Dr Jennifer Fox

Jennifer Fox BRITE Lab

Contact: jennifer.fox@unimelb.edu.au

About:

Jennifer is a Teaching Specialist in the School of BioSciences and Deputy Chair of BRITE. Recently, she has presented at the BRITE seminar series about Team Teaching best practice and a showcase of an Assessment Literacy Module in Biosciences subjects.

Jennifer also contributes to other ongoing projects including:

  • The curriculum mapping project
  • Increasing the visibility of opportunities for BioSciences undergraduate students to undertake science education based projects through BRITE lab

Jen has previous written several posts on her Teaching Blog.

 

Areas of Expertise in Teaching Practice:

  • Team Teaching
  • Skill Development
  • Conceptual Learning

 

Educational Research Areas of Interest:

  • Conceptual understanding
  • Scientific and generic skill development
  • Metacognition

Current Research:

  • 1. Vertical tracking of skills in Biosciences subjects
  • 2. Improving conceptual understanding in first year biology students
  • 3. Building assessment literacy in first year biology students

 

Educational Research Grants & Achievements:

  • The University of Melbourne Learning and Teaching Initiatives FlexAP 300
  • Major Curriculum Reform 2019 (with Dawn Gleeson and Lyn O’Neill) Improving online learning BIOL10008, 10009 2021 (with Andy Pask)
  • Developing online exams BIOL10009, 2021 (with Brianna Steed)
  • Assessment Literacy Module BIOL10008, SCIE20001 2021 (with Brianna Steed and Andrew Drinnan, respectively)
  • Redesigning the lecture for student engagement BIOL10008/9 2021 (with Brianna Steed)

Educational Conferences:

  • The University of Melbourne Teaching and Learning Summit 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
  • ACSME (Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education) 2018, 2019, 2021 – Conference talk 2019
  • Attend annually BEAN (Biosciences Education Australia Network) 2018, 2019 – Poster presentation 2019, co-authored oral presentation 2019