Michael is Director - Information Services, Flexible Learning & Access Services in the Division of Information Services at Griffith University . He was appointed to this position in February, 1998.
Michael has extensive experience in senior management positions responsible for designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating:
Current applied research and development interests include projects concerned
with the identification, quantification and benchmarking of effective solutions
for interactive resource-based education and training and models for the effective
commercialisation of teaching and learning intellectual property.
Darien has had over twenty years experience working in both the public and private sectors, in education, media, information and communication technology, public relations and business. Her diverse career path as a librarian, media producer, administrator, educational advisor, consultant and researcher, provides a breadth of knowledge and experience that informs her views on new learning approaches and management of organisational knowledge.
She has considerable experience initiating and managing large scale collaborative and commercial projects between higher education, corporate and government institutions, in the role of senior project manager, change manager and principal researcher.
Darien has held senior advisory and management positions at the Australian National University , Film Australia , and the Queensland University of Technology. She is currently the Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Information Services at Griffith University , Brisbane , Australia .
Darien is in the final stages of her PhD dissertation on the topic of “Organisational Capacity to Embed Innovation in Higher Education”, undertaking extensive case study research across a number of Australian universities.
Shirley Alexander is Professor of Learning Technologies at the University of Technology, Sydney where she is Director of the Institute for Interactive Media and Learning. One of her major roles is university-wide responsibility for e-Learning developments, and she has recently conducted a major evaluation of e-Learning across the campus.
She has over 15 years experience in the use of information and communication technologies in education. Her research and development activities are underpinned by research in student learning and focus on the appropriate use of new media technologies in higher education.
She is a member of the Australian Universities Teaching Committee.
Associate Professor Bates completed a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Life Sciences at Griffith University and was awarded his PhD from the University of Queensland. Paul worked in the Clinical Research Centre of the Royal Brisbane Hospital until his appointment as a lecturer in Biochemistry at Griffith University.
In 1994 Paul was appointed as the Head, School of Aviation on a part time basis,
whilst continuing his role in Biochemistry. Paul's position as Head, School
of Aviation was reclassified to full time in 1997.
Paul's interest in biological sciences continues and he enjoys being in a position
where he can combine both his main interests - medical research and aviation.
Paul has conducted research in cancer, radiation, viral disease and autoimmunity,
psychiatric illnesses and aviation physiology. During his high school years
he was actively involved in the Air Training Corps. He then joined the Royal
Australian Air Force Active Reserve as an operations officer. In his early 20s
Paul was involved in Maritime and Strike Operations initially and then moved
into Joint Military operations which involved working with Army and Navy utilising
all the Australian Defence Force aircraft.
His role in both Brigade and Divisional Headquarters required operational control of all air assets in the area of Operations and the airspace involved. His most rewarding time in the RAAF was during flood relief operations in 1990 when he was responsible for all military aircraft operations during the emergency period. Paul continues his interest in emergency operations through his involvement with the Queensland Department of Emergency Services. In the past Paul has been involved in some civilian flying and looks forward to the time when he can fly again - when time permits.
Geoffrey Dengate has been the Director, Information & Communication Technology Services at Griffith University, Australia since 1991. He is responsible for over 160 staff providing comprehensive IT infrastructure and associated services supporting academic and administrative activities across the university's five campuses in Brisbane, Logan, and Gold Coast cities.
He was Chair of the Council of Australian University Directors of Information Technology in 2001 and 2002 and was instrumental in establishing and was the founding Co-Director of the residential CAUDIT-EDUCAUSE Institute for managers in Information Services in Australasian universities which has been running annually since 1998. He was an inaugural and the only non-US member of the Evolving Technologies Committee of EDUCAUSE in 2000 and 2001. He is also the CAUDIT nominee to the Australian Research Information Infrastructure Committee.
Geoff has been on the Board of Directors of Impart Corporation since 1996. He served on the Board of Higher Ed Systems Pty Ltd during 2001 and 2002.
Geoff has consulted to private and public sector organisations, and has presented at national and international conferences. His most recent consulting assignment was for the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names & Numbers assisting with the selection of the international operator of the .org registry.
He has a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics), a Graduate Diploma of Information Processing, and an MBA. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a member of the Australian Computer Society, and member of the Australian Institute of Management.
Con is responsible is for providing student focused information services in the technology and library areas on all six Griffith Campuses. This includes 1,600 desktops and lecture theatres and common use laboratories across the university.
Prior to this appointment he was the Business Manager of Information Solutions, Department of Employment, Training and Industrial Relations where he was responsible for maintaining all the departmental IS infrastructure (excluding TAFE) across Queensland..
He has worked in a range of sectors including government, private, health, project management and organisational/industrial psychology.
Ron Oliver is the Professor of Interactive Multimedia in the Faculty of Communications and Creative Industries at Edith Cowan University. He has a background in multimedia and learning technologies and currently leads a research team at ECU in these fields. He has extensive experience in the design, development, implementation and evaluation of technology-mediated and online learning materials. Current projects in which he is involved include investigations of authentic settings for on-line teaching and learning, the reusability of e-learning resources, and the modelling and specification of high quality generic learning designs for online learning.
Ron has won a number of national and international awards for his innovative online teaching and his leading research into technology facilitated learning. He has published many papers, books and chapters and been a lead investigator and team member in research and development projects in a variety of externally and competitively funded projects. He holds various roles on Editorial Boards of Program Committees of a number of international journals and conferences and is Chair of the Ed-Media Steering Committee. He holds key positions within his university associated with teaching and learning, as Associate Dean within his Faculty and Chair of the University Academic Board.
Janice Rickards is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Information Services) at Griffith University and was appointed to this position in August 1999. From 1993 to her appointment as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (INS), Janice was the University Librarian at Griffith. A significant part of this role was the development and nurturing of partnerships with clients and suppliers to build innovative services. Prior to that Janice worked at the QUT Library in a number of senior positions over the period 1977 to 1992.
Throughout her career, Janice has been involved in managing large scale organisational
change which has been prompted by major changes in government policy, funding
and pedagogical directions. And nowhere has technology had such an impact as
in the area of information services itself. Janice's commitment to the development
of management skills is long-standing, both at the personal level and as a strategic
response for the organisation undergoing continuous change.
Professor Jim Taylor is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic & Global Learning) at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Professor Taylor, who is currently President of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) was awarded the ICDE Individual Prize of Excellence in 1999 for an active role in ICDE and internationally over many years with significant contributions made to research and development in the field of open and distance learning. His current interests include e-learning, with particular emphasis on the technology-pedagogy interface, associated issues of scalability and cost-effectiveness, and the need for efficacious change management strategies in higher education.
Professor Taylor has wide experience as a consultant for government agencies, international bodies, tertiary institutions, professional bodies and private industry. Professor Taylor has published widely, and has undertaken major consultancy work for the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, UNESCO, the South East Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO), the Australian Universities Quality Agency, the New Zealand Academic Audit Unit, the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation and the Science Council of Japan. More details are available at: http://www.usq.edu.au/users/taylorj
Jason
TrumpJason Trump is an Education Solutions Specialist for Microsoft Australia. In his role with Microsoft, Jason is primarily focussed on education-specific solutions for p-12 schools across Australia.
Prior to joining Microsoft in 2001, Jason spent over eight years working in a variety of technology related roles with the Queensland University of Technology and two and a half years working for network integration company, NetStar. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Information Technology from the Queensland University of Technology, participates actively in a number of IT Reference Groups, and is a member of the Australian Computer Society.
In his spare time Jason enjoys golf, swimming and spending time on Queensland's
magnificent Sunshine Coast.
