Academic Innovation Café
Join us for the launch of the Adobe Academic Innovation Café, our new virtual series spotlighting creativity, curriculum innovation, and Generative AI in higher education.
Each 45–60-minute Café brings together educators and academic leaders who are transforming teaching and learning through digital creativity. You’ll hear real stories from institutions featured in the Adobe Academic Innovation Summit and leave with practical ideas to apply in your own classroom or program.
Check out our top on-demand picks for you:
Watch how educators strengthen workforce skills by teaching digital communication, creativity, and AI to prepare students for future careers. Check out our full on-demand catalog. Upon form submission, you'll be able to browse and watch all available recordings.
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Digital Pedagogy: preparing the educators of the future at Curtin Universit
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Growing Student Success through Story, Identity, and Design at Western Sydney University
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Reimagining assessment with creativity and enhanced-AI collaboration to drive global changes at Bond University
In this session, attendees explored Curtin University’s forward-thinking approach to preparing tomorrow’s educators. In an era shaped by rapid technological change, Curtin reimagined how future teachers learned, designed, and assessed-embedding multimodality, AI fluency, and digital storytelling at the core of its curriculum.
Our speakers highlighted innovative assessment frameworks that enabled Education students to experiment, co-create, and demonstrate mastery in authentic, practice-aligned ways. From multimodal artefacts to AI-supported learning design, attendees saw how Curtin equipped pre-service teachers with the digital mindset, pedagogical agility, and creative confidence needed to thrive in contemporary classrooms.
The session offered a compelling look at the digital pedagogies shaping the educators of tomorrow.
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Adrianne Melissa Evans | Associate Lecturer, Curtin University.
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Bobby Victoria Cooper | Associate Lecturer, Curtin University.
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Siobhan Unwin | Associate Lecturer, Curtin University.
Thursday, June 18, 2026
- Rowena Ulbrick | Academic Director – Digital Literacies, Swinburne University of Technology.
- Todd Taylor | Adobe Pedagogical Evangelist & Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
In this session, attendees took an inside look at how Western Sydney University reimagined the first-year experience through reflection, identity development, and creative storytelling.
Our speakers shared how the Learning Experience team and academic staff leveraged a Digital Storytelling Activity Guide to support thousands of new students in exploring who they are, where they come from, and who they hope to become. They also outlined the reflective framework designed to build confidence, strengthen belonging, and support well-being during a pivotal transition.
The session showcased a scalable model blending reflection, community building, and student-centered teaching practices. Attendees gained both inspiration and a practical module to support innovation on their own campuses.
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Aileen Pamonag Lane | Associate Lecturer, Western Sydney University, Faculty of Health.
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Kristin Wiese | Director of Learning Experience, Western Sydney University.
Thursday, May 28, 2026
- Al Briggs | Customer Success Manager, Adobe.
- Rowena Ulbrick | Academic Director – Digital Literacies, Swinburne University of Technology.
In this session, attendees explored how Bond University redefined what assessment could be - creative, cross-disciplinary, globally relevant, and powered by AI-enhanced collaboration. The webinar spotlighted the award-winning Collaboration for Global Change subject, recognized with the Next Generation Learning and Skills Award at the 2025 Green Gown Awards Australasia for its pioneering approach to sustainability education.
Attendees heard from the architect behind this transformative curriculum, who unpacked how Bond brought together design, creative pedagogy, and AI-enabled teamwork to prepare undergraduate students to address urgent global challenges.
The session delivered bold, actionable ideas for reimagining assessment in the age of AI.
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Craig Sims | Assistant Professor, Bond University.
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Daniel Brennan | Associate Professor, Bond University.
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Jeffrey E. Brand | Deputy Provost, Education, Bond University.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
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Rowena Ulbrick | Academic Director – Digital Literacies, Swinburne University of Technology.
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Todd Taylor | Adobe Pedagogical Evangelist & Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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