Effective Courses/Effective Teaching at University - biographical notes
Susan Anderson has been a language lecturer in the Japanese Program at the Gold Coast Campus of Griffith University since 1991. Research interests include: JFL teaching methodologies; collaborative learning groups in the language classroom; and the cognitive development of the foreign language learner .
Trish Andrews is an educational Designer with the Learning Resources Development Unit in TEDI at the University of Queensland. In this role she works with lecturers to design and develop learning environments, particularly those relating to flexible learning. Trish has several years experience in this field and has been involved in many developments using technologies such as the Web, CD Rom and videoconferencing.
Donna Berthelsen is a Lecturer in the School of Early Childhood QUT. Donna is interested in the development of information literacy skills of students in undergraduate courses as well as the development of critical thinking skills on issues in child and family studies.
Kaushal C.Bhuta, B.App.Sc.(Chiropractic), is a graduate of RMIT University. He is a lecturer and Deputy Head of Clinics, Department of Chiropractic at Macquarie University. He currently is responsible, together with the Head of Clinics for administration of the subject Clinic, which all final year Masters of Chiropractic must pass prior to registration as chiropractors. He was jointly responsible for the system of competency based assessment currently used in the student clinics. He has spent the past five years teaching pathology, spinal anatomy and histology to Chiropractors, Osteopaths and Chinese Medicine Students. He is currently conducting basic tissue research to do with the vascular supply to human back muscles.
Bob Bingham is Lecturer in Education. He is a member of the School of Education on the McAuley Campus of Australian Catholic University and shares a common interest in student self-regulation with Allan Doring.
Ann Black is a lecturer in law at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland where she teaches Criminal law, Asian Legal Systems and the first year Introduction to Law. She is a member of the Law School's Teaching and Learning Committee.
Florent S. Bourgeois is Lecturer in Minerals Process Engineering in the Department of Mining, Minerals and Materials Engineering at the University of Queensland. He teaches a range of engineering subjects in a variety of teaching settings, from team taught / basic engineering / large class to individually taught / advanced / small class subjects. The focus of his presentation at the conference is on activity-based learning of basic engineering subjects.
Allison Brown is Head of the Learning Resources Development Unit, TEDI, University of Queensland. Her field is flexible teaching and learning with particular interest in the educational design of resource rich, student-centred learning experiences. Her publications in the design of online learning environments are currently in use in education courses in Australian and European universities.
Michael Bulmer is a lecturer in statistics and operations research at the University of Queensland. He has had a long involvement with teaching development projects and is currently undertaking a Postgraduate Certificate in Education through the Graduate School of Education at the University of Queensland.
Nasir Butrous is Head, School of Business and Informatics at the McAuley Campus of Australian Catholic University. Dr Butrous research and special interest areas include Organisational Behaviour, Strategic Decision-Making, Women in Management and Leadership Positions, Ethical Business Leadership and Business Education.
Angela Coco is a lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Queensland. Teaching areas include feminist theory, gender studies, qualitative methods and studies in religion and spirituality. Her research interests include the study of traditional religions and their relationships to pagan and New Age movements and spirituality, and spirituality and mental health.
Alex J Cody is a PhD candidate at University of Queensland (UQ) and Senior Research Officer at the School of Public Health (QUT). Current work interests at the school focus on evaluations of national immunisation legislation and child protection training in Brisbane schools. Alex also tutors and in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology (UQ) in areas of Gender, Postmodernity and Health Promotion/Prevention. Personal research interests involve Men's Health, Gender and Bullying in Schools.
Heiko Daniel lectures in soil physics in the School of Rural Science and Natural Resources at the University of New England. He is an author of the multimedia CD-ROM "Oz Soils - An Interactive Introduction to Soil Science", and has been developing online teaching materials and methods for several years.
Allan Dickinson is a lecturer in Neurology and Clinical Studies at Macquarie University Sydney, in the Department of Chiropractic. As Head of the University Clinic he has a special interest in refining examination procedures currently used in assessing the clinical competency of final year students. Allan has a background in engineering, international marketing and business developement.
Cathie Doherty is currently a part-time lecturer in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Queensland. She is developing and delivering programs in the new Ipswich Graduate Entry Bachelor of Education. She has previously worked in the area of language and literacy provision in the TAFE, community and higher education sectors.
