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Professor Neil Anderson
Pearl Logan Chair of Rural Education
DipT [QUT]; BEd [JCU]; MEd [QUT] PhD [QUT]
Professor Neil Anderson's main area of research has concerned rural education along with equity and ICT with an emphasis on the intersection of socio-economic disadvantage and the implementation of computers and associated peripherals in classrooms. Current research interests include leading a Australian Research Council funded Linkage study that involves collaborative research to address low rates of female participation in Information Technology professional occupations and education pathways and concentrates on examining the 'middle school turnoff'. This study includes Professor Colin Lankshear and Ms Sonja Bernhardt, Lyn Courtney and staff from Technology One. Dr Neil Anderson wrote the training and research plan for the 'Island Watch Digital Network' a $5.5 million, Networking the Nation program to enhance the provision and use of communication networks and ICT in the Torres Strait region. Professor Neil Anderson was a chief investigator in Phase 1 of 'Success for Boys' - a DEST funded National research and professional development project headed by Professor Nola Alloway. Professor Neil Anderson holds the Pearl Logan Chair of Rural Education at JCU and serves as the overall coordinator of SiMERR QLD - the state hub of the National Centre for Maths, Science and ICT research for regional and rural Australia.
Awards
Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research Supervision, 2005
National Excellence in Teaching Award (NEITA) for QLD, 1994
Queensland Society for Information Technology in Education, QLD Educator of the Year, 1997
Australian Computer Society and Australian Council for Computers in Education award for ‘outstanding contribution in research' - 1997.
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Professor Colin Lankshear
BA [UC, NZ]; MA(1st Class Hons) [UC, NZ]; Med TESOL) [QUT]; PhD [UC, NZ]
Professor Colin Lankshear is recognized internationally as a leader among scholars working at interfaces between pedagogy, learning, and popular cultures of computing. His work on new literacies is widely used and cited in Europe, North America, and Australasia, where he has given plenary and keynote addresses at major international conferences. His 2003 book New Literacies: Changing Knowledge and Classroom Practice (with Michele Knobel) went to a second edition in 2006. He is an editor of the forthcoming Handbook of Research on New Literacies, an editor of the UK-published online journal E-Learning, serves on editorial committees of numerous international peer-reviewed journals, and edits two books series for US publishers. Colin has published a widely-used research text A Handbook for Teacher Research (with Michele Knobel) currently being translated for Chinese and Portuguese editions. His international research collaborations currently include involvement in a study on cyberbullying funded by Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
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Lyn Courtney – Psychologist, AAPS
Senior Research Associate
BPsych [JCU]; BPsych (Hons)[JCU]; PhD Candidate
Lyn Courtney completed BPsych (Hons) at James Cook University in 2005 and is currently a PhD candidate in the School of Psychology. Since 2005, Lyn has worked as the Senior Research Associate in the School of Education assisting Professor Neil Anderson's research team working on both the 2004-2006 and the current 2008 - 2010 ARC Linkage Grants investigating declining participation rates of girls in Information Communication Technology (ICT). Currently Lyn is the Queensland Hub ICT Coordinator for the Queensland Centre of Science, Information and Communication Technology and Mathematics Education for Rural and Regional Australia (SiMERR) and is working on a variety of research projects. In addition, Lyn is a Lecturer and Subject Coordinator in the School of Education's Masters of Guidance and Counselling Program and an Associate Lecturer in the School of Psychology. Lyn's PhD project consists of investigating Successful Ageing of Australian Baby Boom Career Women: The Psychosocial Processes of Constructing Quality of Life Judgements.
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Carolyn Timms
BA(Ed); BPsych (Hons); PhD (JCU)
Dr Carolyn Timms worked on the 2004-2006 ARC Linkage Grant and is currently Research Fellow at the Social and Organisational Psychology Research Unit (SOPRU) at Griffith University in Brisbane. Prior to her academic career Carolyn had a rewarding career as a high school teacher which she left in 2003 to undertake Honours and then PhD studies in psychology at James Cook University. Her part-time employment (from 2005 to 2007) as a Senior Research Officer on the ‘Girls and ICT’ project enabled her to combine her previous experience in education with her research and writing skills, and to confirm her love of research. The final stage of the Girls and ICT project involved the ‘Professional ICT Women National Survey’. Carolyn’s expertise in organisational psychology theory and practice was invaluable for data analysis coming from this stage of the research. |
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