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Professor Henk Huijser
Academic Division,
Education Portfolio,
Student Success and Teaching Advancement
Biography
Henk is a Professor and has been a Strategic Lead, Educator Development and Recognition in QUT Academic of Learning and Teaching since October 2023. Before that he was a Curriculum and Learning Designer in the Learning and Teaching Unit since September 2017. He has wide ranging experience in curriculum design and academic development in different higher education contexts, including in Australia (USQ and Batchelor Institute), the Middle East (Bahrain Polytechnic) and China (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University). He has a PhD in Screen and Media Studies from the University of Waikato.Personal details
Positions
- Strategic Lead, Educator Development and Recognition
Academic Division,
Education Portfolio,
Student Success and Teaching Advancement
Keywords
Higher Education, Problem-based Learning, Learning Analytics, Blended learning, Indigenous education, Peer learning, Learning ecologies, Technology-enhanced learning, Microcredentials, Communities of practice
Research field
Curriculum and pedagogy, Specialist studies in education, Other Education
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD in Screen and Media Studies (University of Waikato)
Professional memberships and associations
- Co-Editor - Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
- Associate Editor - International Journal for Academic Development
- International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL)
- Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
- Member College of Reviewers - Higher Education Research & Development
- Associate Editor - Journal of Peer Learning
- Adjunct Researcher - Batchelor Institute
Teaching
Henk coordinates QUT's learning and teaching-related professional development (see Developing skills in learning and teaching - Staff - QUT Portal).
Publications
- Kek, M. & Huijser, H. (2011). The power of problem-based learning in developing critical thinking skills: preparing students for tomorrow's digital futures in today's classrooms. Higher Education Research and Development, 30(3), 329–341. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/125306
- Kek, M. & Huijser, H. (2017). Problem-based learning into the future: Imagining an agile PBL ecology for learning. Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/125291
- Huijser, H., Ober, R., O'Sullivan, S., McRae-Williams, E. & Elvin, R. (2015). Finding common ground : narratives, provocations and reflections from the 40 year celebration of Batchelor Institute. Batchelor Press. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/215255
- West, D., Huijser, H., Heath, D., Lizzio, A., Toohey, D., Miles, C., Searle, B. & Bronnimann, J. (2016). Higher education teachers' experiences with learning analytics in relation to student retention. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 32(5), 48–60. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/125312
- Huijser, H. & Fitzgerald, R. (2020). Managing expectations and developing trust: An evaluation of a public-private partnership. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 36(5), 58–70. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207173
- Kek, M., Padro, F. & Huijser, H. (2022). Towards an Interconnected University Ecology for a Hypercomplex World. In H. Huijser, M. Kek & F. Padro (Eds.), Student Support Services (pp. 1–13). Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/227676
- Martyn, J., Terwijn, R., Kek, M. & Huijser, H. (2014). Exploring the relationships between teaching, approaches to learning and critical thinking in a problem-based learning foundation nursing course. Nurse Education Today, 34(5), 829–835. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/220688
- Harmes, M., Huijser, H. & Danaher, P. (2015). Myths in education, learning and teaching: Policies, practices and principles. Palgrave Macmillan. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/215242
- Kek, M. & Huijser, H. (2011). Exploring the combined relationships of student and teacher factors on learning approaches and self-directed learning readiness at a Malaysian university. Studies in Higher Education, 36(2), 185–208. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/125307
- Beccaria, L., Kek, M., Huijser, H., Rose, J. & Kimmins, L. (2014). The interrelationships between student approaches to learning and group work. Nurse Education Today, 34(7), 1094–1103. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/220701
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Henk, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/h.huijser
Awards
- Type
- Keynote or Plenary Speaker
- Reference year
- 2025
- Details
- Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. Invited keynote speaker and committee member for the '2025 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education' (14-16 May) in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. The keynote address is entitled 'The central Gen AI dilemma: How do we guarantee that learning takes place?'
- Type
- Funding Award/Project
- Reference year
- 2024
- Details
- Hong Kong Research Grants Council. Collaborator on a successful Hong Kong Research Council (Hong Kong equivalent of ARC) Grant application for a project called 'Examining and redesigning assessment tasks challenged by
generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to uphold academic integrity and support learning'. The awarded funding is HK$591,790 (AU$122,125)
- Type
- University Prize including VC Award
- Reference year
- 2024
- Details
- Pathways to Teaching Excellence Team
- Type
- Editorial Role
- Reference year
- 2023
- Details
- Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET). In November 2023, I was appointed on a competitive basis to Co-Lead Editor of the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET), which is a Q1 journal and the highest ranked education journal in Australia
- Type
- Editorial Role
- Reference year
- 2023
- Details
- Springer. In 2023, I Co-Edited (with Professor Michael Sankey & Associate Professor Rachel Fitzgerald) a volume entitled "Technology-Enhanced Learning and the Virtual University", which was published in that same year.
- Type
- Funding Award/Project
- Reference year
- 2023
- Details
- Academy of Future Education (XJTLU) (Suzhou, Jiangsu, CN). Co-Recipient of an Internal Academy of Future Education (XJTLU) (Suzhou, Jiangsu, CN) grant for a project called Digital Game-Based Innovative Teaching for Student-Centred Active Learning. The grant is for the period 2023-2026 for the amount of CNY 100,000 (AU$22,000)
- Type
- Consultant/Advisor to Industry
- Reference year
- 2022
- Details
- ASCILITE. Appointed as Mentor in ASCILITE's Community Mentoring Program.
- Type
- Editorial Role
- Reference year
- 2022
- Details
- Springer Nature, Singapore. Lead editor (with Megan Kek & Fernando Padro) of a volume called "Student Support Services", which includes 48 chapters, and more than 900 pages. It includes a high number of chapters by leaders in the field (and the higher education sector more broadly). It also includes many contributions from QUT researchers.
- Type
- University Prize including VC Award
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- In response to the COVID pandemic, the 21 Learning Designers across the six Faculties and QUT College, provided outstanding service to staff and students. They delivered learning design solutions using a range of technologies to ensure that QUT’s high quality of teaching and learning was maintained. Aspects of this service included: designing and delivering online Professional Development, supporting academic staff with the use of new and existing technologies, providing Blackboard design assistance for the embedding of videos and other asynchronous artefacts, and supporting high volumes of online assessment design, set up and submission. Through their collaborative problem solving, swift responses to requests from staff and clear communication, staff and students were fully supported in the transition to online teaching and learning. The Associate Deans of Learning and Teaching would not have been able to lead this transformation without the Learning Designers’ commitment, hard work a ...
- Type
- Funding Award/Project
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT)| West, D., Huijser, H., Bronnimann, J., Miles, C., Toohey, D. & Lizzio, A. (2014-2015). Learning Analytics: Assisting Universities with Student Retention - Funded by the Office for Learning & Teaching (AU$ 319,200)
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Bhutanese teachers perceptions of the use of pedagogic strategies and educational technologies in teaching narrative writing
EdD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Lesley Friend - Capacity development of higher degree research supervisors globally and particularly in developing country contexts
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Hitendra Pillay - Conceptualising the Enhancement of Professional Skills and Competencies in Information Technology Students in Higher Education
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Sam Cunningham, Dr Nona Press - Solving educational problems of practice in blended environments using learning analytics dashboards
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Kate Thompson, Dr Steven Kickbusch
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.