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Doctor of Philosophy (Management), University of Technology Sydney (UTS), 2009

Thesis: Social skills and functional role behaviours in work teams and student-project groups

Bachelor of Social Science (Hons) (Psychology Major), University of New South Wales (UNSW), 1995

Thesis: The role and nature of ideals in the leadership process: A preliminary study

2019-2025, Living in Germany, completed self-funded project (see groupsandgrowth.com).

2012-2019, Lecturer in Active and Collaborative Learning, UTS.

2012-2014, Casual Academic, UTS Business School.

2010-2011, Senior Project Officer, Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC).

2009-2010, Project Officer, University of Western Sydney (UWS).

2001-2007, Project Officer, UTS.

Wrote and published book collection (see groupsandgrowth.com).

Designed and ran over 50 workshops and training sessions for over 1900 academics with outstanding results and impact.

Designed and ran over 50 interactive learning sessions for over 5000 students.

Engaged over 300 academic staff and senior management through invited presentations (e.g., Teaching and Learning Committees, faculty retreats).

Inspired over 100 academics to use IFAT ‘scratch cards’, many of whom have now imbedded the technique into their practice (resulting in enhanced learning experiences to thousands of students).

Supported and professionally developed over 100 academics with many going on to win awards and/or disseminate their work.

Supported over 100 academics with their use of SPARKPlus, many of whom have adopted my innovative SPARK designs.

Co-authored book chapter and journal articles.

Sole author of many full refereed conference papers, one of which was cited in the Higher Education section of the Australian newspaper.

Co-recipient of seven teaching and learning grants.

Co-organiser of the UTS Learning and Teaching Forum (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017. 2018, 2019).

Co-recipient of 2018 UTS Learning and Teaching Citation for Supporting students' collaborative learning journeys using visualisation reflective practices to map and make sense of group work experiences.

Recipient of 2014 UTS Learning and Teaching Citation for Fostering Inclusive and Supporting Learning Environments in First Year Business Classrooms.

UTS Business School Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Program Award winner (Top 5 Tutor - 2013, 2014).

Wrote the highly successful Enhancing Experiences of Group Work: A Resource Kit for Managing and Motivating Student Groups.

Writing

Researching

Presenting

Facilitating

Problem Solving

Planning

Organising

Collaborating

Designing Learning Experiences

Collecting and Analysing Data

Deep-Diving on Difficult Topics

Translating Complex Concepts

2018 UTS Learning and Teaching Citation for Supporting students' collaborative learning journeys using visualisation reflective practices to map and make sense of group work experiences (with Dr Sean Walsh)

2014 UTS Learning and Teaching Citation for Fostering inclusive and supporting learning environments in first year business classrooms

UTS Business School Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Program Award
winner (Top 5 Tutor - 2014)

UTS Business School Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Program Award
winner (Top 5 Tutor - 2013)

Commended paper in the journal Education + Training 

Research mentioned on front page of The Australian High-er Education Section, demonstrating impact

Blog posts

Morgan, A. (2019, November 26). ‘A good ice-breaker’: Benefits of the IF-AT card with Eve Spence [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://lx.uts.edu.au/blog/2019/11/26/a-good-ice-breaker-benefits-of-the-if-at-card-with-eve-spence/

Morgan, A. (2019, November 11). ‘They love them’: The benefits of the IF-AT card with Kristin van Barneveld [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://lx.uts.edu.au/blog/2019/11/11/they-love-them-the-benefits-of-the-if-at-card-with-kristin-van-barneveld/

Morgan, A. (2019, October 22). ‘All in one’: Benefits of the IF-AT card with Yen Phan [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://lx.uts.edu.au/blog/2019/10/22/all-in-one-benefits-of-the-if-at-card-with-yen-phan/

Morgan, A. (2019, October 16). ‘Very motivating for students’: Benefits of the IF-AT card with Jacqueline Berry [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://lx.uts.edu.au/blog/2019/10/16/very-motivating-for-students-benefits-of-the-if-at-card-with-jacqueline-berry/

Morgan, A. (2019, September 1). Facilitating group maintenance [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://lx.uts.edu.au/blog/2019/09/01/facilitating-group-maintenance/

Morgan, A. (2019, July 30). Connecting with your students [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://lx.uts.edu.au/blog/2019/07/30/connecting-with-your-students/

Morgan, A. (2019, July 22). A quick and effective way to help student groups establish norms [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://lx.uts.edu.au/blog/2019/07/22/quick-effective-way-help-student-groups-establish-norms/

Morgan, A. (2019, July 1). Getting to know your students [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://lx.uts.edu.au/blog/2019/07/01/getting-know-students/

Duncan, K., Morgan, A., & Schulte, J. (2019, June 24). Group-scaping: cultivating good team dynamics for group assignments [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://lx.uts.edu.au/blog/2019/06/24/group-scaping-cultivating-good-team-dynamics-group-assignments/

Morgan, A. (2019, June 20). The power of the IF-AT ‘scratch card’ [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://lx.uts.edu.au/blog/2019/06/20/power-scratch-card/

Morgan, A. (2019, March 12). A simple way to start building a supportive learning environment [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://lx.uts.edu.au/blog/2019/03/12/simple-way-start-building-supportive-learning-environment/
 

UTS Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Grant (2018). Mind the Gap – a flipped-learning benchmarking activity for first year bachelor of management students to close the gap between marker expectations and student understanding. $1,872 (with Meg Hibbins and Kerry Hunter).

UTS Disability Project Fund Grant (2017). Improving the learning experience in active and collaborative classes for students with access requirements. $3,200 (with Katrina Waite).

UTS Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Grant (2016). Learning core group dynamic theory through annotated visualisation. $8000 (with Sean Walsh).

UTS Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Grant (2016). Walking in consumers shoes. $5000 (with Sue Dean, Christopher Zaslawski & Sean Walsh).

UTS Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Grant (2015). Preparing science students for a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) World. $8000 (with Bronwyn O’Brien).

UTS First Year Experience Project Grant (2015). Developing and aligning first year design students’ reflective experiences in SPARKPLUS for enhanced collaborative skills development. $3484 (with Alexander Crosby).

UTS Learning2014 Small Teaching and Learning Grant. Developing a MCQ gathering tool in SPARKPLUS. $2000 (with Mary Garvey).

Crosby. A. L., & Morgan, A. C. (2017). Levering Critical Collaboration: The First Year Interdisciplinary Experience. In R. Tucker (Ed.), Collaboration and Student Engagement in Design Education (pp. 169-187). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-0726-0.ch008

Dean, S., Walsh, S., Williams, C., Zaslawski, Morgan, A, Levett-Jones, T. (2018). The mystery shopper learning experience in undergraduate health education: A case study. Nurse Education Today, 70, 69-76.

Teo, S. T. T., Segal, N., Morgan, A. C., Kandlbinder, P., Wang. K. Y., & Hingorani, A. (2012). Generic skills development and satisfaction with groupwork among business students: Effect of country of permanent residency. Education + Training, 54(6), 472-487. [Note: Article received commended paper award by Journal].

Morgan, A. C. (2016). Institutional collaboration through national project funding. In M. Davis & A. Goody (Eds.), Research and Development in Higher Education: The Shape of Higher Education, 39 (pp 223-234). Fremantle, Australia, 4 – 7 July 2016. [Note: Article mentioned in The Australian newspaper].

Morgan, A. C. (2017). A further examination of functional role behavior: Replicating and extending Mudrack and Farrell (1994, 1995). Paper presented at the 2017 INGroup Conference, St Louis, MA.

Morgan, A. C. (2017). The External Validity of Team-Related Laboratory Studies: It’s Closer to Truth than Triviality, but…. Paper presented at the 2017 INGroup Conference, St Louis, MA.

Morgan, A. C. (2013). That Laboratory-Derived Findings Generalize to Work Teams: A Search for the Supporting Evidence. Paper presented at the 2013 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Teo, S. T. T., Morgan, A. C., Kandlbinder, P., Wang. K. Y., & Hingorani, A. (2009). Predictors of the groupwork experience: generic skill development, peer appraisals, and country of residence. Paper presented at the 2009 ATN Assessment Conference, Melbourne.

Teo, S. T. T., & Morgan, A. C. (2006). The importance of verbal communication and project management skills, relational conflict, and group processes in enhancing student learning in group work assessment. Paper presented at the 5th Evaluations and Assessment Conference, Perth.

Morgan, A. C., & Pitsis, T. S. (1999). Towards a better understanding of the change journey: A pilot study investigating managers’ change implementation scripts. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Morgan, A. C., Eagleson, G., & Waldersee, R. (1998). Social skills as predictors of task and socio-emotional leadership. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Morgan, A. C. (2017). Exploring CEQuery Sub-Domain Centrality and Relations with Social Network Analysis (SNA): Toward a Deeper Understanding of Graduates’ Curriculum Experiences. Poster presented at 2017 HERDSA Conference Sydney.

Jarvis, W., Todarello, E., Hopely, E., Heizmann, H., & Morgan, A. C (2014). Cultivating “Moral Judgement” as a Graduate Attribute via Digital Story Telling (DST). What next? Can we learn from Gadamer? Workshop at the 28th ANZAM 2014 Conference, Sydney.

Morgan, A. C., Waldersee, R., & Hoffman, J. (1998). The implementation of world class manufacturing: The case of Aristocrat Leisure Industries. Australian Centre in Strategic Management Working Paper Series. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology.

ALTC (2011). Learning and Teaching Academic Standards (LTAS) Project: Final Report. Australian Learning and Teaching Council. Sydney. (Co-authored by A. C. Morgan).

Morgan, A. C. (2009). Analysis of Student Feedback on Unit (SFU) Survey Data: MBA Units 2007-2009 (Session 1). Report produced for Associate Dean, Academic, College of Business and Law, University of Western Sydney.