Dr Kathleen Gray

Lecturer in Educational Technology
Biomedical Multimedia Unit
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
The University of Melbourne

Contact details

Phone: 61 3 8344 8936 Fax: 61 3 8344 4998 E-mail: kgray@unimelb.edu.au

Qualifications

PhD (Science / Education), The University of Melbourne , 2001

Master of Environmental Science, Monash University ( Melbourne ), 1986

Master of Library Science, University of British Columbia , 1977

Teacher Training Certificate (Secondary), University of British Columbia , 1977

Bachelor of Arts (Linguistics), University of British Columbia , 1975

Teaching English as a Second Language Diploma, University of British Columbia , 1974

Research & development projects

My current research interests include:

use of educational technology to facilitate collaboration and creativity
integrated use of multiple educational technologies
informatics, information management and knowledge management

My project experience includes:

Health Informatics Network convenor 2006-continuing Details
using communications technologies to improve clinical learning and teaching 2006-continuing
learning and teaching of Net Generation university students 2006-continuing Details (1) Details (2)
online learning resources for staff professional development about academic honesty / academic integrity / plagiarism 2005-2006 Details
student and staff perceptions of e-learning effectiveness 2004-2005
quality assurance processes for online learning 2004-2005
web site content architecture, migration and management 2001-2005
web based student feedback tool 2001
learning technology mentoring program 2000-2001
media asset management system development 1999-2000
teaching and learning environmental science online (doctoral thesis) 2001 Details

I have also worked on many other aspects of educational development, with a focus on quality, relevance and sustainability issues in higher education.

Publications & presented papers

2008

Gray, K., Sim, J., & Tse, J. (in press). Issues and advances in assessing clinical informatics competencies. (Abstract only). 13th Ottawa International Conference on Clinical Competence (Ozzawa).

Kennedy, G., Gray, K., & Tse, J. (in press). ‘Net Generation’ medical students: Technological experiences of pre-clinical and clinical students. Medical Teacher.

Kennedy, G., Judd, T., Churchward, A., Gray, K., & Krause, K.-L. (in press). First year students’ experiences with technology: Are they really digital natives? Australian Journal of Educational Technology.

2007

Alzougool, B., Chang, S., & Gray, K. (2007). A new framework for understanding information needs: The case of informal carers. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Alzougool, B., Chang, S., & Gray, K. (2007). Modeling the information needs of informal carers. In M. Toleman, A. Cater-Steel, & D. Roberts (Eds.), ACIS 2007: Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (pp. 345-355).Toowoomba: University of Southern Queensland. Available online

Devlin, M., & Gray, K. (2007). In their own words: A qualitative study of the reasons Australian university students plagiarize. Higher Education Research and Development 26(2), 181-198. Available online

Gray, K. (2007). Educational technology practitioner-research ethics. In M. Quigley (Ed.), Encyclopedia of information ethics and security (pp. 164-169). Hershey, Pennsylvania: Information Science Reference. Available online

Gray, K. (2007). Originality and plagiarism resources for academic staff development in the era of new web authoring formats. In C. Montgomerie & J. Seale (Eds.), Proceedings of Ed-Media 2007: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 2404-2411). Chesapeake, Virginia: AACE. Available online

Gray, K., Chang, R., & Radloff, A. (2007). Enhancing the scholarship of teaching and learning: Evaluation of a scheme to improve university teaching through action research 2002-2005. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 19(1), 21-32. Available online

Gray, K., & Radloff, A. (2007). The idea of impact and its implications for academic development work. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Gray, K., & Sim, J. (2007). Building ICT skills for clinical work in a sustainable healthcare system: Approaches to bridging the higher education learning and teaching gap. In K. Kuhn, J. Warren, & T.-Y. Leong (Eds.), Studies in Health Technology and Informatics: Vol. 129. MEDINFO 2007: Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics: Building Sustainable Health Systems (pp.1428-1431). Amsterdam: IOS Press. Available online

Gray, K., Thompson, C., Clerehan, R., Sheard, J., & Hamilton, M. (2007). Web 2.0 authorship: Issues of referencing and citation for academic integrity. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Kennedy, G., Dalgarno, B., Gray, K., Judd, T., Waycott, J., Bennett, S., Maton, K., Krause, K.-L., Bishop, A., Chang, R., & Churchward, A. (2007). The Net Generation are not big users of Web 2.0 technologies: Preliminary findings. In R. J. Atkinson, C. McBeath, S. K. A. Soong, & C. Cheers (Eds.), ICT: Providing Choices for Learners and Learning: Proceedings of ascilite (pp. 517-525). Singapore: Centre for Educational Development, Nanyang Technological University. Available online

Wahr, F., Gray, K., & Radloff, A. (2007). Improving student transition in the university by working with staff conceptions of the student experience: An academic development approach. Manuscript in preparation.

