Research Grants and Projects

Please also see the University of Tasmania records of research activity at: http://rmdb.research.utas.edu.au/public/rmdb?indiv_detail_warp_trans+1887

 

Research Grants awarded

Year

Amount

Description

1999

$2,000

Consultancy:  DETYA representative at 13th APEC Education Forum on the integration of information and communications technologies (ICTs) through teacher professional development and pre-service training, Toronto, Canada, 

2000

$14,500

University Teaching Development Grant (inter-Faculty project with School of Psychology): Using WebCT to deliver Psychology and Education Courses for strategic and pedagogic development with Greg Hannan.

2000

$25,000

Faculty Teaching Advisory Board large grant: Flexible Delivery for Quality Teaching and Learning Outcomes with Dr. Margaret Robertson

2000

$5,000

Faculty Teaching Advisory Board grant: Establishing a library of curriculum software.

2000

$10,000

Consultancy: Access, Youth and the eLaunceston portal. With Dr. Margaret Robertson for Telstra Research Laboratories

2001

$20,000

Consultancy: Children On-line Learning and Authentic Teaching Skills in Primary Education (Pilot Study) with Dr. Margaret Robertson for Department of Education Tasmania

2001

$5,000

Invited keynote speaker at Tiger Leap annual conference in Tallinn, Estonia

2001

$3,900

Faculty Teaching Advisory Board grant: Alternative and Augmentative Communication with Rob Andrew

2001

$5,000

Faculty Teaching Advisory Board grant: Authentic design guidelines for online teaching and learning courses with Dr. Margaret Robertson

2001

$9,000

Consultancy:  Making Better Connections: the models of teacher professional development for the integration of ICT into classroom practice. Department of Education, Training and youth Affairs.

2001

$3,000

Consultancy: Flexible delivery strategic planning. Australian Maritime College

2002-2004

$329,000

ARC LINKAGE grant: Children, online learning and authentic teaching skills in primary education with Dr. Margaret Robertson in collaboration with industrial partners Tasmanian Dept of Education, Catholic Education Office and Telstra.

2003

$4,500

Faculty grant to establish a bank of adaptive control equipment for special educational needs.

2004

$4,000

Faculty grant to renew the curriculum software library.

2004

$13,512

Youth Socialisation in Mathematics: Using ICTs for Active Positive Learning with Drs. Margaret Robertson & Kim Beswick.

2005

$10,500

M-Learning Landscapes: Transforming School Cultures through Next Generational Thinking with Dr. Margaret Robertson

2006-8

$298,000+in-kind

‘Always On’Learning Communities: M-Learning landscapes transforming school cultures with Dr. Margaret Robertson & Marcus Ragus.

 

 

 

 

Research students supervised:

Year & program

Student

Topic

1998 M.Ed

Cam McNichol

Viability and effective teaching strategies for audiographics distance learning (assoc sup.)

1998 B.Ed honours

Nicola Francis

The Management of student access to controversial material on the Internet

2001 B. Teach honours

Aaron Wise

An examination of the proficiency and preferences of grade five students when searching for specific information on educational web sites.

2001 B.Teach honours

Janette Phillips

On-line learning and aboriginal and Torres Strait islander college students

2003 B.Teach honours

Jacaleen Margetts

How can robotics be taught online?

2004+ PhD

Ivan Webb

An activity theory approach to professional learning in relation to the use of ICTs in primary schools.

2005 BTeach honours

Sandy von Allmen

Are the Essential Learnings changing ICT teaching?

2004+ PhD

Yasmine Howard

Computer supported collaborative learning for adult education: An instructional design perspective.

 

 


 
Last update: 20th January 2006