Denise Wood, PhD

Associate Head of School: Teaching and Learning, University of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia

Research field: Social Sciences - Communication
cultural studies
virtual worlds
Web 2.0
digital literacy
scholarship of teaching and learning
disability studies
access and equity

Publications

Journal Article (38)
- D Sellwood, D Wood, P Raghavendra (2012) Perspectives on the telecommunications access methods of people with complex communication needs. In Telecommunications Journal of Australia 62 (2).
- D Wood, J Willems (2012) Responding to the widening participation agenda through improved access to and within 3D virtual learning environments, 459-479. In Australasian Journal of Educational Technology 28 (3).
- J Sim, J James, M McDonald et al. (2012) Virtual learning in health care disciplines: Learning via avatars, 5999-6000. In INTED2012 Proceedings.
- P Raghavendra, D Wood, L Newman et al. (2012) Why aren't you on Facebook?: Patterns and experiences of using the Internet among young people with physical disabilities, 149-162. In Technology and Disability 24 (2).
- B Gregory, S Gregory, D Wood et al. (2011) How are Australian higher education institutions contributing to change through innovative teaching and learning in virtual worlds, 475-590. In Changing demands, changing directions. Proceedings ascilite Hobart 2011.
- S Gregory, J Willems, D Wood et al. (2011) Learning and teaching in Second Life: Educator and student perspectives. In Education.
- L Jacka, S Gregory, S Diener et al. (2011) Myth busting education in a virtual world–changing demands and directions.
- S Gregory, B Gregory, M Campbell et al. (2010) Australian higher education institutions transforming the future of teaching and learning through 3D virtual worlds, 399-415. In Proceedings ASCILITE 2010: 27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education: Curriculum, Technology and Transformation for an Unknown Future.
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- D Wood (2010) Communicating in virtual worlds through an accessible Web 2.0 solution (Winner-inaugural Telstra-TJA Christopher Newell Prize for the best paper submitted to TJA demonstrating the benefits of telecommunications in assisting people with disabilities). In Telecommunications Journal of Australia 60 (2).
- D Wood, A Dodd (2010) Preparing students and community organisations for effective use of ICT through a service learning initiative, 565-579. In Curriculum, technology & transformation for an unknown future. Proceedings ascilite Sydney 2010.
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Generic (2)
- D Wood, F Kurzel (2008) Engaging students in reflective practice through a process of formative peer review and peer assessment .
- D Wood (2007) Collaborative peer review: a model for promoting reflective practice, improving quality of feedback and enhancing learning outcomes.
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Conference Proceedings (7)
- S Scutter, D Wood, J Sim (2010) Consistency in the application of a reflective tool designed to facilitate scholarly review and development of curricula, 1-13.
- M Friedel, D Wood (2008) Challenging design students to be ethical professionals in a changing landscape of technologies, 299-308.
- A Hickey-Moody, D Wood (2008) Imagining otherwise: Deleuze, disability & Second Life.
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- D Wood, M Freidel (2008) Peer review of online learning and teaching: new technologies—new challenges.
- I Day, D Wood, S Scutter et al. (2003) Interdisciplinary trials of synchronous,voice-based communication systems, 152-159. In Interact, Integrate, Impact: 20th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) Conference.
  http://www.ascilite.org.au/conference...
- D Wood (2003) Promoting the quality of online courses. In Learning for an unknown future conference: HERDSA 2003.
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- D Wood, R George, Geoffrey Crisp et al. (2003) Quality Standards in Online Teaching and Learning: A Tool for Authors and Developers, 552-561.
  http://www.ascilite.org.au/conference...

Awards and Grants

Aug 2011

DEEWR Office for Learning and Teaching: Design as a catalyst for engaging students in the creative r
Jul 2009

Sustainable Online Community Engagement, SA Government, Office for Volunteers Grant
Nov 2008

UniSA funded project: The use of Web 2.0 for career planning and industry engagement
Nov 2008

UniSA funded project: Increasing the social participation of children with physical disabilities
Nov 2008

UniSA funded project: Crash(Ed): A road safety initiative to educate young people
Jul 2008

Australian Learning and Teaching Council funded project: Accessible 3D Virtual Learning
Dec 2007

UniSA funded project: Strategies for Strengthening the Teaching and Research Nexus
Nov 2007

UniSA funded project: Creating a ‘Third’ Life
Jul 2007

Australian Learning and Teaching Council funded project: Peer Review of Online Teaching and Learning

Biographical Information

Denise Wood is Associate Head of School: Teaching and Learning, and a researcher in the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages at the University of South Australia (UniSA), and an Extraordinary Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of the Western Cape.

Her research focuses on the use of accessible information and communication technologies (ICTs) to increase social participation, as well as the pedagogical benefits of social media in teaching and learning. She has been the project leader of three national teaching and learning funded projects, including a recently completed project involving the design and development of an accessible 3D virtual learning environment. She is currently undertaking collaborative research in South Africa with the Gauteng and Limpopo Provincial Governments, which is investigating the use of accessible ICTs to enhance student learning and increase student retention in rural and semi-rural special schools.

She is Associate Editor of the Higher Education and Research Development Journal and a peer reviewer of several high ranked journal publications. She is also a member of the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), Standing Advisory Committee on Disability Issues (SACDI) and the Australian Disability Professionals Association, as well as various advisory committees and working groups concerned with increasing social participation through improved access to ICTs.

Her work in innovative teaching and learning, and accessibility solutions for learners with special needs has been recognised with several awards including an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, a SA Great Award, several University teaching and equity awards and the inaugural 2010 Telstra-TJA Christopher Newell award for Telecommunications and Disability.