Professional development through study tours, attending conferences, workshops and professional meetings

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In addition to presenting at local and international conferences.

Educational (general)

2017, 14 -15 March. New generation learning space design 2017. Sydney, Australia.

2017, 7 -11 March. 2017 Open Education Global Conference. Cape Town, South Africa.

2016, 17 -18 March. ACODE 70. Analytics and Adaptive Learning and Teaching. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). Orange, NSW.

2015, 5 - 6 November. ACODE 69. Learning Ecology - Ecosystems. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). Melbourne

2015, 29 - 30 June. ACODE 68. Staff development in contemporary Higher Education: The Holy Grail. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). Auckland

2015, 26 - 27 March. ACODE 67. Assessment Practice and Technology Enhanced Learning. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). Melbourne

2014, 6 - 7 November. ACODE 66. Backing the right horses - Perspectives on online learning success. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). Melbourne

2014, 3 - 4 July 2014. ACODE 65. Blended Learning: The journey continues, the future beckons. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). Sunshine Coast

2014, 20 – 21 March. ACODE 64. Developing Staff Digital Literacies: Concepts, Policies and Practices. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). Hamilton, New Zealand.

2013, 7 - 8 November. ACODE 63. Exploring Student Voice in Online Education. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). St Lucia, Queensland

2013, 27- 28 June. ACODE 62. Flipped Classrooms and other Open Educational Practice. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). Suva, Fiji.

2013, 8 – 12 April. Learning Analytics and Knowledge 2013 (LAK13) conference. Leuven, Belgium.

2012, 19 September. Standards and Quality in Online Education symposium. University of Sydney.

2012, 8 -9 November. ACODE 60. Learning Analytics. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE).Perth

2012, 23 March. ACODE 58. The business case for academic development: Does current evidence address all stakeholder priorities? Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE).

2011, 14 November. ACODE 57. Sustaining e-Learning Innovations: From conception to maturity. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE).

2011, 30 June. “ACODE 56: Building Capacity in the Academic Community”. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.

2011, 22 March. “ACODE 55: Enhancing the quality of student learning: Systems in place to monitor, evaluate and review”. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

2010, 11 November. “ACODE 54: Open Educational Resources”. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

2010, 7 July. “ACODE 53: Blended Learning”. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.

2010, 15-16 March. “ACODE 52: Learner Profiles”. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.

2009, 16-17 November. “ACODE 51: Online Assessment”. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia.

2009, 13-14 July. “ACODE 50: Lost in Space –Teaching and Learning Spaces”. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

2006, 17 August. “Strategies for Supervising at a Distance workshop”. Charles Sturt University. Presented by Dr Christine Jennett.

2005, 1 December. “Course Review workshop”. Charles Sturt University.

2005, 3-7 July. “Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Annual Conference Higher Education in a Changing World”.Sydney, Australia.

2003. Workshop on “Learning-centered teaching” by Prof Lynne Hunt, the 2003 Australian Prime Minister's Teaching Award winner (of Edith Cowan University, Australia), University of Botswana.

1996, October. "Teaching Information Technology" in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Educational technology

2015, August 24 - 27. “Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference”. Adelaide, Australia.

2012, June 18 - 21. “mLearnCon 2012”. San Jose, US.

2011, October 18 - 21. “EDUCAUSE”. Philadelphia, US.

2011, June 30. “ACODE 57: Sustaining eLearning Innovations: From conception to maturity”. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia.

2011, June13 - 16. “Sakai International Conference”. Los Angeles, US.

2011, May 25 - 27. eLearning Africa Conference. Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

2011, May 18 to June 10. Conducted a study tour on the use of mobile learning at seven South African universities through discussions and through presenting interactive seminars.

2010, 12-14 July. ”Moodle Conference Australia”. Melbourne, Australia.

2009, 18-19 March. “ACODE 49: Student expectation/experience using Web 2.0”. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). Victoria University and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

2008, 18-19 November. “ACODE 48: Emerging Technologies: implications for policy and practice”. Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia.

2006, 4-8 December. “Sakai International Conference”. Atlanta, Georgia, US.

