Associate ProfessorIain Doherty

Associate Professor, Associate Director Learning Innovation (Arts and Education),
Deakin Learning Futures
Feb 2022 - Present
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I lead strategy and operations within our team to align our work with University and Faculty teaching and learning priorities. I also have overall responsibility for managing our people and our culture. I continue to be active as an academic developer leading and supporting priority projects and curriculum developments at the nexus of Deakin Learning Futures (DLF) and the Faculty. I taught for 6 trimesters in the Faculty's Graduate Certificate of Higher Education (Learning and Teaching), two trimesters as a co-teacher with Professor Damian Blake and four trimesters as a unit chair for the new and revised version of the Certificate. I provide extensive service to Deakin Learning Futures and the Faculty, particularly through membership of working parties that have progressed DLF strategic and operational priorities that have been embedded in policies and procedures. I am active in research with a strong cross discipline publication history in high ranking journals. In terms of service at a faculty level I am a member of the Teaching and Learning Committee and the Curriculum Committee. In terms of sector service, I review extensively for journals and conferences.

Senior Lecturer Learning Futures, Deakin Learning Futures
May 2016 - Feb 2022 5 years 10 months
Melbourne, Australia

I led a team of academic developers and multimedia resource specialists who worked collaboratively with the Faculty of Arts and Education to support teaching and learning initiatives aligned with Deakin's strategic teaching and learning priorities. As such I led and worked with his team to: align and realise Deakin's core educational objectives with work in the Faculty; manage Faculty driven course and unit development projects; contribute to Faculty Academic Programs and Governance quality assurance processes; and to design, develop and deliver capacity building programs for Academic staff. I was increasingly active in research that would broadly be categorised as the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning with research outputs aligned with topical issues in Higher Education.

Associate Professor, Director, Learning and Teaching Innovation, Navitas
Professional and English Programs
Navitas
Jun 2014 - May 2016 2 years
Sydney, Australia

I was responsible for: developing, implementing, monitoring and reporting on strategic and operational plans and key performance indicators; managing educational change; leading curriculum and course development projects; providing educational design services to teaching staff; contributing to research directly related to business needs; delivering professional development opportunities for teaching staff; and providing high-level advice to key stakeholders on issues relating to innovations in teaching and learning. One of my key priorities during this time, and one that brought these different elements together, was managing the re-design of the Diploma of Nursing for Health Skills Australia, ahead of the re-accreditation process which was successful for Navitas.

Associate Professor, Director eLearning Pedagogical Support Unit
The University of Hong Kong
Jan 2012 - May 2014 2 years 5 months
The University of Hong Kong

I worked with key stakeholders on the implementation of The University of Hong Kong's eLearning Strategy. My responsibilities included: establishing and leading the eLearning Pedagogical Support Unit through recruitment of the team; supporting Faculties in the implementation of the University's eLearning Strategy through training their eLearning Officers; monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the eLearning Strategy implementation across the University; managing curriculum design projects; and designing, developing and delivering collaborative professional learning opportunities for teaching staff. I also led an exciting and innovative piece of work to manage the design and development of the University of Hong Kong's first three Massive Open Online Courses on the edX platform.

Senior Lecturer, Director, Learning Technology Unit, Faculty of Medical and
Health Sciences
The University of Auckland
Mar 2004 - Dec 2011 7 years 10 months
Auckland

I was responsible for: revitalising and leading the Learning Technology Unit after an external review process that had taken place just prior to my appointment; supporting strategic teaching and learning initiatives; implementing and maintaining curriculum and course design processes; leading curriculum and course development projects based on competitive project rounds where faculty requested our services on an annual basis; advising on the integration of technologies into teaching and learning; contributing to funded research projects; developing a research agenda; and leading in the design, development and delivery of professional learning opportunities and resources for academic staff.