Melanie is interested in ways of engaging students in virtual environments. She developed a way to teach traditionally lab-based skills online and has evaluated the benefits of learning in this third space. Melanie draws on this knowledge base in her current role as Director of Place-Based Education and Research, in which she facilitates relationships between the academy and industry to design new curricula that speak to the unique needs of our many physical and virtual spaces. In 2021 Melanie was awarded a Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning as part of the Australian Awards for University (AAUT) program.
Engagement: One problem but with many solutions?
For our 2022 Learning and Teaching Symposium, rather than a conference theme we are posing a question: Engagement – One problem but with many solutions? Engagement can be challenging for us all and at this year’s Learning and Teaching Symposium, we will be considering this question through a range of presentations exploring the different ways we engage with our students, with each other, with the community, and with big ideas. Radical ideas are encouraged! It is your opportunity to be another part of the solution.
Keynote Speaker
Professor Phillip (Phill) Dawson
Professor Phillip (Phill) Dawson is the Associate Director of the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) at Deakin University. Phill has degrees in education, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, and he leads CRADLE’s work on cheating, academic integrity and assessment security.
This work spans hacking and cheating in online exams, training academics to detect contract cheating, student use of study drugs, the effectiveness of legislation at stopping cheating, and the evaluation of new assessment security technologies. His two latest books are Defending Assessment Security in a Digital World: Preventing E-Cheating and Supporting Academic Integrity in Higher Education (Routledge, 2021) and the co-edited volume Re-imagining University Assessment in a Digital World (Springer, 2020). Phill’s work on cheating is part of his broader research into assessment, which includes work on assessment design and feedback. In his spare time, Phill performs improv comedy and produces the academia-themed comedy show The Peer Revue.
View Phill's presentation2022 Symposium Committee Members
Melanie Fillios
Associate Professor - Archaeology, Classics and Ancient History
Associate Professor Melanie Fillios is an academic in Archaeology, Classics and Ancient History, and the Director of Place-based Education and Research.
Show more
Nick Andronicos
Associate Professor - Biomedical Sciences and Joint Rural Medicine programs
Associate Professor Nick Andronicos lectures into the Biomedical Sciences and Joint Rural Medicine programs at UNE.
Show more
Nick teaches genetics, biotechnology, biochemistry and immunology to undergraduate science and medical students and supervises Honours and HDR students in vaccine development, human and animal health projects. Over the past several years Nick has led a multidisciplinary team from S&T and Digital Education who developed a suite of interactive, gamified lessons that enhanced the deep learning of foundational life science concepts by STEM students at UNE. In 2021, this UNE STEM Gamemakers team was awarded a Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning as part of the Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) program.
Mitchell Parkes
Associate Professor - Academic Development
Show more
Associate Professor Mitch Parkes is the Director, Academic Development in Education Futures.
Steven Warburton
Executive Principal - Education Futures
Professor Steven Warburton is Executive Principal, Education Futures.
Show more
Steve is an experienced academic, researcher, project director and senior leader with over twenty years working in the field of higher education and technology, and large scale digital transformation. Steven’s work has maintained a strong focus on projects that forefront the strategic deployment of digital technologies: to enhance learning, teaching and assessment; promote wider access to education; improve student success and academic progress; promote active citizenship; and embed lifelong employability skills.
