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 Research Achievements

2013     Guest Editor: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology
  Special edition for the 9th Delta Conference on Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics
Links:  Taylor & Francis website



2013     Invited Article: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Newsletter
  The End of an ALTC-OLT Project: Findings Point Toward New Projects. Co-authored with QS in Science project team. Printed in April 2013, volume 35, no 1
Links:  Link to article



2012 - 2013     Invited Group Leader: International Collaborative Writing Groups
  International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSoTL) inaugural International Collaborative Writing Group. Leading group of seven academics from four countries on the topic of 'student experience of their degree level program'.
Links:  Online information
Keywords:  collaborative writing, ISSoTL



2012     Invited Article: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Newsletter
  Early Career Academics. Co-authored with Agnes Bosanquet and Jason Lodge. Printed in December 2012, volume 34, no 3
Links:  Link to article



2012     Invited Report: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Newsletter
  Two perspectives, one conference: International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSoTL) 2012. Co-authored with Torgny Roxa. Printed in December 2012, volume 34, no 3
Links:  Link to report



2012     Invited Workshop: Connecting capstones to curriculum: ideas for using assessment data
  at the Assessment Institute In Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. (29-30 October 2012)
Links:  Institute website
Keywords:  capstone units, assessment, evaluation, curriculum



2012     Invited Article: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Newsletter
  Musings of an early career academic: Testing threat gone but where were our leaders? Printed in September 2012, volume 34, no 2, p14-15
Links:  Link to article



2012     Invited Workshop: Quantitative Skills (QS) in Science
  at the Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education in Sydney, Australia. (26 September 2012). (unable to attend)
Keywords:  quantitative skills, science education



2012     Media: Article in 'The Australian' quoting research findings
  "Science of solving the maths skills gap" by Jill Rowbotham, 1 August 2012
Links:  Link to article



2012     Invited Workshop: Responding to the QS in Science challenge
  at the Annual Australian Council of Deans of Science Teaching and Learning Forum, Sydney, Australia. (19 July 2012)
Links:  Video overview of workshop and outcomes



2012     Invited Panelist: Connections for Student Success
  at the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Conference in Tasmania, Australia. (2-5 July 2012)
Keywords:  student experience, standards



2012     Invited Panelist: Bringing students to the Math/Bio interface
  at the Making Biomath Happen conference in Tuscon, Arizona, USA. (13-15 June 2012)
Links:  Conference website
Keywords:  quantitative skills, interdisciplinary



2012     Invited Article: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Newsletter
  Action-learning to build leadership capacity: A national experiment in science & mathematics. Co-author. Printed in April 2012, volume 34, no 1, p15-16
Links:  Link to article



2012     Invited Talk: Quantitative Skills (QS) in Science
  at the Forum on preparedness for first year mathematics: Issues and strategies for dealing with diverse cohorts in Sydney, Australia. (15 February 2012). (unable to attend).



2011     Invited Article: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Newsletter
  The Dance of Science and Mathematics in Higher Education: the Quantitative Skills (QS) in Science Project. Printed in Dec 2011, volume 33, no 3, p13-14
Links:  Link to article



2011     Invited Keynote Panelist: Capstone Courses Keynote Session
  at the Assessment Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. (30 October - 2 November 2011). (unable to attend)
Keywords:  capstone courses, assessment, quality assurance & enhancement



2011     Invited Keynote: Designing social learning spaces to engage NET generation students
  at the Innovative Strategies for Engaging and Supporting NET Generation Students in Sydney, Australia. (30 September 2011). (unable to attend).
Keywords:  social learning spaces, student engagement, NET generation



2011     Media: Interviewed for 'Campus Review'
  "Science enrolments up but challenges still exist", 30 May 2011.
Links:  Link to article
Keywords:  science undergraduate education, student-staff ratios



2010     Media: Letter to the Editor in 'The Australian'
  "CLA test wreaks havoc" printed in The Australian Higher Education Supplement, 1 December
Links:  Link to letter
Keywords:  quality assurance, quality enhancement, CLA



2010     Media: Article in 'The Australian' quoting PhD research findings and highlighting ALTC project funding
  "Survey finds graduates' mathematics doesn't add up" by Guy Healy in the The Australian Higher Education supplement, 1 September 2010.

Links:  Link to article
Keywords:  quantitative skills, mathematics, science, higher education



2010     Session Chair: Blended learning from the student's perspective
  at the University of Queensland, 'Blended Learning Conference'. (17 June 2010)
Keywords:  student experience, blended learning



2010     Invited Talk: Undergraduate research experiences: challenges, opportunities and possibilities
  at the University of Sydney, 'Designing life science educational space for the future', workshop for planning educational space in the Centre for Obesity, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease. (13 May 2010)
Keywords:  learning spaces, undergraduate research, life sciences



2009     Supervisor: international Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition
  Bronze Medal at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) annual competition (13 October - 2 November 2009). Inaugural UQ team of nine undergraduates with four supervisors competing with over 110 teams.
Links:  Link to UQ team website
Keywords:  undergraduate research