My Role
As the manager of the Learning and Teaching Systems team, I am responsible for the delivery of business services that relate to the key areas of teaching and learning within the University. My role requires me to:
- Lead and manage a team of skilled software developers
- Liaise with key business units to gather requirements, design, develop, test and support required software applications for staff and students
- Assess emerging technologies and software for suitable use within the University environment
- Ensure systems meet specific accessibility and usability requirements
- Contribute to the planning and budgeting of key software services
- Provide input into strategic planning and governance structures
- Manage small to large projects
- Ensure monitoring and high availability of the University’s learning and teaching systems
- Manage relationships with external vendors as required
Team Responsibilities
The Learning and Teaching Systems team is responsible for the design, development and long-term support of the critical software and services that support the University’s online learning environment, including:
- The learning management system (Moodle) that delivers online courses to students, while managing and keeping track of their progress and performance across all types of learning activities
- Media repositories to house, catalogue and stream the University’s video and audio files
- A central system to provide essential information about courses, programs, student and their level of online engagement through a series of comprehensive learning analytic reports and a customisable dashboard
- The student portal, a system that provides personal information, integrated data and links to all systems a student requires
- Management of Zoom to facilitate collaborative online engagement for online students
- A comprehensive ePortfolio that allows users to record and share evidence of lifelong learning
- A course outline system that allows the creation of a formal document that describes the content that will be available within a specific course
- A course and teacher evaluation system that allows students the ability to provide feedback on instructors and their courses-Other systems that support learning and teaching
- The UniSA Student App that provides critical information to students such as upcoming classes, assessments, course information and the ability to book study rooms.
Qualifications and Professional associations
Bachelor of Applied Science (Mathematics and Computing), University of South Australia, 1994
Awards
- Winner, Vice Chancellor’s Awards for Professional Staff Excellence, Learning Analytics Project Team (2016)
- Winner, Vice Chancellor’s Awards for General Staff Excellence, Student Portal Project (2005)
- Winner, Vice Chancellor’s Awards for General Staff Excellence, Corporate Web Development Project (2003)
- Special Commendation, Vice Chancellor’s Awards for General Staff Excellence, Exchange Upgrade Project (2005)
- Special Commendation, Vice Chancellor’s Awards for General Staff Excellence, One IT Helpdesk (2006)
- Special Commendation, UniSA Awards for Equity, Online Accessibility Management Committee (2004)