Allan Doring is Associate Professor and Lecturer in Education. He is a member of the School of Education on the McAuley Campus of Australian Catholic University and shares a common interest in student self-regulation with Bob Bingham.
Alan Duhs is a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics, UQ. He teaches economics for managers, economic development and economic philosophy. His research interests include development economics, social economics and reforms to the tertiary education sector.
Vicki Feast is an economics lecturer in the School of International Business at the University of South Australia. Vicki's interests also lie in improving the quality of the tertiary teaching and learning environment for business students. The combination of these two roles has culminated in her recent appointment as Dean: Teaching and Learning in the Division of Business and Enterprise".
Terrie Ferman is an educational designer at the Learning Resources Development Unit (TEDI). In this role, she supports academics across the university with the design and development of their subjects.
Robin Fisher is a lecturer in Science within the School of Nursing, Australian Catholic University, Queensland. She is interested in the quality delivery of science education to nursing students. She is also a National Tertiary Education Union member, sub-branch president, and representative on the ACU Enterprise Bargaining team.
Kevin Forbes - Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Royal Brisbane Hospital. Chairman of Clinical Rotations Committee. Involved in the development of the Graduate Medical Course at the University of Queensland for about 5 years. Main area of interest is the development and implementation of the new curriculum and introduction of new teaching method.
Terry Freeman, Teaching diploma NZ, MSc (Canterbury NZ), PhD (Monash) is a senior lecturer in physics at Macquarie University. Current interest, teaching and research in Optics. Outstanding teacher award, Macquarie University 1997.
Peter F. Green is a senior lecturer in electronic commerce in the Department of Commerce at the University of Queensland (Ipswich). He has qualifications in Computer Science, Accounting, and a PhD in Commerce (Information Systems) from the University of Queensland. Dr Green is a Chartered Accountant and a Member of the Australian Computer Society.
Before commencing with the University of Queensland in 1999, Peter was a senior lecturer in Accountancy at the Queendland University of Technology in Brisbane. During his time at the QUT, Dr Green taught and researched in IT education issues for accounting students, electronic commerce, business systems analysis and design, and computer auditing. Prior to joining the QUT in 1990, Peter was the Technical Systems Manager at the South-East Queensland Electricity Board (SEQEB), now Energex.
Dr Green is currently an executive committee member of the Queensland branch of the Australian Computer Society. He is Chairperson for the National IT Chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. He is heavily involved also in IT education for the accounting profession having presented seminars and courses for the members of the Australian Society of CPAs, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association.
Marianne Hanson is a lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of Queensland. She teaches and researches in the areas of human rights, humanitarian intervention and arms control. She is the project officer for a CUTSD award to introduce case study teaching in international relations subjects.
Gail Hart has fifteen years experience in the higher education sector in Australia. She has been employed within Health and Business faculties and taught both undergraduate and post-graduate students in the external and internal mode. Professor Hart is currently the Director of the Teaching and Learning Support Services (TALSS) Department at QUT. She is also a member of the national Committee for University Teaching and Staff Development (CUTSD). Her professional expertise includes mental health nursing, organisational development and change and human resource management. Her doctoral thesis explored the learning and working environment of registered nurses employed in clinical settings.
Alan Holzl is a Research and Development Officer within the Learning Resources Development Unit of the University of Queensland's Teaching and Educational Development Institute (TEDI). Prior to joining LRDU, he was an Instructional Designer with Educational Multimedia Services which is also part of TEDI.
Debra Hoven has taught German, Japanese, Indonesian and ESL at all levels from kindergarten to tertiary in Australia, Thailand and Indonesia. She currently teaches Indonesian language and culture at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her research interests include collaborative & cooperative learning, innovative teaching & learning, the practical applications of multimedia technology for language learning, computer mediated communications, and learning strategies, particularly their incorporation into multimedia-based teaching programs.
Lesley Jolly has been a lecturer in anthropology at the University of Queensland for five years and has recently moved into the new Behavioural Studies program at the Ipswich campus. She is just finishing a CUTSD project, investigating ways in which engineers might be trained to use reflexivity to improve their daily practice and life-long learning skills.
