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Educational Designers

Marion Addinsall
William Adlong

William has been working with the Centre for Enhancing Learning and Teaching since 1999, first with the School of Agriculture and now with the School of Science and Technology and the School of Wine and Food Science. His undergraduate work was in literature, politics and history. He has completed a Master of Arts (Social Ecology) program at UWS.

William is especially interested in: exploring action research as a form of staff development as well as a method for improving learning and teaching; using concept maps as a way of enhancing comprehension and the perception of relationships in science; ascertaining the role of CELT in realising the university’s strategic commitment to sustainable development.

Janet Buchan

Janet is the educational designer based in the School of Environmental & Information Science on the Thurgoona (Albury) campus. As Learning Media Laboratory coordinator she enjoys developing subject-based multi-media resources and coordinating some of the CSU developed online tools. Janet's most recent teaching experience is in science teaching and adult education in TAFE where she was introduced to the concept of flexible delivery in its broadest sense. To become more qualified in this area she took an online Masters of Education in Open and Distance learning which has opened up a large numbers of areas of interest, and provided her with the skills necessary to move into the area educational design.

Some of these areas of interest include teaching and learning online, instructional design, writing interactive online materials, and distance education in its many forms. Janet's position as educational designer provides the opportunity to explore many of these different interests, and in doing so, hopefully assist academic staff to share their own areas of expertise with their students in the most effective manner possible. She also enjoy the 'bread and butter' part of our job, which is the all important learning materials production, which keeps the students' interests at heart. Out of hours, her hobbies and interests include travel, martial arts, running, bush walking and bringing up four children.

Rachel Crease
Maxine Cummings
Milena Dunn

Milena has been involved with teaching and the development of learning environments since 1976 in many capacities. These have included tutoring at tertiary level, teaching both senior and junior high school courses, the development of computer based learning environments, staff and curriculum development courses and her ever changing responsibilities as an Educational Designer.

Milena has been employed at CSU since July 1995, originally working with the School of Information Studies. She has a special interest in the development of online learning environments and for staff development in the areas of computer mediated communication and online learning.

Miriam Edwards
Janelle Faust
Lynnette Flynn
Lincoln Gill

Lincoln joined the CELT team in 2002, bringing with him experience and qualifications in education and workplace training. During the 4 years of his Bachelor of Education in Technology and Applied Studies, in which he majored in IT, Lincoln became very interested in learning environment and resource design, particularly when supported or enhanced by computer technology. This interest continues, and to further his knowledge in this area he completed a Graduate Certificate in Multimedia and Online Learning, and is currently studying for a Master of Education (IT) . Lincoln also enjoys and has been involved in designing, developing, and delivering, the CSU Foundations of University Learning and Teaching programme. Lincoln has been involved in project work around CSU Interact related professional development since February 2007, and Acting Manager Educational Design since August 2007.

Alissa Gooden
Pauline Graf

Pauline has multi-disciplinary qualifications in teaching and training, communication and accounting. Apart from teaching positions in Singapore and Australia, she has experience working in public relations for the hotel industry as well as journalism in the print and broadcasting media.

Prior to CSU, Pauline was a training consultant seconded to manage the learning centre and a DEET-funded program at Uncle Ben's of Australia. Her interests in learning and teaching issues include competency-based learning, problem-based learning and the use of interactive video conferencing in teaching.

Jill Harris

Jill has worked as an educational designer at CSU since 1990, having previously worked as a teacher in preschools, primary and secondary schools, and as an administrative assistant in the Riverina Archives. Having completed a Grad. Dip in Teacher Librarianship, a B.Ed (Secondary) and a M.Ed. through distance education, Jill has experienced this mode of delivery both as a designer and developer, and as a student.

Jill has worked across a number of Schools within the university to develop materials for a wide range of students, including the Schools of Education, Information Studies, Biomedical Sciences, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Theology.

In her life outside CSU Jill is involved in the world of barbershop harmony for women. She directs the Murrumbidgee Magic chorus in Wagga Wagga, and has sung in several quartets. In 2006 she was invited to join a distance learning task force for Sweet Adelines International, thus combining work and hobby.

Greg Hardham

Greg joined CELT in 2007 from a career of over 30 years in secondary education (mainly in the Victorian State system) following completion of a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and Diploma in Education at Monash University. He has taught Mathematics, Chemistry and Information Technology and has had substantial leadership roles as a curriculum consultant and change agent. He has had broad experience with leadership in curriculum design and the integration of technology in educational settings. Since 2000 he has also been developing Mathematics activities that make use of technology for on-line publication in conjunction with a series of textbooks in four States.

He is interested in exploring how learning and teaching can be improved by the use of technology, the opportunities that technology provides for catering for different learning and teaching styles, and ways in which change can be facilitated effectively. He is commencing further study towards completing a Postgraduate Certificate of Online Education.

Greg's personal interests include playing music, travel, bushwalking and cycling.

