Gail has enjoyed a varied career in teaching in higher education, adult and vocational education institutions, and in senior management roles in the public and private sectors, including higher education. Prior to joining Bond she worked at the University of Western Sydney and at Charles Sturt University in academic development and management roles. Gail serves on the executive of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA), where she led the redesign of the Herdsa website. She is also a member of several Australian and overseas journal review panels and has recently been appointed to the Review Board of the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET). She is one of three members of the Steering Committee of a large grant funded by the Australian Learning & Teaching Council (ALTC) investigating the preparation of academics as teachers in Australian higher education. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Gail’s doctoral research examined the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in higher education, incorporating a collective case study of six teachers, all early adopters of ICT, who used ICT to facilitate their use of blended learning approaches to their on-campus teaching. This research contributed to new knowledge and understanding of blended learning through its identification of the dimensions of the blended learning environments created by these teachers. The research also examined institutional models for professional development for faculty for the online environment, and the relationship between theories of learning and popular professional development approaches such as action learning projects, reflective practice, and the use and encouragement of learning communities to support the professional learning of teachers. Gail’s thesis was published in 2008 by VDM Verlag. Her most recent publications have built on her thesis research and she is extending her research focus on blended learning into the area of new learning spaces and group learning in blended environments.
Books
Community engagement in contemporary legal education: Pro bono, clinical education and service-learning (with Patrick Keyzer and Amy Kenworthy), Teaching and learning papers (2009)
Teachers in blended learning environments. Case studies of ICT-enhanced blended learning in higher education, Teaching and learning papers (2008)
This study reports on recent doctoral research focused on six academic staff working in early...
Book Chapters
Case studies of ICT-enhanced blended learning environments and professional development of faculty, Teaching and learning papers (2009)
This chapter reports a collective study of research–based evidence of experiences of academic staff adopting...
New skills and ways of working: Faculty development for e-learning., Making the transition to e-learning: Strategies and issues (2007)
This chapter provides a practitioner-focused review and analysis of the different approaches to faculty development...
Conference Papers
Making it my street: the Bond University street area (with Marcus Randall), Teaching and learning papers (2009)
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The Street area is the central point of the University’s main teaching building. Until...
The pod room - a group learning space (with Marcus Randall), Teaching and learning papers (2009)
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Bond University has recently completed construction of an engaging formal teaching space, known as...
Promoting staff learning about assessment through digital representations of practice (with Rosemary Thomson) (2007)
The Assessment Snapshots digital resource is a current project to support academic learning about assessment...
Gathering online representations of practice about assessment for use as a professional development tool: a case in progress (with Rosemary Thomson and Janne Malfroy) (2006)
The Assessment Snapshots digital resource at the University of Western Sydney is a current project...
Forging partnerships that support curriculum renewal. (with Sandii Chan and Michael Brogan), Gail Wilson (2004)
There are a series of challenges facing academic developers in forging relationships with academic staff...