2012 Teaching and Learning Project Grants

Reports on each project can be found in the 2012 Teaching and Learning Showcase program

Dr Conor Gilligan, Prof Tracy Levett-Jones, Dr Sue Outram, A/Pro Rohan Rasiah, Ms Yolanda Surjan, Ms Lyn Ebert, Dr Teresa Stone, Dr Graeme Horton, Dr Martin Veysey, Dr Karen Drysdale, Ms Kylie Agllias, Prof Alison Ferguson.

Developing an Interprofessional course for health professional students

A/Prof Anthony O'Brien, Michelle Giles (HNEH Local Health District); Vicki Parker (UNE/HNEH), Catherine Turner (HNEH-LHD), Teresa Stone (UoN), Glenda Parmenter (UNE), Lynne Slater (UoN), Jacqueline Lea (UNE/HNEH), Ashley Kable (UoN), Shane Dempsey (UoN).

Evaluating the preceptor role for pre-registration student clinical education - the unmet educational need in university wide clinical practice - a pilot study

Ms Joyce Cooper, A/Prof Rohan Rasiah, Dr Keith Nesbitt, A/Pro Jennifer Schneider, A/Pro David Newby, Mr Luke Kelly, Mr Tim Garrett.

The Virtual Pharmacy: Development of an interactive 3D virtual pharmacy application to enhance student engagement and learning in the Master of Pharmacy Program.

Dr Sue Outram, Ms Kate Dundas, Dr Kathleen Butler, Dr Ann Buchmann, Dr Harry Hodges, Dr Natalie Johnson.

An e-learning video resource to assist academics to manage challenges which arise when teaching about social disadvantage

Doowon Lee, Bo Bae Choi, Suzanne Ryan, Jim Psaros.

Coming to Newcastle: Ensuring a smooth transition for international students in articulation programs.

Helen Giggins, Anthony Williams, Wyn Jones, Andrew Yardy.

Development of an integrated system to provide students with 'verbal' feedback.

Gillian Arrighi, Brian Joyce, A/Pro Rohan Rasiah; Joyce Cooper; Susan Kerrigan, A/Pro Chris Kewley.

Improved Simulation Education Models - a pedagogical initiative by the Disciplines of Drama and Pharmacy.

Dr Anna Bennett, Dr Erica Southgate, Dr Keryl Kavanagh, Ms Cheryl Williams, Ms Rosalie Bunn, Dr Rachel Buchanan, Dr Sharon Cooper.

Establishing effective and sustainable links between enabling and undergraduate programs by examining the transition of ELFSC students

Mrs Evelyn McDonald, Karen Sellers, Helen Askie.

Development of writing booklet to enhance international students' writing skills in preparation for further study

Dr Kathy Butler, Prof Dennis Foley, Dr Brooke Collins-Gearing, Dr Josephine May, Dr Alistair Rolls, Mrs Penny Crofts, Ms Kate Dundas, Mr Michael Foley, Mrs Deborah Hartman, Mrs Gjyn O'Toole, Dr Sue Outram, Dr Tamara Young.

Indigenisation of curriculum: Peer Review of Teaching

In 2011, nine project grants were completed. Reports on each project can be found in the 2011 Teaching and Learning Showcase program.

Lead:   Suzanne Ryan, Business and Law

Team:   Asit Bhattacharrya, Hock-Thye Chan, Neelam Goela, Marcus Rodrigs, Christine Yap, Jackie Yong

Project:  Enhancing outcomes for Master of Professional Accounting (MPAC) Students in Teaching and Learning

 

Lead:   James Bennett, Robert Parkes, Kath Grushka, Education and Arts

Team:   Rebecca Beirne, Josephine May, Debra Donnelly, Chris Falzon, Claire Lowrie, Robert Imre, Heather Sharp

Project:  Visual Media Texts: Teaching and Assessing the Humanities and Social Sciences in a Post-literate Age

 

Lead:   Rachel Buchanan, Education and Arts

Team:   Suzanne Macqueen, Erica Southgate, Jill McKeowen, Jill Scevak

Project:  Academic literacy for first year teacher education students: skill base, achievement, retention and directions for integrated learning support

 

Lead:   Sue Outram, Health

Team:   Tracy levett-Jones, Kathleen Butler, Gjyn O'Toole, Kate Dundas

Project:  Establishing effective strategies and resources to facilitate teaching in the teriary sector about minorities

 

Lead:   Mel Gray, Education and Arts

Team:   Kylie Aglias, Lou Johnston, Kellie Andrews

Project:  Renewing Social Work Curriculum about non-heterosexualities to support student experience and increase professional development

 

Lead:   Sally Hewat, Education and Arts

Team:   Elizabeth Spencer

Project:  Establishing an on-campus Speech Intelligibility Clinic

 

Lead:   Deborah Hartman, Family Action Centre

Team:   Richard Fletcher, Bernice Mathisen, Gyjn O'Toole, Kathleen Butler, Penny Crofts

