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Institute of Teaching and Learning

Terry TIMBERLAKE Present position Lecturer Contact details Campus: Waterfront Tel: (+61) (+3) 522 78167 Fax: (+61) (+3) 522 78129 Email: t.timberlake@deakin.edu.au

Qualifications

Higher Diploma of Teaching - Secondary (State College, Melbourne)
Master of Education (Deakin)

Projects

Completed:
An evaluation of the professional development needs of casual academic staff and inexperienced lecturers at Deakin
Professional Development for   Casual Academic Staff online program, Deakin
Co-contributor to Effective Lecturing at Deakin professional development online modules, Deakin

Current:
Suite of “just in time/just sufficient” small online modules which will provide academic staff with quick support for immediate issues
Co-developer of Effective Team Learning modules to support academic staff who use group assignments
Developing and Assessing Generic Skills - Team Learning workshop for Deakin’s Teaching and Learning Conference, September 2007

Proposed:
Development of casual academic staff web page and resource materials
Problem Based Learning resources

Activities and interests

During my time with Deakin I have had experience in the roles of:

• Lecturer, Business Communication – Faculty of Business and Law
• Tutor/Marker for Management, Business Communication and Organisation Theory units - Faculty of Business and Law
• Tutor/Marker for Principles and Practice of Public Relations, Public Relations Management, and Marketing Communications units - Faculty of Arts
• Tutor for Law Relating to Building unit- Faculty of Science and Technology
• Marker for Public Relations Internship unit– Faculty of Arts
• Marker for Business Internship Program unit – Faculty of Business and Law

 My interests are:

• strategies for effective teaching and learning
• assessment of learning
• designing peer group learning environments
• assessing group projects
• professional development of casual academic staff
• raising the profile of casual academic staff in tertiary education
  

Publications and presentations

Timberlake, T. (2007 forthcoming) Undergraduate student perceptions of self managed group projects in communications education. Asia Pacific Public Relations Journal   7 (1)

Timberlake, T. (2006) Staff and student perceptions of self-managed projects in communications education. PRIA Academic Forum 2006  Melbourne.