My research and teaching interests align closely with the Australian national research priorities to promote and maintain good health, and the related goal to strengthen Australia’s social and economic fabric, while also addressing the National Disability Reform Agenda’s focus on activities that have practical benefits in support of a more inclusive Australia.

My research involves cross-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary collaborations with national and international academic researchers, and partner investigators from the not-for-profit sector, advocacy bodies and the information and communications technology (ICT) industry across diverse, but related fields including education, disability studies, social work and social policy, health sciences, communication and the media, and assistive technologies. The innovative use of ICTs underpins my research across these disciplinary areas and I have a particular interest in the application of ICTs to increase the educational and social participation of children and young people, especially those from special equity groups.

IIn mid-2012 I was appointed to an adjunct Professorial position (Extraordinary Professor) in the Faculty of Education at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. My commitment to the scholarship of learning and teaching is also evident from my leadership of several national funded learning and teaching projects, my publications record, and my role as a former mentor for the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Building Innovation in Teaching and Learning (BuILT) program and the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning ASCILITE community mentor program. I am also an Associate Editor of the Higher Education, Research and Development Journal, and a reviewer for several high ranked learning and teaching related journals including Computers and Education, the British Journal of Educational Technology, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, and Research in Learning Technology (formerly Alt-J).

The findings from my funded research projects have been widely disseminated through in excess of 90 peer reviewed publications including 11 book chapters, 30 peer reviewed journal papers (three of which have won national awards), 45 peer reviewed conference papers (one of which won best paper award in 2008), and four national government reports. Of these publications, six are published  in high ranking journals including two that have Scopus and ISI impact factors of 1.561/1.517 (field of education and educational research) and are ranked 25 out of 206 in the field of education and educational research. One of these publications was an A* ranked journal in former ERA rankings and is ranked 23 in the field of Sociology, and two were A ranked in the former ERA rankings with Scopus and ISI impact factors of 1.561/1.517 (field of education and educational research), and ranked 22 in the field of Cultural Studies).  I am also co-editor of a forthcoming book to be published in 2014 by Routledge, which is titled Activity theory, Authentic Learning, and Emerging Technologies: Towards a Transformative Higher Education Pedagogy.My publications have received more than 200 citations in the last five years and viewed 1227 times via Academia.edu, with one publication (A scaffolded approach to developing students' skills and confidence to participate in self and peer assessment) having been accessed 730 times in the last three years. Another of my papers focusing on accessibility solutions using Web 2.0 and 3D virtual worlds, has consistently ranked in the top 5-10% of full paper downloads from the Australian Computer Society’s Telecommunications Journal of Australia since first published in 2010; the most recent statistics available from the editors of the journal (January 2013) reporting the paper to be in the top 4.5% of all downloads with 1,505 full manuscript downloads to date.

I have also presented at more than 120 national and international conferences, including four keynote presentations and I have conducted more than 30 teaching and learning seminars and workshops in Australia and internationally. My research has gained significant national and international exposure and media coverage including more than 120 interviews on local and international news (Channel 7 news and SBS World News) and more than 40  radio interviews (ABC National Radio, Radio Adelaide and Radio 5RPH). My research has also been widely disseminated via press releases and blog postings. These include news reports, articles (for example Education Review, Higher Education Update, Telstra Links magazine, the Metaverse Journal, and Australian Computer Society News), as well as articles posted to blogs (including blogs hosted by organisations such as the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association, Media Access Australia, Disability Information and Resource Centre, Deafness Forum, and the Australian Communications Consumer Action network).

National and State Awards

2010: Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning for sustained excellence in engaging undergraduate students through service learning and research activities that promote social and ethical action and enhance the student learning experience

2010: Telstra-TJA Christopher Newell Award for Telecommunications and Disability

2009: Premier's Public Sector Engagement Award (Building Communities category) for Sustainable Online Community Engagement Project

1994: South Australian Information Technology Achiever of the Year, (Comtec)

1994: S.A. Great Award for Services to a Special Field (Disability)

University of South Australia Awards

2013 Division of Education Arts and Social Sciences Distinguished Academic Award

2011 Supported Teacher Award

2010 Division of Education Arts and Social Sciences Community Engagement Award

2009 UniSA Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning

2009 Chancellor's Award for Community Service (Northern Communication Team)

2008 and 2007 Quality Teaching Awards (UniSA)

2006 UniSA Award for Teaching Excellence

2006 UniSA Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning

2006 Vice Chancellor’s Award for Equity (UniSA)

2005 Program Director Excellence Award (UniSA — Div EASS)

2004 Chancellor's Award for Community Service (UniSA team member)

2004 Equity Award — Special Commendation     

2013

Supporting young people with disabilities through technology and enterprise development. Press release, 5^th August 2013 describing the new $2.97 million DEEWR funded project funded through the NBN-Enabled Education and Skills Services Program: http://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Supporting-young-people-with-disabilities---through-technology-and-enterprise-development/

UniSA News article July 2013 announcing the new OLT funded project focusing on the design of inclusive, technology-enhanced learning environments. http://w3.unisa.edu.au/unisanews/2013/July/story12.asp

2012

Using ICTs to enhance education. Article by Kanina Foss, 17^th October in University of the Witwatersrand News. http://www.wits.ac.za/newsroom/newsitems/201210/18087/news_item_18087.html

Radio Adelaide interview with Bryanna Griffin discussing the role of social media in supporting teaching and learning, 22 May 2012. Media Rites 2012 Segment.

Telstra prize again highlights the benefits of modern communications for people with disability. Press Release by Telstra on May 23, 2012 listing award winners for the 2012 Telstra-TJA Christopher Newell Award: http://bmediaradioadelaide.com/mediarites-2012/program-11-may-22-2012/http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/media-centre/announcements/telstra-prize-highlights-modern-communications-benefits.xml 

First University Backed Web Accessibility Course for Professionals Launched. Media Access Australia press release, 6^th March 2012: http://mediaaccess.org.au/latest_news/general/first-university-backed-web-accessibility-course-for-professionals-launched

2011

Australian Learning and Teaching Council grant success. Article in UniSA News, August 2011. http://w3.unisa.edu.au/unisanews/2011/december/story14.asp

Taking virtual learning to Africa. Article in UniSA News, August 2011. http://www.unisa.edu.au/unisanews/2011/August/story10.asp

Channel 7’s Today Tonight segment, interview with journalist Lucy Polkinghorne about the potentially addictive properties of Massively Multiuser Online Strategy games such as Evony. Broadcast on Channel 7, 2^nd August, 2011.

Denise Wood speaking about research in South Africa with Peter Greco on the Leisure Links segment, Saturday 30^th July, 2011. http://denisewood.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/rph-29072011.mp3

3D learning in South Africa. Published by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council on the 12^th, July, 2011. http://www.altc.edu.au/July2011-south-africa   

Gauteng, Limpopo teach in 3D. Article published 18^th July, 2011 in IT Web Open Source by journalist Farzana Rasool describing our research in Gauteng and Limpopo Provinces, South Africa: http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45444:gauteng-limpopo-teach-in-3d&catid=203   

SANZAF, Siyafunda CTC and Esquire Technologies major role players in bringing 3d virtual learning to Gauteng. Article published by Yusuf in LENZINFO: Lenasia’s Very Own Website on 7^th July, 2011. http://www.lenzinfo.co.za/?p=2471

Esquire partners in 3D virtual learning trial. Article about our 3D virtual learning project published via Esquire Technologies South African website, 25^th July, 2011. http://companies.mybroadband.co.za/esquire/2011/07/25/esquire-partners-in-3d-virtual-learning-trial/

Leading-edge 3D virtual learning technologies. Press release posted to The Big Picture, The Fine Print blog of film maker Alison Richards, 13^th July 2011. http://alisonrichards.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/leading-edge-3d-virtual-learning-technologies/

Interview with Marina Simons and Lachlan Pryor published in the Adelaide Advertiser article Study in another world, Education Now section, 28^th June, 2011, p. 61.

Interview with Annie Hastwell, ABC National, Life Matters, 14^th June, 2011, discussing the use of 3D virtual learning environments in teaching and learning. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2011/3240891.htm

Interview with Peter Greco, 5RPH Radio 26^th March 2011, discussing the CSUN conference on technologies and people with disabilities.

Training & Courses E-learning in style published in Adelaide Advertiser article in employment supplement, 26^th February, 2011, p.E35.

Interview with Peter Greco, 5RPH Radio 26^th February 2011, discussing our research in South Africa and the 2011 E-learning and Distance Education Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

2010

UniSA supports new CRC for young people. UniSA Media Release, December 21, 2010. http://www.unisa.edu.au/news/2010/211210.asp

Interview with Peter Greco, 5RPH Radio 25^th September 2010, discussing the outcomes of first stage of the collaborative project with Novita Children’s Services and Flinders University to investigate the potential of social networking to increase the social participation of children with disabilities.

Interview with Peter Greco, 5RPH Radio 31^st July 2010, discussing the Draft National Disability Strategy report released by the caretaker Gillard Government, and the Social Inclusion Board’s call for the views of all South Australians to inform the development of its Blueprint for disability reform.

Interview with Dr Denise Wood about Web 2.0 and 3D Virtual Worlds, Australian Communications Consumer Action Network newsletter, 19^th July, 2010: http://www.accan.org.au/blog.php?category=general

Virtual Worlds Award, University of South Australia Magazine, Winter 2010, p. 21: http://www.unisa.edu.au/news/unisamagazine/issues/2010Winter.pdf

TIO honours former Council member, TIO Talks: Telecommunications Ombudsman, No. 2, 2010, p. 7: http://www.tio.com.au/publications/TIO_talk_issues/47/TIOTalks47.pdf

Citations celebrate student learning at UniSA, Campus Daily, 6^th July 2010: http://www.campusdaily.com.au/read_university_news.php?id=2610 ,

UniSA Media Release, Citations celebrate student learning at UniSA, 6^th July 2010: http://www.unisa.edu.au/news/2010/060710A.asp

ALTC Media Release, ALTC announces 2010 Citation awards (6^th July, 2010): http://www.altc.edu.au/July2010-2010-Citation-award-winners-announced

Interview with Peter Greco, 5RPH Radio 26^th June 2010, discussing NBN Telstra agreement and implications for broadband access for people with disabilities.

Innovative community engagement program wins Premier’s Award, Minister for Volunteers Annual Report 2009-2010, pp. 21-22): http://www.ofv.sa.gov.au/pdfs/MinistersReport_Annual_Report_2010.pdf

Interview with Peter Greco, 5RPH Radio 22^nd May 2010, about the Telstra-TJA Christopher Newell Award.

Prestigious prize for disability and telecommunications gets "second life", ACS News, May 2010: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=load&temID=noticedetails&notID=1040

ALTC Media Release, ALTC–funded research wins prestigious new award, 24^th May, 2010: http://www.altc.edu.au/2010May-denise-woods

Researcher receives award for using social media to support the education of people with disabilities, Media Access Australia article, 20^th May, 2010.

Telstra Media Release, Telstra prize highlights the benefits of modern communications for people with disability, 21^st May, 2010:

When user needs drive real innovation, Telstra Exchange, 20^th May, 2010: http://exchange.telstra.com.au/2010/05/20/when-user-needs-drive-real-innovation/

Opening virtual doors, UniSA News, June 2010.

VHH Contribution and Collaboration is recognized in the Telstra-TJC Christopher Newell Prize, Virtual Helping Hands, 23^rd May, 2010: http://www.virtualhelpinghands.org/news.htm

University of South Australia Immersive Education Initiative: IED Summit (24th June 2010): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOlfYqIxGMI&feature=player_embedded#!  

3D virtual learning platforms, World News Network, 28th June, 2010: http://article.wn.com/view/2010/06/28/3D_virtuallearning_platforms/

Interview with Peter Greco, 5RPH Radio 24^th April 2010, discussion about the Comms2010 Summit and announcements by Senator the Hon. Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy regarding NBN, proposed ACMA consumer protection measures, and plans to improve access to the National Relay Service

Interview with Peter Greco, 5RPH Radio 27^th February 2010, Technology round up of accessibility solutions and events, http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/3dvle/media/rph_ll2_2702_2010.mp3

Channel 7 Evening News interview about the benefits of social networking for people with disabilities, 3^rd February, 2010.

Webinar conducted by Professor Norman Coombs, Easy Access to Software and Information (EASI), Second Life and Opportunities of a 3D Platform, 25^th January 2010, http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

2009

Interview with Peter Greco, 5RPH Radio 28^th November 2009, discussing outcomes from the Round Table on Government 2.0 held at Parliament House on the 26^th November.

