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Pecha Kucha
Sunday 20 October 2024
6:00pm - 9:00pm
The Squire's Landing [VIEW MAP]
Chapter Get Together
Monday 21 October 2024
7:00am - 7:30am
Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens - Morshead Fountain [VIEW MAP]
Morning Stretch
**Optional**
8:00am - Registration Opens
8:00am - 8:45am
Brisbane Room
Newcomers Breakfast
9:00am
Grand Ballroom
Conference Opening
Welcome – Michael O’Connor, ACEN President
Welcome to Country – Daniel McDonald, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council
9:20am
Grand Ballroom
Keynote Address – AI and WIL: Preparing Students for the Workforce of Tomorrow
Speaker: Jason Lodge, The University of Queensland
Panellists:
Tania Broadley, University of Canberra,
Bonnie Dean, University of Wollongong
Reg Johnson, CISCO
Jason Lodge, The University of Queensland
10:30am - 11:00am - Morning Tea
11:00am - 12:20pm
Session 1
1.1 Perth Room
Integrating genAI Digital Literacy in the Business Capstone to Better Prepare Graduates for the Future World of Work
Laura Rook
Co-Designing WIL Curriculum: Empowering AI-Era Business Graduates
Sonja Coetzee
Simulation Games to Enhance Work Integrated Learning Students’ Wellbeing Literacy
Simon Thornton
Student Perceptions and Impact of Critical Reflection in WIL: A Cross-Disciplinary Study
Bonnie Dean
1.2 Sydney Room
Evaluating Success in WIL: What Next?
Denise Jackson
PRISE: A Data Schema for Universal WIL Reporting
Karen Young
A New Benchmark for WIL Program Design: Preparing Students for Career Success
Erin Stacey
How to Build Interdisciplinarity into Work-Integrated Learning: The Story of the Ako ā-Mahi, Professional and Community Engagement (PACE) Programme at the University of Canterbury
Clare Murray
1.3 Melbourne Room
Centralising WIL: The Administrative and Academic Challenges of Practising Quality Within Centrally Delivered Work-Based-Learning
Clare Lade
The WIL Sustainability Café 2.0: Exploring WIL and Sustainability Practices Contribute to Employability
Rachael Baron
1.4 Brisbane Room
Online Interdisciplinary WIL: An Equitable Alternative to Traditional Student Placements
Kim Burley
The Impacts of Multi-Disciplinary Team Experiences on the Employability of Humanities and Social Science Students
Freda Zapsalis
WIL Everything, Everywhere, All At Once: What We Learned from Swinburne’s Whole of Institution WIL Transformation
Ruth Bridgstock
Automating Internship Experiences and Insights: Monash Talent’s Journey with miX
Julie Harbert
1.5 Canberra Room
Co-Designing a Professional Development Resource to Support Non-Clinical Health Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Industry and Community Supervisors
(Elissa) Jane Kiddell
Impact of Pathways to Practice Programs on Nursing Students Post Graduate Career Choice
Kristina Griffin
Research Informed Curriculum Development for First-Year Graduate Entry Nursing Students
Philippa Marriott
Clinical Placements are Risky Business: An Innovative Approach to Managing Risk in Clinical Education
Elysia Corallo
12:20pm - 1:20pm - Lunch & Posters
12:30pm - 12:50pm
Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens - Morshead Fountain [VIEW MAP]
Lunchtime Walk
**Optional**
1:20pm - 3:00pm
Session 2
2.1 Perth Room
Advancing Retention and Employability of Students in STEM Through CSIRO’s WIL Programs
Paloma Siles
Exploring the Experiences and Perspectives of Australian Speech-Language Pathologists Using Telesupervision When Supervising Students Undertaking Clinical Placements
