Editorial team

Editorial Team

Coeditors in Chief

Professor Tania Aspland

Emeritus Professor Tania Aspland has been employed in higher education and the university sector since 1980. During the past twenty years she has focused her expertise around several areas of scholarship. These include: teacher education, postgraduate pedagogy, thesis supervision of international students, productive pedagogies in higher education, higher education curriculum studies, students of difference, curriculum leadership, professional development, and specialist studies in education.

Professor Tania Aspland is currently the coeditor in chief of the open-access Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, and Vice President (Academic) with Kaplan (ANZ). Previously she was Dean and Professor, Education Policy and Strategy (2018-2019), at Australian Catholic University following a term as Executive Dean of the Faculty of Education and Arts at ACU (2013-2018) and prior to that, Professor and Dean of Education at the University of Adelaide(2009-2013). She has been a leader of learning and teaching and curriculum development and accreditation in higher education for many years and is currently engaged in a number of research projects in higher education and teacher education. Aspland has developed an international reputation for community capacity building in Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Hong Kong, The Philippines, and Vietnam. She has evidenced-based success with action learning as a project- based learning strategy in developing countries. Aspland has engaged with colleagues in off-shore contexts in the fields of higher education, curriculum development and evaluation, educational leadership, and thesis supervision. She has also instigated new models of work-integrated learning within schools and universities, to support the process of curriculum development and leadership. The building of a professional portfolio, the centrality of professional attributes, an investigative orientation to learning and a process of student self-auditing are key innovations that are central to her work in education.

Dr Jürgen Rudolph

Jürgen Rudolph is presently Head of Research and Senior Lecturer at Kaplan Higher Education Singapore. He is also coeditor in chief of the open-access Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching (that neither charges its authors nor its readers). Jürgen has four postgraduate degrees; PhD qualifications from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany); an MBA from the University of Louisville (Kentucky, USA); and an M.Ed. from University of Adelaide (Australia). Jürgen has 30 years of Higher Education teaching experience and has taught a wide variety of subjects, ranging from Knowledge Management to Innovation & Entrepreneurship. He has published numerous journal articles, and he is the author/co-editor of three books (on the social history of the Peranakan Chinese in Singapore; and the Asian crisis in the late 1990’s).

Associate Editors

Assistant Professor Matthias Glowatz

Assistant Professor Matthias Glowatz is the brief review editor of JALT. He is a College Lecturer at University College Dublin (UCD)’s College of Business, delivering both undergraduate and postgraduate modules covering Digital Business and Social Media Strategy, Data Analytics for Competitive Advantage, Project Management and Digital Innovation. Matt is the College of Business’ academic coordinator for international students and subject area coordinator for overseas MIS modules offered in Singapore, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka. The European Commission awarded Matt with two research scholarships advising both the University of Nizwa (Oman) and Mahidol University (Thailand) on eLearning-related issues. Matt received twice the Excellence in Teaching Awards in the Higher Diploma of Business Studies (IT) programme and won the Educational Contribution Award at the Irish Internet Association's Net Visionary Awards 2006 recognizing his significant contribution to the Irish Internet Industry through education. Furthermore, he has also published numerous research articles and conference contributions.

Dr Margarita Kefalaki

Margarita is the founder and current President of the Communication Institute of Greece (COMinG), the Regional Vice-President of the European Network for Economic Cooperation and Development (EUCED) EEIG, for Greece, and a visiting Professor at the Hellenic Open University. The Communication Institute of Greece (http://coming.gr/) aims to promote collaboration and exchange among academics, researchers and professionals from all around the world, through the organization of international events.

Margarita holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Communication, a Professional Master degree in Communication and Cultural Development and two Bachelor degrees, one in Cultural Communication and Organization of Events from Vauban University in Nimes (Montpellier III) and another in Business Management from a Greek university. She has taught in several universities in Greece and France, and has published widely in academic and policy journals. She teaches intercultural communication and management in the Master degree programme of Cultural Organizations Management of the Hellenic Open University. Her research focuses on media, culture and international communication.

Dr Lydia Lymperis

Dr Lydia Lymperis works as an analyst in the area of home affairs and social policy at RAND Europe, Cambridge. Her primary research interests concern education policy and reform, with a particular focus on equitable and effective uses of educational technology for addressing exclusion and supporting disadvantaged learners, inequalities in access to and participation in learning, and cross-sectoral policies for reaching the marginalised. Her PhD thesis explored deep learning in hybrid learning environments in small rural primary schools in Greece which suffer from a lack of teachers and adequate government investment. Prior to starting her PhD at Newcastle University, Lydia worked in educational settings for over ten years as a teacher, teacher trainer, curriculum developer and researcher. She has broad international experience, having held teaching and management roles in the UK, Greece, Spain, Italy, and Australia as well as in sub-Saharan Africa. Lydia is serving as an associate editor of the Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching.