2006

Gray, K., Kennedy, G., & Judd, T. (2006). Teaching health informatics to the Net Generation: a new baseline for building capability? In Proceedings of Mednet 2006: 11th World Congress on the Internet in Medicine. Available online

Gray, K., & Radloff, A. (2006). Quality management of academic development work: implementation issues and challenges. International Journal for Academic Development 11(2), 79-90. Available online

Kennedy, G, Krause, K-L., Gray, K., Judd, T., et al. (2006). Questioning the Net Generation: a collaborative project in Australian higher education. In L. Markauskaite, P. Goodyear, & P. Reimann, (Eds.). Who’s learning? Whose technology?: Proceedings of the 23rd annual conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Sydney University Press, pp.413-417. Available online

2005

Chang, R., & Gray, K. (2005). Learning for the new economy: the potential role of mindfulness. Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece, 19-22 July.

Chang, R., Gray, K., Polus, B., & Radloff, A. (2005). Scholarly teaching practice: ethics issues and responses in research into teaching in higher education. In A. Brew & C. Asmar (Eds.), Higher education in a changing world (Research and development in higher education vol 28) Sydney: HERDSA. Available online

Gray, K. Chang, R., & Radloff, A. (2005). Evaluation of a scheme to improve university teaching through action research 2002-2005. Paper presented at the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 2005 Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 14-16 October.

Gray, K., McGovern, J., & Hart, G. (2005). Making e-learning more effective through participation in a major Australian survey of university e-learning. In G. Richards (Ed.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2005 World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare and Higher Education, Vancouver, Canada, 24-28 October, pp.310-317.

Gray, K., & Radloff, A. (2005). Quality management of academic development – the challenge of engaging stakeholders. In Proceedings of the Australian Universities Quality Forum: Engaging Communities, Sydney, 6-8 July, pp.62-67. Available online

Gray, K., Wahr, F., Allan, G., & Radloff, A. (2005). E-learning and program quality: seeing the connection. pp.56-70. In G. Morris & G. Latham (Eds.), E-Learning and the University: Some Constructionist Perspectives, RMIT University Press, Melbourne.

McGovern, J. & Gray, K. (2005) Directions for organisation and management of university learning: implications from a qualitative survey of student e-learning. In H. Goss (Ed.), Balance, Fidelity, Mobility: Maintaining the Momentum? Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 4-7 December. Available online

Wahr, F., McAspurn, E., Hadgraft, R. & Gray, K. (2005) Great idea but how do we do it?: mobilising internal networks to get innovative projects off the ground. In D. Spenneman & L. Burr (Eds.), Good practice in practice: proceedings of the Student Experience Conference, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, 5-7 September, pp.24-31. Available online

2004

Chang, R., Wahr, F., De Pew, D., Gray , K., Jansz-Senn, A., & Radloff, A. (2004). Knowledge, wisdom and a holistic approach: a case study of change-management in academic development (pp 110-118). In F. Sheehy & B. Stauble (eds), Transforming knowledge into wisdom: holistic approaches to teaching and learning (Research and development in higher education vol 27) Sydney : HERDSA. Available online

De Pew, D., Chang, R. & Gray, K. (2004). Student leadership activities in a Science, Engineering and Technology Portfolio: another marketing strategy or an effective way to build significant graduate capabilities? Paper presented at the third annual Australian Technology Network Evaluations and Assessment Conference, RMIT, Melbourne 22-23 November 2004.

De Pew, D., Chang, R., Jansz-Senn, A., & Gray, K. (2004). The connection of lifelong learning with a capability based curriculum in a Science, Engineering and Technology Portfo lio. Paper presented at the 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference on Continuing Education and Lifelong learning, Perth Western Australia , 28 September to 1 October.

Gray , K (2004). A strategic framework for the evaluation of teaching and learning with technology. In E.McKay (ed), Acquiring and constructing knowledge through human-computer interactions: creating new visions for the future of learning: Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers in Education , 30 November - 3 December, Melbourne .

Gray , K., Piva T. & Nicolettou, A. (2004). Quality, viability and relevance: a strategic framework for evaluating the effectiveness of mixed-mode teaching and learning in an undergraduate biotechnology and biomedical science degree. Educational Media International (Special Issue: Distributed Learning Environments: the convergence of distance and campus-based groups) vol.41, no.3, May. Available online

2003

Allan, G., Zylinski, J., Temple , V., Hislop, J., & Gray, K. (2003). The use of e-portfolios to enhance student learning: a Faculty-level strategy and experience. In G.Crisp, D.Thiele, I.Scholten, S.Barker & J.Baron (eds), Interact, Integrate, Impact: Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) , Adelaide, 7-10 December. Available online

Chang, R., Gray , K., Jansz-Senn, A., Sendziuk, P. & Radloff , A. (2003). Action learning as an approach to staff development in tertiary education . Paper presented at the 43rd Annual Conference of Adult Learning Australia, Sydney , 27-30 November. Available online

Gray , K. (2003). Education for environmental sustainability in a capability-based health sciences curriculum. In B. Douglas, B. Furnass & J. Goldie (eds), Proceedings of the In Search of Sustainability (ISOS) Conference Online / Canberra, February ff /14 November.

Jansz-Senn, A., Chang, R., Gray, K., De Pew, D., Radloff, A. (2003). Evaluation in action learning as a powerful force in development towards a learning organisation: small beginnings, giant strides and a few lessons learned . Paper presented at the ATN Evaluations and Assessment Conference, Adelaide , 24-25 November. Available online

Radloff , A., Wahr, F., & Gray , K. (2003). Developing a faculty-wide approach to the quality management of educational programs: steps on the (rocky) road from compliance to continuous improvement. Paper presented at the Australian Universities Quality Forum, Melbourne, 11-13 June. Abstract available online

2002

Allan, G., Gray, K & Freda, V. (2002). Desktop IP videoconferencing as an effective tool for online delivery. In A. Williamson, C. Gunn, A. Young & T. Clear (eds), Winds of Change in the Sea of Learning: Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) , Auckland , New Zealand , 8-11 December. Available online

Gray, K. (2002). Re-doing the subject: implementation experiences in going online. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE) , Volume 1. Auckland , New Zealand , 3-6 December. IEEE Computer Society Publication.

Gray, K. (2002) Experiences in environmental literacy in the Context Curriculum at RMIT . Paper presented at the Second National Conference of Sustainable Universities, RMIT University , 2-4 October. Outline available online

Gray, K. & Allan, G. (2002). Using a database Web survey to manage student feedback about courses: building a learning community around quality. In A. Williamson, C. Gunn, A. Young & T. Clear (eds), Winds of Change in the Sea of Learning: Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) , Auckland, New Zealand, 8-11 December. Available online

Wahr, F., Radloff, A., & Gray, K. (2002). Reflections on a developing quality management system: another management fad or a sustainable approach to enduring, outcomes focused enhancement of educational programs? Paper presented at Transforming Quality: The 7th Quality in Higher Education International Seminar, RMIT University , Melbourne , 31 October-1 November. Available online

2001

Gray, K., & McNaught, C. (2001). Evaluation of achievements from collaboration in a learning technology mentoring program. In G. Kennedy, M. Keppell, C. McNaught & T. Petrovic (eds), Meeting at the Crossroads: Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) , Biomedical Multimedia Unit, The University of Melbourne, 9-12 December. Available online

Gray, K., Obendorf, P. & Benoit, A. (2001). Online communication for environmental literacy in two university elective courses. In Proceedings of The Future is Here - A National Conference for Environmental Education , RMIT University , Melbourne , 15-19 January. Available online

2000

Gray, K. (2000). Using action research to explore online education. Post-Script (Special issue: The Proceedings of the Faculty of Education Graduate Student Conference 1998) vol. 1, no. 1, September. Available online

Gray, K., Allan, G. & McLean, H. (2000). Digital media asset management: universities choosing to learn in a knowledge economy. In R. Sims, M. O'Reilly & S. Sawkins (eds) Learning to Choose - Choosing to Learn: Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education(ASCILITE) , Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, NSW, 9-14 December. Available online

Publications prior to 2000 not listed here.

Workshops & seminars

Gray, K. (2007). Acknowledgement: originality and plagiarism resources for academic staff development. Workshop for Asia-Pacific Conference on Academic Integrity, University of South Australia, 6 December.

Gray, K. (2007). Using Web 2.0 technologies in higher education. Workshop for CAVAL Reference Interest Group Information Literacy Seminar, Melbourne, 20 November.

Gray, K. (2007). The Net Generation in Australian universities: preliminary findings from two studies. Guest lecture for RMIT Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching course, RMIT, 10 December; Learning and Teaching seminar, Central Queensland University, 28 August.

Gray, K. (2007). Web 2.0 authorship and academic integrity: a work in progress. Learning and Teaching seminar, Central Queensland University, 27 August.

Gray K. (organiser) (2007). Health informatics: building the research agenda. Workshop for University of Melbourne Health Informatics Network, Melbourne, 14 August.