Joanne Walters
Work-Integrated Learning in Paramedicine: Insights from Australasian Universities
Laura Triffett
Two Successful University-Run Engineering Consultancies for Interns
Osman Mah
Enhancing Placement Preparedness through Interdisciplinary Collaboration: A Co-Design Informed Approach
Shufen Lin
2.2 Sydney Room
Assessing the ‘Collaborating with Differences’ Module: Enhancing Group Work and Communication in WIL Through Padlet Reflections on Cultural Differences
Jinqi Xu
A Legal Solution for Quality WIL in Australia and New Zealand
Craig Cameron
AAA Pedagogy for Undergraduate Mathematics & Statistics WIL Courses
Geetika Verma
Help! My Students Can’t Recognise Their Employability Capabilities 🙁
M. Sarah-Jane Gregory
Paying to Play: Shifting Computing Internships to Paid Placements
Penny Kyburz
Developing WIL Student Capabilities Through Mentoring and Mindfulness
Sandy Fitzgerald
Exploring the Use of Virtual Reality in Speech Pathology: Teaching Clinical Skills in the Classroom
Rachael Unicomb
2.3 Melbourne Room
Industry Project Internships: Benchmarking Quality at Large Scale
Beau Leese
“So, How Are You Using Gen AI?” Professional Learning on genAI
Beate Mueller
Home Sweet Home: Publishing in WIL
Anna Rowe
2.4 Brisbane Room
WIL Communities of Practice: Results of 2024 Research into Institutional Practices
Leoni Russell
Rapid Strategies Towards CDL In-Curriculum: An Institution-Wide Approach
Melinda Bufton
Partnering for Complexity: Developing Cross-Institutional Partnerships for WIL of the Future
Nick McGuigan
Equity and Developing Confidence: Investigating the Integration of WIL and Career Development in Unit Design
Jennifer Ruskin
Scaffolded, Flexible and Scalable: The Deakin Business School WIL Suite
Wayne Read
2.5 Canberra Room
Work Integrated Learning as a Catalyst for Social Justice
Michelle Grant-Iramu
Boosting Quality WIL Experiences: The Scaffolding Momentum
Ying-Yi Chih
Developing a Whole of University Approach to WIL, Internships and Quality Institutional Practice
Justin Brown
WIL Industry Engagement at RMIT University: Scaling Impact and Student Success
Maria Vaskova
Enhancing the Student WIL Experience, One Placement at a Time
Karim Yacoub
3:00pm - 3:30pm - Afternoon Tea
3:30pm - 4:50pm
Session 3
3.1 Perth Room
Using Career Enrolment Data to Investigate the Relationship Between WIL, Career Readiness and Graduate Outcomes Within an Australian Context
Luella Leon
The UC Employability Framework: Embedding Employability into Curriculum and Beyond
Stefan Alexander
Building Trusting Relationships with Industry Stakeholders to Support Their Junior Workforce and Growth Strategies
Luana Caro
Understanding Quality WIL Supervision: What Does the Literature Say?
Nicola Fish
3.2 Sydney Room
Integrating Sustainability in Work-Integrated Learning: Research Outcomes Including Enablers, Challenges and Opportunities
Clare Power
Using a Service-Learning Framework Through a Community Internships Course to Cultivate Graduates Capable of Advancing the UN SDGs
Charmaine Logan-Fleming
Ensuring High Quality Intensive WIL: Short, but Powerful WIL Experiences
Theresa Winchester-Seeto
Creating, Sustaining, and Enhancing Purposeful School-University Partnerships: Building Connections Across Diverse Educational Systems
Michelle J. Eady
3.3 Melbourne Room
Virtual Global WIL Experiences: As Good as the In-Country Version?
