The recipients of this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching have been recognised at an awards ceremony marking the culmination of Learning and Teaching Week.
Teams and individuals were acknowledged for their exceptional teaching practice with a certificate and $5000.
The winners were as follows:
CaseWorld™ Team: Associate Professor David Gillham, Dr Steve Parker, Mrs Jackie Cornell, Ms Katie Tucker, and Mrs Victoria Wright – for excellence in innovation and scholarship by developing CaseWorld™ to simulate real world clinical problem solving, providing students from multiple health disciplines with enhanced authentic online learning experiences.
Dr Leigh Burrows, School of Education. ‘Creating classroom calm’: for pioneering mindfulness pedagogy in pre, post-graduate and in-service teacher education to cultivate supportive learning spaces in which to facilitate transformative learning that connects across boundaries.
Ms Lucy Evans and Ms Deborah Ankor, Flinders Law School – for innovative pedagogical design and outstanding teaching in practical legal education, which engages students and positively supports and encourages their transition from student to professional.
Master of Clinical Education Team: Professor Jennene Greenhill, Professor Adrian Schoo, Dr Koshila Kumar, Ms Lori Tietz, and Ms Katharine Cameron – for excellence in developing the next generation of clinical education leaders and change agents.
Associate Professor Vivienne Brand and Dr Sulette Lombard, Flinders Law School – for excellence in design and delivery of dynamic, inclusive and engaging corporate law curricula, integrating authentic legal tasks, collaboration with industry and research-led perspectives.
In addition, the 2016 recipients of the Flinders Teaching and Learning Innovation Grants were announced:
Professor Lindsey Conner, Associate Professor David Curtis, Mrs Eliza Raeburn, Dr Trudy-Ann Sweeney, Dr Pamela Bartholomaeus, Professor Jan Orrell, Dr Jessie Jovanovic (School of Education) and Dr Michelle Arnold (School of Psychology) – for Innovative Practices for Initial Teacher Education through the use of Situational Judgment Tests.
Dr Katrina Breaden, Dr Wendy Abigail (School of Nursing and Midwifery), and Dr Richard Price (Planning Services Unit) – fo using learning analytics to identify at risk undergraduate nursing students via course engagement: Development of a model and strategies for early intervention.
Dr Carl Mooney and Dr Trent Lewis, School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics – for teaching computer programming in a constructivist way leveraging the power of interactive technologies.
Associate Professor Cassandra Star and Associate Professor Lorna Hallahan, School of Social and Policy Studies – for building professional identities informed by social justice: an interprofessional approach.
Dr Deb Agnew, Associate Professor Shane Pill, Professor Janice Orrell, Dr Samantha Schulz, Associate Professor Kerry Bissaker, (School of Education), Mrs Elizabeth Abery (School of Health Sciences), and Mr Daniel Mather (International Centre) – for developing a sustainable model for international sport based WIL placements.
Associate Professor Eric Bouvet, Dr Daniela Rose, Dr Maria Palaktsoglou, Ms Lynn Vanzo, Mr Javier Diaz-Martinez, and Dr Rosslyn von der Borch (School of Humanities and Creative Arts) – for enhancing language students’ WIL learning experience in the community through the development of a framework for language placements.
Dr Helen Wozniak and Dr Narelle Campbell, NT Clinical School, School of Medicine – for Faculty development by distance, extending the reach of clinical supervision training to impact student learning in the workplace.
Associate Professor Jane Haggis, Dr. Antonella Strambi (School of Humanities and Creative Arts), and Dr Jessie Jovanovic (School of Education) – for Risky business and knowledge partners: A pilot learning initiative for socialised personal learning to nurture innovative resilient cultures in Humanities and Social Sciences students at Flinders University.