Betty Leask is a staff developer at the University of South Australia with over 20 years experience in education in Australia and overseas. Her particular areas of interest are curriculum and course design, internationalisation of the curriculum and strategies for staff development to improve teaching and learning.
Bruce Littleboy is a senior lecturer in Economics at the University of Queensland. At present he is seconded to the Ipswich campus to create flexibly delivered introductions to economics. He specialises in the history of macroeconomics and the nature of the Keynesian revolution.
Peter Lockwood lectures in soil science in the School of Rural Science and Natural Resources at the University of New England. He is an author of the multimedia CD-ROM "Oz Soils - An Interactive Introduction to Soil Science", and is particularly interested in combining the "high touch" and "high tech" aspects of university teaching.
Margaret Lund-Adams, is aResearch Assistan with the Nutrition Program, University of Queensland. She is presently employed at the Nutriton Program, on a part-time basis, to write modules for new flexible delivery subject. Margaret has previous experience in lecturing and tutoring Master of Community Nutrition students. Her personal interest areas include maternal and child nutrition, with research experience focussed on breastfeeding rates in Australia.
Gillian Lupton lectures in sociology in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Queensland, specialising in health, gender and law. With Trisch Short and Rosemary Whip she is author of Society and Gender. She has been struggling to teach introductory sociology to large first year classes for more years than she cares to remember.
Doune Macdonald is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland. Over the last ten years she has taught in a variety of contexts - large lectures, small problem-based learning classes, and supervised practica in teacher education and sociocultural studies. In 1997 she won a University of Queensland Excellence in Teaching award and in 1998 was a winner of an Australian Award for University Teaching (Social Sciences).
Elizabeth Mackinlay (Ph.D University of Adelaide) is an Associate Lecturer in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland where she teaches Indigenous studies, anthropology and ethnomusicology. Her experiences as an ethnomusicologist in the field and as an educator in the classroom have led her to examine issues of teaching and learning about music and performance traditions cross-culturally.
Dolly MacKinnon, BMus (Melb), PhD History (Melb), is a lecturer in Music, Academy of the Arts, Queensland University of Technology. As part of a QUT Teaching and Learning Grant, she is researching the multiple functions of silence in undergraduate teaching and learning experiences, and charting the implications for improving face to face, as well as on-line teaching. She is also completing a Graduate Certificate of Education (Higher Education) at QUT.
Jock Macleod is senior lecturer in literary studies, School of Humanities, Griffith University. Dr Macleod is working generally on what constitutes 'learning' in literary studies, and specifically on how patterns of meaning click into place for literature students.
Doune Macdonald is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Movement Studies. She started teaching full time at UQ in 1989 as an Associate Lecturer and since then has taught predominantly in the teacher education stream within the Department. In 1997 she won a University of Queensland Excellence in Teaching Award and in 1998 was the category finalist in the Prime Ministerial Awards for University Teaching (Social Science).
Philip Masel - Consultant Thoracic Physician at The Prince Charles Hospital since 1997, Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Universitry of Queensland. Involved in PBL tutoring, clinical coaching, examinations and interviews for Graduate Medical Course candidates.
David McSwan is Director of the Rural Education Research & Development Centre at James Cook University. His interests include rural schooling, equity issues for rural people, and community development..
Erica McWilliam is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at the Queensland University of Technology. She is an award-winning teacher whose classroom experience spans thirty years, nineteen of which have been spent in high schools and eleven in universities. Erica has a prolific publication record in teaching and learning, including Pedagogy, Technology and The Body (New York: Peter Lang, 1996), a co-edited collection which maps new modes of pedagogical work within and outside classrooms, and her forthcoming book on teaching, Pedagogical Pleasures (New York: Peter Lang).
John Medlin is a lecturer in accounting at the University of South Australia. John is subject coordinator for a core subject in the Division of Business and Enterprise at the University that has an annual enrolment of approximately 2,000 students. His interest is in accounting education and developing the learning skills of students).
Manda Page is a lecturer in The School of Natural and Rural Systems Management at Gatton. Her interests include the restoration of semi-arid eco systems, vegetation monitoring and seedbanks.
