Governance

Vision

• Accessible quality higher education anytime, anywhere, anyhow.

Mission

• To lead research, development and practice in distance education.

Objectives

• Build the capacity of learners, educators and researchers in higher education.
• To support the development of open education resources (OERs).
• To promote cooperative and collaborative research activities with government, education and private sector stakeholders.
• To conduct and disseminate high quality research and provide examples of leading evidence based practices across the sector.
• To provide leadership in developing and implementing models for distance education.
• To advise and contribute to government and private sector policy and decision making.

Steering Committee
We have signed MoUs with our partners: University of New England (UNE), Charles Sturt University (CSU), Central Queensland University (CQUniversity), and the University of Southern Queensland (USQ). Representatives from these partners join the Director of DE Hub, Professor Belinda Tynan, on the DE Hub Steering Committee. The Steering Committee will propose collaborative DE Hub ventures, guide future DE Hub activities and ensure that DE Hub activities are in accordance with the policies, procedures, interests and goals of the institutional partners. Cross-institutional research projects will be called for and assessed by the Steering Committee and presented to the Reference Group for review and comment.

Steering Committee Members

Professor Belinda Tynan

Director, DE Hub: Innovation in Distance Education
University of New England

Professor Michael Keppell

Director, The Flexible Learning Institute
Professor of Higher Education
Charles Sturt University

Professor Alan Smith

Professor Distance and e-Learning and Executive Director,
Division of Academic Information Services
University of Southern Queensland

Ms Leone Hinton

Head, Academic Staff Development
Division of Teaching and Learning Services
Central Queensland University

Associate Professor
Bobby Harreveld

Director, Learning & Teaching Education Research Centre,
CQUniversity

Associate Professor
Mark Brown

Director, Blended and Distance Education
Office of the Assistant Vice Chancellor
(Academic & International)
Massey University

Reference Group

Mike Rebbechi (Chair)

Research and Higher Education Consultant

Michael Crock

General Manager, Academic Products and Services,
Open Universities Australia

Allison Littlejohn

Chair of Learning Technology and Director of the Caledonian Academy
at Glasgow Caledonian University

Rory McGreal

Professor and Associate VP Research,
Athabasca University

Don Olcott

Chief Executive,
The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (OBHE)

Susan D'Antoni

Programme Specialist,
UNESCO

The Reference Group will provide external review, feedback, and advice on DE Hub activities and ensure that DE Hub activities are smart, sensible, and in line with the goals of the project. Given the international nature of the Reference Group, communication will primarily be via conference calls, skype, and email.