Staff Profile
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DR Alan RobertsEdD, MBA, MEd, TTCert
School of Cultural & Language Studies in Education
Centre for Learning Innovation |
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ProfileAlan Roberts Lectures in Business Education and has experience as an educator and administrator in commercial, international, secondary, vocational education and tertiary spheres. Alan is currently Course Coordinator for ED61 Graduate Certificate in Education and is Teaching Area Coordinator for Accounting Business Management. Since 2003 Alan has been the Vice-President of the Business Educators Association of Queensland (BEAQ) and is currently a member of the Queensland Studies Authority Subject Advisory Committee (Business & Commerce).Alans research interests are related to business education, technology in education and team role/diversity in computer supported collaborative learning and work environments (virtual teams). Alan has provided consulting services to a range of educational and commercial organisations. He is an accredited facilitator for Team Management Systems®. |
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PublicationsBook chapter Burnett, B. M., & Roberts, A. G. (2005) Online collaborative Assessment: Unpacking both process and product. In Comeaux, P., (Ed.), Assessing Online teaching and learning. Bolton , MA : Anker Publishing Company Inc. Conference Keynote: Roberts, A. G . (2004). The new art of the knowledge-age business education teacher: Technological finger painting and collaborative modelling . BEA Australasian Conference Proceedings. Auckland , New Zealand . Conference presentations (refereed): Roberts, A. G . (2004) Team role balance and its impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of task completion within on-line learning communities (virtual teams) The Asia Pacific Cooperative Education Conference Learning Partnerships in the Global Classroom: Weaving the Threads of Knowledge 1-3 December 2004 Auckland , New Zealand Roberts, A. G ., & Nason, R., (2004). Quality not Quantity: Comparing Interaction Patterns of a Balanced and Skewed Group Engaged In Model-Building within a Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Environment. International Conference on Computers in Education, Melbourne , November 30 to December 3, 2004. Roberts, A.G ., & Nason, R., (2003) . Team role balance, engagement, and knowledge-building activity with on-line learning communities. In Y.S. Chee, N. Law, & D. Suthers (Eds.) The Second Wave of ICT in Education: From facilitating teaching and learning to engendering education reform : Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers in Education 2003 (pp. 431-439), Hong Kong, December 2-5, 2003. Roberts, A. G ., & Nason, R., (2003). The team balancing act - Enhancing knowledge-building activity in on-line learning communities. Australian Association for Educational Research,. December, Auckland , New Zealand . Conference presentations (non-refereed): Roberts, A. G . The knowledge-age business education teacher. BEAQ Conference, Brisbane , Australia . July 2004. Roberts, A. G. Interaction: It`s all in the mind! Online Learning and Teaching Conference, Brisbane October 2002. Roberts, A. G . & Chambers, C. Seven steps to online teaching. TAFE Queensland Online Mini Conference Making a Splash, Central Queensland University , Rockhampton, September 2001. Journal articles Roberts, A. G. (2002). Teamwork a matter of balance and insight. Perspectives on Educational Leadership Australian Council for Educational Leaders, 12 (6) 1-2.
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ResearchPembroke, J., Roberts, A.G. & Nason, R (2006) Little hands nurture inquiring minds. Australian School Innovation in Science, Technology and Mathematics (ASISTM) Project in conjunction with All Hallows School - ($60,000). The project utilizes wireless Internet-enabled handheld computers (PDAs) to allow students to collaborate on mathematical modelling activities. Roberts, A. G . & Chambers, C (2000) Learnscope Project (ANTA) funding of $10,000 Increasing the number of staff using the TAFE online teaching and learning approaches. | ||
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Contact DetailsDR Alan RobertsLecturer L Block Level 1 144 Queensland University of Technology Victoria Park Road Kelvin Grove Qld 4059 Phone: 3138 3275 Fax: Email: ag.roberts@qut.edu.au |
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