Dr Emile van Lieshout

Contract: evl@unimelb.edu.au

About:

Emile is a Teaching Specialist in BioSciences with a research background in behavioural ecology and evolutionary biology, and experience teaching in the secondary system. In BRITE Lab, he co-organises the Journal Club, where we discuss recent research papers in SoTL (science of teaching and learning) or hear directly from researchers in the field.

Emile is involved in the first-year biology subjects, Biometry, Animal Behaviour, and Wildlife Management.

 

Areas of Expertise in Teaching Practice:

• Learning Resources Development
• Learning Analytics
• Catering to Individual Student Needs

 

Educational Research Areas of Interest:

Collaborative / cooperative learning: 

This context highly relevant to undergraduate students who find themselves in a group, be it in Zoom or a face-to-face class. Given the large variation in their success, I’m interested in developing active learning formats and resources for group work that promote engagement, thinking, comprehension, and collaborative skills.

 

Educational Technology:

Another broad area of interest is the use of technology as tools to facilitate learning. This ranges from online platforms for collaboration, virtual microscopy, to virtual reality environments for field or lab work.

Current Research:

Currently, Emile is co-developing an alternative group work format for workshops in 2022 based on team-based learning, active learning and small group instructional strategy. This workshop format will be designed so that students have the opportunity to apply conceptual knowledge through a sequence of activities that includes individual work, team work, and immediate feedback.

Educational Conferences:

• 2021: ACDS (Australian Council of Deans of Science)
• 2016: Online EduTECH 2016, Brisbane