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Graduate Centre

Teaching and Learning Centre

Manager: Dr. R. Cummings

The Teaching and Learning Centre provides University services in academic staff development, unit evaluation, student learning, educational design, online learning and educational technologies, HTML authoring and multimedia development.

The academic staff, undertake research in their areas of specialisation in addition to providing University services.  Support and consultation in school-based research projects is available where related to the Centre’s services in teaching and learning.

Facilities in the Centre include access to networks for computer communications and online teaching and learning; facilities for video and audio production; a video conferencing facility; an optical mark reader for survey and multiple choice test data entry and analysis; and a collection of resources for staff and students. The TLC can offer postgraduate supervision, either within the Centre or in collaboration within Faculties.

• Dr R. Atkinson - educational technology and applications in open and distance learning; computer communications and world wide web publishing; electronic journals; Internet access and services for students.
• Mr C. Beasley - English as a Second Language; applied linguistics; academic writing; genre analysis; legal language; student learning.
• Dr J. Bickmore-Brand – learning styles; pedogogy and androgeny; learning across cultures; organisational development; postgraduate supervision; numeracy.
• Dr R. Cummings - educational and programme evaluation; vocational education and training; institutional research; survey design and analysis; graduate attributes.
• Ms J. Hobson – critical thinking; philosophy of science; postgraduate writing; student learning; graduate attributes.
• Ms M. Kemp - numeracy; mathematics education; use of technology in learning mathematics.
• Ms L. Marshall - student learning; critical thinking: literacy and study skills (tertiary level); independent learning; gender and tertiary education; student retention; graduate attributes.  
• Mr D. McGill – first year/transition students; equity in tertiary education; student learning; social sciences; interdisciplinarity; construction of identity.
• Dr R. Phillips – educational multimedia and online learning, including project management, educational design, interface design and evaluation of student learning.
• Ms R. Pospisil – educational design; online teaching and learning; learning styles.
• Dr J. Silburn – equity issues; gender and tertiary education; student attrition and retention; student learning; post-colonial literature.  

Web Site: http://www.tlc.murdoch.edu.au/