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Assoc Prof Robyn Smyth

Name :	Assoc Prof Robyn Smyth
Position :	Director (Learning and Teaching Support)
Section :	Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning, Teaching and Quality) Learning and Teaching Support
Office :	Y351B
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 1608
Extension :	1608
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BA Macquarie MEd USQ PhD UNE

Professional Affiliations

Member of Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia

Research Interests

Academic development
Curriculum design
Synchronous communications technologies for teaching and learning
Pedagogy of research higher degree supervision

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Maxwell, T. and R. Smyth (2012). Answering your sifnificant research questions with the aid of a research matrix. Doctorates Downunder: Keys to Successful Doctoral Study in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. C. Denholm and T. Evans. Melbourne, Victoria, ACER Press: 82-91.
Andrews, T., R. Smyth, et al. (2011). Mobile Technologies and Rich Media: Expanding Tertiary Education Opportunities in Developing Countries Mobile Information Communication Technologies Adoption in Developing Countries: Effects and Implications. A. G. Abdel-Wahab and A. El-Masry, IGI-Global: 103-116.
Smyth, R. (2011). "Enhancing learner-learner interaction using video communications in higher education: Implications from theorising about a new model." British Journal of Educational Technology 42(1): 113-127.

Most notable :
Smyth, R. and T. W. Maxwell (2008). The Research Matrix: An Approach to Supervising Higher Degree Research, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia.