作者: Robert A. Ellis

Robert Ellis is a professor and Dean (Learning and Teaching) across six faculties at Griffith University, Australia. Previously, he was the inaugural Director of e Learning at the University of Sydney and associate professor in the Institute for Teaching and Learning. He is a coordinating editor for Higher Education and co-series editor of Understanding Teaching and Learning Practice, both with Springer. He has been an Australian Research Council researcher since 2005, investigating quality in learning and teaching, the student experience of technology-enhanced learning and learning environments. His research program comprises over 80 journal, book and conference publications, aimed at making a meaningful social contribution to education and its participants through translational research outcomes. Peter Goodyear is a professor of Education at the University of Sydney, where he established and co-directed the Centre for Research on Computer-Supported Learning and Cognition (Co Co) and led the Sciences and Technologies of Learning research network, before founding and co-directing the University’s Centre for Research on Learning and Innovation (CRLI), a multi-faculty collaboration involving over 200 academic staff and Ph D students. Peter’s research interests include design for learning, networked learning, complex learning spaces, the nature of professional knowledge and professional education. In 2008, he was awarded a senior fellowship of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council, and in 2010 he became an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow – the first and so far the only Laureate Fellow working in the field of Education. He has published 11 books and over 120 journal articles and book chapters, and his current program of research aims to strengthen the role of design knowledge in higher education.