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I am Course Coordinator for the UniSA College courses Digital Literacy and Future Ideas. In 2017-2018 I coordinated and developed the UniSA Online core course Critical Approaches to Online Learning with OCF Lucy Andrew. I enjoy using innovative teaching approaches to build student engagement, with a focus on technology, equity, interactivity and new media. I was honoured to receive a 2018 Australian Award for University Teaching and a 2016 UniSA Teaching Citation for my work in enabling pedagaogy, and a 2017 Digital Learning Citation with Rebecca Godwin and Cameron McTernan for 'leadership in digital learning through innovative course design which empowers students as digital citizens and... Read more
About me
I am Course Coordinator for the UniSA College courses Digital Literacy and Future Ideas. In 2017-2018 I coordinated and developed the UniSA Online core course Critical Approaches to Online Learning with OCF Lucy Andrew. I enjoy using innovative teaching approaches to build student engagement, with a focus on technology, equity, interactivity and new media. I was honoured to receive a 2018 Australian Award for University Teaching and a 2016 UniSA Teaching Citation for my work in enabling pedagaogy, and a 2017 Digital Learning Citation with Rebecca Godwin and Cameron McTernan for 'leadership in digital learning through innovative course design which empowers students as digital citizens and producers'. View some of the innovative student work and explore our teaching approaches here. Read more about the approaches my colleagues and I employ in 'New course opens up digital world to College students', 'Creating tomorrow's digital citizens' and 'All the students in my lecture are on their phones... that's perfect!' There is broad social applications for effective approaches to new technology; for more information, see my interview on Social Media on the Weekend Today show here or read about The joy of missing out: How to stop your social media addiction, How reducing social media use and staying active can help fight off winter blues, Viral Crazes, or What Instagram privacy settings and copyright mean for the photos you post.
In recent years, my research has focused on digital learning, student engagement and pedagogy in enabling programs. I served as Deputy Chair of the National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia from 2017 to 2018 and the Executive Board until March 2019. I have published on policy and enabling programs and presented nationally and internationally on these themes. I have also published on digital media, diversity, and enabling pedagogies. Dr Bianca Price and I established a student mentor program with College alumni in late 2012 and have also presented on this process. My current work examines the intersection between new media content and enabling pedagogies and I regularly publish and present research in these areas. Earlier academic publications focused on media and student engagement. For further details please see my publications below.
I have worked at the University of South Australia since 2001, teaching across a range of subject areas in the School of Creative Industries (Previously: Communication, International Studies and Languages), including Film and Television, Media Arts, Foundation Studies and Cultural Studies courses. Sophie Relf and I received an Australian Learning and Teaching Council citation based on our exemplary team-teaching and our commitment to student engagement. In our teaching, we enjoyed exploring the innovative methods available through recent developments in digital technology. As a result of our innovative and collaborative teaching, we received an ALTC citation in 2008, a UniSA citation in 2007, as well as the award for Sessional Staff Excellence in Team-teaching for the Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences in 2003 and 2004. I was also honoured to receive a Supported Teacher Award in 2009 and Supported Researcher recognition in 2012. In 2008, 2009 and 2010, I presented papers at the Australian Screen Production Education and Research Association conference and served on the Executive Board of ASPERA - the peak body for the nation's film schools.
Sophie Relf and I developed the www.equity101.info website for the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education from 2008-2011; a site designed to build access and capacity for equity scholarship and networking. When active, this web 2.0 site represented Australia's largest online education and social equity community.
In my "spare" time, I produced the micro-budget indie film 'Justice Squad' with director Daniel Lawrance. The film was released in 2012 and screened in Australia and the USA.
About me
National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia
Australian Screen Production Education and Research Association
Watcher Junior Editorial Board
Golden Key National Honours Society
Justice Squad productions,SOJE, & Urban Dynamix International Video Project
About me
Date | Title |
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12/11/2015 |
Creating tomorrow’s digital citizens, https://www.unisa.edu.au/siteassets/unisanews/archive-pdfs/2015/unisa-news-nov-2015.pdf#page=32 |
About me
PhD in Education (In Progress) University of Adelaide
Graduate Certificate in Education (Academic Specialisation) University of South Australia
Bachelor of Arts (Communication Studies) University of South Australia
My current research focus is on the role of education in supporting access to life opportunities. Topics that I have published or presented on include widening participation policy, enabling pedagogies, student engagement through media, universal design learning and critical pedagogy.
I am also very interested in the technical and theoretical aspects of film studies. I am highly proficient with Final Cut Pro, Premiere and other relevant software. I am excited by new technological developments and their impact on contemporary communication practice and identity development.
I have published and presented on the role of women on television in late modernity, particularly in contemporary animation and fantasy texts. I am also interested in... Read more
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Project grant from National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education for the project: Habel, C, Stokes, J & Whitman, K ‘Exploring the experiences of low SES students via enabling programs’.
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2020 |
Open access
16
12
6
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2019 |
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2018 |
Open access
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2018 |
4
1
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2016 |
Open access
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Year | Output |
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2019 |
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2018 |
4
1
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2014 |
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Year | Output |
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2023 |
1
1
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2022 |
Open access
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2022 |
Open access
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2021 |
Open access
2
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2020 |
Open access
16
12
6
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2018 |
Open access
4
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2018 |
Open access
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2015 |
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2015 |
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2014 |
Open access
3
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2014 |
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2013 |
15
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2012 |
Open access
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2011 |
Open access
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Year | Output |
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2017 |
Open access
16
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2012 |
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2012 |
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2011 |
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2016 |
Open access
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Invited presentation
Stokes, J 2015, 'On pathways and pedagogy' presented as an invited speaker at the Open University's International approaches to Preparing WP Students for HE Study seminar on June 26th 2015, virtual presentation, United Kingdom. The full seminar podcast is available online at http://stadium.open.ac.uk/stadia/preview.php?whichevent=2529&s=1&option=&record=0
Recent conference presentations
Fudge, A, Stokes, J & Weiler, T 2015, ‘Embedding digital learning strategies in enabling program courses’, National Association of Enabling Educators Australia Conference, Western Sydney University, Australia, 25-26 November.
Stokes, J 2015, ‘Opening doors, creating pathways: A case study of enabling education at an Australian university' Annual Multidisciplinary Conference of International Journal of Arts & Sciences, Anglo-American University, Prague, Czech Republic, 14-17 July. Also presented at Current trends in Educational Research Conference, The University of Adelaide, Australia, 20 November.
Stokes, J 2015, ‘iCan: empowering students in transition through digital literacy’ at the Higher Education Research Group Adelaide Conference, University of Adelaide, Australia, 22nd September.
Stokes, J & Price, B 2015, ‘Building a Learning Community: the Role of Alumni Mentors in an Australian Enabling Program’, 22nd International Conference on Learning, CEU Universidad San Pablo, Madrid, Spain, 9-11 July.
Stokes, J & Weiler, T 2014, ‘Does motivation drives distinctions?’, Foundation and Bridging Educators of New Zealand Conference, Tauranga, New Zealand, 4-5 December.
Cocks, T & Stokes, J 2014, ‘Agents for Change: Applying Critical Pedagogy in Enabling Programs’, Twenty-first international Conference on Learning, New York, U.S.A., 14-17 July.
Dinmore, S & Stokes, J 2014, ‘Creating Inclusive University Curriculum: Implementing Universal Design for Learning in an Enabling Program’ at the Open University’s Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning conference in Milton Keynes, UK.
Price, B & Stokes, J 2014, ‘Shaping a positive transition: designing a peer mentor program for diverse students’, Twenty-first international Conference on Learning, New York, U.S.A., 14-17 July.
Stokes, J 2014, ‘“It’s not Gone with the Wind, but there’s probably a moral in there somewhere…”: film, truth and teaching epistemology with Banksy’, International Conference on Philosophy and Film, Lisbon, Portugal.
Stokes, J 2014, ‘Becoming a university student: a case study of imaginative education and enabling pedagogy in Australia’, Imaginative Education Research Group International Conference, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, 2-4 July.
Price, B & Stokes, J 2013, ‘Giving back: developing a mentor program for Foundation Studies students in an Australian university college’, National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia Conference, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
Stokes, J, Cocks, T & Hattam, S 2013, ‘“I grew as a person’: the role of critical pedagogy in enabling programs”, National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia Conference, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
Stokes, J 2013, ‘New Students, New Practices: Supporting Students from Diverse Backgrounds through a University Enabling Program’ 2013 International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations, held at Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia, 26-28 June.
Stokes, J 2013,‘Empowering Learners: Positive Interventions for Students in University Enabling Programs’, 2013 The Learner conference held in Rhodes, Greece, 11 – 13 July.
Cocks, T & Stokes, J 2012, ‘Education as social inclusion: a case study of widening participation at an Australian university college’, Foundation and Bridging Educators New Zealand Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
Cocks, T & Stokes, J 2012, ‘Ethics, equity and excellence: a case study of supported transition to higher education in the Australian context’, Widening Participation: Discourses of Inclusion Conference, Northamptonshire, England.
Stokes, J 2011, ‘Ms. Behaving: Violence, Voice and Screenage Women’, Console-ing Passions: The International Conference of Feminism and Television, Video, New Media, and Audio, UniSA, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Relf, S & Stokes, J 2010, ‘Using your powers for good on equity101. A practical guide to free research and networking tools for equity in FYHE’, 13th Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Stokes, J 2010, ‘Digital Limits: Global networks and the 21st Century citizen’, Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities, Osaka, Japan.
Relf, S & Stokes, J 2009, ‘equity101: the new portal for equity researchers, managers, practitioners, policy makers and government’, Equal Opportunity Practitioners in Higher Education Australia Conference, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia.
Research
My current research focus is on the role of education in supporting access to life opportunities. Topics that I have published or presented on include widening participation policy, enabling pedagogies, student engagement through media, universal design learning and critical pedagogy.
I am also very interested in the technical and theoretical aspects of film studies. I am highly proficient with Final Cut Pro, Premiere and other relevant software. I am excited by new technological developments and their impact on contemporary communication practice and identity development.
I have published and presented on the role of women on television in late modernity, particularly in contemporary animation and fantasy texts. I am also interested in depictions of adolescence, the consumption of 'alternative' youth culture, music and identity. I approach these areas from a feminist film theory and cultural studies perspective.
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Open University | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Australian Awards for University Teaching's Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student LearningUniversities Australia, Australian Government |
2018 |
Finalist, Winnovation Award (Open)Women in Innovation SA |
2018 |
Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student LearningAustralian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) |
2008 |
National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia - including online education and enabling curriculum special interest groups
Australian Screen Production Education and Research Association
Producer and Panellist, Radio for the Print Handicapped - Production, (Community organisation) 1995 to 2016
Golden Key National Honours Society
Justice Squad productions
Foundation Studies, student equity and enabling education.
Digital media and animation, digital literacy, information literacy and ICT.
Film and television, cultural studies.
Teaching & student supervision