Educational Advisor Team

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Our Mission:

The Educational Advisors work for the Office of the Pro Vice Chancellor (Learning Futures) and play a pivotal role in supporting Schools, the College and Third-Party Providers to drive improvement in educational quality through innovation and transformation.

What We Do:

Guided by informed evidence-based practices including working closely with Learning Futures’ academic staff, our team provides expert pedagogical advice and support in partnership with all staff involved in the design of the delivery of our curriculum and assessment. The Educational Advisors provide professional development to empower School Teaching Teams to use and apply contemporary practices within a discipline context, fostering impactful and engaging teaching and learning to enhance student success.

Our Involvement:

The Educational Advisors are also actively engaged in university-wide strategic initiatives, including the Engaged Teaching Project, Badugulang Community, supporting Inclusive Education design (Accord) and Assessment pedagogy.

Our Expertise:

The Educational Advisors have extensive practical and theoretical experience and capabilities, including higher degree research qualifications. They specialize in various key areas:

Meet the team

Advisor Specialist Area

Caroline Lunt (Lead)

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  • Personalised and Inclusive Learning Design
  • Modes of Flexible Learning
  • Academic Language and Literacy
  • Sue Blyth

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  • The use of new Curriculum elements for Teaching and Learning Design
  • Program Design and Learning Assurance
  • Partnership Pedagogy
  • Viviana Mattiello

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  • Transition and Retention
  • Innovative Teaching and Learning Strategies
  • Technology-Enhanced Learning
  • Dr Iain McApine

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  • Alternative Assessment and Feedback Literacy
  • Group work and Teamwork
  • Inquiry and Problem-Based Learning
  • Dr Marc Noakes

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  • Work Integrated Learning (WIL)
  • Process-Based Learning
  • Connected Collaboration