Amanda Edgar

(she/her)

Senior Lecturer, Learning Spaces Innovation

Deakin Learning Futures/Digital Learning

  • Senior Lecturer, Learning Spaces Innovation
    Deakin Learning Futures/Digital Learning
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    FEATURED
    Featured
    5 Aug 2024 - 1 Jun 2026
    Invited to a national reference group convened by the Council of Australian University Leaders in Learning and Teaching to shape sector approaches to hybrid teaching and learning, contributing expertise in learning environments and digital learning to guidance informing practices across Australian universities.
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    FEATURED
    Featured
    Digital Health Advisory Board (2024 - present)
    19 May 2024
    Appointed to a national advisory board shaping future directions in digital health education and professional practice, bringing learning-environment and digital learning expertise to advice that connects higher education with the Australian Health Professional sector.
  • DISTINCTION
    FEATURED
    Featured
    Exemplar, EDUCAUSE Horizon Report (2023)
    2 Oct 2023 - 2 Oct 2023
    Work selected as an international exemplar in the EDUCAUSE Horizon Report, the sector's leading global analysis of emerging practice in higher education, recognising influence on future-facing teaching and learning beyond Australia.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    FEATURED
    Featured
    9 Dec 2024 - 9 Dec 2024
    Winner of an International QS Reimagine Education Award for Envirocare, an open-access platform integrating Indigenous Knowledges into curricula. The award recognises globally outstanding, evidence-based innovation in technology-enhanced learning.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    FEATURED
    Featured
    3 Oct 2023 - 3 Oct 2023
    Recipient of an Australian Award for University Teaching (AAUT) Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, recognising national leadership of an immersive virtual simulation program that widened access to authentic, evidence-based learning.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    FEATURED
    Featured
    WJC Banks Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Learning (2021)
    1 Oct 2021
    The Optometry Virtual Mobility Program: Inclusive, accessible and authentic international placements during a pandemic and the advancement of the Universitys Strategic Plan, Deakin 2030: Ideas to Impact.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    FEATURED
    Featured
    5 Jan 2026 - 17 Dec 2026
    Selected to the program leadership team for the annual conference of ASCILITE, the peak Australian body for learning technologies in tertiary education, a national role shaping the field's principal scholarly program.
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Fellow of Higher Education Academy (Advance HE) (2022-present)
    7 Nov 2022
    Fellowship recognising sustained, scholarly teaching practice against an internationally benchmarked professional standard.
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Fellow, American Academy of Optometry (Education SIG) and Associate Fellow, ANZHAPE and (2020-present)
    6 Oct 2020
    International fellowships reflecting standing across both discipline and education.
  • GRANT APPLICATION ASSESSMENT
    ANZHAPE Research Award and Grant Reviewer (2023-present)
    26 Sep 2024 - 12 Oct 2026
    Invited reviewer for the research awards and grants of the Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators, assessing the quality and contribution of education research and scholarship at the national level.
  • GRANT APPLICATION ASSESSMENT
    8 Sep 2024
    Serves as an international judge for the QS Reimagine Education Awards, evaluating global innovation in higher education, esteem reflected in being invited to judge an international award she has also won.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    ASCILITE Best Conference Poster Award (2023)
    2 Jun 2023 - 11 Aug 2023
    Digital Collaboration in an AI era.
  • CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP REVIEW / REFEREEING
    2 Jun 2024 - 11 Aug 2025
    Peer reviewer for the ASCILITE conference, evaluating scholarly contributions to learning technology and pedagogy for the field's principal Australasian forum.