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Kay Salehi Academic Development Advisor, Faculty of Business and Enterprise Ph: +613 9214 8759 Fax: +613 9214 4328 Email: ksalehi@swinburne.edu.au |
Kay has had a long association with Swinburne including the move from an Institute of technology to becoming a University in 1992. She has been involved with the Graduate Certificate in Learning & Teaching (Higher Education) since 2003, and has worked closely with the Faculty of Business as an Educational Development Advisor (2000-2007), and then the Academic Development Advisor 2008-2010. She joined the newly formed SPL in January 2008. During July 2007 until December 2008 she was seconded out of the Faculty to work two days a week on a university-wide LTPF funded Project “Internationalisation of the Curriculum”. Since that time she has returned to her Faculty work and continues her association with the Internationalisation Theme by developing and convening the new Graduate Certificate Unit LTS505 Internationalisation of the Curriculum. She also tutors in the other units on a needs basis. Her research interests include exploring ways to internationalise the curriculum in practice, educational technologies as ways to engage diverse student needs and providing ways to facilitate and support academic staff in adapting their teaching practices to meet a diverse learning needs and learning contexts. She is also interested in using creative forms for representing research and also finding ways of building and sustaining a sense of resilience and self-expression in a changing world. As an educational development professional Kay believes it is essential to create a conducive collegial environment where sharing of ideas, knowledge and skills thrives. |
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| Current research projects: Internationalisation of the Curriculum in teaching practice in Higher Education Supporting Academic Staff in developing scholarly research around effective use of educational technologies in teaching practice |
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| Peer Reviewed Conference Papers/Journals: Rhamdhani, M. Salehi, K, Wong, Y, Kapoor, A., Vakhguelt, A. (2009) How are engineering graduates prepared to work in a culturally changing world?”, 20th Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference, Adelaide. http://aaee.com.au/conferences/AAEE2009/PDF/AUTHOR/AE090010.PDF Rhamdhani, M. Salehi, K, Wong, Y, Kapoor, A., Vakhguelt, A. (2009) Groupwork as a vehicle for engaging students into the process of broadening perspectives and building intercultural skills” 20th Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference, Adelaide. http://aaee.com.au/conferences/AAEE2009/PDF/AUTHOR/AE090104.PDF Salehi, K, (2006) How important is collegiality in building resilience in the lives of academic staff? Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated (ASPRI) refereed papers from the 2006 ASPRI Conference. Clulow, V, Salehi, K, Savage, T., (2005) Education and technology : the interface in learning Japanese International Journal of Learning, Vol. 11, pp. 245-249 Salehi, K, Savage, T, (2003) Free at last! A flexible learning tool : enhancement, engagement and empowerment;; refereed papers from the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, Kauai, Hawaii, USA, 15-19 April 2003., pp. 360-362 Levin, E., Salehi, K, (2004) Graduate attributes : what are they and how do we know if students can achieve them?; Lifelong learning : whose responsibility and what is your contribution? refereed papers from the 3rd International Lifelong Learning Conference, Yeppoon, Central Queensland, Australia, 13 - 16 June 2004 Clulow, V, Salehi, K, Savage, T (2002) Japanese language interactive online reading, listening comprehension project refereed papers Australian Association for Research in Education International Education Research Conference (AARE 2002), 1-5 December 2002, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Non-Refereed Papers: Are Swinburne academics resilient? ADS Newsletter (2 ) 2006 Continuing the discussion on Resilience - Collegial Support ADS Newsletter (3) 2006. Reflections of resilience when looking at academic roles and identity in an environment of change ADS Newsletter (1) 2007 Leadership and change – impacts on the academic sense of resilience, ADS Newsletter (3) 2007 Preparing for change while maintaining the passion Final Edition ADS Newsletter (4) 2007 |
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Invited Presentations: Salehi, K. & Rhamdhani, M. (2009) “Orchestrating an inter-cultural engagement in a groupwork project” Showcase Presentation HERDSA 2009 Conference, Darwin Salehi, K. (2008) “Raising awareness of internationalization of the curriculum at the organizational level to drive change” IEAA Symposium - Adelaide |
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External Contributions to staff Professional Development: 2005 - Robbie D. & Salehi, K. “Beware….. Active learning online here” Blackboard Day @ Melbourne University 31st May 2005 2005 Teachers Going Online – Designed and presented a LaTrobe University ADU Workshop for academic staff – Bendigo campus 2003 Blackboard in schools – ran introductory sessions for Secondary Schools over a couple of months 2002 - 2 X 2 hour workshops run for Carey Grammar teaching staff - Introduction to using Blackboard 1999 – 2003 – Committee member of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) Web Designer and Manager 2000-2002, President 2002, & Membership Manager 2003, |
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Professional Memberships: ASCILITE (Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education) IEAA (International Education Association of Australia) HERDSA (Higher Education Research & Development Society of Australia) |
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