Presentation at the Gov 2.0 Roundtable at Parliament House, 26th November, 2009. Recorded by Senator Kate Lundy’s office: http://dotsub.com/view/0960e313-be9d-4497-ae5a-b24a7d3401a3

Article by Lowell Cremorne, Interview – Denise Wood, University of South Australia, The Metaverse Journal, November 2, 2009, http://www.metaversejournal.com/2009/11/02/interview-denise-wood-university-of-south-australia/

Article in Technology Guide, Real Experience in an Unreal World, Education Review, October 2009, p. v1. http://www.apnedmedia.com.au/email/lores-ict-sept09.pdf

Interview with Peter Greco, 5RPH Radio 26^th September 2009, discussing the role of the Australian Consumer Action Network and community consultation process, http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/3dvle/media/rph_ll2_290809.mp3

UniSA News article September 2009, Improving communities, enhancing student learning, http://www.unisa.edu.au/unisanews/2009/September/feature.asp

Interview with Peter Greco, 5RPH Radio 29^th August 2009, discussing student engagement and experiential learning (Community Webs project and Health Support Coalition student projects), http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/3dvle/media/rph_ll2_250709.mp3

Interview with Peter Godfrey, Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM, 17^th August 2009 about our research into providing accessibility solutions in 3D virtual worlds for students with disabilities

The Independent Weekly article in ‘Spectrum’ section about our research into accessibility solutions in 3D virtual environments for people with disabilities viewable online at http://www.indaily.com.au/?iid=28172 (page 18 of 42).

Interview with Peter Greco, 5RPH Radio 25^th July 2009, report on the IEEE-IBM Accessing the Future Conference, Boston.

Accessible learning in a virtual world, Technology Update, Higher Education Update, Edna.au, 25^th June, 2009: http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/webdav/site/myjahiasite/shared/he/090625.html

Interview with Peter Greco, RPH radio, 27^th June 2009, report on the Helen Keller event in Second Life, http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/3dvle/media/rph_ll1_270609.mp3

Second Life for Disabled. Interview by Manny Tsigas on SBS World News special on 30^th May 2009.

Interview with Andrew Male, ABC North and West SA Late Afternoon show, 28^th May 2009 discussing launch of the National Rail Museum, Tea and Sugar Train interactive exhibit – a collaborative project involving UniSA media arts students and Carnegie Mellon University.

Interview with Channel 31, 2^nd July 2009, discussing collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University and the launch of the Tea and Sugar Train exhibit at the National Rail Museum.

National Rail Museum Annual Report 2008-2009, Launch of the Teach and Sugar Train Exhibit, pp. 9-10: http://www.natrailmuseum.org.au/.../NRM_ANNUAL_REPORT_200809.pdf

2008

Article in UniSA news by Michele Nardelli about the ALTC funded 3D virtual learning project ‘Breathing Life into Next Gen Learning, viewable online at: http://www.unisa.edu.au/unisanews/2008/September/mainstory.asp

It's a Buyer's Market as Crunch Hits Virtual Realty, Sun Herald, December 28^th, 2008, journalist Edmund Tardos.

Virtually Real. Outlook article published in City Messenger and Eastern Courier Outlook, May 2008, journalist Louise Russell.

Pre-2008 media coverage

UniSA Media Release, Over 55s cruise the superhighway at UniSA, 14^th November, 2006: http://www.unisa.edu.au/news/2006/141106.asp

EASI Webinar interview (19^th November 2002) with Norm Coombs (EASI), Denise Wood and Bruce Maguire (Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission) about Web accessibility policy in Australia.

Oh Yes They’re Just Great. Article about the 1994 SA Great Award awards including a section describing my SA Great Award for Services to a Special Field (Disability). Advertiser, 28th January 1994, front cover.

ACS Leading Edge Magazine, Comtec ’94 Awards.  Front cover article about the Comtec ’94 awards with section describing my South Australian Information Technology Achiever of the Year Award, and photo of presentation by the Premier of South Australia, the Hon Dean Brown.

