Papers by Elizabeth Branigan
Cover art: ‘Remembering the path with emotion ’ by Marina, who lived in care as a child.
Exploring staff and student experiences of learning management system transition
Educational Research
Rights for redress: Making the Victorian charter work for justice
Putting single mothers to work: welfare reform and the extra load on single mothers
This paper reports on a qualitative evaluation of the first phase of an iterative, university-wid... more This paper reports on a qualitative evaluation of the first phase of an iterative, university-wide process of transitioning all units of study into a new Learning Management System (LMS). Lecturers in charge of the first group of units undergoing transition were interviewed, the goal of this being for their experiences of the process to inform its next stages, which would involve larger unit cohorts. The change process was designed with the principles of the authentic learning environment at its core and had academic professional development in digital literacy built in into its design, in hopes of enabling sustainable and scalable teaching transformation. The evaluation sought to ascertain how lecturers experienced the process of LMS change in the context of their teaching. Recommendations are offered pertaining to the change process design elements that promise to enhance lecturers' digital literacy and inspire teaching transformation.
Surviving care: achieving justice and healing for the forgotten Australians
I'm down to the last two buttons': women speak out about financial abuse
Corporate social investment in the Australian food and beverage sector: a preliminary review
The contested terrain of corporate philanthropy and corporate social responsibility: theories, approaches and challenges
Unidirectional ice-templating produces materials with aligned, elongated pores via: (i) direction... more Unidirectional ice-templating produces materials with aligned, elongated pores via: (i) directional solidification of particle suspensions wherein suspended particles are rejected and incorporated between aligned dendrites, (ii) sublimation of the solidified fluid, and (iii) sintering of the particles into elongated walls which are templated by the ice dendrites. Most ice-templating studies utilize upward solidification techniques, where solid ice is located at the bottom of the solidification mold (closest to the cold source), the liquid suspension is on top of the ice, and the solidification front advances upward, against gravity. Liquid water reaches its maximum density at 4°C; thus, liquid nearest the cold source is less dense than warmer liquid above (up to 4°C, above which, a density inversion occurs, and liquid density decreases with increasing temperature). The lower density liquid nearest the cold source is expected to rise due to buoyancy, promoting convective fluid motion during solidification. Here, we investigate the effect of solidification direction with respect to the direction of gravity on ice-templated microstructures to study the role of buoyancy-driven fluid motion during solidification. We hypothesize that, for upward solidification, the convective fluid motion that results from a liquid density gradient occurs near the solidification front. For downward solidification, we expect that this fluid motion occurs farther away from the solidification front. Aqueous suspensions of TiO2 nanoparticles (10-30 nm in size, 10, 15, and 21 vol.%) are solidified upward (against gravity, with ice on bottom and water on top), downward (water on bottom, ice on top), and horizontally (perpendicular to gravity). Microstructural investigation of sintered samples shows evidence of buoyancy-driven, convective fluid flow during solidification for samples solidified upwards (against gravity), including (i) tilting of the wall (and pore) orientation with respect to the induced temperature gradient, (ii) ice lens defects (cracks oriented parallel to the freezing direction), and (iii) radial macrosegregation. These features are not observed for downward nor horizontal solidification configurations, consistent with the hypothesis that convective fluid motion does not interact directly with the solidification front for downward solidification.
Philanthropy in Australia: past, present and future
‘Collaborative learning design: Co-design, translation and making sense of course design narratives’
In this paper, we explore how we can develop narratives that engage teaching teams to take owners... more In this paper, we explore how we can develop narratives that engage teaching teams to take ownership of creating effective whole course design for higher education programs. Course design, wherein learning outcomes, learning activities, and learning assessments are aligned across a whole program of study, has emerged as a key means of achieving both positive educational outcomes and effective quality management in higher education. This paper uses an action-learning case study to explore the early phases of the ‘Learning Design’ process, a systems change approach being implemented at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia, which seeks to enable the active engagement of teaching teams in co-creating quality re-designs of their courses.
Changing LMS: designing authentic learning environments to enable teaching practice transformation
Exploring the use of course design narratives to enable co-design and sense-making in organisational change
Human Rights Education in Australia: Reflections on the Meaningful Application of Rights and Values in Practice
Journal of Human Rights Practice, 2012
Human rights are statements of values and putting them into practice can present a range of chall... more Human rights are statements of values and putting them into practice can present a range of challenges. In Australia, these challenges are compounded by the widespread belief that human rights are only at issue somewhere else.
Over sixty conference papers were presented, covering women and the labour movement, the experien... more Over sixty conference papers were presented, covering women and the labour movement, the experience of work, feminism, sexuality, religion and popular culture and writing. 2 In 2006, 55.1% of university students were female (DEST Selected Higher Education Statistics).
Reach for Generation Y: using celebrity endorsement to communicate about nonprofit causes with young people in Australia
International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, 2014
Economic growth and technological change
International Journal of Systems Science, 1990
The purpose olthis study is to develop an economic growth model with endogenous technological cha... more The purpose olthis study is to develop an economic growth model with endogenous technological change. The model is especially appropriate lor the present Chinese economy in which the role 01 knowledge in economic growth is becoming more important. We are mainly concerned ...
Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2018
This paper describes a professional development (PD) program for academics at an Australian unive... more This paper describes a professional development (PD) program for academics at an Australian university designed to model good blended curriculum design and effective use of contemporary learning technologies. It evaluates a case study from the pilot of this program involving a postgraduate psychology course to illustrate one of the most challenging examples and in turn the potential impact of the approach developed. Academic developers face known barriers, including time constraints, interdisciplinary miscommunication, and change resistance, when introducing academics to new approaches to learning and teaching. This PD sought to promote change by modelling a shift from "sage on the stage" to "guide on the side," through use of flipped and blended learning approaches by the academic developer. The case study found the teacher gained confidence in these methods and student satisfaction ratings increased.
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Papers by Elizabeth Branigan