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Professor Ron Oliver (Pro Vice-Chancellor, Teaching & Learning, Edith Cowan University)
The presentation will consider the place of ICT in contemporary university programs. It will consider what students should be able to expect in their courses in terms of the flexibility and accessibility offered by technology, and the forms of technology teachers need to be able to use today in order to meet these expectations.
The presentation will explore how technology can and should lead to improved learning opportunities and the resources and supports teachers need and should have.
The presentation will consider institutional strategies needed to support teachers and students to maximise the opportunities and outcomes from technology applications and supports for learning and teaching.
Professor Ron Oliver is Edith Cowan University's (ECU) Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning). His key accountabilities relate to leadership and development of learning and teaching practices and policy to ensure high standards and performances in course delivery and course outcomes. He is responsible for the Centre for Learning and Teaching and the Library Services Centre.
He has a strong background in teaching, having trained and taught as a secondary school teacher before moving into tertiary education. In his previous tertiary positions he taught in the undergraduate and postgraduate programs in education and communications and led research teams at ECU exploring the design, development and evaluation of technology-mediated and online learning environments.
Professor Oliver has won a number of national and international awards for his university teaching and his research into technology-facilitated learning. He is a winner of an Australian Award for University Teaching and is an Associate Fellow of the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. He has been an active researcher and lead investigator in many externally and competitively funded research and development e-learning projects. He has been a leading player for many years in the development and promotion of e-learning in Australia and is internationally recognised for his contributions and achievements in this field.
He holds the degrees of Bachelor of Science in mathematics from the University of Western Australia, Bachelor of Education from Murdoch University, and Doctor of Philosophy from Curtin University.
Further information is available on his website at http://elrond.scca.ecu.edu.au/oliver
8 September 2008
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