Article in Mazda Foundation Annual Report (1993-4) about OptCom grant ($54,085) to support multimedia training for young adults with disabilities, pp3-4: http://www.mazdafoundation.org.au/pdf/reportcomm9394.pdf 

University of South Australia Home Page: http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/staff/Homepage.asp?Name=denise.wood

Virtual Imaginings Wordpress Blog: http://denisewood.wordpress.com/

Academia.au Profile: http://unisa.academia.edu/DeniseWood/

LinkedIn Profile: http://au.linkedin.com/in/denisewood

Twitter Home Page: https://twitter.com/denlee

Facebook Profile Page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=709371922

ALTC funded Creativity Project Website: http://www.creativity-project.net/ingentool.php

ALTC funded 3D Virtual Learning Platform Project Website: http://communitywebs.org/3DVLE/   

Accessible 3D Virtual Learning Environment (YouTube): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxohIjxheS8

ALTC funded Peer Review Project Website: http://www.communitywebs.org/peer_review/    

Let-us-Learn Project Site (Africa): http://www.let-us-learn.org

Office for Learning and Teaching funded Inclusive Design of Technology Enhanced Learning Project Website: http://gild-online.org/

Sustainable Online Community Engagement (YouTube): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovrLjTLFuRg

Digital Enterprise: Pathways to Education and Employment Project site: http://digital-enterprise-pathways.net/

Digital Enterprise (YouTube): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjocVccZc9k

Presentation on Inclusive Design of Technology Enhanced Learning at University of Western Cape on 10^th February 2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QRooV29pyw

Workshop on 3D virtual learning conducted at University of Western Cape in February 2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw_36k9A-Nk&feature=youtu.be

Seminar conducted on flexible learning at the University of the Western Cape on 25^th June, 2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d78yW697rb8

Telstra funded research project focusing on mobile technologies as augmentative and alternative communication devices: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmiNtr_i-80

My focus in learning and teaching is consistent with the Australian Government’s vision for higher education in Australia and responds to the recommendations arising from the Bradley Review of Australian Higher Education, which acknowledges the central role of higher education in contributing to Australia’s social and economic progress. My approach as an academic leader guiding teaching and learning within the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages at UniSA has been to develop and implement strategies for improving the quality, relevance and reach of our teaching as well as enhancing the School’s capacity to accommodate an increasingly diverse student population, including those from special equity groups.

My own teaching focuses on developing and implementing strategies for engaging students, improving learning outcomes and facilitating student commitment to social and ethical action. I have a focus on embedding research and enquiry-based service learning activities within the curriculum and engaging undergraduate students with community sector organisations through service learning opportunities. I have led several nationally funded learning and teaching projects focusing on technology enhanced learning and supporting students from diverse backgrounds. My leadership of these grants has resulted in the design and development of flexible learning curricula using state-of-the-art educational technologies to facilitate authentic learning, reflective and reflexive practice, formative feedback and assessment and designed to promote student engagement with social and ethical issues through community-based service learning opportunities. I contribute the knowledge gained from the successful application of these teaching and learning methodologies to the wider higher education sector through scholarly research and publications.

I am experienced in the design and delivery of undergraduate, graduate and industry programs gained initially through my experience as a Program Director and as previous Associate Head of School responsible for teaching and learning. After my initial appointment as Program Director in the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages at UniSA, I assumed responsibility for the design and development of two new programs including the Bachelor of Media Arts andfrom 2012 until the time of my appointment as Professor of Learning, Equity, Access and Participation, as Associate Head of School, UniSA. During my time in that position I led the School through a period of major change resulting in the development of five exciting new industry focused undergraduate programs to be offered for the first time in 2015. As Program Director, I developed the School's most successful Media Arts program in 2005 and developed several new courses within the Media Arts program informed by student and peer feedback. I also designed and developed an industry focused Professional Certificate in Web Accessibility, which continues to attract high demand from government departments both nationally and internationally. As an academic with formal qualifications in education and educational technology, I have a strong academic foundation on which I have based the development and revision of courses. I am/have been the project leader of four nationally funded learning and teaching funded projects, and a team member of two other projects and I draw on the deliverables from these projects to benefit the design of my own courses.