Jane Paterson, is a lecturer in the Nutrition Program, University of Queensland Jane Paterson joined the staff of the Nutrition Program in February 1999. Around eight of the last ten years prior to joining UQ, she had spent 4 years working working for a UN Agency, and 4 years working for an NGO - all in the Pacific region in the area of nutrition and public health. Jane had previously worked in Australia in a variety of nutrition-related positions. The work at UQ allows Jane to combine her experience in Nutrition activities with her interest in international work.
Andrew Peake is currently undertaking a Ph.D in Sociology. His research interest are in areas of cultural consumption, tastes and preferences and social generations.
Sorrel Penn-Edwards, B.Sc (Griffith); Grad.Dip.App.Film & TV (Swinburne); Grad. Dip.Teaching (BCAE);Grad.Cert.Higher Edn.(Griffith); M.Lit.St. (Qld); Ph.D.(QUT); SEDA accredited; MACE, is a lecturer in Media Studies; Australian Literature; Communication; Information Technology at the Faculty of Education, Griffith University. Previous lecturing in scriptwriting and film studies. Present research interest lies in video usage in research and teaching and recognition of student learning styles in subject planning.
Julia Playford is a lecturer in the Department of Botany, The University of Queensland. She has been involved in the development of PASS since its inception at UQ.
David Price - Senior Lecturer in Medical Education, Graduate School of Medicine for almost 10 years. Major interests are PBL, Clinical Teaching and Learning and Academic Staff Development. Significant achievements include the design and implementation of the original course for medicine which has evolved into the generic Grad Cert and educational and staff development contribution to the new Graduate Medical Course, U of Q.
Guy Ramsay is a tutor in the Department of Asian Languages and Studies at the University of Queensland. He is at present a tutor in Chinese language and has been since 1993. He was awarded a PhD in December 1997: "'Beijing Review' newstext: A comparative cross-cultural analysis of lexico-semantic and discourse structural features". His interests are discourse analysis,cultural identity and individuals of mixed cultural descent and CLGs and L2-learning.
Richard Reed is a lecturer in Property Studies in the Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Property Management and is currently based at Gatton campus. He is responsible for five Property subjects (internally and externally) and is expected to complete his PhD (Department of Geographical Sciences and Planning) in 2000 analysing long-term housing demand. Richard is also a registered real estate valuer and a member of the Australian Property Institute.
Sharon Robinson is a plant ecophysiologist with active research programmes in Antarctica and Australia. Dr Robinson teaches plant structure and function and basic biochemistry at first and second year and ecophysiology at third year level and supervisors Honours students in the Environmental Science and Biotechnology degrees. She took up her current position at the University of Wollongong in 1996.
Wayne Robinson is a Veterinary Scientist by training with a long term interest in the pathology of infectious disease. Professor Robinson is currently Deputy President of the Academic Board at the University of Queensland. In this capacity his prime responsibility is to develop, foster and guide teaching and learning enhancement at the University. He has a particular interest in linking University policy with Quality assurance measures to bring about positive changes in the approach to teaching and learning.
Wendy Russell completed her PhD in Photosynthesis Research shortly after starting work as an associate lecturer in the Biological Sciences Department of the University of Wollongong in 1996. She has taught and coordinated 1st year Biology and second-level Biochemistry subjects and is currently conducting research into biotechnology innovation and policy.
Irene Ryan is Liaison Librarian at the Kelvin Grove Library QUT. Irene is interested in the integration of information literacy into the curriculum and believes that working collaboratively with academic staff is an effective way to bring this about.
Lisa Schubert is a lecturer with the Nutrition Program at UQ. Previously, she has worked in hospital, community health and aged care settings in Queensland and Victoria as a dietitian/nutritionist, and has coordinated community nutrition studies for a Master of Nutrition and Dietetics course. She is currently involved in development and teaching of a new undergraduate course in Food Science and Nutrition. Her research interest is in the social context of food and nutrition.
AIan Scott - Director of Internal Medicine at Princess Alexandra Hospital. Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland. Extensive education background. Interests include clinical reasoning and clinical epidemiology. Involved with Graduate Medical Course since its inception.
Kirstyn Shaw is a PhD candidate who lectures and tutors in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology. She teaches in the areas of Criminal Justice, Consumption, Australian Development and Social Psychology. Her research interests include Consumption and Culture, Urban Sociology and Economic Sociology.
