Dr Kate Anderson receives a CRADLE Fellowship

Dr Kate Anderson is a lecturer in Disability and Inclusion at Deakin University. Dr Anderson’s clinical research focuses on capacity building for families of children with disability who are learning to use assistive technology. She has evaluated a range of remote and online learning approaches for supporting families, and is currently exploring parents’ access to assistive technology information on the Internet. Dr Anderson also has a keen interest in the scholarship of teaching and learning in tertiary education settings, particularly in the online learning environment.

During her fellowship she will be exploring use of self-disclosure by teachers and students in the online learning environment. Disclosure of personal experiences, values and opinions between students and their teachers can be valuable for rapport development, but its impacts on student learning have not been clearly established. Dr Anderson will investigate the risks and benefits of online teacher and student self-disclosures at Deakin. She will also conduct an intervention study to determine the effect of strategic teacher self-disclosure on students’ reflective learning practices.

Please visit CRADLE’s web site to see other fellowship holders and information about the program.