Artificial Intelligence is no longer on the horizon. It is already shaping how we teach, learn, assess, and design educational experiences. As AI becomes embedded in higher education, the question is no longer whether to adopt intelligent technologies, but how we preserve what matters most about being human.
Higher Education Horizons 2026 brings together educators, researchers, learning designers, institutional leaders, and industry partners from across the Asia-Pacific to explore The Human Edge and how we can design learning experiences that amplify human potential in an AI-enabled world.
Through inspiring keynote presentations, interactive workshops, research presentations, and collaborative discussions, the symposium showcases emerging ideas, practical innovations, and evidence-informed approaches to teaching and learning.
Tim Fawns — Associate Professor (Education Focused), Monash Education Academy, Monash University
Tim Fawns is Associate Professor (Education Focused) at the Monash Education Academy, Monash University, Australia. Tim’s research interests are at the intersection of digital, professional (particularly medical and healthcare) and higher education, with a focus on relations between technology and education. Tim’s research covers a broad range of practices (including curriculum design, assessment, teaching practice, and evaluation), emphasising complexity within online, blended and hybrid education. He is an institutional lead for the AIinHE.org student perspectives on AI project, has recently contributed to the influential Australian Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) Assessment reform for the age of artificial intelligence guidance document, and played a leading role in a range of sector-wide events to help institutions respond to the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence.
Designing entangled humans: tensions of agency, authenticity and architecture in education
Join us over two days of learning, collaboration, and conversation, with hands-on workshops on Thursday followed by the main symposium on Friday.
For enquiries, please contact: studentseducationportfolio@rmit.edu.vn