Virginia Slaughter is a lecturer in Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland. She is a developmental psychologist who has, over the last three years, dedicated much of her teaching effort to making improvements and innovations in a very large first year Psychology subject.
Calvin Smith is an Academic Consultant in the Teaching and Educational Development Institute (TEDI) at the University of Queensland. Dr Smith's main areas of interest are in the evaluation of educational programs and practices. He is responsible for the evaluation of teaching and subjects services offered to UQ staff by TEDI and for the past year has been piloting procedures for the evaluation of courses that will enhance curriculum review and reform at the University.
Peter Sondergeld is External Library Services Librarian at the Kelvin Grove Library QUT. Peter is interested in information literacy skills and the distance education student and how new communication technologies could be used effectively with these students.
Ron Store, now an educational consultant is the former Deputy Librian of James Cook University. His interests include resume provision for off campus students and design and delivery of off campus programs.
Ken Sutton is a lecturer in the Faculty of Science and Mathematics at the University of Newcastle. He has teaching responsibilities across several computer application areas and is particularly active in a number of faculty teaching and learning initiatives. He has a strong interest in Computer Assisted Design (CAD) and his research interests focus on understanding 3D concepts.
Ina Te Wiata works part time as a senior lecturer in the Centre for Educational Development and Interactive Resources at the University of Wollongong. Ina's particular areas of interest are assessment, course design and curriculum development, and the evaluation of teaching.
William T. Tow is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Queensland. He has served as a consultant to the Department of Defence, the Department of Foreign Affairs and the US Information Agency. His research interests include the politics of alliances and strategic stability in the Asia-Pacific region. He is a co-recipient of a CUTSD award to introduce case study teaching into international relations subjects.
Neil Trivett is a lecturer in Learning Development at the University of Wollongong. He has a ten years experience assisting students from equity backgrounds and has a strong interest in teaching, learning and assessment. Neil currently works with teaching staff to integrate the instruction of tertiary literacy into their curricula and is part of a team who were recently awarded a CUTSD grant to develop a national online interactive learning skills package.
Keith Ung is a lecturer in the School of Social Work and Social Practice at the University of Queensland. Keith reports his practice is in the areas of social work and disability, understanding organisational processes, spirituality and social work practice, individual and group supervision. His academic and teaching interests include frameworks for social work practice, the link between reflective practice and knowledge development, language and power in supervisory process, skills in group work, small group teaching.
Kerryann Walsh is an Associate Lecturer in the School of Early Childhood, QUT. Kerryann is completing her PhD with the Centre for Applied Studies in Early Childhood. She has an interest in technology-mediated teaching and learning in tertiary settings.
Laurie Walsh is an Associate Professor in Dentistry at the University of Queensland. He has been involved in teaching in the health science areas at tertiary level since 1983. His educational research, which has attracted grants from CUTSD and other bodies, has focussed on the applications of information technology in teaching and learning, and on the implementation of problem-based learning. Laurie received the 1997 UQ Award for Excellence in Teaching and the 1998 Australian Award for University Teaching. He is currently the chair of the School of Dentistry Curriculum Working Group, which is developing a new BDSc curriculum.
Gillian Whitehouse is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of Queensland. Her main areas of research are employment and industrial relations, business regulation and the politics of development. She is currently engaged in ARC funded research on these issues and is a co-recipient of a CUTSD award to introduce case study teaching into development subjects.
Anthony Williams is a Lecturer in the area of Technology as well as a Curriculum Development Consultant in the Learning and Development Program of Information and Education Services Division at the University of Newcastle. Anthony now works supporting curriculum development in both traditional and flexible learning modes across the University. His specific research interests are in Human Factors as they relate to collaboration and communication.
Jeremy Williams (BA[Hons], DipMgtStuds, PGCE, MA, PhD) is senior lecturer in economics in the Brisbane Graduate School of Business at QUT. He has 12 years experience in Australian higher education and has been a firm advocate of flexible delivery for around half this time. Jeremy's current research focuses on technology and how it might be employed for the purpose of student assessment.
Ian Woodward is completing his PhD in the the Department of Anthropology and Sociology. He also lectures in sociological theory and research methods, and the sociology of contemporary social change. Ian's research interests are in consumption cultures, architecture and space, and postmodernism.
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