Dr Alan Anderson

Work Phone	(02) 4985 4424
Fax	(02) 4921 6827
Email	Alan.Anderson@newcastle.edu.au
Position	Lecturer Online Teaching & Learning Centre for Teaching and Learning The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office	Room LC112, Languages Building

Biography

Dr Alan Anderson is a Lecturer in the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of Newcastle. He is a member of the CTL Educational Resources team and has recently been appointed Program Convenor, Graduate Certificate in the Practice of Tertiary Teaching (2012). Alan has extensive experience in online teaching and course design for blended and distance delivery. His research in these areas has focused on how multimedia technologies can be used for the purposes of learning in higher education, distance education schooling and vocational education and training. In previous academic positions Alan lectured in Music at the University of Otago NZ and in the Social Sciences and Contemporary Music at Southern Cross University, Australia.

Qualifications

PhD, Southern Cross University, 2004
Master of Education, Southern Cross University, 2000
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Southern Cross University, 1997
Bachelor of Arts (Contemporary Music), Southern Cross University, 1995
Certificate IV in Workplace Assessment & Training, Southern Cross University, 2001

Research

Research keywords

education, blended learning, online learning, video-assisted learning, music

Research expertise

Education technology, desktop video assisted learning, online teaching and learning, music performance, music technology and music education.

Collaboration

Between 2007-2009 Alan worked on a successful University of Newcastle led Australian Research Council Linkage project titled Interactive Distance Learning: Opening Our Eyes. Led by Professor Stephen Crump, Pro Vice-Chancellor (External Relations) at the University of Newcastle, this project investigated the user experiences of IDL in primary schools and in vocational education and training (VET) in New South Wales and the Northern Territory. Alan is currently involved in a pilot project that builds on the success of the IDL project. Led by Professor Stephen Crump, in association with the University of the South Pacific, this pilot project will investigate people’s use and experience of a satellite-based communications system being newly deployed for Pacific Island nations by the University of the South Pacific.

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
130306	Educational Technology And Computing	50
130103	Higher Education	30
190407	Music Performance	20

Memberships

Body relevant to professional practice.

Member - Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ascilite)
Member - The Australian Society for Music Education (ASME)
Member - The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)

Appointments

Chair Research Committee, Centre for Teaching and Learning University of Newcastle (Australia)	01/11/2009 - 01/12/2011
Program and Course Approval Committee Member (Nominee of the Director, Centre for Teaching and Learning) University of Newcastle (Australia)	01/01/2012

Awards

Recognition.

2011	Vice Chancellor Citation University of Newcastle (Australia) VC Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. Awarded to the Educational Resources Support and Development Team, Centre for Teaching and Learning.

The University of Newcastle, Australia