Gale Teaching and Learning Series:
Teaching and Learning Centres - What are they being established for?

What lessons can we learn from Institutions that have already established these centres?
Professor Karen Benson, Director, Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation, University of Queensland
Laura Whitton, Sales & Marketing Director ANZ/SEA. Gale ANZ
Damian Almeida, Training Executive. Gale ANZ
Professor Karen Benson, Director Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation, University of Queensland
Karen has been employed by UQ for 17 years initially as a finance academic and more recently in the Office of the Academic Board and ITaLI.

Over the last nine years, she has held significant leadership roles both within the Business School and at the broader University level. Her experience has resulted in a deep understanding of UQ’s teaching and learning goals, processes and policies which will enable leadership and delivery of the ITaLI agenda.

With a background in finance education and research, Karen has strengths in curriculum design for large undergraduate and post graduate programs, teaching diverse student groups, delivery of executive education, assessment design, and qualitative and quantitative research methods.