Flex:Ed
Campus Locations: Southside A111, Bruce D103b, Reid C10
Flex:Ed's mission is to drive a long-term commitment to quality and excellence in flexible learning at CIT.
Flex:Ed is here to help you develop, implement and evaluate innovative and flexible learning options for your students.
We do this by providing:
- professional development opportunities
- management and development of the Institute's online campus
- investigation and development of e-learning options
- support for learners and staff using the online campus
- educational, media and technical design expertise
- access to examples of current and best practice
- support and information on the E-Learning Toolboxes
- links with local, national and international flexible learning initiatives
Help and eLearn Support
Online Support ph: 73833,
Staff Locations, Contacts and Profiles
Penny Neuendorf
Education Manager
Email: penny.neuendorf@cit.edu.au
Phone: 74041
Southside A111 - Monday – Friday
Bruce D103b - Friday
Penny has worked at CIT for the last 13 years and has joined the team in 2009. Penny’s background is as an educator who has specialised in flexible delivery and innovative teaching practices in the vocational education sector. During the past two years she has been working in 3D immersive environments and has helped to design a teaching, learning and assessment framework. Penny has successfully managed a range of online project and is currently undertaking a Masters in Online Education at Southern Queensland University.
Expertise: project management, educational design, resource development, online facilitation, virtual worlds
Kerry Trabinger
Education Designer
Email: kerry.trabinger@cit.act.edu.au
Phone: 73313
Southside A111 - Tuesday - Thursday
Kerry has worked at CIT for 19 years working in many different roles from a Casual Teacher to Education Manager.
Kerry has been involved in online learning since 1998, initially as an online tutor for Qantas College and then as an online lecturer and online
designer with the Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management. Kerry managed the Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Managements ‘Centre for Industry and Flexible Learning’ from 2003 to 2008 after which Kerry joined the FlexEd team. Kerry is currently studying a Doctor of Education researching the use of Virtual Classrooms in the VET sector. Kerry was a 2004 Australian Flexible Learning Leader and in 2006 and 2007 was the Facilitator for the Australian E-Learning Networks Community Forum. Kerry’s current interests include online communities and virtual classrooms.
Expertise: eLearn Virtual Classroom design and facilitation, online communication and moderation, education design, project management, professional development facilitation.
Margaret Robson
Education Designer
Email: margaret.robson@cit.act.edu.au
Phone:74299
Southside A111 - Tuesday morning, Thursday, Friday
Reid C10 - Tuesday afternoon
Bruce D103b - Monday, Wednesday
Margaret Robson has worked with flexible and online learning at CIT since 1997, firstly whilst teaching in the Department of Software Development and more recently in Teacher Education where she used Web 2.0 social networking tools to re-engineer programs to provide multiple learning pathways.
She has published IT workbooks to support flexible learning programs.
Margaret co-facilitated the Flexible Learning Leaders online network throughout 2000 and 2001 and holds a Graduate Diploma of Computing, a Master of Education and a Graduate Certificate of Facilitating and Managing Elearning.
Expertise: education design, resource development to meet learning goals, professional development facilitation.
Colin Simpson
Multimedia Designer
Email: colin.simpson@cit.act.edu.au
Phone: 74240
Southside A111 - Tuesday
Reid C10 - Monday, Wednesday to Friday
Colin joined the Flex:Ed team in 2003 and has an extensive background in educational multimedia, web development and audiovisual production. He is a qualified secondary teacher who has taught in Media Arts and also has a Master of Education (ICT in Education and Training) at the University of Wollongong.
He can help you with using audio, video and games in your teaching as well as social web tools and WebCT in general.
Expertise: resource development, professional development facilitation, research and development.
Rebecca Trynes
Graphic and Web Designer
Email: rebecca.trynes@cit.act.edu.au
Phone: 58554
Southside A111 - Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Rebecca joined the team in 2003. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Graphic Design and is a certified Workplace Trainer and Assessor. Rebecca has expertise in principles of universal design as well as the creation and development of webpages, graphics (2D and 3D), subject icons and banners, and animations.
Expertise: resource development, professional development facilitation, web development, CSS styling.
Tenille Piagno
Graphic and Web Designer
Email: tenille.piagno@cit.act.edu.au
Phone: 74989
Southside A111 Monday - Thursday
Tenille joined Flex:Ed in 2008 and holds an Advanced Diploma in Graphic Design completed at CIT in 2002. Her background lies in logo, brochure and publication design. She has worked previously within the Strategic and National Projects area of CIT at Reid, designing publications, and promotional material for e-learning events for the Australian Flexible Learning Framework.
Expertise: Print and web design, resource development, web development, CSS styling.
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Amy Holland
Online Support
Email:
CIT Online Support email (please email this address for eLearn enquiries):
Phone: 73833
Southside A111 Monday - Friday
Amy is always comfortable using a wide range of technologies and accepts them as second nature. Amy has embraced the latest in Web 2.0 technologies and is well versed in their operation and utilisation. She has developed skills in supporting others in the use of new technologies and is an accomplished and well organised manager whose attention to detail and meticulous record keeping ensures that operations run smoothly. Amy is a skilled user of Mobile technologies, applications and services. Amy is developing her career in the IT industry with particular application to the Education sector and the implementation of Web 2.0 and Mobile technologies.
Expertise: Systems Support, Client Support, Systems Management, Systems Operations, Communications Management, Systems Testing and Quality Assurance.
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E-learning Toolbox Support
Helen Lynch
ACT Broadband Content Services Advisor,
National VET E-learning Strategy 2012 - 2015.
Email: helen.lynch@cit.edu.au
Phone: 74031
Reid Learning Centre: Monday - Thursday
Helen has worked with the National VET E-learning Strategy (formerly the Australian Flexible Learning Framework) for the last five years providing expert advice and support to VET educators in the ACT who are working with Australia's national collection of e-learning resources – Flexible Learning Toolboxes and Toolbox learning objects. Helen also supports educators in understanding and working within online pedagogical frameworks, deploying user generated content, and creating,reusing and deploy learning objects and open educational resources with web tools and technologies.
Helen has a background in educational research and management consulting in the university and private VET sector and is currently studying for a Dr of Education award by research with the University of Southern Queensland.