Opened Practices Users from New South Wales

Panorama Avenue

I am a Lecturer in Sociology at Charles Sturt University, a regional university on the east coast of Australia. I have been teaching for over 20 years in both the business and arts areas.

PO Box 789

Jennifer Munday is on the academic faculty of Charles Sturt University, an Australian University with an international campus in Ontario, Canada, where she was seconded in 2010. She has been teaching in the areas of Creative Arts and Technology for many years and blends the two areas in designing distance learning in the creative arts for pre-service Early Childhood and Primary teachers. In 2008 and 2009 she held a Fellowship from the Flexible Learning Institute in order to embed ePortfolios into undergraduate programs within the University. She teaches in both Australian and Canadian programs of study.

Leeds Parade
Orange NSW
Australia 2800

I am Teaching and Staff Development Coordinator in the Quality Enhancement and Evaluation Services group within Learning and Teaching Services. As such I coordinate the entry-level induction program for teaching staff called Foundations of University Learning and Teaching. I am involved in developing other initiatives to support academic staff in their teaching. I also support LTS staff in their professional development. See also http://csusap.csu.edu.au/~tmckenzi.

School of Education, Milton Building,
University of New England

Five members of the Early Childhood Team at UNE are applying for this Award. Each person has international teaching experiences in schools and in universites in the UK, Canada, United States of America and Singapore.

Cherry Stewart is Research Fellow with the Distance Education Research Institute at University of New England (Australia). She has extensive experience in teaching and management in a wide range of educational environments, both public and private sectors. Following a career in primary, vocational and tertiary teaching and instructional design; and tertiary management and leadership; she now conducts research into distance and online education, and supports staff development projects. DE Hub provides information to assist educators, students and communities in new ways of thinking, looking into innovative ways of teaching and learning to help improve student experiences world-wide. Throughout her career, Cherry has been called upon to make informed decisions and recognizes the value of technology-tools to support evidence-based processes.