Bronwyn Kosman
Providing Quality Overseas WIL Experiences Cross-Institutionally
Amna Tariq
From Barriers to Breakthroughs: Enhancing Internship Practices Through Global Perspectives
Andy Radelet
International Students’ Strategies in Securing Placements and Adapting to Workplaces: Insights From a Doctoral Study
Thai Vu
3.4 Brisbane Room
‘I Can’t Be Me, I Have to be Professional’: First-in-Family Students’ Experiences of WIL
Bonnie Dean
Enhancing the WIL Experience for Students from Underrepresented Cohorts: Insights from Research and Practice
Lisa Williams
Becoming and Flourishing as a Neurodivergent Teacher
Matthew White
Write Your Abstract in 20 Minutes, and Other Writing Tips
Bonnie Dean
3.5 Canberra Room
Student WIL Experiences in Social Entrepreneurship Education
Linh Nguyen
The Sustainability of Industry Partners in WIL
Pauline Ross
Improving Stakeholder Relationships Through Curriculum
Mehal Krayem
Student Preferences for WIL-Containing Subjects Identified Through Institution-Wide Machine-Learning Analysis of Multi-Year Student Feedback
Michael O’Connor
6:30pm - 10:30pm
Grand Ballroom
Conference Dinner & Awards
Tuesday 22 October 2024
7:30am - 8:00am
Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens - Morshead Fountain [VIEW MAP]
Morning Stretch
**Optional**
8:30am - Registration Opens
9:00am
Grand Ballroom
Day Two Opening
Welcome – Leoni Russell, Conference Chair
President’s Address – Michael O’Connor, ACEN President
ACEN Co-Founder’s Address – Judie Kay, Vice Chair Partnerships & Programs and Chair Global Strategy Council, WACE and Past President, ACEN
9:20am
Grand Ballroom
Keynote Panel – Scaling Quality and Inclusive WIL: Increasing Partnerships with SMEs
Panellists:
Judene Pretti, CEWIL
Nigel Palmer, Business NSW
Anne Younger, Australian Industry Group
Brigitte McKenna, Practera
Marlene Henry, Western Sydney University
Michael O’Connor, ACEN
Moderator:
Bonnie Dean, University of Wollongong
10:30am - 11:00am - Morning Tea
11:00am - 12:20pm
Session 4
4.1 Perth Room
Listening to Aboriginal Voices: The Girringun Aboriginal Corporation-SLIC ICPU Indigenous Service Learning Model
Suzanne Kenney
Preparing Indigenous Australians for WIL: Lessons Learned from a Scoping Review of Indigenous Knowledges of Careers and Work
Jacqueline Mackaway
Utilising WIL to Surface the Value of Being Human in an AI-Threatened Profession
Angie Knaggs
Navigating Trauma: Proximity, Well-Being, and Work Integrated Learning in Higher Education
Clare J. Dannenberg
4.2 Sydney Room
Unlocking the Potential of Learning by Doing via Interprofessional Peer Work Integrated and Experiential Learning in Evaluation
Rachel Toovey
Enhancing Students Learning Using Viva Examinations Within the WIL Curriculum
Rebecca Bevan
Deepening the WIL Experience Through Scaffolded Industry Engagement and Authentic Assessments
Faith Kwa
From Collaboration to Innovations: Leveraging Transdisciplinary Partnerships to Enhance Student Engagement
Leila Khanjaninejad
4.3 Melbourne Room
To Pay or Not to Pay: What Impact on Quality?
Katharine Hoskyn
Partnering with the Community to Support Young Children to Thrive: A Student-Led Allied Health Outreach Model in Early Education Environments
Cate Hilly
4.4 Brisbane Room
The Lucky Draw Doesn’t have to Feel so Random: A Scaffolded Approach to Students’ Career Identity Formation in WIL Placements
Mollie Dollinger
Empowering Student Experience Through Transformative Pedagogy in Professional Internship Unit
Bita Zaferanloo
Achieving Best Practice: Navigating the Path of Quality Assurance
Linnea Boileau
Navigating Collaborative Challenges: Building Industry and Community Partnerships in Work-Integrated Learning
Taryn McDonnell
4.5 Canberra Room
TechLauncher: Launching Careers
Charles Gretton
Records and Archives Student Placement Programs in the Eyes of Key Stakeholders
Anita Dewi
Partnering for WIL in Private Online Institutions
Vivienne (Tien Wing) Ng
Transforming Doctoral Learning, Transformed Graduates, Changed Workplaces
Martin Andrew
12:20pm - 1:20pm - Lunch & Posters
12:30pm - 12:50pm
Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens - Morshead Fountain [VIEW MAP]
Lunchtime Walk
**Optional**
1:20pm - 3:00pm
Session 5
5.1 Perth Room
Lessons from the Federation University Cooperative Model
Andrew O’Loughlin
Leading a Distinctive WIL Strategy Through the Lens of the University’s Vision
Caroline Rueckert
Evaluating Work Integrated Learning (WIL) in Science, Engineering and Built Environment
Sophie McKenzie
Exploring and Defining Student Expectations for WIL
