What's he up to?

2007

Academic
Stuart developed online professional development modules on the topics:

• Using SETU and CEQ to enhance teaching and learning; and
• Developing and assessing graduate attributes.

Stuart participated in the following Faculty Strategic Teaching and Learning Grant Scheme (STALGS) projects:

• Re-imagining teaching at Deakin through technology; and
• Fair Assessment and Reflective Learning: A cross-faculty online self-and-peer-assessment tool for teamwork assignments piloted in architecture and business communications.

Stuart participated in a university trial of student e-portfolios.

Stuart was an academic adviser for the Professional Development for Casual Academic Staff program.

Stuart was invited to give a presentation to the staff group commencing the unit EEE713 in the Graduate Certificate of Higher Education program on the topic of EEE713 - A survival guide.

Stuart made a presentation at the 2007 Deakin Teaching and Learning Conference on the topic of An evaluation of an Online Student Portfolio for the Development of Engineering Graduate Attributes.

Stuart co-presented at the 2007 Deakin Teaching and Learning Conference on the topic of Scholarly developments in teaching and learning: featuring Deakin case of designing and assessing student group assignments.

Stuart co-presented at the 2007 Deakin Teaching and Learning Conference on the topic of Developing a cross-faculty online self and peer assessment tool for teamwork assignments piloted in Architecture and Business communications.

Stuart co-presented a professional development session for course coordinators from the School of Health and Social Development.

Stuart presented a professional development sessions on SETU and teaching in the Arts Faculty [Note - filesize 6.2 MB].

Research
Stuart was a co-supervisor for Rebecca Allen, a PhD student at the University of Plymouth (UK) investigating the application of simulated laboratory experiments in engineering education.

Stuart retains a strong interest in Frequency Domain Analysis.

Stuart contributed to the analysis of data from a longitudinal survey of students taking wholly online units at Deakin.

Stuart investigated patterns of students usage of an online discussion and their influence on academic results.

Stuart (as a team member with Dale Holt and Christine Spratt) was awarded a $219,000 Carrick Institute Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Program Grant (for 2009 and 2010) for the project entitled Strategic leadership for institutional teaching and learning centres: developing a model for the 21st century.

Service
Stuart represents ITL on the DSO system management committee.

Stuart represented ITL on the University group work task force.

Stuart was invited to make a presentation on the use of online student portfolios for recording attainment of graduate attributes to the Melbourne Forum of the Carrick Institute-funded Engineering Meta-Attributes Project (EMAP).

Stuart represented ITL at the Victorian regional forum for the Carrick Institute-funded Discipline Based Initiative investigation entitled Rethinking Engineering Education.

Stuart represented Deakin at the Carrick Institute-funded Development of Academics and Higher Education Futures Forum.

Stuart is a manuscript reviewer for the journal Computers and Education.

Stuart is a manuscript reviewer for the journal Computers Applications in Engineering Education.

Stuart is a manuscript reviewer for the Textile Research Journal.

Stuart is a manuscript reviewer for the journal Educational Research and Evaluation.

Stuart is a manuscript reviewer for the International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education.

Stuart is a member of the program committee and manuscript reviewer for the AAEE07 conference.

Stuart is a manuscript reviewer for the ascilite07 conference.

Professional / Other
Stuart participates in the following professional activities:

• member of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ascilite);
• member of the editorial board for the Australasian Journal of Engineering Education;
• corporate member of Engineers Australia and a Chartered Professional Engineer;
• member of the Engineers Australia College of Information Technology and Electronics Engineers;
• member of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU).

You can also check out what Stuart did in previous years (some links may no longer work).

Back to Stuart's Home Page.
You can have a look at his list of publications.