Associate Professor Steven Pace
BAppSc(Maths & Comp) UCCQ, MAppSc CQU, PhD ANUAssociate Professor / Head of Course - Digital Media
School of Education and the Arts
Centre for Research in Equity & Advancement of Teaching & Education (CREATE)
Building 22 - Room G.09
Steven Pace is an Associate Professor and the Head of Course for Digital Media in the School of Education and the Arts at CQUniversity. Some highlights of Steven's academic career include:
- winning a national Award for Teaching Excellence from the Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) in 2022;
- being recognised as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) in 2020;
- being appointed as an Advance Queensland Community Digital Champion in 2016;
- winning the award for National ICT Educator of the Year in 2011;
- receiving a Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) in 2011;
- winning the CQUniversity Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching in 2010;
- serving as a member of the Register of Experts of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) since 2012;
- serving as an international expert for the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) since 2015;
- serving as a member of the Panel of Experts for the Papua New Guinea Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (PNG-DHERST) since 2021;
- participating in an international research project in South America funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2010;
- completing a PhD in the field of human-computer interaction at the Australian National University in 2003; and
- serving as the Head of Course for Digital Media at CQUniversity.
Awards
2022. National Award for Teaching Excellence - Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT)
2017. Special Commendation Business Partnership Award - Creative Futures Recognition Awards
2016. Advance Queensland Community Digital Champion - Queensland Government
2011. National ICT Educator of the Year - iAwards
2011. National Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning - Australian Learning & Teaching Council (ALTC)
2010. Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching - CQUniversity
2010. Faculty Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching - CQUniversity
2010. Dean's Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching - CQUniversity
2010. Students' Choice Award - CQUniversity
2004. Dean's Award for Progress in Research - CQUniversity
2002. Dean's Award for Quality Teaching - CQUniversity
Professional Experience
2013-Present. Associate Professor in Digital Media (Level D), School of Education and the Arts, Central Queensland University, Mackay Campus
2002-2012. Senior Lecturer in Multimedia (Level C), School of Creative & Performing Arts / School of Arts & Creative Enterprise / School of Contemporary Communication / School of Computing & Information Systems, Central Queensland University, Mackay Campus
1998-2001. Lecturer in Multimedia (Level B), School of Computing & Information Systems, Central Queensland University, Mackay Campus
1992-1997. Associate Lecturer in Information Technology (Level A), Department of Mathematics and Computing, Central Queensland University, Mackay Campus
1988-1991. Programmer/Analyst, Sugar Research Institute, Mackay, Queensland
Professional Memberships
2020-Present. Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
2016-Present. Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction (SIGCHI)
2016-Present. Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH)
1992-2013. Member / Senior Member of the Australian Computer Society (ACS)
1993-1996. Member of the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA)
Responsibilities
2012-Present. Member of the Register of Experts, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)
2015-Present. International Specialist, Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ)
2021-Present. Member of the Panel of Experts, Papua New Guinea Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (PNG-DHERST)
2010-2011. Assessment Panel Member, Office of Higher Education, Queensland Department of Education and Training
Professional Interests
My research interests include experience design, user experience design, interaction design, human-computer interaction, web design, mobile application design, game design, flow experiences, the psychology of optimal experiences, curriculum and pedagogy, and many facets of digital media and the creative industries. I employ primarily qualitative research methods such as the grounded theory method, case studies, ethnography, autoethnography and semi-structured in-depth interviews.
Editor
Lead editor, Studies in Learning, Evaluation, Innovation and Development, vol. 8, no. 2, December 2011, http://sleid.cqu.edu.au/viewissue.php?id=26
Accreditation
I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:
- 4609 Information Systems
- 3901 Curriculum and Pedagogy
- 1902 Film, Television and Digital Media
- 1904 Performing Arts and Creative Writing
At the level of Principal Supervisor
Current Capacity
Screen and digital media - Screen and digital media not elsewhere classified
Screen and digital media - Screen media
Curriculum and Pedagogy - Creative Arts, Media and Communication Curriculum and Pedagogy
Graphics, augmented reality and games - Entertainment and gaming
Graphics, augmented reality and games - Serious games
Human-centred computing - Affective computing
Human-centred computing - Computing education
Human-centred computing - Human-computer interaction