Dr Mohamed Fadhil

Dr Mohamed Fadhil is a multi-faceted professional with many years of experience in research, higher education and the professional training industry. He has a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Adelaide and has undertaken research work with the Institute for Adult Learning Singapore and Kaplan Higher Education Singapore. His research interests are: adult education, organisational sensemaking, neuroscience and mental health, appreciative and wellbeing studies, human flourishing and restorative justice in education. He is a passionate educator and teaches qualitative research methods, positive psychology, principles of management and organizational behaviour at Kaplan Higher Education Singapore. At the same time, Mohamed Fadhil is involved in the professional training industry as an adult educator conducting programs in emotional intelligence, digital literacy and workplace communication. In the last 15 years, Mohamed Fadhil has successfully worked with both adults and youths of various nationalities and backgrounds in his teaching and research career.

Dr Kyriaki Koukouraki

Dr Kyriaki Koukouraki is currently a Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes and Cultural Competence at King's College London with more than 15 years of teaching experience in HE. In 2020 she became a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research takes a holistic and interdisciplinary approach, which focuses on culturally responsive teaching methodologies, internationalization in HE, and intercultural competence, such as biases and positionality.

Dr Caleb Or

Dr Caleb Or is the Academic Director at Total English Learning Global.  Before assuming a vice-principal position in two Singapore public primary schools, Caleb was an elementary school teacher. Caleb holds a Doctorate in Education (University of Western Australia), a Master's Degree in Instructional Design and Technology (Nanyang Technological University) and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration (National University of Singapore). His general research interests lie in the areas of technology acceptance and online assessment.

Vanessa Stafford
Vanessa Stafford is the EdTech editor of JALT. She is the Academic Learning Manager and an Academic Board member at Kaplan Business School. She has been a passionate educator for 20 years – 8 of those within the Kaplan family. Using her Bachelor of Arts, Society, Life and Learning (Macquarie University) and certificate of TESOL (University of NSW), she taught English as an Additional Language for 10 years. This cemented her belief in the importance of student-centred instructional design, effective lesson planning, and clear in-class communication to ensure successful learning outcomes for all students. Using her knowledge from a Masters of Learning Sciences and Technology (Sydney University) and her many years of practical and engaging teaching expertise - in particular, her EAL sensibilities - she now strives to develop other educators’ teaching skills through professional development opportunities. Vanessa is a keen EdTech advocate, with a passion for transforming online learning from passive to active learning experiences. She is also an advocate for syllabi to be developed with Diversity and Inclusion principles as a crucial foundation – especially within multicultural student environments. She is planning to pursue a Doctor of Education in the near future.

Book Review Editor

Dr. Michael J.D. Sutton

Dr. Michael Sutton is a game-based learning author, educator, innovative researcher, and edupreneur. Many decades ago, Michael was an entrepreneur and then moved into corporate as a manager, CIO, and executive. Eventually, Michael was invited to achieve his PhD in Knowledge Management from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and graduated at the young age of 57, an exemplar of a lifelong learner. Michael has been an experiential learning educator at a wide range of universities and community colleges. Michael’s current focus is conveying emotional intelligence soft skills by using gamification, serious games, immersive learning environments, and simulations within both institutions of higher education and corporate training and development firms. In late 2019 Michael published and co-authored a significant contribution to the body of knowledge in education: Emotify!: The power of the human element in game-based learning, serious games and experiential education.

Journal Manager

Shannon Tan

Shannon Tan is presently a Research Assistant at Kaplan Higher Education Singapore. She is also the Journal Manager of the Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching. She holds a Bachelor degree (double major in Psychology and Management) from Murdoch University.

Chairperson

Dr Joseph Crawford

Dr Joseph Crawford is the Chairperson of the Editorial Board. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Management, Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education), Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania; based in Tasmania. He is also the Editor in Chief of the Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice (JUTLP). His research is focused on understanding the ways in which leadership can be developed, how student success can be enhanced in higher education, and the factors that create better student and employee psychological wellbeing. Joseph is a mixed-methods researcher, with specialist expertise in quantitative methods and psychometric evaluation. Dr Crawford also co-founded an award-winning men’s grooming company, Fifth Estate Co, and was named the 2019 Launceston Chamber of Commerce Young Professional of the Year.

Editorial Board Members

Professor James Adonopoulos

Professor James Adonopoulos’s PhD thesis was centred on the ways in which leaders influence employee engagement during organisational crises and significant change. Prior to his appointment as the Academic Dean at Kaplan Business School and Kaplan Professional, he was employed as a sessional member of staff at Macquarie University and the University of Technology, Sydney.