Suzanne Schibeci
Enhancing Employability of Exercise Science Students Through Curriculum Design
Emily Hill
Scaffolding Career Learning with the Essentials
Andrew Rose
Facilitate a Student Existential Crisis with WIL
Siobhan Ryan
5.2 Sydney Room
Industry-Collaborative Learning Strategies for Career Preparedness in a Disruptive Fashion Industry
Anna Branford
Surveillance of the Workplace Milieu: Developing Client Centeredness, Professional and Interprofessional Practice
Keri Moore
WIL at Scale: Establishing Long-Term Sustainable Partnerships
Francine Crimmins
Investigating Equity Students’ Experiences of Term-Time Employment and Critically Reflecting Upon Its Implications for Future WIL
Franziska Lessky
Quality International WIL: Creating Engaged Global Citizens
Kate Moss
Nepal Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Program for Health Science Students: Evaluating Cultural Competence and the Interprofessional Learning Experience
Amber Moore
Menstrual Hygiene Health Promotion in Nepal
Alison Bourke
5.3 Melbourne Room
Equity in Action: Creating Inclusive Placements for all Students
Amani Bell
USyd Job Smart: Integrating Extra- & In-Curriculum WIL Experience at Scale
Brigitte McKenna
Design Considerations for Inclusive WIL Assessment in the Health Professions
Joanna Tai
5.4 Brisbane Room
Tracking Student Employment Readiness Through Software Systems and Data
Elizabeth Bailey
Heutagogy and WIL: A Learner-Centered and Self-Determined Approach to Enhance Employability Skills
Stacey Carter
Calling all WIL Pioneers! Colouring Outside the Lines in Developing Alternative and Accessible WIL Experiences at Scale
Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl
5.5 Canberra Room
Oh I don’t know. I don’t know those things’: How Language Markers May Reveal Students’ Sense of Group Membership as They Progress Towards Their Future Profession
Heather Pate
Crafting a Career Development Learning Plan to Enhancing Student Employability: Case Study on Employable Me Career Prep Bootcamp
Katie Wang
Capability Design in the Infotainment Age
Dean Merlino
Lego, Squirrels and Pigeons: Creative Approaches for Researching Healthcare Students’ Experience of How They are Prepared for Collaborative Practice
Alexandra Little
Enhancing Student Engagement and Industry Collaboration in Hospitality Management Through Innovative WIL
Andrew Carruthers
Veterinary Nursing Students’ Experiences of Learning and Clinical Supervisors on Placement
Bridget Naughton
3:00pm - 3:30pm - Afternoon Tea
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Session 6
6.1 Perth Room
Placements and Payments in Postgraduate Psychology: Guiding Principles and Implementation
John Baranoff
Bringing the Workplace into the Academic Classroom
Paula Zito
The Public Health Impact Lab: Consultancy-Based WIL
Rebecca Johnson
6.2 Sydney Room
Following the Energy: Dynamic and Developmental Program Evaluation
Nicola Parkin
Developing Employability Skills Through a Job Application and Interview Assessment
Vidya Lawton
Developing Students’ Collaborative Practice: Tapping into Rapport Between Clinical Educators from Different Professions
Susan Heaney
6.3 Melbourne Room
Scaffolding Work-Integrated Learning Opportunities to Balance Quality and Scale
Jared Harrison
Enhancing Student Learning in WIL Courses through Micro-WIL Curriculum Scaffolding
Mahshid Sadeghpour
Scaffolding a Wide Range of WIL Opportunities to Build Authentic, Meaningful, and Complex Student Experiences
Michal Teague
6.4 Brisbane Room
Using a Benefits Realisation Approach to Co-Design Mutually Beneficial Placements in Architecture and Construction Courses
Joseph Malibiran
A Novel Professional Development Collaboration: Linking a Regional University With a Local School
Lorraine Gaunt
Facilitating Effective Industry-University Collaboration: A Flipped Expo Approach to Maximise WIL Opportunities
Ashleigh Cassilles
6.5 Canberra Room
Service Learning as an Alternative to Traditional Clinical Placements: Experiences of Student Speech Pathologists
Jacqueline McKechnie
An Innovative Service Learning Model: Reducing Health Disparities in Rural Communities by Exposing Future Allied Health Graduates to Rural Practice
Lauren Woodhart
Re-Imagining Work Integrated Learning Curriculum Design in Healthcare to Enable a Systems-Focused Approach to Practice
Gillian Nisbet
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Grand Ballroom
Closing Session
People’s Choice Award
Best Poster Award
Announcement of 2026 Conference Destination