Wednesday, 8 January 2003
Teaching and Learning News
New staff member for TLC
The
Teaching and Learning Centre welcomes Sarah Stein who joins the staff
as Senior Lecturer in Higher Education. Sarah will teach the Graduate
Certificate in Higher Education and coordinate academic development programs.
Sarah comes to UNE after holding the position of Lecturer in Higher Education
within the Educational Consultancy and Evaluation (ECE) section of the
Teaching and Educational Development Institute (TEDI) at the University
of Queensland. Her job there was to provide academic leadership to Schools
and Faculties in the areas of university teaching and learning, curriculum
renewal, design, development, implementation and evaluation, including
innovation and research in these areas.
Prior to starting at the University of Queensland, Sarah had been a school
teacher for 11 years and then an education officer for seven years, providing
curriculum support for teachers and schools at primary and secondary levels.
As an education officer, Sarah worked with school principals and teachers
in the area of curriculum design, development, implementation and evaluation.
She provided and assisted with the planning of in-service training and
teacher professional development in all areas of school curriculum implementation
across subject areas.
During this time, Sarah also gained a number of qualifications including
her Master of Education (Research), which was in science education.
In mid 1996, Sarah undertook full time study towards her PhD at the Queensland
University of Technology, and at the same time tutored and lectured in
science education and technology education within undergraduate and postgraduate
teacher education courses. She was involved also in a number of research
projects on science education and technology education. Her doctoral study
was in the area of design and technology education and this area continues
to form one focus of her research program. Sarah’s second research
focus is teaching, learning and curriculum in higher education settings.
Sarah has presented papers at conferences both local and international, and has published in Australian and international research journals on teaching, learning and teacher professional development issues. She is the current chair of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) design and technology special interest group.
WebCT workshops
Online tutorials (Serving It Up)
A series of five semi self-paced tutorials are available on the Web.
They are designed to be done over a two-week period at times convenient
to participants. Discussion or Bulletin board support is included for
questions and feedback. Each series begins at 9.30 am on the first day
with a brief face-to-face session for orientation and access details in
the TLC Seminar Room. The tutorials allow you to develop your own unit
as you progress. They cover the following elements:
- Home page design
- Communication Tools 1
- Communication Tools 2
- Preparing files for Web delivery
- Managing Files: Make a Single Page.
Series one: Monday, 2 December to Friday, 13 December
Series two: Monday, 3 February to Friday, 14 February
Series three: Thursday, 3 April to Thursday, 17 April (semester two and
MBA coordinators)
Contact Catherine Clarke on ext. 3395 or email for details of these sessions and to register to participate. Participants must have an existing unit to participate.