His academic history is supported by practical corporate experience as a leader in a variety of industries, such as financial services and contact centres, at which his most noteworthy achievements were in relation to his employees’ engagement, performance and retention. In combination with his books and fortnightly newsletter, his insights on workplace relations are read by 100,000 people every month.

For more than a decade, he has worked with hundreds of organisations as a speaker, facilitator and consultant, helping them successfully lead change, engage staff, and improve performance. This work has taken him to almost a dozen countries, working with clients that include McDonald’s, American Express, Coca-Cola, Qantas, Optus, Ernst & Young, Gucci, Toyota and many government departments.

Professor Khairudin Aljunied

Professor Khairudin Aljunied (PhD SOAS, London) is a Professor at the Department of Brunei Studies at the University of Brunei. He was previously Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore and Senior Fellow (previously Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia) at the Alwaleed Centre for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University. He is the author of a number of books, among the recent ones are Colonialism violence and Muslims in Southeast Asia: The Maria Hertogh controversy and Its aftermath (Routledge, 2009); Radicals: resistance and protest in colonial Malaya (Northern Illinois University Press, 2016), Muslim cosmopolitanism: Southeast Asian Islam in comparative perspective (Edinburgh University Press), Hamka and Islam: Cosmopolitan reform in the Malay world (Cornell University Press, 2018) and Islam in Malaysia: An entwined history (Oxford University Press, 2019). His research covers topics such as religious cosmopolitanism, social movements and intellectual history. He is currently writing his new book entitled Shapers of Islam in Southeast Asia which will be published by Oxford University Press.

Nelson Ang

Nelson’s journey as a teacher has taken him through the spectrum of education institutions in Singapore, both public and private. He is also privileged to have had his footprint extend beyond the shores of Singapore, collaborating with and learning from many esteemed educators. This journey has reinforced his view that all learners are capable of academic success. Should success be initially elusive, still a way can be found to facilitate students' learning by focusing on student-to-student interactions and student-to-content interactions. The impact of these two forms of interactions extends beyond the classroom; they empower students to create and re-create their future realities rather than echo the history of generations gone.

Dr William Baker

Dr William (Bill) Baker is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia. He has a Bachelor of Music Education, Master of Education, Doctor of Education, Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art), a Graduate Certificate (University Learning & Teaching), and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Bill teaches in Arts education (Music and Visual Arts) in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) degrees in early childhood, primary and secondary specialisations, and his expertise has been recognised with numerous University of Tasmania teaching awards. Bill’s co-authored book the highly regarded Teaching the Arts: Early Childhood and Primary (Cambridge University Press), now in its 3^rd edition, is a standard text in many ITE degree courses across Australian universities.

Bill’s Doctorate focused on the education programs of Australian performing Arts organisations developing a conceptual model for their operation. His research output is diverse encompassing Music and Visual Arts education across ages, Technology Enhanced Learning & Teaching in ITE degrees, Higher Education, and youth Arts participation and social and emotional wellbeing. Bill has recently secured two substantial grants to work with the Tasmanian Youth Orchestra (TYO) in the development of materials supporting resilient attitudes, and to explore 21^st century leadership in youth orchestras with the TYO and the Singapore National Youth Orchestra (SNYO). Bill is active as a member of the Editorial Boards of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERSA), where he is also an Associate Editor, and the Australian Journal of Music Education (AJME).

Professor Abhishek Bhati

As Campus Dean of James Cook University Singapore, Professor Abhishek contributes to JCU’s Tropical Asian initiatives. His efforts guide the learning, student experience and teaching and academic governance of programs offered in JCU Singapore. Abhishek Bhati’s research investigates resilience planning in tourism, sustainable development of cities and scholarship of learning and teaching. In particular, he is interested in technology and the role it has as a catalyst for tourism industry changes; “Smart City” as a mechanism for future sustainable development; and the need for tourism to deliver United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Recent projects he has conducted have studied tourist vandalism and effectiveness of stakeholder responses to tourism developments. Prof Bhati’s other projects include incorporating ‘work integrated learning’ (WIL) based learning strategies in tertiary education. He has been successful in securing collaborative grant with Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT), Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC), external industry grant and several internal research grants. His current research interest is tourist behaviour management, resilience planning and scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

Dr. Begüm Burak

In 2007, Begüm Burak graduated from the Department of Political Science and International Relations from Marmara University. She got her MA Degree from İstanbul University in 2010. Her master thesis addressed one of the most important events in Turkish political history, namely the “Post-modern coup” of February 28, 1997.

In 2015, she got her PhD degree with the thesis titled “The Image of the Undesired Citizens in Turkey: A Comparative Critical Discourse Analysis of the Hürriyet and Zaman Newspapers” from Fatih University. Her PhD research has been published as a book as well. The main areas of her academic interest include Turkish Politics, Nationalism Debates, Civil-Military Relations in Turkey, Secularism Discussions, Discourse Analysis Methodology, Media-Politics Relations and Political Culture. She has published articles about these issues in different journals. Between 2010 and 2015, during her occupation as a research assistant, she engaged in short-term academic activities in Italy, United Kingdom, Bosnia and Spain. Besides working as a freelance translator and English tutor in the past, Begüm Burak is currently writing for different online platforms, mainly in English. In 2018, she became one of the founding members of www.ilkmade.com. She currently writes her own blog and regularly publishes columns for two Turkish websites.

Associate Professor Rob Burton

Dr Rob Burton joined Northumbria University in 2022 as Associate Professor in Nursing. He previously was Associate Professor and International Program Director (Bachelor of Nursing) and International Lead, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University; based in Singapore. Before that, he was a Principal University Lecturer and International Director, School of Human & Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, UK, where he had led a Professional Doctorate in Human and Health Sciences and the MSc Health Professional Education. He is the co-editor and author of ‘Nursing: Transition to Professional Practice’ published by Oxford University Press in 2011, with a 2nd Edition published by Sage in 2020. His Doctorate research focused on learning and thinking style preferences. His recent focus has been on Transition to professional practice, transnational education and international students.

Dr Kerryn Butler-Henderson

Dr Kerryn Butler-Henderson is the Associate Professor of Digital Innovation in Health and Health Pedagogy at the University of Tasmania. She is internationally recognised for her research expertise in digital health workforce and capabilities. She has held two Australian Learning and Teaching grants examining digital innovation in learning and competencies, and provides leadership in digital capabilities in higher education.

Dr Joseph Crawford

Dr Joseph Crawford is currently Lecturer, Learning and Teaching, Academic Division, University of Tasmania; based in Tasmania. His research is focused on understanding the ways in which leadership can be developed, how student success can be enhanced in higher education, and the factors that create better student and employee psychological wellbeing. Joseph is a mixed-methods researcher, with specialist expertise in quantitative methods and psychometric evaluation. Dr Crawford also co-founded an award-winning men’s grooming company, Fifth Estate Co, and was named the 2019 Launceston Chamber of Commerce Young Professional of the Year.

Ailson De Moraes

I hold a full-time Senior Academic Position at Royal Holloway School of Management, University of London where I teach Strategy and International Business. I have Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Andrews University, Michigan, USA and an MA in Business and Culture Studies from City University, London; a Postgraduate Certificate from Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV), Brazil, and University of California, Irvine. I completed successfully a Postgraduate Certificate in Skills of Teaching to Inspire Learning (accredited by the Higher Education Academy UK) from Royal Holloway Educational Department, and at present, I am registered for a Doctor in Business Administration (DBA). I am a Fellow, Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Academic Fellow of the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (AcFIOEE) and Fellow, Chartered Management Institute (FCMI). For two years I was nominated and awarded the College Teaching Excellence Award. I am also a guest Professor in several academic and non-academic institutions which include the University of Hong Kong SPACE MBA, Queen Mary, London, Global MBA, The London Metropolitan University MBA Sciences, BPP University MBA/MSc, University of Maringa, Brazil, The South American Business Forum, Argentina, Oxford University Entrepreneurship Society, and St Martins Institute, Malta, The Executive Programme.

In addition, I am a consultant and workshop tutor for MNEs and SMEs. I am fluent in three main international languages – Portuguese, English and Spanish. I have extensive management and business experience, having worked in a variety of industrial and commercial sectors in international organisations in Brazil, Portugal, Switzerland and the UK. I run my own property portfolio with properties in the UK and Brazil, and I am an angel investor with property partners UK, and new start-ups with seedrs and crowdcube platforms.

Dr Fotini Diamantidaki

Fotini Diamantidaki is a Lecturer in Education at the UCL Institute of Education, University of London UK. Fotini, has successfully co-launched a project on teaching literature in secondary school classrooms in England called ‘London Partnership launches literature’ and thanks to it, the PGCE Languages team has received a British Academy Award, for its innovative and engaging nature. She has received various small grants for developing language events at Post 16+ Level. She is the co-founder and joint chief editor of Journal of Education Innovation and Communication (JEICOM), Vice-president of research and academic affairs of Communication Institute of Greece and editorial board member of the Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching (JALT). Her research interests include the integration of literature in the language classroom in combination with the internet and the digital technologies as well as the integration of world languages into the curriculum. Teacher education pedagogy and learning how to teach are fundamental strands to her research interests combined with cultural and intercultural education in classroom and higher education contexts and mentoring in teacher education. Her two most recent books have initiated the debate on the teaching of Literature in the Modern Foreign Languages classroom (read the book review) and on issues in Mandarin teacher education (read the IOE review).