Project:  Wiki Ways and Cultural Competency - Enhancing the Student Learning Experience

 

Lead:   Shane Dempsey, Health

Team:   Naomi Findlay, Suzanne Snodgrass, Tracey Burrows, Pauline Chiarelli, Sharyn Hunter, Chloe Killen

Project:  Providing online access to Peer Assisted Review of Teaching Framework and Tools

 

Lead:   Susan Kerrigan, Science and IT

Team:   Pieter Aquilia, Cathie Payne

Project:  Globalizing Screen Production Curricula: a Cross-Cultural Study

Dr Kathy Butler, Dr Jean Harkins, Mr Mark Kirby, Dr Jocelyn McKinnon and Mrs Gail Tillman

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community priorities for indigenisation of curricula at the University of Newcastle.

 

Ms Naomi Findlay, Dr Suzanne Snodgrass, Dr Tracy Burrows, Mr Shane Dempsey, A/Pro Pauline Chiarelli, Dr Sharyn Hunter and Ms Chloe Killen

A feasibility study into the implementation of peer-assisted review of teaching across multiple sites of the University of Newcastle.

 

Dr Clovia Holdsworth, Ms Josephine Smith, Dr John Holdsworth, Dr Warwick Belcher, Dr Ian van Altena, Dr Kerry Chalmers, and Dr Suzanne Evans

Enhancing Science laboratory experience:  Phase Two.

 

Dr Sarah Yeun-Sim Jeong, Ms Noelene Hickey, Ms Julia Dennis, Ms Helen Fitzgerald, A/Pro Pamela van der Riet

International Health discipline students’ transition from the Language Centre to the University program.

 

Dr Marguerite Johnson, Mr Greg Preston, Ms Leanne Milne, Ms Natacha Hes, Dr Sarah Minslow

Providing best practice guides to enhance the use of Turnitin to support students’ academic integrity.

 

Dr Bernice Mathisen, Ms Gjyn O’Toole, Dr Kathy Butler

Beginning the conversation:  Cultural competence.

 

Mr John Tessier, Mr Shane Dempsey, Ms Naomi Findlay, Ms Daphne James, Ms Susan Eade, Ms Janice Jackson

Development of a tool to assess Health students’ awareness of graduate practice requirements.

In 2009, ten project grants were disbursed. Six projects were completed under the theme Student Transition to University, while four projects were completed under the theme Peer Review of Teaching.

Student Transition to University

Thayaparan Gajendran (Engineering and Built Environment)

Orientation for On-line Delivery: Preparing students for effective transition

Katherine Lindsay (Business and Law)

Strategies for Success: Resources for students in transition in the Faculty of Business and Law

David Powter (English Language and Foundation Studies)

Academic Integrity for enabling students

Jill Scevak (Education and Arts)

Planet University: An Academic and Emotional Survival Guide for First Year Students

Deborah Sundin (Health)

Enhancing nursing students' transition to clinical placement through on-line engagement: Planning and Preparation for Professional Practice

Yolanda Surjan (Health)

Supporting commencing students: A University-wide template for the development and implementation of School-Specific Care-Packs

Peer Review of Teaching

Naomi Findlay (Health)

Development and Implementation of a program of Peer Review Teaching in the Faculty of Health

Keryl Kavanagh (English Language and Foundation Studies)

Designing a peer review of teaching program for sessional Open Foundation and Newstep programs

Sue Outram (Health)

Design of peer review of teaching within the PBL curriculum of the Joint Medical Program

Caroline Webb (Education and Arts)

Collegial Conversation: Enhancing the teaching environment in humanities and teacher education at the Central Coast

In 2008, ten projects received funding to explore ways of engaging the research-teaching nexus to enhance the student experience.

Teaching-Research Nexus

Shen Chen (Education and Arts)

Promoting International Students' Understanding on the Teaching Strategies used in Australian Universities

Jean Harkins (Education and Arts)

Research-based Online Education in Cross-Cultural Communication for Professionals

Marj Kibby (Education and Arts)

Research-led Teaching in CULT1050

Dianne Osland and Ros Smith (Education and Arts)

Embedding Writing in the Curriculum: A Pilot Program on Critical Writing and Reading

Kerry London (Engineering and Built Environment)

Multimedia materials for small research group learning in blended learning environments

Victoria Clay (Health)

International Graduate Program in Child, Youth and Family Studies

Kerry Hoffman (Health)

Enhancing nursing student's clinical reasoning skills through their engagement with computerised decision support frameworks

Liz Milward (Health & Engineering and Built Environment)

Establishing a Research-Teaching Nexus in Bioinformatics and information based medicine

Geoff MacFarlane (Science and Information Technology)

Embedding a Research Culture at Core Undergraduate Level

Maureen Townley-Jones (Science and Information Technology)

Faculty of Science and Information Technology and Learning Support collaboration in the development of the Maths Diagnostic quiz that facilitates and evaluates mathematical skill level of students, assisting in formative course selection