Higher Education Whisperer

Course Design, Teaching and Research.

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Singapore Fintech Festival 2025

At Singapore FinTech Festival 2022 The Singapore Fintech Festival is now accepting free registrations from academics. This is a very big e...

Monday, April 14, 2025

My Last Review

I have decided to stop reviewing papers for academic journals (I will still do for conferences I am involved with). The reason is that the a...

Friday, April 11, 2025

Canvas for WIL and Accreditation

This week I have been on training to use the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS). I have been using Moodle for 17 years, but Canvas does...

Thursday, April 10, 2025

Charting the Future of Australian Higher Education in Sydney 11 & 12 June

I will be chairing part of the Higher Education stream of EduTech_Au in Sydney 11 & 12 June. You can read about my previous visits an...

Friday, April 4, 2025

Assessing Student Team Project Work

Greetings from the ANU Techlauncher "Sprint 1" assessment review. There are 12 tutors (mostly in person, a couple online) plus tw...

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About Me

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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