Lyn+Hay

= Lyn Hay ﻿  = Education and information studies have been the focus of my academic and professional life, both as a student and teacher, for the past 18 years. My initial teacher librarianship qualification, BADipEd (Secondary), was completed at Macquarie University/Kuring-gai CAE, Sydney in 1985. In 1986 I entered the teaching profession as a teacher librarian with the NSW Department of School Education, enjoying the challenges of working in central and high schools in country NSW. In 1994 I joined the School of Information Studies team at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga as a lecturer in teacher librarianship and also began further study. In 1996 I graduated with a MAppSci(Teacher Librarianship) at Charles Sturt University. As an educator and information professional, I continue to be challenged by the opportunities afforded by the digital information environment. My approach to curriculum design and teaching is principally inquiry and resource-based within a constructivist domain. I prefer to employ authentic assessment principles as the vehicle to encourage students to become reflective practitioners - relating professional theory to daily workplace practice. While teaching at CSU I have experimented with a variety of methods of flexible online delivery in presenting subject content as well as supporting student learning. This includes formalising the integration of communication and information technologies into curriculum areas, including web-based curriculum delivery and assessment, and the development of student cohorts as learning communities via asynchronous discussion lists, and in the design and management of synchronous virtual classroom environments. In 2000 I began exploring the potential application of a range of groupware tools in enhancing collaborative work within educational and corporate learning communities. [|This link will allow you to view Lyn's professional page at CSU]