2006, 24-26 July. ”Moodle Conference”. Hosted by the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

2006 19-28 July. Conducted a study tour on the operations of a number of educational technology research institutes and centres. The London Knowledge Lab (LKL) and the London Centre for Leadership in Learning of the Institute of Education, University of London; The Institute for Educational Technology (IET); The Knowledge Media Institute (KMi); Computers and Learning Research Group in IET; User Lab in IET; Centre for the Study of Educational Technologies (CSET) in IET; The Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET ), Open University; eLINK research group and the Metadata research group, The Catholic University of Leuven.

2002, 15-23 July. Conducted a study tour on strategic directions and the operations of online learning at Institutes in online learning in Western Europe: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands: Centre for ICT in Education (15 July); University of Twente, Netherlands : Development Institute for Knowledge, Education and Learning (DINKEL) (16 July); Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany: Distance Education in Developing Countries (17 and 18 July).; Catholic University Leuven, Belgium: eLINK, as well as EuroPACE (22 July); United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies [UNU/INTECH] Maastricht, Netherlands (23 July).

2002, February. "10th European Congress and Specialist Trade Fair for Educational and Information Technology (LearnTEC2002)" in Karlsruhe, Germany.

2001, 16-28 September. Conducted a study tour on online learning, video-conferencing, professional development of academic staff in educational technology, strategies for the wide diffusion of instructional technologies within the institute, as well as smart classrooms and staff training facilities in the USA: University of Washington, Washington State University, Oregon State University, University of Florida and Georgia State University.

2001, 21-25 May. "World Education Market (WEM)" in Vancouver, Canada.

1996, 17-22 June. "World Conference on Educational Hypermedia and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA)" in Boston, USA.

1995, October. "Australian National Tele-centres Conference" in Bunbury, Western Australia on invitation by the coordinator, Ms Gay Short. The conference programme included visits to a number of tele-centres.

Managerial

2010, 3 February. “Cultural Competency Training Workshop”. Charles Sturt University. Presented by Wendy Nolan

2008, March. “Change Management workshop”. Presented by Hedy Bryant, Charles Sturt University

2007, 17 August. “Working with Indigenous Australians”. Charles Sturt University. Presented by Karen Kime

1992. “Communication for managers” P E Technikon (now integrated within Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University).

1991, October. Commissioned by the Rectorate of the Port Elizabeth Technikon (now integrated within Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University) to investigate information systems for top and senior management at universities and polytechnics in Europe and the United Kingdom that included the University of Leuven in Belgium and the Imperial College in London.

1991, 26 June. “Team management and Leadership”. Dynamic Growth Training, Johannesburg.

1987, 21-23 June . “Project Management”. ISM (IBM South Africa), Port Elizabeth.

Knowledge management

2009, 5-6 August. “Knowledge Management Australia 2009: From Diverse Perspectives". Ark Group. Chrystal Palace, Luna Park, Sydney, Australia.

2009, March 27. “Equella Digital Object Management System Workshop”. The Learning Edge. Sydney, Australia.

2008, 6-8 February. “Australian ePortfolio Symposium 2008”. Australian ePortfolio Team. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)

2005, 25-28 September. “Apple University Consortium (AUC) Academic & Developers Conference”, Hobart, Australia.

2001, 4 September. "SAP eLearning Seminar". Johannesburg, South Africa.

1995, November. "Annual Conference of the New Zealand Computer Society". Wellington, New Zealand.

1995, October. "On-line Commerce". Brisbane, Australia.

1992, 16 March. “Fundamentals of HP-UX”. Hewlett Packard, Port Elizabeth.

1991, 15-17 July. “Joint Application Development (JAD) Leadership”. INFOMET, Port Elizabeth.

1990, 25-29 June and 1989, 25 September. “Structured Systems Analysis and Design”. INFOMET (a Business and Information Systems Methodology), Johannesburg.

1989, 9 January. “Oracle Programmers Workshop”. Knowledge Systems International, Johannesburg.

1988, 6-8 July. “Data Gathering and Analysis”. Don Gray Training, Johannesburg.

1988, 23-25 May. “SQL Language for SQL/DS Environment”. ISM (IBM South Africa), Port Elizabeth.

1983. “Programming with COBOL”. SANLAM. Bellville.

1978, January. “ASSEMBLER Programming”. SANLAM. Bellville.

 

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