Name: Thom Burns

Position: Coordinator Interdisciplinary Science & ICT

Phone: +61 8 8201 5686
Facsimile: +61 8 8201 5685

Email: thom.burns@flinders.edu.au

Academic Qualifications

• Current - Doctorate of Education program, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, enrolled 2006
• 1995 - Master of Education
• 1974 - Diploma of Education
• 1973 - Bachelor of Arts, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia

Major responsibilities for

• Staff development in the use of ICTs and innovation in pedagogy
• ePortfolio development
• Implementation of the Scholaris portal at the ASMS
• Curriculum Development of Interdisciplinary Science Programs
• Mapping Graduate Capabilities in the curriculum
• Video-conference facilities

Committee Membership

• ASMS Learning Resources
• ASMS Teaching & Learning Leadership Group
• Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia (SSABSA) Moderator
• Subject Advisory Committee, Media Studies
• South Australian Association of Media Educators (SAAME) Vice-President

Conference Presentations

• "Who owns the Learning?" with Jim Davies and Jayne Heath, iNet Conference, Melbourne 2007
• "Using ICTs to support and engage learners", Middle Schools Conference, Adelaide 2006
• "Learning Management Systems for Net-generation Learners", AARE, Adelaide University 2006
• "Digital Media in Interdisciplinary Science and Mathematics", Technology School of the Future, Adelaide 2004
• "Using the Atomic Force Microscope", Video-conference, NAVCON, Christchurch, New Zealand 2004
• "ePortfolios and Interdisciplinary Science", International Conference on ePortfolios, Melbourne 2004
• "Interdisciplinary Science and ICE", NAVCON, Adelaide 2003
• "ePortfolios at the ASMS", SASTA Conference, Adelaide 2003

Published Papers

• Burns, TB (2004) "Digital Media in Interdisciplinary Science and Mathematics", action research project for the Technology School of the Future, Hindmarsh, South Australia
• Burns, TB (2004) "The power of 'student voice' at the ASMS and how it can be used to bring about system wide school improvement", iNet Online Conference Paper
• Burns, TB (2003) "The role of a media teacher in a maths and science school", Samplings, the journal of the South Australian Association of Media Educators
• Burns, TB (1995) "Parent Participation Through Schools Councils", M.Ed. Thesis, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia