Dr Misty So-Sum Wai-COOK is Deputy Director at the Centre for English Language Communication; Associate Director of Student Life at the College of Alice & Peter Tan (CAPT); and Fellow at the National University of Singapore Teaching Academy. Misty has won multiple Centre and NUS teaching excellence awards, and she is now on Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA) Honour Roll at NUS. Misty has also conducted multiple research projects and published papers on academic literacies, tutor and peer feedback in language education, English across the curriculum, and the use of technologies to enhance teaching and learning. She is on the Editorial Board for peer-review journals such as Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education and Journal of Underrepresented & Minority Progress.

Dr Elizabeth (Liz) Goode is a Lecturer in the Academic Portfolio Office at Southern Cross University, Australia. She has led academic professional development opportunities for designing curriculum in an immersive delivery model, a community of practice in active learning pedagogy, and an institutional scholarship of learning and teaching working paper series. Liz has received multiple teaching awards, including an Office for Learning and Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. She is currently researching the impact of the immersive Southern Cross Model and active learning pedagogy on students’ achievement, satisfaction and success. For more information: https://researchportal.scu.edu.au/esploro/profile/elizabeth_goode/overview?institution=61SCU_INST

Dr Kerry Reid-Searl (AM) is a Professor of Simulation and Innovation at the University of Tasmania. She is also an Emeritus Professor at CQUniversity and an Adjunct Professor at Monash University. Kerry has been involved in undergraduate nursing education for 32 years. She has developed two simulation techniques termed Mask-Ed™ and Pup Ed™. These simulation approaches focus on patient centred care. Mask-Ed™ is used in nursing and other health related education programmes globally. Kerry has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards including two CQUniversity Vice Chancellors Teaching Awards, two Australian Learning and Teaching Citations for her outstanding contribution to student learning, was named Pearson/Australian Nurse Teacher Society- Nurse Teacher of the Year, was awarded and Australian University Teaching Excellence Award, won Simulation Australia Achievement Award and in 2020 was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia for her contribution to nursing education. Kerry’s research focuses on simulation, student learning experiences and patient safety. Kerry has been the chief investigator of multiple research projects including a Category 1 grant. She supervises higher degree research students and has had multiple completions both at PhD and Master’s level. Kerry has an extensive publication list and has been the principal author, as well co-author, of multiple nursing texts books. She has delivered an extensive number of keynote and or invited speaker presentations globally. More recently Kerry has developed a unique resource for children referred to as ‘The Poop it Kit’. Kerry is continually designing and creating resources and simulations that can enhance participation for learners.