Carol Hunter

Anne McDonald

Anne has worked as an educational designer at CSU since 1990. She previously worked as an educational designer in Western Australia, while also teaching part-time in a District High School. Anne has a B.Ed from Edith Cowan University and a Grad Dip in Teacher Librarianship from CSU. In 1999 Anne completed a Research M. App. Sci., also from CSU. At CSU she has worked with academic staff in the School of Humanities, the School of Policing, and the School of Theology to develop learning experiences for a wide range of students.

In consultation with the academic staff, Anne works to provide the best learning environment for the student, using the communication tools and the variety of media available through CSU. Having been a teacher in her earlier working life, she offers support and professional development to academics in the area of teaching, through the Teaching Dynamics Service.

Tony McKenzie

Tony officially joined CELT with the transfer of Orange Campus of Sydney University to CSU in 2006. He has provided educational design services in Orange since 1998. He is interested in all aspects of facilitating learning. His activities in the School of Rural Management (now part of the new School of Agriculture & Wine Sciences) have included:

He also supports Orange-based staff of the School of Biomedical Sciences.

In 2005 Tony commenced a PhD research program at The University of Sydney, and in 2007 transferred his enrolment to Charles Sturt University. His topic is Meaning making capability for twenty-first century university curricula: case studies in textual composition, interpretation and communication. This inquiry is being conducted within the interpretive paradigm, following a philosophical hermeneutic methodology.

His masters degree at the University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury (1992-96) was an action research project on the topic, Improving the Effectiveness of Distance Education for Farmers. The theoretical perspective derived from this work continues to occupy his professional practice.

In late 2007 he took on the role of Manager Teaching Development in an acting capacity.

 

Maryanne Mozer

Maryanne has been involved in education and curriculum design since 1992. She has taught high school, TAFE, and at the Central West Community College where she also undertook the position of Program Manager for Literacy. Maryanne's duties included development of courses and workshops for a wide range of students, professional development of the staff under her  responsibility, creating course materials for students, and liaising between funding bodies and the College.

Maryanne has qualifications in Education, Literacy, and Web Development. She joined CSU in 1998 and since then has had the privilege to work with the School of Nursing, the School of Public Health, and Student Services in developing print and online subjects. Maryanne has also worked with a team of staff on the initial development of  Web-Ezy and the Human Resources Occupational Health and Safety training program.

Maryanne's aim is to provide the best learning environment for the student in whatever medium is suitable; face-to-face, print, online - or a combination of these things.  She also aims to provide professional development to the staff within the Schools she services through both formal and informal means.

Deborah Murdoch

Catherine Newell

Throughout her career Catherine has been involved in the design of systems and learning environments, first in business and then in education. She came to teaching from business as a result of travelling and her interest in language and communication. Catherine began designing and teaching educational courses at TAFE before coming to CSU’s English Language Centre, Bathurst in 1993 where she designed and taught a range of secondary and tertiary preparation programs and short courses, including the Study Skills for University Success (SSUS) program run on the Bathurst campus.

Catherine moved into the role of educational designer in 1997 and is currently Educational Designer for the School of Teacher Education. Research into reflective learning has had a strong impact on her educational philosophy and her approach to learning and teaching. The reflective learning model underlies her approach to educational design, staff development and the management of teaching and learning issues within the School and the University.

Wilma Pfitzner

Wilma has been involved in education throughout her entire working life. Wilma has taught in NSW high schools for 15 years and has tutored and marked, and occasionally lectured, at CSU for 15 years. Wilma moved into the role of educational designer in 2002 and is currently Educational Designer for the School of Nursing & and Midwifery as well as the School of Wine and Food Sciences

Wilma has a Bachelor of Arts and a Diploma of Education from the University of Sydney and a Masters of Education from the University of Southern Queensland.

David Prescott
Stephen Relf

Stephen has been working as an educational designer at CSU and the proceeding institution Mitchell College of Advanced Education since 1987. In that time he has worked with academic staff in the production of integrated learning materials using a variety of pedagogical designs developed using all available educational media. The principal pedagogical design has been an eclectic approach based on Gagné's cognitive development, Rowntree's pragmatic approach to teaching through self-instruction, Ramsden's deep approaches to learning and teaching, and Laurillard's and Salmon's approaches to learning and teaching in the electronic environment of the internet. The principal media has been print with ancillary media of the time: audiotapes, slides, video, electronic conferencing and the internet.

Stephen has also worked on a number of consultancies on behalf of the University in Australia and overseas. In 1998 he was an educational designer in a consultancy for the development of an online course Media Skills. This course won the best online educational course in 1999 in two national awards: Telstra/Financial Review Australian Internet Awards; and AIMIA / IIA National Awards for Excellence through Information Technology. Stephen has been part of a team developing problem based learning (PBL) postgraduate courses at the University of Newcastle and a Masters of Psychology at CSU.

Stephen is currently working with staff in the School of Social Science and Liberal Studies and in the School of Teacher Education in the development of an online course for the NSW Department of School Education to be offered to teachers involved with TESOL and multiliteracy education. The multiliteracy project coincides with his research interest in exploring the literacies required for academic staff in developing learning material and for students in learning in the multimodal and interactive environment of the internet.

Linda Ward