DR Kashmira Dave

Senior Lecturer, Academic Development , Learning and Teaching in higher education with special focus on technology - Digital Education

Email: kdave3@une.edu.au

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Biography

Kashmira Dave is a Senior Lecturer in academic development.  Kashmira has 20 years of experience working in Australian Universities. She worked in nine different universities in various capacities including academic, professional and research roles.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy
  • Master of Education (Research)
  • Master of Science (Physics)
  • Grad Cert in Educational Studies (HE)
  • Master of Education (Coursework)
  • Bachelor of Science (Physics)
  • Bachelor of Education (Sci and Maths)
  • PG Diploma in Computer Application

Awards

  • Recipient of “highest participation and contribution in professional development activities” by WSU Blended Learning, Dec 2015
  • Ewing Doctoral Scholarship: From 2008 to 2010: I was awarded the Dr Thomas Ewing scholarship to support my PhD study
  • Best Poster Award: In research festival “Community and Change Research festival” Oct 2007

Teaching Areas

ICT in education, Mathematics, Science, Preservice Teacher Education, Research Methodologies, Classroom Management

Primary Research Area/s

Technology Enhanced Learning; Learning Design; Research methodologies ; Third Space ; ePortfolios

Research Interests

  • ascilite Research into Excellence Award 2023
  • Ascilite D2L Grant (2022): Exploring the value and impact of digital and online micro-credentials of industry learner professionals in Australia – Asso.Prof Leanne Ngo (La Trobe), Dr Kashmira Dave (UNE), Dr Keith Heggart (UTS)
  • Student research grant: NSW Institute of Educational Research for the year 2010

Research Supervision Experience

8 years

Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Mitchell, K., Dave, K., Hinze, M., Tsirgialos, A.(2025) “A narrative account of third space technology enhanced learning and teaching roles working in Australian higher education”, Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (33). doi: 10.47408/jldhe.vi33.1272..
  2. Dave, K., Mitchell, K. (2024) Enhancing Flexible Assessment through ePortfolios: A Scholarly Examination,  Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
  3. Dave, K., & Dave, A. (2022). Teaching at a distance: Strategies for supporting online teaching. AYUDH: International Peer-Reviewed Referred Journal, 6(Special issue), 43-46.
  4. Pockett, R., Hobbs, K., Araullo, R., Dave, K. (2020). Social Work Interventions in Cancer Care, Australian Social Work, https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2020.1748673
  5. Bourne, R. M. Dave, K., Kench, P.L. (2015)  Assessment of Learning Using a Remote Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging Laboratory: Initial Experience, International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 23 (2), 1-11
  6. Pockett, R., Walker, E., Dave, K. (2010,)  'Last Orders': Dying in a hospital setting Australian Social Work, Vol.63(3), p.250-265 DOI: 10.1080/0312407X.2010.497928
  7. Dave, K, (1997) “Gravitational Radiation Detector”, Physics Education, April-June, 20-30

