OLT (PreviouslyALTC) grant recipients

USQ features consistently in the involvement of the Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) grants contributing to learning and teaching enhancement in higher education.

OLT grants are designed to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in higher education in a collaborative framework across the sector, with the aim of disseminating the innovative activities as best practice.

2012

Innovation and Development Program (IDG)

USQ as the lead institution

Dr Helen Farley (Australian Digital Futures Institute) - $217,000

• From access to success: improving the higher education learning experience for students without internet access

2011

Innovation and Development Program (IDG)

USQ as the lead Institution

Associate Professor Lorelle Burton (Faculty of Sciences), Professor David Dowling (Faculty of Engineering and Surveying) - Collaborators: University of Queensland,  University of Technology, Sydney, University of Newcastle, and University of New England  - $220,000 

•  'Get set for success: using online self-assessments to motivate first year engineering students to engage in and manage their learning’

USQ as a partner Institution

Professor Belinda Tynan and Professor Gilly Salmon (Learning, Teaching and Quality (LTQ) and Australian Digital Futures Institute (ADFI) - Collaborators: University of Queensland and Central Queensland University - $219,000

• 'Quality, learning spaces, social networking, connectedness and mobile learning: exploring the student voice in online education'

Associate Professor Lorelle Burton (Faculty of Sciences) - Collaborators: RMIT University - $120,000

• 'Transition in, transition out: peer mentoring for sustainable development of first and third year psychology students’

Professor Ronel Erwee (Faculty of Business and Law) and Associate Professor Anne Jasman (Faculty of Education) - Collaborators: Swinburne University, Victoria University, Central Queensland University and Edith Cowan University - $219,000

·         'Developing a toolkit and framework to support new postgraduate research supervisors in emerging research areas’

 

2010

USQ as the lead institution

Dr Jacquie McDonald (LTSU) - Leadership grant - Collaborators: Deakin University, Flinders University, Miami University (Ohio USA) - $219,000

• 'Identifying, building and sustaining leadership capacity for communities of practice in higher education'  

 

USQ as a partner institution 

Dr Michael Sankey & Mr Brian Kissell (LTSU & ICT) - Leadership Grant - Partner: Deakin University

• 'Building distributed leadership in designing and implementing a quality management framework for Online Learning Environments'

Dr Tasman Bedford (Open Access College) - Partner: University of Newcastle

• 'Enabling retention: processes and strategies for improving student retention in university-based enabling programs'

Mr David Bull (Open Access College) - Partner: University of New England

• 'Adoption, use and management of open educational resources to enhance learning and teaching in Australia'

 

2009

USQ as the lead institution

Professor David Dowling (Faculty of Engineering and Surveying) - Priority Projects Program - Collaborator: University of Tasmania - $219, 815

• 'Defining discipline-specific graduate outcomes to facilitate curriculum renewal in undergraduate engineering'

USQ as a partner institution

Dr Birgit Loch (Faculty of Sciences) - Competitive Grant - Lead institution: Macquarie University

• 'A National discipline-Specific Professional Development Programme for Lecturers and Tutors in the Mathematical Sciences' 

Ms Lyn Brodie (Faculty of Engineering & Surveying) - Competitive Grant - Lead institution: Curtin University of Technology

• 'Leading assessment quality through an ADRI approach: enhancing the role of the Head of School'

2008

USQ as the lead institution

Associate Professor Marie Kavanagh  (Faculty of Business and Law) - Competitive Grant - Collaborators: University of WA and the University of Melbourne - $145,000

•  'Business education in the 21st century: examining the antecedents and consequences of student team virtuality'

USQ as a partner institution

Professor Lynne Hunt (Pro Vice-Chancellor, Learning & Teaching) - Competitive Grant - Lead institution: Curtin University

• 'Building teaching staff capacity to identify, model and assess graduate employability skills'

Associate Professor Marie Kavanagh (Faculty of Business) - Competitive Grant - Lead institution: Charles Sturt University

• 'Beyond numbers: Valuing quality teaching in business education'

Dr Jacquie McDonald (Learning & Teaching Support Unit) - Leadership for Excellence Grant - Lead institution: Deakin University

• 'Coalface subject co-coordinators - the missing link to building leadership capacities in the academic supply chain'

Associate Professor Marie Kavanagh (Faculty of Business) - Priority Projects Program - Lead institution: Australian Business Deans Council Learning & Teaching Network

• 'Engaging Industry: Embedding Professionally Relevant Learning in the Business Curriculum'

2007

USQ as the lead institution

Dr Penny de Byl (Faculty of Sciences) now led by Associate Professor Peter Albion (Faculty of Education) - Competitive Grant - Collaborators: Central Queensland University and the Web3D Consortium - $215,367.71

• 'The seamless integration of Web3D technologies with university curricula to engage the changing student cohort'

USQ as a partner institution

Mr Guy Williams (Student Services) now led by  Professor Gerry Tehan (Faculty of Sciences) - Discipline Based Initiative - Common Curriculum Issues - Lead institution: Griffith University

• 'Work Integrated Learning: A national framework for initiatives to support best practice'

Dr Peter McIlveen (Student Services) - Discipline Based Initiative - Higher Education Enterprise - Lead institution: University of Wollongong with lead agency National Association for Graduate Careers Advisory Services (NAGCAS)

• 'Examining Career Development Learning and Synergies with the Student Lifecycle'

Mr Ian Eddington (Faculty of Business) - Discipline Based Initiative - Investigation - Lead institution: Central Queensland University

• 'Safe guarding Australians: Mapping the strengths, challenges and gaps toward sustainable improvements in learning outcomes from diverse models of OHS education'

Associate Professor Marie Kavanagh - Discipline Based Initiative - Investigation - Lead institution: University of Western Australia

• 'Accounting for the future: more than numbers'

Bernadette Lynch (Faculty of Business) and Dr Jacquie McDonald (Learning & Teaching Support Unit) supported by Professor Julie Cotter and Associate Professor Marie Kavanagh (Faculty of Business) - Competitive Grant - Lead institution: University of the Sunshine Coast

• 'The Whole of University Experience: retention, attrition, learning and personal support interventions during undergraduate Business studies'

Professor Frank Bullen and Ms Lyn Brodie (Faculty of Engineering & Surveying) - Competitive Grant - Lead institution: University of Queensland

• 'Developing and disseminating TEAM SKILLS capacities using interactive online tools for team formation, learning, assessment and mentoring'

Dr Shirley Reushle and Dr Jacquie McDonald (Learning & Teaching Support Unit) - Priority Projects Program - Lead institution: University of South Australia

• 'Peer review of online learning and teaching'

2006

USQ as the lead institution

Dr Julie Ballantyne (now Griffith University), USQ contact now Professor Nita Temmerman - Competitive Grant - Collaborators: University of Tasmania, Deakin University, Griffith University - $149,243

• 'Bridging gaps in music teacher education: developing exemplary practice models using peer collaboration'

USQ as a partner institution

Dr Michael de Raadt (Faculty of Sciences) - Priority Projects Program - Lead institution: University of Technology, Sydney

• 'Improving the formative and summative assessment of novice computer programmers'