Dr Lucy Gill-Simmen

Dr. Lucy Gill-Simmen is the Director of the Singapore transnational programme delivered by Royal Holloway, University of London. She holds both an MBA and a PhD. in Marketing from Imperial College Business School, London. Her areas of expertise are in marketing strategy (in theory and in practice), global marketing strategy, consumer brand relationships and internal branding. She teaches several postgraduate and undergraduate courses in Marketing Strategy, Digital Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in London and in Singapore. She acts as External Examiner for two United Kingdom universities. Her PhD focused on employee brand relationships and she has published in this area, most recently contributing to the book Co-creating brands – Brand management from a co-creative perspective. Prior to entering academia, Lucy worked for a number of years in marketing and managerial roles in the publishing and communications industry both in Europe and in the USA. In addition, she has conducted some large consulting projects in the Middle East and the USA.

Dr Matthias Glowatz

Matt Glowatz is College Lecturer at University College Dublin (UCD)’s College of Business, delivering both undergraduate and postgraduate modules covering Digital Business and Social Media Strategy, Data Analytics for Competitive Advantage, Project Management and Digital Innovation. Matt is the College of Business’ academic coordinator for international students and subject area coordinator for overseas MIS modules offered in Singapore, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka. The European Commission awarded Matt with two research scholarships advising both the University of Nizwa (Oman) and Mahidol University (Thailand) on eLearning-related issues. Matt received twice the Excellence in Teaching Awards in the Higher Diploma of Business Studies (IT) programme and won the Educational Contribution Award at the Irish Internet Association's Net Visionary Awards 2006 recognizing his significant contribution to the Irish Internet Industry through education. Furthermore, he has also published numerous research articles and conference contributions.

Lena Itangata

Lena Itangata is a senior lecturer in accounting & financial management at the University of Portsmouth. She is the Academic course leader for UoP accounting programmes delivered at Kaplan Singapore. She teaches mainly in Corporate Finance, Financial Management and Management Accounting across undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Lena comes from a finance background, with more than 10 years’ experience in banking, and some in accounting and has spent the last 15 years in higher education. Lena has a Chartered Institute of Management Accounting qualification, holds a BSc in Mathematics, MBA in Finance and is a Fellow of Higher Education Academy. Her research interests have mainly been in Behavioural Finance, business valuations and Small Enterprise Finance. More recently her focus is on transnational education and international students.

Professor Muhammad Kamarul Kabilan

Dr. Muhammad Kamarul Kabilan is a Professor at the School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang since 2004. His research interests include ICT and English Language Education and, professional development and critical practices of teachers. He has published widely in his area of research in reputable journals such as TESOL Quarterly, British Journal of Educational Technology, Computer and Education, The Internet and Higher Education, Professional Development in Education and Teaching and Teacher Education. Currently, he is an Editorial board member for the British Journal of Educational Technology (SSCI) and Malaysian Journal of Learning & Instruction (SCOPUS) He can be contacted via email: kabilan@usm.my

Dr Margarita Kefalaki

Dr. Sin-Manw (Sophia) Lam

Sophia is currently Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chinese Language Studies at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). She received her Master degree from the University of Edinburgh and completed her Ph.D. in University College London, Institute of Education. Prior to joining EdUHK, Sophia worked as a secondary school teacher for ten years and had been an examiner for the Hong Kong Examination and Assessment Authority. Her research revolves around Second Language Acquisition (SLA), language teacher education and research methods. In particular, she is interested in language learning motivation and pedagogies to promote students’ motivation in learning first and second languages.

Dr Lydia Lymperis

Professor Bashar Malkawi

Bashar Malkawi holds S.J.D from American University, Washington College of Law, and LLM in International Trade Law from University of Arizona. Prof. Malkawi previously taught at universities in Jordan, UAE, Italy, and United States. At the University of Sharjah, he has been Dean and Head of the Law School for the last four years. Prof. Malkawi is a prolific scholar, whose work covers a variety of subjects. He has written over 70 articles for law reviews and professional publications, which have appeared in such top-tier journals as Journal of World Trade, Harvard Negotiation Law Review, and American Journal of Comparative Law. Prof. Malkawi is also the author of numerous books and book chapters. In addition to law articles and academic books, his op-eds and other writings have appeared in the popular press in the U.S. and the Middle East. In addition to his scholarship, Prof. Malkawi frequently consults for a wide array of international organizations, governments, and multinational law firms.

