Higher Education Whisperer

Course Design, Teaching and Research.

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

University Culture as an Amalgam of Professions

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This morning I took part in a workshop on improving the culture in a university department. There were inspiring words, a lot of post-it not...
Friday, June 24, 2022

Designing for scale: How to use mobile devices to recruit, train and equip an extra 18,500 defence personnel

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I will be speaking on "Designing for scale: How to use mobile devices to recruit, train and equip the extra 18,500 defence personnel&qu...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Academic integrity and AI

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 Just attended the ASCILITE seminar " A positive approach to academic integrity and the potential future of artificial intelligence &qu...

Employability and Teaching

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Employability has always been an important part of university education. The idea that students enrolled to explore the miseries of the univ...
Friday, June 17, 2022

Minimizing student deferral and leave, rather than maximizing return after

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Harvey et al. (2022) have provided a detailed report on how to get students back to study after a  deferral or leave. They include on low SE...
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Tom Worthington
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Tom Worthington is an independent computer professional, educational design consultant and an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Research School of Computer Science at the Australian National University. A Certified Professional member of the Australian Computer Society, in 2015 Tom received a national gold Digital Disruptors Award for "ICT Education" and in 2010 was Canberra ICT Educator of the Year. Tom previously worked on IT policy for the Australian Government and in 1999 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society for his contribution to the development of public Internet policy. He is a Past President, Honorary Life Member, Certified Professional and a Certified Computer Professional of the society as well as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Tom has a Masters of Education (specializing in Distance Education) from Athabasca University, a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education from the Australian National University and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment from the Canberra Institute of Technology.
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