inspirED Australasia 2022

Professor Simon Bedford is the Pro Vice-Chancellor Learning Futures at Western Sydney University.  He is responsible for the leadership of strategic educational innovation and collaboration to shape the University's commitment to ensuring its students fulfil their potential to become influential global citizen-scholars in a new technology-enabled world.

Patrick Stoddart is a Senior Manager of Academic Systems and Digital Experience at The University of Melbourne.

Dr. Jo Elliott is Senior Lecturer, Learning Spaces Innovation, in Deakin Learning Futures at Deakin University. Her key responsibilities include leading digital learning innovation projects and developing capacity-building resources and activities to support the design of engaging, inclusive online learning experiences. Throughout her career, Jo has been focused on the student experience, from equitable access to university, transition to study, and developing employability. Her research interests include the role of online learning in inclusive education and student transition, staff-student partnerships, and communication for behavioural change.

Dr. Tiffany Gunning is a Senior Lecturer Curriculum Design and Development at Deakin University. She combines her scientific background, expertise in secondary and tertiary education with her interest in the development and implementation of e-Learning tools, to provide online solutions to Higher Education teaching and learning challenges. She works closely with academics to support and influence improvement in teaching and learning across STEM courses. Her current research interests include scaffolded implementation of Authentic Assessment, development of students Teamwork Skills including self and peer review and development of student awareness of First Nations knowledges.

Professor Michael Sankey is the Director Learning Futures and Lead Education Architect at Charles Darwin University in Australia. In addition to this role, Michael is the President of the Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE). He specialises in emerging technologies, technology enhanced learning, curriculum renewal, eLearning quality, multimodal design, digital, visual and multiliteracies. Michael has worked in higher education for 30+ years, at 5 universities and is particularly interested in how constructively aligned and aesthetically enhanced learning environments can better transmit concepts to students, particularly those from diverse backgrounds and those who study at a distance.

Dr. Tori Llewelyn is a pharmacist and lecturer with over 15 years’ experience in tertiary education in Australia. Tori utilises transition pedagogy in the design and delivery of foundational topics, supporting students to become engaged, independent adult learners, and she regularly trials new learning tools and strategies to support these outcomes. Tori designed and co-ordinates a large level 1 research and study skills subject that is taken by students from across the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University, and also provides specialist consultation in the College about teaching and learning in pharmacology and quality use of medicines.

Dr Jess Co is a senior lecturer in the Department of Management at the Monash Business School in Victoria, Australia. She has close to 30 years of university teaching experience specialising in management, strategy, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation across universities in Australia, the UK, South Africa, Sweden and the Philippines. Her research interests include technology-enhanced learning, entrepreneurship education, ethnic and youth entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship. She is also a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Dr Molly Johnston is an assistant lecturer and postdoctoral research fellow at the Monash Bioethics Centre, Monash University. She teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels on the ethical issues related to advances in genomics and assisted reproductive technologies. Molly utilises innovative techniques to deliver content and assess understanding, with the primary aim of improving engagement and facilitating learning. Her research interests are the ethical and social issues raised by human reproductive technologies, in particular assisted reproductive technologies and prenatal genetic testing.

Sheona Thomson is Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator in the School of Architecture and Built Environment at QUT and Strategic Lead, Assessment and Academic Integrity in the Learning and Teaching Unit at the Queensland University of Technology.

Laura Tubino is a Lecturer in Curriculum Design at Deakin University. She is currently pursuing her PhD “Promoting a Holistic Approach to Computing Education”. Laura’s research focuses on educational technology and assessment design. In 2021 Laura received a Vice Chancellors Award and ASCILITE Innovation Award for her work in this area.