Dr Rachel Fitzgerald

Associate Dir. of Online Education

School of Business

+61 7 336 56575

rachel.fitzgerald@uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

Dr Rachel Fitzgerald (PhD, MA Education & Leadership[, M Science, SFHEA) is the Associate Director of Online Education with the The University of Queensland Business School and Senior Lecturer in Management. Rachel is recognised internationally for developing contemporary curriculum for the digital age, technology-enhanced learning and consultancy on contemporary higher education in Australia, the UK and Ireland. Research publications are focused on the scholarship of learning and teaching and digital curriculum and her research interests are focused on digital disruption; partnership for practice and microcredentials. Rachel teaches strategy and innovation across postgraduate programs at UQ Business School.

Publications

Book Chapter (1)

Journal Articles (5)

Conference Papers (3)

Book Chapter

Meth, Deanna, Russell, Holly R., Fitzgerald, Rachel and Huijser, Henk (2020). Enabling Scholarship of Teaching and Learning activities across a curriculum design framework: a lever for faculty engagement. Evidence-based faculty development through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). (pp. 347-364) Hershey, PA USA: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2212-7.ch018

Journal Articles

Fitzgerald, Rachel, Huijser, Henk, Meth, Deanna and Neilan, Kellene (2020). Student-staff partnerships in academic development: the course design studio as a model for sustainable course-wide impact. International Journal for Academic Development, 25 (2), 134-146. doi: 10.1080/1360144X.2019.1631170

Huijser, Henk and Fitzgerald, Rachel (2020). Managing expectations and developing trust: an evaluation of a public-private partnership. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 36 (5), 58-70. doi: 10.14742/ajet.6368

Huijser, Henk, Fitzgerald, Rachel and Salmon, Gilly (2020). Partnerships for scaled online learning and the unbundling of the traditional university. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 36 (5), 1-4. doi: 10.14742/ajet.6664

Fitzgerald, Rachel, Anderson, Maggie and Thompson, Ross (2015). Adding value: open online learning and the MBA. Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 13 (4), 250-259.

Fitzgerald, Rachel and Corazzo, Paul (2013). Out of sight, out of mind: capturing the distance (online) learner experience. Enhancing the Learner Experience in Higher Education, 5 (1), 58-64. doi: 10.14234/elehe.v5i1.76

Conference Papers

Fitzgerald, Rachel and Henderson-Martin, Hayley (2015). Transforming the first year experience (HE) with digital literacy via techno-social engagement and evaluation. 14th European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL 2015, Hatfield, United Kingdom, 29 - 30 October 2015. London, United Kingdom: Academic Conferences.

Fitzgerald, Rachel, Anderson, Maggie and Thompson, Ross (2014). MOOC's mass marketing for a niche audience. 13th European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark, 30 - 31 October 2014. Kidmore End: Academic Conferences.

Fitzgerald, Rachel (2011). To what extent does a digital audio feedback strategy support large cohorts?. Dechema e.V..