BA English Literature & Communications, University of Calgary MSc Community Rehabilitation & Disabilty Studies, University of Calgary PhD Educational Technology, University of Calgary Shelley Kinash, PhD is the Director of Learning and Teaching and Associate Professor Higher Education at Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Shelley has been employed at Bond University since 2008 and has been a university academic for nearly twenty years. Her PhD is in Education Technology from the University of Calgary, Canada and was completed in 2004. As an active researcher, her publications are in the education field of research. Research themes include: education technology, blended learning, mobile learning, digital content, pedagogy, academic development, assurance of learning, education research methodology and student evaluation of teaching.
Articles
University student experiences of mobile learning: One year beyond commencement (with Jeffrey Brand, Trishita Mathew, and Ron Kordyban), International Journal of Innovation and Learning (2013)
Mobile learning was an embedded component in the pedagogical design of an innovative undergraduate course,...
Challenging mobile learning discourse through research: Student perceptions of Blackboard Mobile Learn and iPads (with Jeffrey Brand and Trishita Mathew), Australasian journal of educational technology (2012)
Many university academics disagree with the rationale that we should pursue mobile learning because 21st...
Academic developer identifier: How we know who we are (with Kayleen Wood), International journal for academic development (2011)
This paper explores academic developer identity by applying self-concept theory and appreciative inquiry to the...
Student perspective on electronic evaluation of teaching (with Diana Knight and Lauren Hives), Studies in learning, evaluation, innovation and development (2011)
Research indicates that administering university student evaluation of teaching electronically rather than via paper-based surveys...
Children’s wonder-initiated phenomenological research: A rural primary school case study (with Michelle Hoffman), Studies in learning, evaluation, innovation and development (SLEID) (2009)
This article presents research into an award winning case study of pedagogical school renewal. The...
Books
A recipe for success: What you can learn about coping in a food-bombarded world from people with Prader-Willi Syndrome, an extreme eating disorder, Shelley Kinash (2007)
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In North America, 64% of adults and 25% of children are overweight or obese....
Accessible education for blind learners: Kindergarten through postsecondary, Shelley Kinash (2007)
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The goal of this manual is to enhance the capacity of all members of...
Seeing beyond blindness, Shelley Kinash (2006)
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Inside this book are reflections on the nature of vision and blindness. Further, there...
Book Chapters
Uncoupling mobility and learning: When one does not guarantee the other (with Jeffrey Brand, Trishita Mathew, and Ron Kordyban), Enhancing learning through technology: Education unplugged: Mobile technologies and web 2.0 (2011)
Mobile learning was an embedded component of the pedagogical design of an undergraduate course, Digital...
Beyond the binaries that keep us from writing with and like children (with Kirsten Kinash), Beyond binaries in education research (2011)
Beyond Binaries in Education Research explores the ethical, methodological, and social justice issues relating to...
Blended learning internationalization from the Commonwealth: An Australian and Canadian collaborative case study (with Susan Crichton), Cases on Globalized and Culturally Appropriate E-Learning: Challenges and Solutions (2011)
This case depiction addresses the contentious issue of providing culturally and globally accessible teaching and...
Storied by children: Authored by adults (with Kirsten Kinash), Troubling terrains: Tactics for traversing and transforming contemporary educational research (2008)
The dominant school discourse is urban, American, anthored by academics in a linear format. This...
Supporting the disabled student, Handbook of Distance Education, 2nd Edition (2007)
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French and Valdes (2002) indicated that one in five people has a disability....
Book Reviews
Book review: Diary of a French girl: Surviving intercultural encounters, Higher education research and development (2010)
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What if we were privy to the innermost thoughts and feelings of one of...
Book review: Whose university is it, anyway? Power and privilege on gendered terrain, Higher education research & development (2009)
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What is this book about? This book is about the diversity of human experience....
Book Review: We know who we are: A history of the blind in challenging educational and socially constructed policies: A study in policy archeology, Disability, culture and education (2002)
Popular Press
Developing online worksheets that work (with Christian Moro), Education technology solutions (2012)
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In many schools and universities, online portals have become fundamental platforms for the provision of...
The whys and why nots of ePortfolios (with Kayleen Wood and Matthew McLean), Education technology solutions (2012)
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In a teaching environment where there is always a new tool proclaimed as a necessary...
What education technology training are Australian universities providing to our future teachers? (with Matthew McLean), Education technology solutions (2012)
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Each profession and trade comes with its specialised set of technologies. Engineers are taught to...
Teaching with technology: A university student perspective and action process (with Matthew McLean), Education technology solutions (2012)
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In the contemporary teaching environment, technology plays an essential role. It has catalysed fundamental changes...
Professional development: Whose responsibility should it be?, Education technology solutions (2012)
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Evidence is amassing to prove that teaching with technology can improve learning. According to research,...
Presentations/Conference Papers
Australian higher education evaluation through assurance of learning (with Trishita Mathew, Romy Lawson, James Herbert, Erica French, Tracy Taylor, Cathy Hall, Eveline Fallshaw, and Jane Summers), 8th International conference on evaluation for practice: Evaluation as a tool for research, learning and making things better (2012)
A collaborative research project conducted by five Australian universities inquired into the philosophy and motivation...
Blackboard Platinum Mobile Catalyst Award, Bond University (2012)
Bond University documented a significant improvement in student success after implementing Blackboard Mobile Learn. Dr....
Bond Padagogy Project (with Jeffrey Brand, Trishita Mathew, and Ron Kordyban), Teaching and learning papers (2012)
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There are two components of the coupled term, mobile learning. Mobility refers to...
iWant does not equal iWill: Correlates of mobile learning with iPads, e-textbooks, BlackBoard Mobile Learn and a blended learning experience (with Jeffrey Brand, Trishita Mathew, and Ron Kordyban), Ascilite Conference 2011 (2011)
This research tested the efficacy of a blended learning iteration with iPad tablet computers, an...
Hunters & gatherers: Strategies for curriculum mapping and data collection for assurance of learning (with Romy Lawson, Tracy Taylor, Eveline Fallshaw, Erica French, Cathy Hall, and Jane Summers), ATN Assessment Conference 2011 (2011)
Assurance of learning is a predominant feature in both quality enhancement and assurance in higher...