Professor Sandra Wills is Executive Director, Learning & Teaching, Academic Services Division as well as Foundation Chair of Educational Development. She has been at the University of Wollongong for over 16 years as Director of the centres responsible for academic development and e-learning, variously called in the past, CEDIR and EMS. Major recent projects include the University's Strategic Plan for eLearning and Teaching; implementation of a new Learning Management System; Peer Review of Teaching in promotion procedures; review of student surveys; review of University Teaching & Learning Course Policy; framework for a new Graduate Certificate in Higher Education; guidelines for academic progression based on teaching; support of sessional teaching; the Learning-Teaching-Researching Nexus; The UOW Learning Experience; Learning Leaders leadership training for Heads; innovative learning spaces. Sandra has over 30 years international experience in the field of education and technology from primary through to university education including teacher training, curriculum development, software development and senior management. She has authored over 150 publications, is active on the international lecture circuit, and recently achieved her 100th invited keynote address.
Journal Articles
Creating a taxonomy for high quality learning outcomes using ICTs in higher education (with John Hedberg, Ron Oliver, Barry Harper, and Shirley Agostinho), Academic Services Division - Papers (2002)
Improving Teaching and Learning through Formative Evaluation: Using a Customised Online Tool to Collect Student Feedback (with Robert M. Corderoy, Ray Stace, and A. Ip), Academic Services Division - Papers (2000)
Good teachers spend time reflecting on their teaching practice. What is working, what isn't -...
Conference Presentations
Rethinking reusability: implications from a longitudinal study of online role play in Australian higher education, Academic Services Division - Papers (2011)
In a study about designing “reusable e-learning activities”, the author used online role play as...
Learning design for online role play versus simulation, Academic Services Division - Papers (2010)
One outcome of Project EnROLE, an ALTC project to encourage uptake of online role play,...
A taxonomy for simulation learning designs: implications for repositories, The Future of Learning Design Conference (2009)
Project EnROLE2 has been a two year $200,000 project funded by the Australian Learning &...
An evolutionary approach to strategic planning for eLearning (with Kate Bowles), Academic Services Division - Papers (2009)
Although all Australian universities have University-level strategic plans as well as Learning and Teaching plans...
Encouraging Role Based Online Learning Environments (with E. Devonshire, E. Leigh, E. Rosser, J. Shepherd, and A. Vincent), Academic Services Division - Papers (2007)
This paper reports on progress in the first year of a two year project called...
Book Chapters
Reusability of Online Role Play: Learning Objects or Learning Designs? (with A. McDougall), Academic Services Division - Papers (2009)
This study tracks the uptake of online role play in Australia from 1990 to 2006...
Describing ICT-based learning designs that promote quality learning outcomes (with Ron Oliver, Barry Harper, Shirley Agostinho, and John Hedberg), Faculty of Education - Papers (2007)
This chapter uses a grounded approach to describe a framework by which various forms of...
Managing Technological Change and University Teaching (with S. Alexander), Academic Services Division - Papers (2000)
Current economic and political climates, together with the need to provide more flexible learning opportunities...
Managing the introduction of technology in teaching and learning (with Shirley Alexander), Academic Services Division - Papers (2000)
This chapter reviews the introduction of technology in teaching and learning in higher education from...
Books
The power of role-based e-learning (with Elyssebeth Leigh and Albert Ip), Academic Services Division - Papers (2011)
Written for educators seeking to engage students in collaboration and communication about authentic scenarios, The...
Reports
Encouraging role based online learning environments - The BLUE Report (with E. Rosser, E. Devonshire, E. Leight, C. Russell, and J. Shepherd), Academic Services Division - Papers (2009)
Project EnROLE has been a two year $200,000 ALTC project to encourage uptake of online...
The RED Report, Recognition - Enhancement - Development: The contribution of sessional teachers to higher education (with Alisa Percy, Michele Scoufis, Sharron Parry, Allan Goody, Margaret Hicks, Ian Macdonald, Kay Martinez, Nick Szorenyi-Reischl, Yoni Ryan, and Lynn Sheridan), Academic Services Division - Papers (2008)
This large-scale study into the recognition, enhancement and development of sessional teaching in higher education...
Strategy and Information Technology (with P. Yetton), Academic Services Division - Papers (1997)
Our research on twenty Australian universities charts a substantial shift in the importance of IT...
Guides
The RED Resource, Recognition - Enhancement - Development: The contribution of sessional teachers to higher education Sydney (with Alisa Percy, Michele Scoufis, Sharron Parry, Allan Goody, Margaret Hicks, Ian Macdonald, Julia T. Martinez, Nick Szorenyi-Reischl, Yoni Ryan, and Lynn Sheridan), Academic Services Division - Papers (2008)
This large-scale study into the recognition, enhancement and development of sessional teaching in higher education...
A. enRole, Research, React, Resolve, Reflect: developing and using online role play learning designs (with Albert Ip), Academic Services Division - Papers (2002)
This guide covers adopting, moderating and designing online role-play learning experiences. Case studies of several...