User:Jtneill/Teaching/Philosophy

My teaching philosophy

Overview

My teaching philosophy integrates principles of experiential and challenge-based education, emphasising student empowerment, transparency, and open academia. Inspired by Dewey’s experiential education, I view the educator’s responsibility as fostering a holistic process of personal and academic growth. I advocate for open educational practices, leveraging wikis and other collaborative tools to create and share knowledge.

This philosophy aligns with constructivist approaches, promoting active student participation and partnership in the learning process. By adopting a customer service orientation, I ensure that student needs and feedback drive continuous improvement. I also prioritise social justice, environmental sustainability, and the use of open educational resources to make learning accessible to all.

Ultimately, my aim is to cultivate an inclusive, dynamic educational environment where students and educators co-create knowledge, empowering each other towards lifelong learning and societal contribution.

Scholarship of teaching and learning

Presentations

Blackall, L. & Neill, J. T. (2010, November 11). Open education and research at the University of Canberra [Conference presentation]. Annual Conference of Knowledge Commercialisation Australasia, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Busby Grant, J., Neill, J., & Lawlis, T. (2021, September 17-19). Scaling up psychology internships [Conference presentation]. Australian Psychology Learning and Teaching Conference, Newcastle , Australia.

Neill, J. T. (2009, September 11). Flexible learning - Getting ready [Presentation]. Taking the Faculty of Health forward in Steps 17 & 18 of the strategic plan, University of Canberra, Australia.

Neill, J. T. (2009, December 3). Teaching social psychology via blogs and wikis. [Presentation], University of Canberra, Australia.

Neill, J. T. (2010, March 5). Going naked - Openism and freedom in academia [Conference presentation]. Hothouse, University of Canberra, Australia.

Neill, J. T. (2010, June 11). Open academia: A philosophy of open practice [Conference presentation]. University of Canberra Intellectual Property Mini-conference, University of Canberra, Australia.

Neill, J. T. (2010, October 7). Open education with Moodle and Wikiversity [Conference presentation]. Moodleposium, Australian National University, Australia.

Neill, J. T. (2011, March 4). How going open with Moodle can save staff time [Presentation]. Moodle Snippets, University of Canberra, Australia.

Neill, J. T. (2013, March 8-9). Openness and flexibility: How open education can facilitate flexible learning [Conference presentation]. SAFFIRE Festival, University of Canberra , Australia.

Neill, J. T. (2013, April 5). Higher education and the social ecology of Wikimedia sister projects [Conference presentation]. Wikimedia in Higher Education Symposium, University of Sydney, Australia.

Neill, J. T. (2014, June 5). Going open (education): What, why, how [Presentation]. University of Canberra, Australia.

Neill, J. T. (2014, October 20). How and why to edit Wikipedia [Presentation], Open Access Week, University of Canberra, Australia.

Neill, J. T. (2019, September 13-15). Open education in psychology [Conference presentation]. Australian Psychology Learning and Teaching Conference, Australian Catholic Leadership Centre, Melbourne, Australia.

Neill, J. T. (2020, April 9). Open education online [Webinar]. Sharing Online/Remote Teaching Practices, University of Canberra, Australia.

Neill, J. T. (2022, September 16). Using Wikiversity for teaching and learning [Conference presentation]. Wikipedia and Education in the Time of the "Crisis of Information", University of Canberra.

Neill, J. T. (2023, June 13). Wikis in open education: A psychology case study [Conference presentation]. Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Open Education Practices Special Interest Group.

Neill, J. T., & Lozancic Babic, V. (2023, October 20). Collaborative writing using Wikiversity: An open education case study [Conference presentation]. Students as Partners National Roundtable 2023, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Neill, J. T. (2024, March 15). Using open wikis for teaching and learning [Webinar]. Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Learning Design Special Interest Group.

Neill, J. T. (2024, September 6). GenAI guidelines for renewable assessment using wikis [Video Poster]. Australasian Academic Integrity Network Forum.

Publications

Brown, P. M., Mak, A. S., & Neill, J. T. (2016). Internationalisation at home: Intercultural learning for social psychology students. Psychology Teaching Review, 22(2), 30–40. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1146559

Busby Grant, J., Neill, J., Crisp, D., Mawer, T., & Lawlis, T. (2023). Work-integrated learning internships in psychology. Society for the Teaching of Psychology - Peer-reviewed Resource Collection, 1–29. https://teachpsych.org/page-1603066#Capstones

Grealish, L., Lucas, N., Neill, J., McQuellin, C., Bacon, R., & Trede, F. (2013). Promoting student learning and increasing organizational capacity to host students in residential aged care: A mixed method research study. Nurse Education Today, 33(7), 714–719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2012.11.017

Knott, V. E., Mak, A. S., & Neill, J. T. (2013). Teaching intercultural competencies in introductory psychology via application of the Excellence in Cultural Experiential Learning and Leadership model. Australian Journal of Psychology, 65(1), 46–53. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajpy.12008

Martin, A., Leberman, S., & Neill, J. (2002). Dramaturgy as a method for experiential program design. Journal of Experiential Education, 25(1), 196–206. https://doi.org/10.1177/1053825902025001

Neill, J. T. (2024). Collaborative authoring using wiki: An open education case study. International Journal of Students as Partners, 8(1), 224–232. https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v8i1.5417