Dr Duncan Nulty

Duncan Nulty

BSc(Hons), GradCertEd(Higher Ed), PhD

Senior Lecturer, GIHE

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Research expertise

Dr Nulty's research is focused on quality assurance in higher education. This is sub-divided into two areas:

  • Evaluation of Programs, Courses and Teaching
  • Assessment of student learning.

The first includes examination of the ways in which students interpret the intention of evaluation processes, the meaning of quality in teaching, course and program design, and the development of policy which ensures that processes for program, course and teaching development and its evaluation are systemic and systematic in their contribution to quality assurance. The second is focusing on ways in which academic staff can ensure the quality of their assessment practices - as mediators of learning, as accountability mechanisms and as part of an evaluation strategy.

Teaching responsibilities

  • Graduate Certificate of Education
  • Staff development workshops and seminars on:
    • Postgraduate supervision
    • Assessment of student learning
    • Evaluation of teaching, courses and programs
    • Curriculum design
    • Quality Assurance

Selected publications

  • Meyers, N. M. and Nulty. D. D. (In press) How to use (five) curriculum design principles to align authentic learning environments, assessment, students' approaches to thinking, and learning outcomes. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education.
  • Nulty. D. D., Kiley, M. and Meyers, N.M. (In press.) Promoting and recognising excellence in the supervision of research students: An evidence-based framework. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
  • Mitchell, M. L., Henderson, A., Groves, M., Dalton, M., Nulty, D. D. and Longbottom, P. (submitted for consideration) The objective structured clinical examination (OSCE): Optimising its value in the undergraduate nursing curriculum. Nurse Education Today.
  • Nulty, D. D. (2008) The Adequacy of Response Rates to On-Line and Paper Surveys: What Can be Done?" Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, Vol 33(3), p 1-13.
  • Nulty, D. D. (2005) Evaluation of Teaching: Thinking Smarter! Keynote address to the 2005 Evaluation Forum: University Learning and Teaching: Evaluating and Enhancing the Experience.UNSW, Sydney. November 28-29, 2005
  • Nulty, D. D, (2003) Assessment of student learning: particularly Information Literacy and other Generic Skills. Invited Symposium address presented at the 2nd ANZIIL Symposium Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand, 4-5 December 2003.
  • Meyers, N. M., Nulty, D. D., Cooke B. N., and Rigby, J. F. (2003), Pearson Education UniServe Science Teaching Award Invited Paper Developing a learning environment the encourages deep learning outcomes. Proceedings of The Improving Learning Outcomes Through Flexible Science Teaching Symposium October 3, 2003 The University of Sydney, UniServe Science.
  • Radbourne J. and Nulty D. D. (2002) Immersing a Faculty in Assessment: A Case Study of an Organisational Culture Shift. In James R., McInnis C. and Devlin M. Assessing Learning in Australian Universities. The Centre for the Study of Higher Education, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne and The Australian Universities Teaching Committee, Canberra.
  • Committee for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. (1996) A Report on Good Practice in Higher Education. AGPS Canberra. 93 pages. Nulty, D. D. and Barrett, M. A. (1996) "Transitions in Students' Learning Styles." Studies in Higher Education Vol 22(3), pp. 333-345.
  • Warren Piper, D., Nulty, D. D. and O'Grady, G. (1996) Examination Practices and Procedures in Australian Universities. AGPS Canberra 226 pages.
  • Warren Piper, D., Nulty, D. D. and O'Grady, G. (1996) Examination Practices and Procedures in Australian Universities. Summary Report. AGPS Canberra 95 pages.
  • Nulty, D. D. (1995) Improving the quality of teaching in universities: a problem for us all? Psychology Teaching Review. Vol 4 No 1, pp 30-31, BPS, Leicester, U.K.
  • Nulty, D. D. (1994) Honours Awards. Higher Education Series Occasional Paper No 8. Department of Employment Education and Training, Higher Education Division. Canberra. AGPS.
  • Nulty, D. D., Wilkins, A. J. and Williams, J. M. G. (1987) Mood, Pattern Sensitivity and Headache: a longitudinal study. Psychological Medicine, 17, pp. 705-713.
  • Williams, J. M. G. and Nulty, D. D. (1986) Construct Accessibility Depression and the Emotional Stroop Task: Transient Mood or Stable Structure? Personality and Individual Differences, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp 485-491.

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