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Associate Professor Kathy Lynch
DipTeach Syd., BEd N.Territory, GradDipEd S.Aust., GradDipBus Deakin, MBusSys Monash, PhD Monash
Position: Associate Professor in ICT Research and Development
Office: J4.14
Tel: +61 7 5456 5506
Fax: +61 7 5456 4727
Email: kathy.lynch@usc.edu.au
Research areas
- development, implementation and evaluation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for business, education (in particular e- and m- learning) in developed and developing countries
- interface design and evaluation
- graduate attributes (PhD research)
- innovative learning environments
Profile
Associate Professor Kathy Lynch is an interdisciplinary researcher with a background in education and information technology. She joined the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) in 2007 as a researcher in the Teaching and Research Services unit.
During her time in the university sector, Dr Lynch has been a founding director of the Centre for Educational Multimedia (Monash), a founding member of the Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics (Monash) and a founding member of the Information Systems Development Research Group (Monash). She remains an associate researcher for each of these groups. Additionally, she is an honorary research associate in the Faculty of IT at the University of Technology Sydney, the Faculty of Computing and IT at Makerere University (Uganda), and the School of IS at University of Cape Town.
Dr Lynch is a reviewer for the Australian Research Council, the National Research Foundation (South Africa) and the Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering (Finland). Kathy is a reviewer for a number of international journals and conferences, as well as local conferences. She was the Editor-in-Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge and Management (Vol 2 and 3), is currently an Associate Editor of the Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects, on the editorial board of the International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, and a track editor for the International Journal of Computing and ICT Research (ICT for Sustainable Development). Dr Lynch was the co-track chair for the IS Pedagogy track at ACIS 2007 and 2009.
Dr Lynch's Australian adaption of a very successful US text book was awarded the Australian Publishers Award for the best tertiary learning and teaching (adaption) in 2010 [Baltzan, Phillips, Lynch & Blakey (2010) "Business Driven Information Systems". McGrawHill].
In 2005, Dr Lynch spent 5 weeks in Uganda, and since her return has established Aussie Friends of VOLSET a charity organisation that supports villagers in the Lake Victoria region of Uganda to build capacity, and improve their health and education.
Coordinator, committees and representative
- USC Human Ethics Committee
- eLearning and Flexible Delivery Advancement Project (eLEAP)
- Chair, LMS Application Support Group (Blackboard)
Research supervision
- Conceptions of transnational education using IT. PhD, University of the Sunshine Coast (principal with Aspland). Under examination
- Enhancing online OH&S induction courses in the mining industry. (principal with Roiko) Current
- Perceptions of physics. M.Ed (research), University of the Sunshine Coast (principal with McKay). Current
- A framework for instantiating learning, objects applications for mobile and fixed communication systems. PhD, Makerere University, Uganda, (co-supervisor with Lubega). The research was awarded a Highly Commended from the Uganda Communications Commission (2010), and received an Emerald Publishing award for supporting the dissemination of knowledge for the social good in Africa
- A model for understanding student academic preparedness: A study of 18–22-year-old students in a tertiary bridging course M.Ed (research), University of the Sunshine Coast (with Allen).
- IT assimilation. PhD, University of the Sunshine Coast (principal with Kerr and Harker). Awarded 2nd place for the 2009 ACPHIS medal for the best IS PhD in 2009
- The determination of presence in computer mediated environments. MIT (Research), 2007, Monash
- Single sign-on influencing password security and usability in information systems. Honours, 2006, Monash
- Wireless and mobile technology in the small business sector. Honours, 2006, Monash
- Convergence of mobile devices: An organisational perspective. Honours, 2005, Monash
- Influences on students' web usage. Honours, 2004, Monash
- Usability guidelines and web browsing on PDAs. MIT (Minor Thesis), 2003, Monash
- Direct manipulation in educational multimedia. MIT (Minor Thesis), 2003, Monash
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Publications
Many of Dr Kathy Lynch's publications are available from the USC Coast Research Database. For a complete listing that includes non-refereed conference papers, panels and posters, please email Dr Kathy Lynch.
Research grants
National competitive grants
- 2010 Qld Health. Supporting and promoting exclusive breastfeeding. Barnes, Rowe, Lynch, McCarty & Sutherns (A$56,000)
- 2007–08 Reclamation of Victorian Indigenous languages: Using ICT to enable effective exchange between academics, educators and the Indigenous community. ARC Linkage. Lynch, Bowe (Linguistics/ Monash Faculty of Arts) (A$440,000 cash and in-kind).
- 2004 Colliers Charitable Research Grant (equipment). Lynch, Fisher (A$9,000)
- 2001 Colliers Charitable Research Grant: IT-enabled collaboration using desk-top Web video cameras. Lynch (A$2000)
- 2000 DEET. Professional Development for teachers of Science – online. Penna, Holkner, Lynch (A$150,000)
- 1999 DEET Professional Development for teachers of Science. Penna, Mitchell, Lynch (A$90,000)
- 1999 ANTA Toolbox — evaluation of Programmer’s Workbench. Creative Informatics, Swinburne Uni (TAFE div), Holkner, Lynch (A$4,000)
- 1998 CUTSD Legal Interviewing Skills. Morris, Lynch (A$56,000)
- 1998 Telstra Research Grant. New Frontiers, New Technologies, New Pedagogies. Rizvi, Walsh, Tsolidis, Holkner, Snyder, Lynch (A$160,000)
Other
- 2010 Expert in my pocket: Learning in the first person. USC internal teaching grant. Lynch, Downer, Hitchen-Holmes and Barnes (A$6,000)
- 2009 Push2Mobile. Apple University Consortium (2 iPod Touches)
- 2008 Push2Mobile. USC Seed Research grant (A$4,000)
- 2007 Choice of technology for e-Learning. USC internal Teaching grant (A$5,000)
- 2007 Visitor management: Fraser Island. USC internal Research grant (A$5,000)
- 2006 An exploratory study of development practices used in the development of small business web-based systems. Monash Small Grant. Lynch, Darke (Monash FIT) (A$15,000)
- 2005 A pilot web portal for online access to Australian historical archival records of Victorian Indigenous Languages. Monash Arts/IT Grant. Lynch, Bowe, Russell (A$10,000)
- 2005 Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Student tracker. Monash, SIMS Research Committee. Lynch (A$5,000)
- 2003 SIMS Research Grant: A cross sector investigation into models of teaching IT final projects. Lynch (Monash), Gould (Deakin University), Blaine (Holmesglen TAFE) (A$4,000).
- 2003 Monash University Unit Innovation Grant Scheme. Lynch (A$10,000)
- 2001 Monash FIT Teaching Innovation Fund: Learning resources for a virtual reality interface to computerised information systems. Lynch (A$40,000)
- 2000 ASCILITE. Evaluation of computer media resources. Lynch , Kennedy (A$2,000)
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