| Bio | Name | Information |
| view | Laurie Field | Laurie's research interests and activities fall into four areas:
Research into the nature of organisational learning and its facilitation: for example, research into organisational learning associated with organisational change; research into factors which influence learning within particular organisations; research into learning within small business, and formulation of research strategies relating to small business and learning; research into learning within particular industry sectors
Research into the interrelationships between workplace learning and its context: for example, research into learning during temporary organisational forms such as plant shutdowns and plant installations; research into how context impacts on training within the shearing industry; research into the facilitation of undergraduate learning during industry placements
Research into the nature of adult learning: for example, research into the nature and measurement of self-directed learning readiness; research into the nature of VET pedagogy; research into accommodating adult learning styles; research into factors affecting training and learning by people from non-English speaking backgrounds; research into combining online and face-to-face adult learning activities
Research into the nature of skill and skill shortfalls: for example, research into skill requirements and skill gaps within various industry sectors; research into the nature of key competencies and employability skills sought by leading companies |
| view | Maree Gosper | Maree Gosper's research activity has encompassed educational issues across a range of disciplines and areas of interest. Her current interest is on curriculum, teaching and learning development with a particular focus on integrating information and communications technologies (ICTs) into the curriculum, matching cognitive processes underpinning learning with cognitive enabling features of technologies, and the development of effective and sustainable learning communities and e.learning environments. The most significant research projects of current and past interest have focused on: - the integration of information and communication technologies into the curriculum
- the design, development and evaluation of e.learning courses and resources
- the effectiveness of teaching development grant schemes in supporting the teaching and teaching development goals of universities
- learning objects - user perspectives on their role in supporting teaching and learning, and the institutional and individual issues surrounding their re-use
- the forces and barriers impacting on the uptake and the sustainability of the use of information and communication technologies in universities.
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| view | Stephen Marshall | Stephen's research activity embraces pure and applied research in the broad areas of academic leadership and management, professional, staff and organisational development, policy implementation and change, educational innovation, program evaluation, and performance appraisal. Stephen's current research projects focus on:
· the nature of academic leadership and management;
· the development of academic leaders and managers;
· organisational influences on teaching development ; and
approaches to curriculum innovation and change in higher education. |
| view | Anna Reid |
Anna's research explores the relationships between students' and teachers' understanding of learning and their understanding of professional work. Her research has spanned several disciplines and has focussed on aspects of students' professional formation that will enhance their understanding of working within professional contexts and the manner in which curriculum can be designed to focus on those elements. Anna's current research projects focus on:
· the professional formation of students and student engagement with their studies
· curriculum implications of internationalisation;
· creativity,ethics, cross-cultural sensitivity and sustainability for professional formation;
· and leadership, mentoring and quality in HDR supervision.
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| view | Ian Solomonides | Ian’s research is in primarily in the area of student learning having completed a doctoral thesis on Learning Interventions and the Approach to Study of Engineering Undergraduates in 1996. He has produced several publications related to the quality of student learning, motivating students, the conceptions of learning and teaching held by students and staff, teaching and assessment methods, and student engagement. He has also produced work in relation to curriculum design and sustainability in the curriculum. He has provided academic consultancy as well as serving on external examination, subject validation and review panels to universities in the UK and elsewhere in the world. |