Dr Paola A. Magni

Dr Paola A. Magni is a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science at Murdoch University (Perth, WA) and the Deputy Dean at Murdoch University Singapore. Paola is a forensic biologist with a key focus on the application of natural sciences (entomology, taphonomy and aquatic biology) to crime scene investigation. She has several years of experience as a lecturer, researcher and expert witness in the Court of Law on cases of homicide, suspicious death, animal cruelty/wildlife, food forensic and stored products security. She is the co-author of several books, book chapters and peer reviewed articles focused on her research and case-work.

She is the creator of “SmartInsects – Forensic Entomology”, the smartphone App designed to facilitate the work of law enforcement agencies and pathologists at crime scenes, and “VirtualCSI”, the Virtual Reality training suite for forensic science students and law enforcement. In the last few years, Paola has also undertaken research into the pedagogy behind innovative methods in forensic education, with a special focus in the internationalization of the Forensic Science curricula. Examples of this are the successful projects for the New Colombo Mobility Plans and the Endeavour Leadership Program founded by the Australian Government. Deeply interested in science communication and advocate for women in STEM, Paola is the Australian winner of the global science communication competition FameLab, TEDx speaker, WiTWA Role Model and she has been nominated as one of the 100 people who will influence Western Australia in the biggest way in 2020.

Dr Mohamed Fadhil

Dr Jane Murray

Dr Jane Murray is an Assistant Professor at Northumbria University. She has been a Mental Health Nurse for almost 30 years, specialising in the care of older persons, particularly those with dementia. She has an extensive teaching record both nationally and internationally. Dr Murray is currently leading a preregistration nursing programme at the Shanghai University of Traditional Medicine and a Bachelor of Science Nursing programme at Kaplan in Singapore. Dr Murray holds an MSc in Professional and Academic Learning and a Doctor of Philosophy from Northumbria University. Additionally, she is a registered teacher and has specialist practitioner status (older persons' mental health) from the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Dr Murray is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has been appointed to the Royal College of Nursing Older People’s steering committee. Dr Murray is passionate about improving care for older people both nationally and internationally and regularly speaks on these topics.

Dr. Florence Mwagwabi

Dr. Florence Mwagwabi, Fellow (FHEA) is a Lecturer in Information Technology and Discipline Lead at Murdoch University’s Singapore campus. She holds a PhD from Murdoch University. Her major research interests include end-user information security, usability and design of password authentication systems, user-generated passwords, cyber-psychology, aging and ICT use, virtual learning, and student engagement. She has Information Technology work experience in the industry and government, and teaching experience in Information Security Management, Data Communications and Inter-networking, Systems Analysis, ICT Research Methods and Business Intelligence Application Development among others. Her most recent work in Singapore, includes a study featured in the Singapore Straits Times, investigating how to motivate teenagers to comply with cyber-security guidelines, and research on the impact of information technology on the Quality of Life of older adults. Florence is currently leading a longitudinal study on how we can design online learning experiences that foster not only student learning but also student well-being. She also serves as an editorial board member of the Journal of Education, Innovation and Communication.

Professor Justin O'Brien

Professor Justin O'Brien is a mid-career industry practitioner who transitioned into a teaching focussed academic pathway after 16 years in international sales and marketing at British Airways, having started there as a graduate trainee. A passionately keen marketer, Justin O’Brien teaches marketing, entrepreneurship and management at Royal Holloway University of London, where he was the MBA Director from 2010 to 2016. He is currently Director of Undergraduate Studies at the School of Business and Management, having also served as a Co-Director for Student Experience between 2016-2019.

In addition to a growing body of pedagogic journal papers, Justin has published a number of teaching case studies on diverse globalisation and marketing topics such as McDonald’s, UK fashion house Boden, and airline distribution. He runs masterclasses internationally on case teaching and writing and innovative, experiential flipped classroom pedagogies.

Dr Orna O'Brien

Dr Orna O’Brien is currently Director at the Centre for Distance Learning, UCD College of Business. She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK). Her areas of research interest include the globalisation of higher education and education policy, teaching-learning environments for part-time students, technology usage in higher education and development of academic competencies.

In December 2016, she was invited to join the Expert Group for the Irish National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education for her work in higher education assessment. Dr O'Brien was awarded a 'Teaching Excellence' award by UCD College of Business in 2017. She was further nominated for the overall University award by the College of Business for 'Teaching Excellence'.

