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3D - Professional learning for changing academic practices

Tracks
Track 4
Thursday, July 6, 2023
11:00 AM - 12:25 PM
Plaza P7

Speaker

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Mr Robert Kennelly
Adjunct
University of Canberra

11:00am - 11:25am Exploration of TATAL communities of practice: The final stage of a longitudinal project

11:00 AM - 11:25 AM

Biography

I am currently an adjunct professional Associate in the School of Management, Faculty of Business, Government and Law at the University of Canberra. In retirement my main interest is in collaborative reflective practice where I practice and research. I am a Pioneer HERDSA Fellow and a life member. I was a member of HERDSA Executive from 2006 to 2012 where I contributed most to the HERDSA Fellowship and membership committees. A colleague, Coralie McCormack, and I pioneered a program called TATAL (Talking about teaching and Learning) and currently there are about a dozen groups of academics from across the universities in Australasia engaged in collaborative reflective practice about their teaching and learning. I am currently a member of a research team evaluating TATALs from 2008 to 2021.
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Assoc Prof Edward Palmer
Lecturer
The University of Adelaide

11:30am - 11:55am Improving the effectiveness of Communities of Practices (CoPs) for knowledge sharing and professional development

11:30 AM - 11:55 AM

Biography

Edward has 30 years of experience in teaching and learning across multiple disciplines and is a local and national award winner in education. He specialises in the use of assessment and online curriculum design and technology in education where he focuses on virtual and augmented reality and the role of AI in education and training. He is working on projects investigating the role of communities of practice, the use of discussion forums in teaching and the role of personalisation of learning. Edward is the convener of HERGA, a community of over 1000 education practitioners in South Australia and serves on the academic board for SAIBT. He is the chair of the South Australian Branch of HERDSA.
Ms Narissa Lewis
University of Auckland

12:00pm - 12:25pm Pandemic partnering across the seas: a partnership between University of Auckland and University of Sydney offering evidence-based professional-learning for educators

12:00 PM - 12:25 PM

Biography

Narissa is of Waikato, Ngāti Kahungungu and Ngāti Porou descent. She is an experienced change agent who has held academic and operational roles across a range of tertiary institutions. Her background is in student-facing roles that aim to support student transitions in, through and out of tertiary. More recently, she has held staff-facing roles in the areas of curriculum design and development, learning design, and academic development. It is through her latter roles that she gained an interest in the humanistic aspects of change, and organisational behaviour and culture. Danny is a molecular biologist by training, programmer by night, researcher and academic developer by day, and educator at heart. He works at the confluence of educational technology, student engagement, learning analytics/educational data science, pedagogical research, organisational leadership, and professional development. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Educational Innovation team in the DVC (Education) Portfolio and an Honorary Associate in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences, both at the University of Sydney.

Chair

Laurine Hurley
Senior Lecturer
Australian Catholic University

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