AUT - Philippa Gerbic

Philippa Gerbic

Postgraduate Programme Leader

Phone: +64 9 921 9999 extension 9825

Email: philippa.gerbic@aut.ac.nz

Physical Address:
AR215, School of Education, North Shore Campus

Qualifications:

PhD (Deakin), MComLaw(Hons) (Auck), BA (Auck) LLB (Auck).

Memberships and Affiliations:

• Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
• Higher Education Research and Development Association (HERDSA)

Biography:

Experience

Extensive leadership and development experience in e-learning and blended learning, curriculum innovation and new programme development.

Academic Group Leader
Lecturer in undergrdauate and postgraduate courses in education
Chair, AUT Ethics Committee
Co-chair School of Education Research Committee

 

Teaching Areas:

• Postgraduate - Master of Education: Adult and Tertiary Education courses
• Undergraduate -Bachelor of Education, Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Teaching.

Current Research Projects:

• Blended Learning, eLearning, Flexible and online learning
  
• Learning with ICT, particularly online interaction eg online discussions, eportfolios
• Adult learning
  
• Curriculum Innovation

Publications:

2009

Stacey, E and Gerbic, P (2009) Effective Blended Learning Practices: Evidence-Based Perspectives in ICT- Facilitated Education,  IGI Global Publishers, USA. 
This book provides research perspectives on a range of blended learning contexts and discusses implications for teaching and learning. The book links its research to practice through its discussion of pedagogy and recommendations for teaching and to the future through its discussion of the social implications of these learning environments and their potential to change educational policy and practice.

Gerbic, P. (2009). Including online discussions within campus-based students' learning environments. In E. Stacey & P. Gerbic (Eds.), Effective blended learning practices: Evidenced-based perspectives in ICT-Facilitated Education (pp. 21-38). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.

Gerbic, P., & Stacey, E. (2009). Conclusion. In E. Stacey & P. Gerbic (Eds), Effective blended learning practices: Evidenced-based perspectives in ICT-Facilitated education (pp. 298-311). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.

Stacey, E., & Gerbic, P., (2009). Introduction to blended learning practices. In E. Stacey & P. Gerbic (Eds), Effective blended learning practices: Evidenced-based perspectives in ICT-Facilitated education (pp. 1-20). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.

Gerbic, P. (2009). Getting the blend right in new learning environments: A complementary approach to online discussions. Education and Information Technologies

Gerbic, P. Grey, A., Moore, W., & Bernay, R. (2009). Introducting the Mahara eportfolio to student teachers: Teacher perspectives. He Kupu,2(1), 15-29 http://www.nztertiarycollege.ac.nz/HeKupu/index.php?page=230 accessed 20 June 2009.

Wells, P., Gerbic, P., Kranenburg, I., & Bygrave, J. (2009). Professional skills and capabilities of accounting graduates: The New Zealand expectation gap. Accounting Education, 18(4), 402-420.

Maher, M., & Gerbic, P. (2009). ePortfolios as pedagogical device in teacher education: The AUT experience. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 34(5)

Gerbic, P., Lewis, L., & Northover, M. (2009, December). Student perspectives of eportfolios: A longitudinal study of growth and development. Paper presented at the Same Places, DifferentSpaces, 26th ascilite Conference 2009, Auckland, New Zealand. from http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/auckland09/?m=Programme accessed 14.12.09

Gerbic, P., & Stacey, E. (2009). Blended Learning: Is there evidence for its effectiveness? A Syposium. Paper presented at the Same Places, Different Spaces, 26th ascilite conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

Framewords for ePortfolio Practice, Invited speaker for Australian ePortfolio Symposium, QUT, Brisbane, 10 - 11 February.  

2008

Gerbic, P. (2008). The right blend in new learning environments: Student perspectives and a complementary framework. Paper presented at the LYCIT 2008. Joint Open and working Conference: ICT and Learning for the Net Generation Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Gerbic, P., & Maher, M. (December, 2008). Collaborative self-study as a research methodology to support new technology implementation: The Mahara e-portfolio project. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) Melbourne, Australia.

Stacey, E., & Gerbic, P. (2008). Success factors for blended learning. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE), Melbourne, Australia.

2007

Stacey, E., & Gerbic, P. (2007). Teaching for blended learning - Research perspectives from on-campus and distance students. Educational and Information Technologies, 12(3), 165-174.

Gerbic, P., Grey, A., Moore, W., & Bernay, R. (2007, December, 2007). Introducing e-portfolios to student teachers: Swimming ahead of the current.  Paper presented at the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE), Christchurch, December, 2007. , Christchurch,.

Paper reviewer for ASCILITE 2007: ICT: Providing Choices for Learners and Learning, Singapore, 2007.

Invited panel speaker for CAD Teaching Showcase 2007: What the point of an e-portfolio?, Auckland University, November, 2007

Presentation on e-portfolios at Quality Enhancement Meeting 12, Lincoln University, October, 2007

2006

Gerbic, P. (2006). Chinese learners and online discussions: New opportunities for multicultural classrooms. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 1(3), 221-237.

Gerbic, P., & Lawrence, M. (2006). Understanding commercial law (6th ed.). Wellington: LexisNexis.

Stacey, E., & Gerbic, P. (2006). Teaching for blended learning: How is ICT impacting on distance and on campus education? In D. Kumar & J. Turner (Eds.), Education for the 21st century - Impact of ICT and digital resources: IFIP 19th World Computer Congress, TC-3, Education, August 21-24, 2006, Santiago, Chile (pp. 225-234). New York: Springer.

Gerbic, P. (2006). On-campus students' learning in asynchronous environments. Deakin University2005

Gerbic, P., & Stacey, E. (2005). A purposive approach to content analysis : Designing analytical frameworks. The Internet and Higher Education, 8, 45-59.

Gerbic, P. (2005). Renegotiating the pedagogical peace : a case study in on line discussions for undergraduate on campus students. Chapter 6, Conference Proceedings RIDE 2004, Geelong, Australia. http://www.deakin.edu/au/education/rads/conferences/publications/ride/2004/index.php

Gerbic, P. (2005). To post or not to post: Undergraduate student perceptions about participating in online discussions. In L. Markauskaite, P. Goodyear & P. Reimann (Eds.), Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education: Who's learning? Whose technology? (Vol. 1, pp. 271-281). Sydney: Sydney University Press.

Other contributions

Postgraduate Supervision. Topics include:

• Blended Learning 
• ICT Integration in Secondary Schools
• Library Support in blended environments 
• Information Literacy in Universities