Professor Can-Seng Ooi

Can-Seng Ooi, PhD, is a sociologist and is Professor of Cultural and Heritage Tourism at the University of Tasmania. He is also the Co-Director of the Tasmanian Research and Education Network, and the School of Social Sciences’ Associate Head of Research. Besides that he is a Vice-President of Research Committee 50 (International Tourism) in the International Sociological Association. Before his move to Australia in 2016, he was Professor of International Business and Culture Industries at Copenhagen Business School.

Prof. Ooi’s research career spans over three decades and over three continents. His comparative research covers Denmark, Singapore, Malaysia, China and Australia. He has published extensively on tourism and society issues, including cross-cultural interaction, the uneven distribution of tourism benefits in society, place branding and social engineering, politics of museums, and the subjugation of the arts in the creative cultural economy. Information on him is available at www.cansengooi.com.

Associate Professor Michelle Picard

Associate Professor Michelle Picard is currently Associate Professor and Dean of Learning and Teaching in the College of Arts, Business, Law and Social Sciences at Murdoch University, Australia. Other recent roles include Deputy Director of the English Language and Foundation Studies Centre at the University of Newcastle, Director Researcher Education at the University of Adelaide and Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching at the University of Adelaide Faculty of the Professions. Michelle Picard has been working in higher education for the past 20 years and has taught and supported academic staff at all levels spanning Enabling/Foundational Education, undergraduate, postgraduate coursework and researcher education. Michelle has taught in higher education in Australia, South Africa, the UAE, The Sultanate of Oman and Singapore. She has supervised numerous international masters and PhD students and mentored them in writing in [higher] education. She has also been guest editor on various special editions including Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, Asian EFL Journal and the International Journal of Innovation in Language Teaching and Research and also regularly reviews for a range of higher education journals. She has served on various editorial panels including most recently the International Journal for Educational Integrity. She also regularly examines PhD theses in the fields of higher education and applied linguistics. Besides supporting her own seven PhD students, six of whom are working on higher education related projects, she also mentors 2 African PhD students as part of the CODESRIA international mentoring initiative. As member of the Quality in Postgraduate Research Conference organising committee since 2010, she has been primarily responsible for the program development and organising of reviewers.

Dr Bina Rai

Dr. Bina Rai, a microbiologist, bio-engineer and educator, is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Science and Math Cluster, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). She is an educational innovator dedicated to make the classroom environment engaging and interactive. She played an integral role in the curriculum design and development of an integrated Biology and Chemistry freshmore course called “The Natural World.” She is part of a pioneering team that designed, implemented and evaluated a blended learning approach by incorporating flipped classroom with assessment, adapted from Eric Mazur’s Peer Instruction, into the “Introduction to Biology” module. In class, students use the content they had learnt in the flipped classroom to complete various in-class activities that target SUTD’s kinesthetic learners. These hands-on activities include virtual laboratory (VL) and gamified virtual reality (VR) simulations. Bina was a recipient of three pedagogy innovation grants to help fund the above initiatives. As a result of her continued efforts to enhance instruction, learning and assessment, she was awarded the Tertiary Educator of the Year at Edutech (Asia) Awards in 2017. She also has experience in teaching adult learners and is a Fellow of the SUTD Academy since 2019. Bina is the program director for the SUTD-Changi General Hospital (CGH) healthcare collaboration and the special SUTD (Bachelor) – DUKE NUS (MD) track. She coordinates learning activities such as the Innovation in Healthcare Module during the independent activity period (IAP), undergraduate research opportunities program (UROP) and industrial attachment (IA) related to the healthcare track with the relevant departments at SUTD and industry.

Dr. Hasan Saliu

Dr. Hasan Saliu was born in North Macedonia, educated in Albania and lives in Kosovo. He completed his basic studies in Journalism at the University of Tirana (1994-98), followed by Master studies in the field of Political Communication, and PhD studies in Mass Communication and Media Studies. Assistant Professor Saliu lectures at the AAB College in Kosovo and at the public University of Tirana. Saliu has participated in numerous scientific conferences, published articles in various journals, and was a board member and organizer of several scientific conferences. Saliu has been Dean of the Faculty of Mass Communication of AAB College (2011-2016), Vice Rector for Research at AAB College (2016-2021) and again Dean of the Faculty of Mass Communication of AAB College (2021-).He has also published a monograph titled Communication in public diplomacy – soft power and international image of Kosovo. Saliu is Editor-in-Chief of Thesis (ISSN: 2623-8381).

Dr Sam Choon-Yin

Sam Choon-Yin, PhD, is the Dean (Academic Partnerships) at Kaplan Singapore. He graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS), University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), and University of South Australia (UNISA) where he obtained his PhD in International Business and Management. His research papers have appeared in journals such as the Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, South East Asia Research, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Asian Studies Review and New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies. His current research interests are in the field of international political economy and higher education policy.

Dr Arthur Shelley

Dr Arthur Shelley is a collaborative community builder, researcher and creative education designer/facilitator with over 30 years of experience across international corporate, government and tertiary education sectors. He has worked with organisations as diverse as NASA, Cirque Du Soleil, Local and National Governments, start-ups, SME’s and multinational corporations. Internationally acknowledged as a knowledge and capability development thought leader, project manager and community builder, he has written three books, several chapters for collaborative book projects and a range of peer reviewed research papers. Arthur is the producer of international events such as Creative Melbourne and AuSKM, a regular international conference speaker, multi-award winning tertiary teacher and a mentor/career advisor and PhD supervisor for candidates in five countries across Asia. Arthur created and facilitated the Executive MBA capstone course at RMIT University in Melbourne at the Graduate School of Business and Law, a project-based learning experience delivered for real business clients. This applied learning experience is based on developing options for genuine client projects in industry and government to improve their productivity. He engages in collaborative research through his role as a Senior Industry Fellow at RMIT and was the former Global Knowledge Director of Cadbury Schweppes.

Dr Becky Shelley

Becky Shelley was appointed Deputy Director Aspiration and Attainment at the Peter Underwood Centre in 2016. Becky has a PhD in political science from the University of Tasmania. Becky has twenty years’ experience working at the intersection between research, policy and practice. Becky has experience devising innovative social policies and social programs within government. Becky has provided leadership to the not-for-profit sector, working with peak bodies, in national roles, and leading state operations. Becky has made a contribution to a broad range of committees and advisory bodies including Ministerial Advisory Committees and Taskforces, national and Tasmanian expert advisory groups, and as a company director. Building collaborative partnerships and fostering shared purpose are key elements in her approach.

Dr Stevphen Shukaitis

Stevphen Shukaitis is Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex, Centre for Work and Organization, and a member of the Autonomedia editorial collective. Since 2009 he has coordinated and edited Minor Compositions (http://www.minorcompositions.info). He is the author of Imaginal Machines: Autonomy & Self-Organization in the Revolutions of Everyday Day (2009) and The Composition of Movements to Come: Aesthetics and Cultural Labor After the Avant-Garde (2016), and editor (with Erika Biddle and David Graeber) of Constituent Imagination: Militant Investigations // Collective Theorization (AK Press, 2007). His research focuses on the emergence of collective imagination in social movements and the changing compositions of cultural and artistic labor.

Vanessa Stafford
Vanessa Stafford is the Academic Learning Manager and an Academic Board member at Kaplan Business School. She has been a passionate educator for 20 years – 8 of those within the Kaplan family. Using her Bachelor of Arts, Society, Life and Learning (Macquarie University) and certificate of TESOL (University of NSW), she taught English as an Additional Language for 10 years. This cemented her belief in the importance of student-centred instructional design, effective lesson planning, and clear in-class communication to ensure successful learning outcomes for all students. Using her knowledge from a Masters of Learning Sciences and Technology (Sydney University) and her many years of practical and engaging teaching expertise - in particular, her EAL sensibilities - she now strives to develop other educators’ teaching skills through professional development opportunities. Vanessa is a keen EdTech advocate, with a passion for transforming online learning from passive to active learning experiences. She is also an advocate for syllabi to be developed with Diversity and Inclusion principles as a crucial foundation – especially within multicultural student environments. She is planning to pursue a Doctor of Education in the near future.

Dr. Michael J.D. Sutton

Dr. Eunice Tan

Dr. Eunice Tan, FHEA, D.HTM., is Singapore Discipline Lead (Tourism and Events) at the College of Arts, Business, Law and Social Sciences, Murdoch University, based in the Singapore Campus. She holds a Doctor of Hotel and Tourism Management, a Master of International Tourism and Hospitality Management, and a Master of Arts in Communication Management. These together with her other academic credentials in marketing, public relations and commerce allows her to bring a broad multi-disciplinary approach to enhance her teaching delivery and students’ learning experiences. A tourism and hospitality educator since 2004, Eunice is a firm believer in lifelong learning and equitable education. She is also passionate about sustainable development, social equity, and climate agendas in the Anthropocene. Consequently, she is a keen proponent of inclusive and compassionate teaching, humanizing the academy and eco-pedagogical approaches within sustainability education, teaching, and learning. A committed Asian researcher, Eunice’s research interests include sustainable tourism, culinary and heritage tourism, tourism education and interpretation, gender research in tourism and digitized tourism experiences in the Asia Pacific region.