Each of the Innovation Sprints in the Global Victoria EdTech Innovation Alliance is allocated a researcher. The researchers will support the teams in developing their research plans, addressing challenges in data collection, and interpreting the results.
Proof of product efficacy is an essential component of any education technology solution in Australia. In the Global Victoria EdTech Innovation Alliance, measuring this is especially important for the success of the Sprints. Through a structured, formal framework, the Alliance coordinates the cooperation between providers, education technology companies and academics to trial technologies that solve and enhance learning outcomes. The program incorporates all the virtues of the triple-helix innovation model. It will extend that model to include the efficacy and showcasing of innovation in the education sector that is an absolute prerequisite to large-scale education innovation.
In order for the EdTech companies to exhibit their export potential, the results must show that they do indeed support learners and educators. Researchers are well accustomed to the nuances of efficacy, evidence, and interpretation. Each Sprint has been allocated an expert research guide who understands how to examine data that is produced from an education setting.
It is fantastic to have research form a core part of this program, and to have this experienced team on board to support this innovative program. There is a high standard for evidence-based education solutions — and researcher involvement contributes to the success in Sprint outcomes.
Rebecca Awdry
Trina Jorre de St Jorre
Joanne Blannin
Kelli Nicola-Richmond
Chie Adachi
Amber McLeod
Ed Creely
Hazel Tan
Researcher institutions
Researcher biographies
Rebecca Awdry is a researcher working in the field of academic integrity. She has led an international project team on the topic and has collaborated with researchers globally. Rebecca has previously project managed the development of a large bespoke university learner analytic tool.
Sprints:
Transforming Online Assessment: An Evaluation of Cadmus
Personalisation in Workforce Reskilling: The Efficacy of Cahoot Learning in LATAM
Institution: Deakin University
Dr Trina Jorre de St Jorre is a Student Experience Portfolio Manager at UNE and is interested in pedagogies that engage and empower students and her research focus is on assuring graduate capabilities and improving employment outcomes.
Sprint: Showcasing Skills for the Workplace: Edalex’s Credentialate Platform for Learner Employability
Institution: University of New England
Dr Joanne Blannin offers a 20+ year international career in educational innovation and technologies leadership. Having taught in both the private and public sectors, she now researches digital technologies and innovative pedagogies at Monash.
Sprint: Collecting Feedback to Better Support Teachers: Respond to K12 Student Needs with Verso Learning
Institution: Monash University
Dr Kelli Nicola-Richmond is Associate Head of School Teaching and Learning for Deakin’s School of Health and Social Development. Kelli’s research interests include teaching and learning scholarship and the provision of work-ready health care graduates.
Sprint: Exam Management across Cultural Contexts: Genix Ventures’s EXAMINA+ Platform
Institution: Deakin University
Associate Professor Chie Adachi is the Director, Digital Learning at Deakin University. She believes intercultural and digital education bring so many learning opportunities for creating a rich(er) world.
Sprint: Mentorship for International Student Success: An Investigation of MentorMatch
Institution: Deakin University
Amber McLeod is a lecturer and researcher in the Faculty of Education, Monash University. Her teaching and research are closely intertwined as she explores the best way to prepare teachers to effectively use digital technology to improve teaching and learning.
Sprint: Ziplet: How Regular Feedback Can Benefit Teachers and Learners
Institution: Monash University
Dr Edwin Creely is an experienced educator at Monash with 30 years of teaching practice in a range of contexts. He is an expert researcher in working with educational organisations and examining learning, with projects in digital literacies, adult education, creativity and higher education among his many achievements with numerous publications.
Sprint: Data Collation, Correlation and the Classroom: Big Performance Data through Intellischool
Institution: Monash University
Dr Hazel Tan is an emergent international leader at Monash in mathematics and STEM/STEAM education, with nearly three decades of experience in education in Australia and Singapore. Hazel is the mathematics education expert in an interdisciplinary STEAM research team.
Sprint: Personalised, Modular Learning: Assessing How Context Impacts the Delivery of Maths Pathway
Institution: Monash University
The Global Victoria EdTech Innovation Alliance program is funded by the Victorian Government as part of the $3.6 million International Research Partnerships program under the International Education Short-Term Sector Recovery Plan.
For more information about the initiative visit Global Victoria EdTech Innovation Alliance.
