HERDSA Victoria are pleased to announce an online panel discussion to be hosted by Dr Dawn Gilmore (Director, Teaching and Learning at RMIT Online). This session will examine how students and academics are connecting with each other online, particularly in the context of the pandemic-prompted move to online teaching and learning. Panel members include Associate Professor Mark Selkrig (University of Melbourne), Associate Professor Jaclyn Broadbent (Deakin University), Dr Peter Wagstaff (Monash University) and two students. If you would like to post questions for the Panel beforehand, please email them to Laurine.Hurley@acu.edu.au before Wednesday 8th July, 2020.  

Bio - Mark Selkrig

Mark is an Associate Professor in the fields of teacher education and creativities and the arts. His research and scholarly work focus on the changing nature of educators’ work, their identities, lived experiences and how they navigate the ecologies of their respective learning environments. Mark’s leadership roles at The University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education include coordinating the Master of Teaching Secondary Program, and he brings to this position particular expertise in pedagogical approaches to digital and blended learning.

Bio - Jaclyn Broadbent

A/Professor Jaclyn Broadbent is Associate Head of School (Teaching and Learning) in Psychology and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) at Deakin University, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Jaclyn’s research focuses on self-regulated learning as well as the development, evaluation, and translation of effective teaching strategies to ensure student success. Jaclyn has won several awards for her teaching, including an Australian Award for University Teaching and Deakin University Teacher of the Year. Website: www.jaclynbroadbent.com

Bio - Peter Wagstaff

Peter (“Wags”) is a senior lecturer in the Department of Marketing at Monash Business School. He was appointed as one of the university’s first education-focused academics, in recognition of his leading role introducing flipped learning at Monash University. His work has been recognised nationally and globally, including a Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning in the Australian Awards for University Teaching, and the ANZMAC-Pearson Distinguished Marketing Educator of the Year.