Conference Papers

  1. Dave, K., Mitchell, K. (2023) UDL in Uplift, Inaugural UDL Symposium, Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET), 5-7. Sept
  2. White, M., Huijser, H., Dave, K. (2023) The missing link in Learning Analytics: A discussion on using assessment data for student-facing dashboards, In Editors names (Eds.), People, partnerships and pedagogies. Proceedings ASCILITE 2023. Christchurch (pp. 604-608). DOI: https://doi.org/10.14742/apubs.2023.630
  3. Dave, K.  (2023). Beyond Appearances: Unveiling the Hidden Biases in Hiring Academics in Australian Universities. In Editors names (Eds.), People, partnerships and pedagogies. Proceedings ASCILITE 2023. Christchurch (pp. 383-387). DOI: https://doi.org/10.14742/apubs.2023.639
  4. Ngo, L., Heggart, K., Dave, K.  (2023 accepted). Navigating the Future of Professional Learning: Digital Microcredentials in the Australian Context. In Editors names (Eds.), People, partnerships and pedagogies. Proceedings ASCILITE 2023. Christchurch (pp. 509-514). DOI: https://doi.org/10.14742/apubs.2023.595
  5. Dave, K. (2023). Demonstrating cultural diversity and inclusivity in selecting academics in higher education in Australia, HERDSA
  6. Dave, K., Mitchell, K. (2023) Enhancing Flexible Assessment through ePortfolios: A Scholarly Examination, ePortfolio Australia Conference, CDU, Darwin
  7. Dave, K., Uys, P. (2022)Demonstrating cultural diversity and inclusivity in selecting academics in higher education in Australia, S. Wilson, N. Arthars, D.Wardak, P. Yeoman, E. Kalman,&D.Y.T.Liu(Eds.), Reconnecting relationships through technology. Proceedings of the 39th International Conference on Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2022 in Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  8. Dave, A., Dave, K., (2022) Rapid transition from face-to-face to online learning: Application of lesson learned from Australia to the local context, National webinar of education for better tomorrow, Council for Teacher Education Foundation, Gujarat, India
  9. Dave, K., Mason, J., (2020) Empowering Learning Designers through Design Thinking in So, H. J. et al. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Computers in Education. Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education
  10. Dave, K. & Gregory, S. (2019). Designing with Constraints: Are we designing for creativity or compliance? In Y. W. Chew, K. M. Chan, and A. Alphonso (Eds.), Personalised Learning. Diverse Goals. One Heart. ASCILITE 2019 Singapore (pp. 403-406)
  11. Handal, B., Campbell, C., Cavanagh, M., Dave, K. (2014) Appraising mobile maths Apps: The TPACK Model, The Australian Computers in Education Conference 2014, Adelaide (ACEC2014)
  12. Dave, K. (2009) "Design patterns for computer-supported groupwork" ascilite 2009 (p. 178-183)
  13. Dave, K. (2009) “Computer-supported collaborative learning in higher education: Design approaches using patterns and pattern languages” Presentation at Research Student’s forum, Faculty of Education and Social work, University of Sydney
  14. Dave, K. (2004) " utility of educational satellite for secondary education in India" for the satellite launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) named EDUSAT (an acronym for EDUcational SATellite )
  15. School restoration Program in Kutchchh-Bhuj after the earthquake (2001), SNDT University, Mumbai, India
  16. Marjadi, B., Dave, K. & Mason, G.A. (2017) A Community of Inquiry approach to learning design in a community-engaged learning program, In H. Partridge, K. Davis, & J. Thomas. (Eds.), Me, Us, IT! Proceedings ASCILITE2017: 34th International Conference on Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education (pp. 142-146)

Pre-conference Workshops

  1. ICCE 2020 Workshop Theme: Empowering the learning designers through design thinking
  2. Early Career workshop at ICCE 2019, Taiwan: University teachers designing for active learning Shih, J. L. et al. (Eds.) (2019). Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Computers in Education. Taiwan: Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education
  3. Conducted a workshop during the ascilite’09 conference: “Groups, teams, and communities: design patterns and principles for technology-mediated collaborative learning” in facility 2009. More details here.

Thesis and dissertation

  1. University teachers designing for active learning: intentions, interpretations and the semantic turn in design (PhD)
  2. Interactive Distance Learning (IDL) provision in regional and remote areas:  Parental perspective on changing technologies and practice (MEd Research)
  3. Psychosocial challenges faced by Year 11 students (MEd coursework)

Book Reviews

    I am one of the reviewers of the book “Teaching Primary Science Constructively” 5th edition, by Keith Skamp and Christine Preston

Posters

  1. Research Fest, Conducted by CoCo, 2008, 2009 and 2010
  2. My poster can be viewed from here
  3. Presented poster in NSW IER conference, Oct 2010

Memberships

ASCILITE: Australian Society for Computers In Learning In Tertiary  Education

HERDSA:  Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia

The Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (APSCE)

Australian Association  of Learning Designers

CAULLT

Community and Advocacy Organisation Collaborations

Co-Lead, Learning Design Special Interest Group (LD SIG), ascilite

Mentor, Community Mentoring Program  (CMP), ascilite

Interview Panel Member, Multiple Mini Interviews (MMI) for the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University

Accredited Assessor, ascilite Technology Enhanced Learning Accreditation Scheme (TELAS)

2017 onwards,  Interview Panel Member, Multiple Mini Interviews (MMI) for the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University

2018 Member, ascilite Technology Enhanced Learning  Accreditation Scheme (TELAS) Consultation

2017 onwards           Community Mentoring Program (CMP), ascilite

2008 onwards           Reviewer and Member, asciliteconference