What's he up to?

2008

Academic
Stuart has a portfolio responsibility for academic professional development for new staff.

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

Stuart presented a professional development session for the School of Information Systems entitled Some issues in assessment: Some examples from engineering.

Stuart made a contribution to a professional development forum for the School of Engineering and Information Technology entitled Enhancing learning experiences for off-campus students.

Stuart made a contribution to a professional development workshop for the School of Health and Social Development entitled Orienting Undergraduate Students to their Future Careers from Day 1 of their Course - some perspectives from engineering. (note - 4.4 MB ppt file)

Stuart was invited to co-present a session on e-portfolios at the University of Plymouth's Teaching and Learning Conference on 4 July 2008.

Stuart is the ITL representative on two STALGS projects for 2008:

• Improving the level of student engagement in lectures via a mobile-phone based audience response system: a trial of first-year IT units; and
• Appropriate strategies for improving Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Student outcomes in healthcare professional placements.
  

Research
Stuart retains a strong interest in Frequency Domain Analysis.

Stuart (as a team member with Dale Holt) was awarded a $219,000 Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC - formerly Carrick Institute) Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Program Grant (for 2008 and 2009) 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 represents ITL on the SETU working party.

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

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

Stuart is a manuscript reviewer for the Textile Research Journal.

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

Stuart is a manuscript reviewer for the journal Spreadsheets in Education.

Stuart is a manuscript reviewer for the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology.

Stuart is a manuscript reviewer for the ascilite08 conference.

Stuart is a mentor in the ascilite Community Mentoring Program.

Stuart is a member of the program committee for the ascilite08 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;
• 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.