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Mrs Glenda Hobdell

MA Research | PhD Candidate
Head of Course – Secondary Education | Education Academic | Campus Lead (Mackay)
School of Education and the Arts
Mackay Ooralea
Building 22 - G.08
Level 2
About Me

Glenda is a passionate Arts educator and practicing artist with extensive experience in curriculum leadership and management. She has led and influenced curriculum implementation across local, national, and international networks and communities. Sharing of outcomes and ongoing leadership of integrating digital technologies into pedagogical practice to transform teaching and learning is a key indicator of Glenda's commitment to 21st Century teaching practice.

Ph.D. Candidate CQUni (2017 – 2024)

Master of Arts Research (Visual Arts PL) 2011 2014 QUT

Diploma Teaching – Secondary Art 1987 – 1981 KGCAE

 

General
Background

See professional CV 

Universities Studied At

CQU

QUT

 

Universities Worked At

CQU

QUT

Awards

Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Exemplary Practice in Learning and Teaching 2021

School of Education and the Arts – Early Career Educator Excellence Commendation 2019

Previous teaching

Tutor, The Arts EDCU13018

CQU, Mackay City 2017

Tutor, GRAPHIC INVESTIGATION | RESEARCH AND CREATIVITY IN THE VISUAL ARTS

QUT, Brisbane 2007

 

 

Professional Experience

2018 ->  Continuing Academic CQU Mackay City Campus

2014 –2017 HOD The ARTS Mackay SHS

2014 – 2017 | 1995 – 2004 QCAA Mackay District Panellist – Visual Art

2016 RADF Grant for ‘City of Lost Children Masterclass Project'

2010 World IB Visual Arts Curriculum Review panellist | IBO Cardiff

2009 Acting Dean Marketing & Showcasing | Queensland Academy for Creative Industries

2009 – 2013 Theory of Knowledge Co-ordinator | IB Examiner Visual Arts | Queensland Academy for Creative Industries

2007 – 2013 Experienced Senior Teacher (IB Visual Arts / Theory of Knowledge) | Queensland Academy for Creative Industries

 

2004 Arts Queensland Major Grant for presentation of new media installation artwork, ‘FMera’ Bundaberg Art Centre

2004 – 2006 QSA Wide Bay District Review Panel Chair – Visual Art

1995 – 2004 QSA Wide Bay District Review Panellist – Visual Art

1995 – 2006 Senior Teacher Visual Arts | Bundaberg SHS

1987 – 1994 Business Proprietor | Graphic Artist | Studio Print, Kingaroy

1998 – 1989 Tutor Screenprinting & Calligraphy South Burnett College of TAFE

1982 – 1986 Art Teacher Nanango, Murgon, Toolooa, Mackay SHSs

 

Professional Memberships

AARE

NAVA

InSEA

 

Responsibilities

Campus Lead

Professional Interests

Transmedia Arts Practice (website www.glendlabudda.net | www.wecanmackay.com)

Professional Arts Practice – Exhibitions

  • Anthropocene, PhD installation, Airlie Beach Festival of Music, 2022
  • Provoking Change | (re)action: states of change 2, PhD exhibition, Gallery•31, Mackay City Campus, CQUni, 2022
  • (re)action: states of change 1, Shine Bright, Jubilee Community Centre, Mackay 2021
  • Symbionce, group exhibition, Gallery•31, Mackay City Campus, CQU 2020
  • 2 Decades of Red: 1998–2008, solo retrospective, Gallery•31, Mackay City Campus, CQU 2019
  • liminal spaces: escaping the frame, solo new media installation, Artspace Mackay 2017
  • connexion: echo | extend | embody, collaborative performance installation, Redland Gallery 2015
  • liminal spaces:entering the frame, solo exhibition and performance drawing, Paxton’s Upstairs Gallery, Mackay 2014
  • liminal spaces: escaping the frame, MA exhibition, The Block QUT 2013
  • connexion: space | place | time residency and video installation, Lines in the Sand Festival, North Stradbroke Island 2013
  • liminal spaces 1, solo new media installation, The Block, QUT 2012
  • great!walks art and environment Participant Masterclass Workshop and Exhibition with Fiona Foley, Fraser Island and Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, 2005 – 6
  • Arts Qld Major Grant recipient for FMera, solo new media installation, Bundaberg Arts Centre 2004–
  • Past the Scars, solo new media installation, Bundaberg Arts Centre, 2003
  • Ironic, solo exhibition, Cedar Galleries, Gladstone 1998
  • Numerous group exhibitions

Key Achievements

Nominee – QCOT Excellence in Leadership Awards 2017

Digital Pedagogy Licence Advanced 2008 | 2011

Apple Distinguished Educator 2009

Smart Classrooms Excellence Award 2008 | 2002

Australian College of Educators Honour Roll of Excellence 2003

EQ Accelerated Progression – 4 yr trained classification (500+ hrs PD) 1999

Computer Software

Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere Pro, Photoshop, InDesign)

Machinima

iPads in Education

Research Interests
Creative Arts And Writing

Screen and digital media - Screen and digital media not elsewhere classified
see websites www.glendalabudda.net www.wecanmackay.com

Education

Curriculum and Pedagogy - Creative Arts, Media and Communication Curriculum and Pedagogy

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