JANE AUSTEN IS THE ARTIST of the settled village and meticulously delineated family relations, bu... more JANE AUSTEN IS THE ARTIST of the settled village and meticulously delineated family relations, but in this paper, I consider some of the ways that her novels represent and work through the ancient literary theme of child-stealing, an area of concern that seems the antithesis of these things. The association of Jane Austen and the representation of the stolen child is no mere act of scholarly eccentricity on my part. Child-stealing is an extremely common phenomenon, but seldom named as the ugly thing it is; instead, it is often disguised as something unavoidable and benign, if not absolutely virtuous. As a phenomenon, it presents in many ways: as illegal, semi-legal or forced adoption, as patronage, as education, as "resettlement," as child protection, and so on (Torney 1993). For the young subject of these common practices, working through the mysteries of his or her familial origins is a central task of growing up. The representation of this task is central to much major ...
Enthusiasm for the potential of learning analytics and big data technologies must be tempered wit... more Enthusiasm for the potential of learning analytics and big data technologies must be tempered with caution for fundamental learner rights to that data and concern for the ways in which these re-shape the learning environment and the learner-teacher-university relationship. This paper argues that there is a legitimate distrust of 'creepy' analytics that misuse surveillance technologies and that a Charter of Learner Data Rights would be a strong foundation on which to build analytic technologies that are open, personalised, portable, adaptive and engaging for learners.
Seven Radical Ideas for the Future of Higher Education, 2021
This study examines the teaching and learning style of lecturers and students at Universiti Keban... more This study examines the teaching and learning style of lecturers and students at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. A translated version of Grasha-Riechman (1994) Teaching and Learning Style Inventories were distributed to 120 lecturers and 545 students. Results indicated that expert, ...
This article describes the design of informal learning spaces at an Australian university that su... more This article describes the design of informal learning spaces at an Australian university that support students in the generation of knowledge. Recent learning space design projects at La Trobe have been informed by a number of pre-existing projects, including a small research project on student use of technologies, a national project on learning space design, and a significant curriculum renewal process at the university. It demonstrates the ways in which evidence based on student perspectives and principles ...
The Spaces for knowledge generation: a framework for designing student learning environments for ... more The Spaces for knowledge generation: a framework for designing student learning environments for the future project has been funded via an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Priority Projects Grant and aims to address the need to create learning spaces that are based on strong design principles, informed by student needs, with the aim of producing forward-looking, flexible and sustainable Learning Spaces. Integral to the process is fostering the adoption of teaching practices to support student-directed learning and knowledge production. Longer-term outcomes include strategic cultural change to university practices and physical changes to campuses to advance learning and teaching.
JANE AUSTEN IS THE ARTIST of the settled village and meticulously delineated family relations, bu... more JANE AUSTEN IS THE ARTIST of the settled village and meticulously delineated family relations, but in this paper, I consider some of the ways that her novels represent and work through the ancient literary theme of child-stealing, an area of concern that seems the antithesis of these things. The association of Jane Austen and the representation of the stolen child is no mere act of scholarly eccentricity on my part. Child-stealing is an extremely common phenomenon, but seldom named as the ugly thing it is; instead, it is often disguised as something unavoidable and benign, if not absolutely virtuous. As a phenomenon, it presents in many ways: as illegal, semi-legal or forced adoption, as patronage, as education, as "resettlement," as child protection, and so on (Torney 1993). For the young subject of these common practices, working through the mysteries of his or her familial origins is a central task of growing up. The representation of this task is central to much major ...
Enthusiasm for the potential of learning analytics and big data technologies must be tempered wit... more Enthusiasm for the potential of learning analytics and big data technologies must be tempered with caution for fundamental learner rights to that data and concern for the ways in which these re-shape the learning environment and the learner-teacher-university relationship. This paper argues that there is a legitimate distrust of 'creepy' analytics that misuse surveillance technologies and that a Charter of Learner Data Rights would be a strong foundation on which to build analytic technologies that are open, personalised, portable, adaptive and engaging for learners.
Seven Radical Ideas for the Future of Higher Education, 2021
This study examines the teaching and learning style of lecturers and students at Universiti Keban... more This study examines the teaching and learning style of lecturers and students at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. A translated version of Grasha-Riechman (1994) Teaching and Learning Style Inventories were distributed to 120 lecturers and 545 students. Results indicated that expert, ...
This article describes the design of informal learning spaces at an Australian university that su... more This article describes the design of informal learning spaces at an Australian university that support students in the generation of knowledge. Recent learning space design projects at La Trobe have been informed by a number of pre-existing projects, including a small research project on student use of technologies, a national project on learning space design, and a significant curriculum renewal process at the university. It demonstrates the ways in which evidence based on student perspectives and principles ...
The Spaces for knowledge generation: a framework for designing student learning environments for ... more The Spaces for knowledge generation: a framework for designing student learning environments for the future project has been funded via an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Priority Projects Grant and aims to address the need to create learning spaces that are based on strong design principles, informed by student needs, with the aim of producing forward-looking, flexible and sustainable Learning Spaces. Integral to the process is fostering the adoption of teaching practices to support student-directed learning and knowledge production. Longer-term outcomes include strategic cultural change to university practices and physical changes to campuses to advance learning and teaching.
This paper was presented at the MLA in 1998, and later developed into a series of other publicati... more This paper was presented at the MLA in 1998, and later developed into a series of other publications.
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