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DR Alan Roberts

EdD, MBA, MEd, TTCert
School of Cultural & Language Studies in Education
Centre for Learning Innovation

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Alan Roberts Lectures in Business Education and has experience as an educator and administrator in commercial, international, secondary, vocational education and tertiary spheres. Alan is currently Course Coordinator for ED61 – Graduate Certificate in Education and is Teaching Area Coordinator for Accounting Business Management. Since 2003 Alan has been the Vice-President of the Business Educators’ Association of Queensland (BEAQ) and is currently a member of the Queensland Studies Authority Subject Advisory Committee (Business & Commerce).

Alan’s research interests are related to business education, technology in education and team role/diversity in computer supported collaborative learning and work environments (virtual teams). Alan has provided consulting services to a range of educational and commercial organisations. He is an accredited facilitator for Team Management Systems®.


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Publications

Book chapter

Burnett, B. M., & Roberts, A. G. (2005) Online collaborative Assessment: Unpacking both process and product. In Comeaux, P., (Ed.), Assessing Online teaching and learning. Bolton , MA : Anker Publishing Company Inc.

Conference Keynote:

Roberts, A. G . (2004). The new art of the knowledge-age business education teacher: Technological finger painting and collaborative modelling . BEA Australasian Conference Proceedings. Auckland , New Zealand .

Conference presentations (refereed):

Roberts, A. G . (2004) Team role balance and its impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of task completion within on-line learning communities (virtual teams) The Asia Pacific Cooperative Education Conference Learning Partnerships in the Global Classroom: Weaving the Threads of Knowledge 1-3 December 2004 Auckland , New Zealand

Roberts, A. G ., & Nason, R., (2004). Quality not Quantity: Comparing Interaction Patterns of a Balanced and Skewed Group Engaged In Model-Building within a Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Environment. International Conference on Computers in Education, Melbourne , November 30 to December 3, 2004.

Roberts, A.G ., & Nason, R., (2003) . Team role balance, engagement, and knowledge-building activity with on-line learning communities. In Y.S. Chee, N. Law, & D. Suthers (Eds.) The Second Wave of ICT in Education: From facilitating teaching and learning to engendering education reform : Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers in Education 2003 (pp. 431-439), Hong Kong, December 2-5, 2003.

Roberts, A. G ., & Nason, R., (2003). The team balancing act - Enhancing knowledge-building activity in on-line learning communities. Australian Association for Educational Research,. December, Auckland , New Zealand .

Conference presentations (non-refereed):

Roberts, A. G . The knowledge-age business education teacher. BEAQ Conference, Brisbane , Australia . July 2004.

Roberts, A. G. Interaction: It`s all in the mind! Online Learning and Teaching Conference, Brisbane October 2002.

Roberts, A. G . & Chambers, C. Seven steps to online teaching. TAFE Queensland Online Mini Conference – Making a Splash, Central Queensland University , Rockhampton, September 2001.

Journal articles

Roberts, A. G. (2002). Teamwork – a matter of balance and insight. Perspectives on Educational Leadership – Australian Council for Educational Leaders, 12 (6) 1-2.


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Research

Pembroke, J., Roberts, A.G. & Nason, R (2006) Little hands nurture inquiring minds. Australian School Innovation in Science, Technology and Mathematics (ASISTM) Project in conjunction with All Hallows School - ($60,000). The project utilizes wireless Internet-enabled handheld computers (PDAs) to allow students to collaborate on mathematical modelling activities.

Roberts, A. G . & Chambers, C (2000) Learnscope Project (ANTA) funding of $10,000 Increasing the number of staff using the TAFE online teaching and learning approaches.


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Teaching

  • CLB051/CLP402 - Business Education Curriculum Studies 1
  • CLB010/CLP404 Business Education Curriculum Studies 2 (Accounting Business Management)
  • EDB006 - Learning Networks

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Associations

  • Fellow Business Educators Association of Queensland
  • Associate Fellow Australian Institute of Management
  • Member Australian College of Educators
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Contact Details

DR Alan Roberts
Lecturer
L Block Level 1 144
Queensland University of Technology
Victoria Park Road
Kelvin Grove Qld 4059

Phone: 0731383275
Fax:
Email: ag.roberts@qut.edu.au

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