Prior to my appointment at CQUni, I was responsible for three undergraduate courses including a first year course which is offered both onshore and transnationally. This course (Introduction to Digital Media), is a required foundation course for several computer science and arts degrees, and is also a popular general studies course undertaken by School of Education students planning to focus on teaching media studies. The course introduces students to digital media through digital storytelling and practice based research. I also taught two third year courses - Electronic Publishing on the Internet (EPI) and Accessible Interactive Media (AIM). Students enrolled in these courses undertake community projects through the ‘Sustainable Online Community Engagement’ (SOCE) program. This project receives recurrent research funding from the South Australian Government, Office for Volunteers and received the Premier’s Public Sector Award for Building Communities in 2009 in recognition of the professional skills that students gain from the learning experience as well as the benefits to the community groups. More specifically, my third year students enrolled in Accessible Interactive Media (AIM) undertook service learning with community organisations in the redesign of inaccessible Websites to ensure the sites meet W3C accessibility guidelines. The students gained invaluable experience in working with people who have disabilities, while also developing professional skills that ‘give them an edge’ when seeking employment.

Australian College of Educators (ACE)

Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)

Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)

Australian Computer Society (ACS)

Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)

Social inclusion

Inclusive design

Scholarship of learning and teaching

Diversity and disability studies

Technology enhanced learning

Social media

3D simulated virtual worlds

• Associate Editor of the Higher Education, Research and Development Journal (A ranked journal) A ranked journal in ERA 2011. Impact Factor: 0.901 (ranked 75 out of 206 in the field of education and educational research).
• Editorial Committee: Digital Culture & Education (DCE) Journal
• Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments: Applying Dynamic Elements to the Modern Classroom (2010), IGI Global, Hershey PA.
• Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students with Disabilities by Norman Coombs. Jossey-Bass – an imprint of John Wiley & Sons, Inc (2009).
• Globalised and culturally appropriate e-learning: Challengers and solutions by Andrea Edmundson (ed.), IGI Global, Hershey PA.
  
  
• British Journal of Educational Technology. A ranked Journal in ERA 2010-2011. Impact Factor: SCOPUS (source normalized impact per paper) 2.177; ISI 2.098 (ranked 12 out of 206 in the field of education and educational research).
• Australasian Journal of Educational Technology. Impact Factor: SCOPUS (source normalized impact per paper) 1.561; ISI 1.517 (ranked 25 out of 206 in the field of education and educational research).
• Computers and Education. A ranked Journal in ERA 2011. Impact Factor: 2.621 (ranked 7 out of 206 in the field of education and educational research).
• Higher Education and Research and Development Journal A ranked Journal in ERA 2011. Impact Factor: 0.901 (ranked 75 out of 206 in the field of education and educational research).
• Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education A ranked Journal in ERA 2011. Impact Factor: 0.521 (ranked 129 out of 206 in the field of education and educational research).
• Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies. A ranked Journal in ERA 2011. Impact Factor: 0.021 (ranked 22 out of 35 in the field of cultural studies).
• Research in Learning Technology (formerly Alt-J) A ranked Journal in ERA 2011.
• International Journal of the Humanities
• International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
• International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability
• International Journal of Learning
• Telecommunications Journal of Australia
• Peer reviewer for the following conferences:
• ASCILITE Conferences 2009, 2010 and 2011
• ANZCA 2010 and 2011
• AUCEA National Conference 2010, Tasmania, 3rd-7th July, 2010
• First Year in Higher Education Conference 2010, 2014
• ATN Assessment Conference 2008, 2009 and 2010
• HERDSA Conference 2009
• Member of the program organising committee for the 18^th ALT-C 2011and 19th ALT-C 2012 International Conferences, University of Leeds, UK, 6-8 September 2011

External consultancies

CI and consultant for the OLT funded project, A Creativity Skills MOOC for Australian Coursework Masters Students led by Associate Professor Kym Fraser, Victoria University.

Independent evaluation of The National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) social networking and online repository site equity101, in line with requirements set by the project’s funding body: Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). October 2011.

Research consultancy to Down Syndrome Victoria to assist in the design of their evaluation protocol for a project titled Measuring the Ordinary Magic of Resilience – Family Peer Support Evaluation Project. Review conducted April 2012.

Office of the Guardian (2012): The design and development of an interactive training DVD for Office of the Guardian. Total external funding $5,166.

Office of the Guardian (2010): The design and development of an interactive training DVD for Office of the Guardian based on content from a research study investigating the experiences of children in care. Total external funding $5,278.

SHine SA (2011): The design and development of an interactive virtual tour DVD resource focusing on desire discrepancy. Total external funding $8,733.

SHine SA (2010): The design and development of an interactive virtual tour DVD resource for young people that will be used to increase knowledge of SHine SA services and how to access them. Total external funding $7,686.