Gray, K. (2007). Impacts on learning: what can we expect of new and emerging web technologies? Keynote address. Australian Veterinary Association Education Symposium, University of Melbourne, 18 May.

Gray, K. (2007). Using communications technologies to improve student learning in clinical settings: teacher perspectives. BMU Research Seminar, 3 May.

Gray, K. (2006). Acknowledgement: a new approach to improving academic integrity. Learning and Teaching seminar, RMIT, 26 September; Teaching and Learning with Multimedia and Educational Technology Committee presentation, The University of Melbourne, 12 September; Learning and Teaching seminar, Central Queensland University, 31 July.

Gray, K. (2005). Lessons learning from operation of a scheme to improve university teaching through action research 2002-2005. Invited faculty development seminar for Royal Roads University, Victoria, Canada, 27 October.

Gray, K., Chopra, V. & others (2005) Assessment practices and processes. Workshop for degree program leaders in Science, Engineering and Technology, RMIT, 22 April.

Gray, K., Wahr, F. & others (2004) Planning for 2005. Workshop for degree program leaders in Science, Engineering and Technology, RMIT, 19 November.

Gray, K. (2004) Environmentally sustainable business. Invited seminar for UNITEC Sustainable Technologies course, Auckland, New Zealand, 7 September.

Gray, K. & Allan, G. (co-chairs) (2003) Innovations in education and knowledge management. Symposium for the 1st World Congress on Chinese Medicine, RMIT, Melbourne, 20-24 November.

Gray, K. & Farrell, M. (2002) Reflecting on teaching quality: staff e-profiles on the RMIT website. Presented at RMIT Teaching and Learning Forum, 24 October.

Gray, K. Sendziuk, P. & Jackson, C. (2002) An invitation to innovate: initiatives to encourage reflection and scholarship in teaching and learning. Presented at RMIT Teaching and Learning Forum, 24 October.

Gray, K., Wahr, F. & Radloff, A. (2002). Program quality: how do we know? Workshop for the RMIT Teaching and Learning Forum, 24 October.

Gray, K. & Obendorf, P. (2002) Environmental Book Club Online, Catalogue entry/ Web site presented at RMIT Global Sustainability The Piece and the Practice Exposition, 16-22 October.

Radloff, A., Wahr, F., & Gray, K. (2002). Applying Program Quality Assurance to flexible learning. Workshop for the RMIT Teaching and Learning Forum, Melbourne, 13 June.

Gray, K & Latham, G. (2001). Using computer mediated communications and e-portfolios. Workshop for RMIT Faculty of Business, 5 December.

Gray, K. & Kiel, R. (2001). Growing literacy: environmental, information, international, IT. Workshop for the RMIT Teaching and Learning Forum, 14 February.

Educational development work

2004 - 2005 Director of Educational Quality, Science, Engineering and Technology Portfolio, and Chair, Educational Technology Subcommittee, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

2003 Acting Associate Dean (Academic) and Director of Teaching Quality, Faculty of Life Sciences, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

2001 - 2002 Educational Development Manager, Faculty of Life Sciences, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

1999 - 2000 Online Facilitator, Faculty of Life Sciences, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Teaching experience

1986 - 2002 Lecturer in environmental studies, Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Biology, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

1974 - 1977 Instructor in English language and literacy, Vancouver Community College, Canada

Other professional experience

My professional work in librarianship includes: Medical librarian, Queen Victoria Medical Centre, Melbourne, and Bendigo Base Hospital 1980-1986; Publications officer, Association of Special Libraries & Information Bureaux (ASLIB), London, UK 1978-1980; Chief librarian, Nassau Public Library, Bahamas, 1977-1978.

Professional memberships

Association for Qualitative Research (AQR)

Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)

Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)

Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)

Consultancies

1987 - 1997 Memark Associates Pty Ltd Publications and information management consultant, including provision of editing and indexing services to major publishing houses for more than 50 books, and work on directories and manuals for community and professional associations and on corporate annual reports.

Community work

1988 - 1996 Management role in two LandCare groups in Central Victoria , including over ten land rehabilitation projects funded by Commonwealth and State government grants

1986 Minor thesis on information support for nature conservation by private landholders, sponsored by the Native Flora and Fauna Guarantee Unit of the Victoria Department of Conservation and Environment

Awards

Innovative and practical approach to the enhancement of the quality of teaching and learning - RMIT Institutional Award (with Rosemary Chang & Alex Radloff) 2004

Teaching Quality Award - RMIT Faculty of Life Sciences 2000

Australian Postgraduate Research Award 1996-2000

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