakin, and Katrina Falkner, Adelaide, Equity and Diversity in ICT Rebecca Vivian, Adelaide, STEM Diversity: report on international best practices Andrew Woodward, Collaboration Marc Bailey, Intersect (presentation notes sent only by email to participants) Linda McIver, John Monash Science School, Hook Line and Data — bringing more students to computing with data science. Chris Johnson, Introduction to Issues in Scalability Scaling Up is Hard To Do Marina Harvey, UNSW, Leading Quality Learning and Teaching with Sessional Staff: BLASST Scaling Up Problems and Solutions Workshop Problems and solutions notes list is incomplete - more to come from Leanne Harvey Additional material from discussion new building facilities and staff induction introducing new teaching labs (video) - Western Sydney University

ALTA Forum Thursday 20 April–Friday 21 April 2017 at University of Adelaide	Forum Final Program Presentations and related references Keynote John Roddick, Flinders University Rethinking Bachelor of Information Technology / Bachelor of Computer Science content The next generation of students: school curriculum, outreach and other disciplines Julie King, ACARA Digital Technologies in focus: Supporting implementation of Digital Technologies Nicolette Venn, CSIRO Digital Careers Digital Careers, Successes and Challenges Ben Swift, ANU, demonstration of Live Programming Teaching and learning, content and management Simon, University of Newcastle Negotiating the maze of academic integrity in computing education (for the full paper, in ACM Digital library search for the paper Negotiating the Maze of Academic Integrity in Computing Education. People without access can email Simon who will send a copy.) Raina Mason, SCU A Longitudinal Study of Introductory Programming Courses in Australasia Sven Venema, Griffith University Managing Faster feedback Lyn Johns-Boast, ANU Curriculum Drift Jo Coldwell-Neilson, Deakin University: Digital Literacy the ability to identify and use ICT confidently, critically and creatively, to meet the demands and challenges of living, learning and working in a digital society Decoding Digital Literacy: Digitally literate graduates - what does this mean for ICT education? Digital Literacy project website All Aboard: Mapping Digital Literacy Skills in Irish Higher Education (includes the railway map diagram) Rebecca Vivian, Adelaide slides: Equity and Diversity for Computing Academics and Students report: Engaging the Future of STEM Graduate Employability and Work Integrated Learning Justin Brown Experience with Work Integrated Learning in Science at ECU Dino Rossi, DXC Partnership, Internship and Work Integrated Learning from the industry point of view Mark Hughes Preparing accounting students for WIL success through a collaborative SME-supported model Suzanne Roche Employability After OLT, what? (panel) Angela Carbone After OLT, what? the benefits, risks, and what are we doing? Simon Raina Mason Hot Topics as suggested by the forum. Topics 1, 4, 5 and 8 were discussed by working table groups. Their reporting notes are attached. Attracting more females to ICT (and keeping them) Engaging industry with WIL (in general) & placements (specifically) Are unpaid internships inequitable and/or exploitative Porous membrane between academia and industry - staff swaps, industry engaging with teaching Is blended mode teaching effective? Dealing with increasing student numbers Mandatory e-portfolios Does ACS have a role in the future? Effective teaching of international students Supporting smaller institutions – how?
2016
Annual Council Meeting Monday July 18 - Tuesday July 19, 2016 at University of Technology Sydney	Agenda Presentations and related references Miguel Carrasco, BCG— Digital transformation and graduates for the future Rob Fitzpatrick AIIA— ICT higher education and industry -- presentation to be attached Roslyn Prinsley, Office of the Chief Scientist— Graduate Readiness for Work Morri Pagnucco, UNSW OCS-AIIA-ACED-ACDICT communique ICT Education-Industry Forum OCS-AIIA-universities survey results Shadbolt report Review of Computer Sciences Degree Accreditation and Graduate Employability (UK) Panel on Research impact Andrew Woodward, Lin Padgham, David Lovell https://www.education.gov.au/assessing-engagement-and-impact-university-research Panel on Student recruitment and progression, ATAR Judy Sheard, Monash— Education and Transition: Growth, progression, retention Leonie Ellis, UTas— Entry standard, student preparation and transition to ICT higher education Graham Low — ACS Accreditation Simon and Judy Sheard — Academic Integrity

ALTA Forum 31 Mar–1 April 2016 at UTS	Agenda Presentations and links to related material Julie King, ACARA: Digital Technologies Curriculum Implementation Claudette Bateup, CSIRO - Scientists and Mathematicians in Schools Belinda Robinson, UA - Prize-winning student global study videos Peter Radoll, Canberra - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander STEM education Peter Coolbear, Ako Aotearoa - International Peer Review Benchmarking for Quality Improvement Proof of Concept Report Victoria Johnson, ESA - Online Peer Review Tool Sara Booth, Tasmania - National Support Mechanism for Peer Review presentation, Review Process, Review Procedure, Paul Bailes, ACS - ACS and ICT education Tim McKay, AIIA - AIIA and ACDICT Sally Male and Peta Wyeth - Work Integrated Learning for All Students Simon - Staff, students and academic integrity in computing assessments Jon Yorke - Managing Plagiarism Judith Gullifer - Academic Integrity Challenges and Opportunities Beverley Oliver - Better 21st Century credentials - presentation; Better 21C Credentials booklet Kathryn Blyth - Credential integrity Hot Topics

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