Julie Lindsay

Dr. Julie Lindsay, Senior Education Technology Advisor at the University of Southern Queensland, is a globally recognized leader in innovative online learning environments, drawing on over 35 years of experience. Her PhD research on online global collaboration informs her advocacy for digital transformation. Julie’s vision explores the Human-AI-World ecosystem, where AI augments human curiosity and co-creation. She spearheads UniSQ’s AI Pedagogy Project, fostering AI integration in teaching and assessment methods. Her recent academic tour and Erasmus+ exchange in Europe and the UK involved presenting keynotes and running workshops on AI-infused interactions and global learning in diverse countries such as France, Finland, and Germany. Julie also leads the ICDE Technology and Innovation Network and received the 2023 Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Award for University Educational Leadership.

Beyond Individual Intelligence: Assessing Creativity in the Human-AI-World Ecosystem
Digital environments enable unprecedented collaborative learning, yet traditional assessment models fail to capture creative potential emerging from global student-AI partnerships. This presentation introduces innovative practices for knowledge assessment within the Human-AI-World ecosystem, moving beyond individual metrics to evaluate collaborative contributions across cultural and technological boundaries.

Drawing from workshop experiences with 150 educators from 35 countries, we explore transforming assessment from evaluation tool to innovation incubator. The session showcases process-based assessment, global peer evaluation, and ecosystem impact measurement through practical examples.

Live insights from the Cosmogogy Collaborative pilot, an 8-week sustainability project connecting diverse higher education institutions, demonstrate how 'flattening the learning' enables authentic assessment of human insight, AI capability, and global connectivity intersections. Participants will reimagine knowledge assessment as collaborative ecosystem contribution rather than individual achievement.