| I have had extensive experience, both in Australia
and overseas, in undertaking consultancy work related to instructional
design and distance education, including: |
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- Workshop on ' Benchmarking the Management of Blended Learning
', International Conference on ICT in Teaching and Learning,
Hong Kong Open University, Hong Kong, 6 – 9 July 2009.
- "Sector/Subject Specialist" for the Hong Kong
Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications.
Review of the Open University of Hong Kong, May 2008
- Expert Assessor in "The Management of e-Learning" for
the 2008 University Management Benchmarking Program of the
Association of Commonwealth Universities.
- Visiting Lecturer for the Institute of Physics of Ireland (IOPI) at the University of Limerick and Dublin City University respectively, March 2008.
- Invited speaker at the "DVCs' and PVCs' (Academic) Meeting:
Quality and Online Delivery" held in Canberra on 10 May
2001.
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Consultant to the International Institute
of Educational Planning, UNESCO, Paris. Presentation:
“New directions in distance education”, 9 April 2001.
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Consultant to the IMS Project Workshop,
University of New England . Presentation: “e-Commerce,
e-Business, e-Education: Change is the only constant”,
14-15 November 2000.
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Consultant on "Higher Education in
the 21st Century: Fast, Flexible and Fluid" for the
Norwegian Ministry of Education in Oslo, 24 February 2000.
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Invited participant, "Online Australia
1999: Education Online Agenda Forum", the National
Office for the Information Economy, Sydney, 26 August
1999.
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Consultant on "The Management of Distance
Learning", Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida,
USA, 18-23 January 1999.
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Participant in the Australian Federal Government
"E-commerce Enabling Australia Summit", Parliament
House, 16-17 April 1998.
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The Australian Federal Government West Review
Committee Meeting, the Future of Post Secondary Education
in the Information Economy, Sydney, January 1998.
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The Australian Federal Government Higher
Education Council seminar, Beyond the Grade: Assessing
the Outcomes of Undergraduate Education, which was
held at the Australian National University, Canberra,
November 1997.
- International Consultant in Distance Education to the
Malaysian Ministry of Education, Program for Innovation,
Excellence and Research (PIER), a project funded by the
World Bank on behalf of the Malaysian Government, 1994-1997
(Series of short-term consultancies).
- Consultant, workshop on 'Planning and Change Management
for Teacher Educators in Educational Administration', conducted
by SEAMEO (South East Asian Ministers of Education Organization),
Bangkok, Thailand, 11-14 December 1995.
- Consultant, Workshop on 'Novex Analysis: Instructional
design for distance education', conducted for the Open Learning
Unit of University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), March 1995.
- Consultant/Resource Person, Seminar on 'Distance Education
Solutions', for Chief Executive Officers of South African
Universities and Technikons, Johannesburg, November 1993.
- Consultant/Resource Person at 'Innovation in Education:
Distance Education Contributions' Workshop conducted for
Representatives of Chief Executive Officers by South African
Institute for Distance Education, Johannesburg, November
1993.
- Consultant/Resource Person at 'Models of Instructional
Design for Distance Education' Workshop conducted for the
University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, November 1993.
- South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE),
Consultant/Resource Person for SAIDE Launching Conference
held at the World Trade Centre, Johannesburg, September
1992.
- Asian Development Bank Assignment: Senior Consultant,
Loan Fact-Finding Mission, Bangladesh Open University Project,
Bangladesh, October 1991.
- Queensland Open Learning Project: Consultant/Project Manager,
Courseware Development for Tourism and Hospitality Industry,
March-August 1990.
- Asian Development Bank Assignment: Senior Consultant at
'Round Table Conference on Distance Education for South
Asian Countries', Pakistan, November 1989.
- International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/GATT) Geneva: Instructional
design consultant on training package for 'Official Commercial
Representation Abroad', July-August 1989.
- Asian Development Bank Assignment: Consultant on manpower
training needs analysis, Tonga, Western Samoa, Cook Islands,
Philippines, November-December 1987.
- Coordinator: UNESCO Regional Training Workshop on 'The
Management of Distance Education', Darling Downs Institute
of Advanced Education, Toowoomba, August 1987.
- Consultant on distance education methodologies applied
to industrial training, General Electric Company - Management
College (UK), Dunchurch, April-May 1987.
- Consultant on instructional design for industrial training,
Henley Management College (UK), Henley-on-Thames, February-March,
1987.
- Asian Development Bank Assignment: Consultant/Resource
Person at Regional Seminar on 'Distance Education', Sukhothai
Thammathirat Open University, Bangkok, Thailand, November-December
1986.
- IDP Assignment: Evaluation of 'Technology by Extension'
project, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, June
1986.
- Consultant on instructional design for industrial training,
Queensland Railways, Brisbane, August-December 1985.
- Consultant/Rapporteur: UNESCO Technical Working Group
Meeting on 'The Use of Advances in Communication Technologies
for Higher Education Purposes', Sukhothai Thammathirat Open
University, Bangkok, Thailand, June 1985.
- Consultant on instructional design for industrial training
via the distance education mode, Southern Cross Corporation,
Toowoomba, January-April 1984.
- IDP Assignment: Consultant on instructional design for
distance education, University of the South Pacific, Suva,
Fiji, October-November 1984.
- Coordinator: UNESCO Regional Planning Workshop on 'Planning,
Operating and Evaluating Distance Education', Darling Downs
Institute of Advanced Education, Toowoomba, September 1983.
- Coordinator: Workshop for Technical Training Officers
on 'Instructional Systems Design', Mt Isa Mines Ltd, Mt
Isa, Queensland, December 1983.
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