# University of Canberra

University of Canberra (UC) is a mid-size, mid-ranked Australian university with an emphasis on applied and professional learning and research. For more information about this university, see University of Canberra (Wikipedia).
UC's 2013-2017 strategic plan emphasises developing greater flexible learning and international engagement.
Some UC academics and emerging academics are working towards wider adoption of open academic practices such as the use of Wikiversity. This page lists a range of resources and projects related to this work.

## Purpose

UC exists for the following purposes:
* To provide education which offers high quality transformative experiences to everyone suitably qualified, whatever their stage of life and irrespective of their origins.
* To engage in research and creative practice which are of high quality and aim to make an early and important difference to the world around us.
* To contribute, through our education and research, to the building of just, prosperous, healthy and sustainable communities which are committed to redressing disadvantage and reconciliation with Australia’s Indigenous peoples.
Everything else - buildings, campuses, structures, titles, hierarchies, pomp, circumstance, (even committees) - may change over time if that is what is required to carry out our purposes.

## Projects

Currently active topics are in bold:
* Flexibly-enabled learning resources checklist
* SAFFIRE, 2013-2014
* Innovation
* Ranking

## People

These University of Canberra staff accounts have contributed to Wikiversity:
* User:Jtneill
* User:Tas666
* User:Keanewheeler
* User:Vicki Deakin
* User:A George
* ActiveBrainUC
* User:TGreen
* User:Fannyl
* User:DMG~enwikiversity
* User:Nataliebowman
* User:Madepercy
* User:Mark Spain
* User:Munnerley
* User:Peterd
* User:Benrattray
* User:Leonardlow
* User:PatTandy
* User:Mattbacondesign
* User:Holly Northam
* User:RTennantwood
* User:Postillion
* User:Robinmcconnell
* User:Katepumpa
* James Neill
* Ben Rattray
* Keith Lyons
* Keane Wheeler
* Michael De Percy
* Kate Pumpa

## Teaching units on Wikiversity

Several units taught by staff at UC are available on Wikiversity in various forms of completeness:
| Unit (current) | Convener |
| Sport coaching pedagogy | Keith Lyons |
| Exercise and metabolic disease | Ben Rattray |
| Motivation and emotion | James Neill |
| Sport event management | Robin McConnell |
| Sport research | Ben Rattray |
| Survey research and design in psychology | James Neill |
| The sport workplace | Robin McConnell |
| Unit (not current or in development) | Convener |
| Advanced ANOVA | James Neill |
| Psychology 102 | James Neill |
| Social Media | Leigh Blackall |
| Social psychology (psychology) | James Neill |
| Government-Business Relations | Michael de Percy |
| Business, politics and sport | Leigh Blackall |
| Composing educational resources | Leigh Blackall |
| Using social media for teaching and research | Leigh Blackall and James Neill |
| Using the internet for learning and research | Leigh Blackall and Ben Rattray |
| Wikis for research | Leigh Blackall |

## Twitter

Many UC staff, ex-staff, and some students are in this list: https://twitter.com/jtneill/uc-community

## Blogs
### Current staff

* Lubna Alam - http://lubnalam.wordpress.com/
* Nick Ball - http://archive.is/20121130075134/nick-ball.blogspot.com/
* Stephen Barrass - http://stephenbarrass.wordpress.com
* Michael De Percy - http://www.politicalscience.com.au/
* Sam Hinton - http://meetpi.edublogs.org
* Simon Leonard - http://historyandpresent.blogspot.com/
* Megan Poore - http://meganpoore.com/
* Ben Rattray - http://benrattray.wordpress.com/
* Andrew Read - http://brumbiesteach.blogspot.com/
* Keane Wheeler - http://keanewheeler.blogspot.com/
* Mitchell Whitelaw - http://teemingvoid.blogspot.com/

### Past staff

* Leigh Blackall - http://leighblackall.blogspot.com
* Robert Fitzgerald - http://mathetic.info/
* Nicholas Klomp - http://www.canberra.edu.au/blogs/dvce (corporate blog)
* Keith Lyons - http://keithlyons.wordpress.com/
* Danny Munnerley - http://munnerley.com/dan/
* Stephen Parker - http://www.canberra.edu.au/blogs/vc/ (corporate blog)
* Jamie Ranse - http://www.jamieranse.com/