Dominique Parrish

Macquarie University

Professor Parrish is Pro Vice-Chancellor Learning and Teaching at Macquarie University, Australia. In this role, Professor Parrish has responsibility for the institutional digital strategy, initiatives in employability and Work Integrated Learning, institutional infrastructure associated with learning spaces, academic staff capability and support of student-focused teaching. Prior to this role, Professor Parrish was Associate Dean (Education) in the Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health at the University of Wollongong, she ran her own consultancy business for 6 years, and was the marketing manager for a professional sporting team. Professor Parrish has managed and led numerous sector, institutional and faculty learning and teaching initiatives and she is currently president of Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE).

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Higher education contributes to the development of countries and their competitiveness in a global marketplace. However, to remain relevant and meet the demands of an ever-changing world, institutions and their operations must progress in unison with the changing world in which they function. Innovation can play a critical role in transforming and advancing practice and therein address socio-economic, organizational, operational and social challenges. The complexity and scope of higher education opens up the possibilities and potential for innovations to transpire in diverse settings and contexts. This book is a collection of easy-to-follow, vignette-based innovations that have transformed or advanced practice and in doing so contributed to ensuring the relevance and value of higher education in a continuously changing world.

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Innovations in Higher Education

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Tectonic Plates: Leading and Advancing Technology Enhanced Learning

By Dominique Parrish and Joanne Joyce-McCoach

A blended approach to teaching in higher education, which integrates online with face-to-face teaching, has been found to result in higher student satisfaction, increased student motivation and positive student performance and outcomes. Blended learning promotes flexibility, self-pacing and access as well as providing manageable solutions to issues associated with large classes. However, the adoption of blended learning in higher education frequently relies on repackaging traditional teaching approaches in a new medium rather than harnessing the potential of incorporating online or eLearning pedagogies. Effective online learning requires academics to rethink how they might transform old practices utilising the affordances of new and emerging technologies. This transition involves considerable realignment of pedagogical approaches and a shift in the existing culture. Further, it necessitates appropriate professional development and support. This chapter describes an initiative that sought to support and guide the advancement of eLearning through the conceptualisation of an eTeaching Framework. The resulting Framework could be used at an individual, unit, and institution level to inform staff professional development, probation, promotion and recruitment, funding and support decisions, and evaluation and progression of online learning.

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Dominique Parrish

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Innovations in Higher Education

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