Reflections on Mentoring

Women in leadership with technology in mind

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14742/apubs.2024.1382

Keywords:

Women in academic leadership, technology enhanced learning, academic impact

Abstract

This reflective narrative explores the experiences of a mentoring group of three involved with the ASCILITE Women in Academic Leadership program (WiAL). It considers the difficulties and isolation which women in academe can face, specifically where their interests align with Technology Enhanced Learning. It demonstrates how support builds resilience to develop impact statements to enable recognition through promotion and awards. Through these accounts, the value of lived experience and shared interest underpins the success of the mentoring program and highlights how the lack of power structures can enhance mentoring outcomes.  

 

Author Biographies

Lynn Gribble, UNSW

Lynn joined UNSW after a long corporate career in Learning and Development as well as Human Resources.  Holding Masters qualifications in both Education (Training and Development, with a focus on aligning personal and organisational values) and Labour Law and Relations (focusing on transmission of business) Lynn’s PhD looked at the “Psychological constructs underpinning retrenchment and how outplacement ameliorates these”. 

As an Associate Professor in the School of Management & Governance, Lynn is an Education Focused academic who uses her keen interest in transformative learning through engagement, belonging and personalisation of each student’s learning experience. Over the past three years she has extensively considered how to develop authentic assessment and has worked on University wide feedback projects to enhance the student experience.   

In developing the Masters course, Professional Skills and Ethics, Lynn looked to bring her corporate experience to university learning focusing on Ethics and Sustainability as the future differentiator for our students.  Today, that course has evolved further to focus on Ethical use of AI in the workplace and is known as Responsible Business Professionalism.

Known for her continual innovation, Lynn uses technology to connect with her students and personalise their experience.  Her work on teaching innovation dissemination through “The 4Cs (Classroom, Corridor, Campus and Community) Strategy” has seen her practices adopted and adapted both locally and globally. As a regularly invited guest, Lynn’s innovations are changing practice across the university and beyond particularly in the online and blended learning space.

Following from Lynn’s Global Innovation Award from Turnitin Lynn has been the School Student Integrity Advisor (SSIA, Management and Governance) supporting students and faculty to develop practices and uphold the spirit of integrity in all academic work.

She co-authored the first Australian and New Zealand Edition (2020) of Organisational Behaviour: Engaging people and organisations published through Cengage Educational Publishing Awards Australia Winner - Best Teaching and Learning Resource – Print or Blended Learning - (Adaptations)’ category

Jasvir Nachatar Singh, La Trobe University

Dr Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh is an international award-winning Senior Lecturer at the Department of Management and Marketing, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Australia. In 2023, Dr Singh received the prestigious A. Noam Chomsky Global Connections Award - Shining Star Research Award andSociety for Research into Higher Education Accolades award from the United Kingdom recognising her academic citizenship in transnational research and practice. In 2020, Dr Singh received an international teaching recognition from Advance HE, UK as a Fellow (FHEA). In 2018, Dr Singh received two La Trobe University Teaching Awards and Best Presenter Award at the Global Higher Education Forum, Malaysia. Dr Singh’s research expertise is in higher education with a particular interest exploring international students’ lived experiences of academic success, employability, career aspirations and learning experiences. Dr Singh also explores lived experiences of skilled migrants and international academics. Dr Singh has published numerous articles in high impact journals and has presented at various national and international higher education conferences. In 2021, Dr Singh was appointed as a Research Fellow at the Malaysian National Higher Education Research Institute and in 2023 appointed as a Research Fellow at INTI International University, Malaysia.

Sandra Barker, University of South Australia

Sandy Barker is a Senior Lecturer in Management at UniSA Business. Sandy is involved in teaching and curriculum development for undergraduate students. Holding a PhD (Business), Graduate Diploma in Education Studies (Digital Learning), Graduate Certificate in Education (University Teaching), and a Bachelor of Applied Science (Chemistry). In early 2021 Sandy was awarded Senior Fellowship with Advance HE (SFHEA). Her PhD investigated the management of end-user computing and end-user development of small-scale information systems. In education, Sandy has a research interests in authentic assessment, feedback and experiential learning with a focus on work placements, graduate qualities/enterprise skills, learning analytics, business simulations and role play. All courses that she teaches have an experiential component to ensure students are ready for the professional world as soon as they graduate.

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Published

2024-11-23

Issue

2024: ASCILITE 2024 Conference Proceedings

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ASCILITE Conference - Concise Papers

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