Technology-Enhanced Learning and the Virtual University

Professor Michael Sankey is from Charles Darwin University in Australia, where he is the Director Learning Futures and Lead Education Architect. In addition to this role, Michael is President of the Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE) and a Fellow of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE). He specialises in emerging technologies, technology enhanced learning, curriculum and ass jkessment renewal, eLearning quality and benchmarking, multimodal design, digital, visual and multiliteracies. Michael has worked in Higher Education for 30+ years, at 5 Universities and is particularly interested in how constructively aligned and aesthetically enhanced learning environments can better transmit concepts to students, particularly those from diverse backgrounds and those who study at a distance.

Associate Professor Henk Huijser holds a PhD in Screen and Media Studies, and has been an Academic Developer involved in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education since 2005 at the University of Southern Queensland, Bahrain Polytechnic, Bachelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, and Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) in Suzhou, China. Henk has been a Curriculum and Learning Designer in the Learning and Teaching Unit at Queensland University of Technology since 2017. Henk has published extensively in the field of learning and teaching in higher education, including (with Megan Kek) Problem-based Learning into the Future: Imagining an Agile PBL Ecology for Learning (2017, Springer) and as the Lead Editor of Student Support Services: Exploring Impact on Student Engagement, Experience and Learning (2022, Springer). He is an Associate Editor of the International Journal for Academic Development, the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, and a Co-Editor of the Journal of Peer Learning.

Rachel Fitzgerald (PhD, SFHEA) is Deputy Associate Dean (Academic) for the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Queensland. Rachel has extensive experience driving future-orientated higher education. With comprehensive expertise in online and blended learning, Rachel has achieved global recognition for her contributions to the innovation of education through digital learning and curriculum design. She has published widely on digital learning innovation and online education and is deeply immersed in research that harnesses technology for enhancing learning.