Visiting scholars

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Dr Wayne Mackintosh, Founding director of the OER Foundation and holds the Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER at Otago Polytechnic

Commonwealth of Learning Symposium

  • Professor Asha Kanwar, President and CEO of the Commonwealth of Learning
  • Professor Mohan Menon, Assistant Vice-Chancellor, Wawasan Open University, Malaysia
  • The Honourable Dr Dame Carol Kidu DBE
  • Associate Professor Som Naidu, Director, Quality Enhancement and Evaluation Services, Charles Sturt University and Commonwealth of Learning consultant
  • Ms Sherrill Whittington and Colin Latchem, Commonwealth of Learning Consultants
  • Dr Wayne Mackintosh, Director OER Foundation and Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic
  • AusAid representatives

Rhona Leece, Associate Director (Services) University of New England

Sir John Daniel, Past President and C.E.O of Commonwealth of Learning (2004 - 2012).

2012

Dr Elizabeth McDonald, Consultant, former leader, ALTC, her portfolio included management of grants programs

Professor Rick Cummings, Educational Development Unit, Murdoch University

Dr Stephen Marshall, E-Learning Maturity Model (eMM)

Dr Debra Hoven, Associate Professor: ePortfolios - construction, processes in post-secondary education

Dr Trish Andrews, Senior Lecturer: Pedagogiical possibilities and new learning spaces and  Exploring the student voice in online education.

Professor Beverley Steventon, Head of Law, Coventry University: The meaning of Student Engagement.

Professor Katharina Kilian-Jasin, Visiting Professor and Franziska Muller: Research Assistant:  ePortfolio for professional use in a global community: Draft Program: (PDF 388kb)

Professor Cath Ellis, Visiting Professor; eMarking: moving to a paper-free assessment management

Previous Years

2010
Professor Phil Race,  Visiting Professor for Assessment, Learning and Teaching at Leeds Metropolitan University

Professor Sally Brown, Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and Professor of Higher Education Diversity in Teaching and Learning at Leeds Metropolitan University

2007
Professor Geoff Crisp, Director Centre of Learning and Professional Development & Director, Online Education University of Adelaide
Professor Merrilyn Goos, Lecturer,  School of Education, The University of Queensland  

By topic

Benchmarking

2008
University of South Africa
Workshop to refine international benchmarking processes for multimedia resources, particularly those related to distance education

2007
Professor Robyn Quin, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning), Curtin University of Technology

 

Change management and leadership

2010
Deborah Southwell, Director Learning and Teaching Development, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Carol Nicoll, CEO ALTC

2008
Professor Geoff Scott, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Quality) University of Western Sydney

 Constructivist vs cognitive approaches to teaching

2007
Professor Earl Hunt, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of Washington in Seattle.

Embedding academic skills

2007
Denise Chalmers, Director, Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Embedding Indigenous perspectives

2007
Mr Phillip Falk, Senior Lecturer, Griffith University
Mrs Wendy Nolan, Senior Lecturer of Indigenous Education, Centre for Indigenous Studies, Charles Sturt University, and Dr Rob Ranzijn, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of South Australia

Evaluation

2007
Professor Beverley Oliver, Director of Teaching and Learning, Office of Teaching and Learning, Curtin University of Technology
Professor Robyn Quin, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning), Curtin University of Technology
Dr Jagannath Patil, Deputy Adviser of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)

First Year Experience

2010
Suzana Kosir, Associate Dean for Education, International School for Social and Business Studies, Celje, Slovenia
Dr Christine Broughan, pedagogical researcher, Coventry University

2009
Mr Bill Johnston, Assistant Director of The Centre for Academic Practice and Learning Enhancemnt, University of Stathcylde, UK

2008
Professor Sally Kift, Director of the QUT FYE Project


Flexible learning

2010
DEHub - Southern Skies Distance Education Academic Exchange

General learning & teaching

2010
Assoc Professor Peter Hutchings, ALTC: ALTC Programs 2011 (PPT*605kb)

2008
Professor Ron Toomey, Presentation - 'Values Education: The relationship between Values Education and Quality Teaching. The implications for teachers education.' 
This video file will play using the Windows Media player, and will play over a broadband (or better) connection. Permission to use images in this presentation courtesy of Quality Teaching Australia.  Professor Toomey acknowledges the support of Quality Teaching Australia. Used with kind permission.

ACDE Research Project 'Double Helix Effect'
'Think Curriculum' (time counter approx 10:26mins)
Capacity Matrix (time counter approx 18:30mins)
Research Dindings (time counter approx 30.05min)

National Framework for Values Education in Australia

Graduate attributes and skills

2007
Professor Beverley Oliver,  Manager, Course and Teaching Development, Curtin University of Technology
Professor Robyn Quin, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning), Curtin University of Technology
Professor Joe Luca, Director, Graduate School, Edith Cowan University

Learning and teaching grants and awards

2007
Professor Richard Johnstone, Executive Director, Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Denise Chalmers, Director, Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Mathematics education

2010
Dr Andreas Ulovec, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna, Austria

Peer review of teaching

2007
Assoc Professor Michele Scoufis, Dr Helen Dalton, Ms Laura Small - The University of New South Wales

Postgraduate teaching

2007
Dr Allan Goody, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) 

Research skill development

2008
Dr John Willison, The University of Adelaide

Research supervision

2009
Associate Professor Christine Bruce, Faculty of Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology

Scholarship of tertiary teaching and learning (SoTTL)

2007
Dr Gary Poole, Director, Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth, University of British Columbia, Canada

2008
Professor Keith Trigwell, Director Institute for Teaching and Learning, The University of Sydney

2009
Emeritus Professor Fred Lockwood, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Social justice and enabling education

2009
Professor Kerri-Lee Krause, Chair in Higher Education and Director, Griffith Institute for Higher Education, Griffith University
Professor Liz Thomas, Director, Widening Participation Research Centre at Edge Hill University, UK

2010
Professor Asha Singh Kanwar, Vice President, Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
Malcolm Fialho, Senior Diversity Officer, University of Western Australia

Student learning journey

2007
Dr Jagannath Patil, Deputy Adviser of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)
Dr Elizabeth McDonald, Director for the Grants Scheme, Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Sustainability

2009
Dr Ed Geary, Director of the GLOBE program

Technology enhanced learning & teaching

2010
Janet Buchan, Manager of The Educational and Media Team, Faculty of Education, Charles Sturt University
Dr Robyn Smyth, Senior Lecturer and academic developer, University of New England

2008
Martin Dougiamas, Founder and Lead Developer of Moodle

2007
Professor Conor Vibert, Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada  

Threshold concepts

2009
Professor Glynis Cousin, Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Instite for Learning Enhancement, University of Wolverhampton

Transnational education

2009
Professor Tania Aspland, Professor and Head of School of Education, Faculty of the Professions, University of Adelaide

Work-based learning

2009
Professor Jonathan Garnett, Director Institute for Work Based Learning, Middlesex University, UK

2008
Mr Frank Lyons, Director Foundation Direct, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom