Faculty of Business and Law

School of Information Systems

Enabling Education Research Cluster

This cluster is concerned with enabling education through research and scholarship in the three main areas, Broadening participation, Technology enabled education and Work Intergrated Learning. Indicative staff projects/research interests are listed below.

Broadening participation

Access and equity; transforming teaching and learning to broaden participation in the information society

Name Projects/Interests
Dr Darryl Coulthard
  • How technology is appropriated by humanity and how that appropriation changes us
  • Professional ethics in postmodern society
Associate Professor Annemieke Craig
  • Digital Divas: Designing approaches to enthuse girls' interest in ICT studies and careers (with J. Fisher, C. Lang & H. Forgasz)
  • The recruitment, retention and advancement of women in computing
Dr Lemai Nguyen
  • Cultural dimensions in on-line learning
  • Community aged care through ICT Supporting social inclusion and information needs in community aged care through ICT (with S. Evans)

Technology enabled education

Enhancing and transforming the classroom culture and teaching in ways to engage and deepen the learning of diverse students through technology

Name Projects/Interests
Dr Darryl Coulthard
  • The nexus between IS and the current teaching ideology and the use of technology as a vehicle for change
  • Examining how IS assists learning
Associate Professor Annemieke Craig
  • A review of e-technologies to inform pedagogies and practice for teaching and learning online (with J. Coldwell)
  • Roles and responsibilities in online Learning (with J. Coldwell and J. Mustard)
Associate Professor Jacob Cybulski
  • Integrating e-simulations in teaching business information systems (with L. Nguyen, C. Parker)
  • eSims Project (with D.Holt, R.Smithm, B.Corbitt, M.Keppell)
Bardo Fraunholz and Chia Yao Lee
  • The use of Facebook to facilitate teamwork and enhancing the team experience using mobile devices
Associate Professor Sharman Lichtenstein
  • Decision-support for IT certification course selection
  • Collaborative learning and electronic media
Dr Susan Keller
  • Use of technology in health promotion education (with D. Coulthard)
Dr Shona Leitch
  • Social Networking and Teaching (with M. Warren)
Dr Lemai Nguyen
  • Explorations of iPad in higher education around the world (with S.M. Barton & Linh Nguyen)
Dr Jamie Mustard
  • Flipping the classroom with a mobile study guide (with A. Craig, D. Holt and S. Segrave)
Marie van der Klooster
  • Designing teaching strategies to maximize students' effective use of their available learning time

Work Integrated Learning

WIL, Business Internships, Community Based Volunteering

Name Projects/Interests
Dr Susan Keller
  • Designing learning experiences to enhance the development of students' graduate attributes (With C. Parker)
Dr Lemai Nguyen
  • Learning to Become a Creative Systems Analyst (with J. Cybulski)
Professor Dineli Mather
  • Leading WIL: distributed leadership approach to enhance work integrated learning outcomes (with 4 other Universities)
  • Leadership capabilities for effective implementation of WIL in higher education (with the Faculty of Health)
  • Developing students' awareness of graduate attributes through WIL (with K. Young)

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31st July 2012