Philip Uys

Dr Philip Uys, PhD

Senior International Education Consultant

Digital Innovation Specialist

Adjunct Associate Professor Education

Positions held

Senior International Education Consultant - since 2000
Adjunct Associate Professor, Education, University of Adelaide, Australia (January 2021 - )
Higher Education Digital Innovation Specialist, Linius Technologies Ltd, headquartered in Australia (December 2021 - September 2022) (part-time)
Lead Digital Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia (March 2021 – December 2021)
Adjunct Associate Professor, Education Systems, Charles Sturt University, Australia (December 2019 - December 2020)
Associate Professor (September 2011 - December 2019) and Director, Learning Technologies, Division of Learning and Teaching and concurrently Director, Leanring Resources (from March - November 2019) at Charles Sturt University, Australia since January 2009 where he has University-wide responsibility for strategic innovation in university learning and teaching through technology, the development of learning and teaching computer systems and evaluating new educational technologies - such as mLearning (mobile learning) - in terms of their impact on learning and teaching
Senior education expert for GIZ in 2022: Moderate virtual study tours about Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET), Ghana in Australia, Mauritius and Scotland
International TVET Expert for Al-Arrab National in 2022: Assist with overall benchmarking activities and engage in benchmarking of TVET systems and practices in five countries.
Senior elearning and blended learning TVET expert for GIZ in 2022: Develop pedagogical and training skills, quality assurance and validation of eContent, knowledge of eLearning and blended training system evolution and future scenarios for TVSDC management, TADREEBAK Team and TVET stakeholders in the project in Jordan to "Support to the Implementation of the TVSDC Action Plan with Focus on Blended Learning and eLearning and Teaching Service".
Senior education expert for the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in 2022: At Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), Bangladesh
1. Online/remote facilitation of digital learning benchmarking against international standards including a self-review, validation, and development of a three-year action plan.
2. Facilitate a three-week online course on “Facilitating online and blended courses”.
3. Facilitate a five-week online course on “Design, Develop and Deliver blended courses in Moodle”.
Senior education expert for the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in 2021 - 2022: Online/remote facilitation of digital learning benchmarking against international standards of six Malaysian universities through the Ministry of Education including a self-review, validation, and development of a three-year action plan.
Senior education expert for the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in 2021: Online/remote facilitation of three-week course introducing blended learning and Moodle at MIER College of Education, Autonomous, India
Senior education expert for the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in 2021: Online/remote facilitation of five-week course on developing blended learning in Moodle at Kibabii University (KIBU), Kenya.
Senior education expert for the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in 2021: Online/remote facilitation of five-week course on developing blended learning in Moodle at Kaimosi Friends University College (Kafuco).
Senior education expert for the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in 2020: Online/remote facilitation of benchmarking of Technology-Enabled Learning at Universiti Malaysia Sabah including a self-review, validation, and development of a three-year action plan.
Senior education expert for the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in 2020: Developed a fully online course in Moodle to be used internationally “Design, Develop and Deliver blended courses in Moodle”
Senior education expert for the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in 2020: Ran a 3-day workshop on “Teaching online in blended Moodle courses”
Senior education expert 2020: Contextualised and translated (into Afrikaans) the course “Design, Develop and Deliver blended courses in Moodle” for training teaching staff at Akademia (a private higher education institution).
Senior education expert for USAID in 2019: Established online learning at the University of Liberia through the University of Liberia Online Learning Program (ULOLP) by setting up the governance, staffing capability and technical LMS infrastructure in the Cloud. Ran a workshop on “Moodle Systems Administration” and a 3-day workshop on “Design and Develop a Blended Course in Moodle”.
October 2019: The international member of the Review Team of distance education at Otago University, New Zealand
Senior education expert 2019: Assist Botswana Open University to review and revise the Online Learning, Assessment and Student Support Strategy and develop an Implementation Plan.
Expert 2019: Investigatied "What works to improve learning outcomes in primary education in East-Asia" for East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (UNICEF) in the areas "Learner and teacher focused ICT education platforms", “Inclusive education for children with disabilities”, "21st century skills in the primary school years" and “High quality teaching and learning materials”, by conducting a meta-analysis of research on these intervention areas in order to establish an evidence base for UNICEF, partner and government programmes in the region (of 25 countries) and to inform future plans, programmes and policies.
Senior education expert for the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in 2019: assisted the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) through a workshop and after working with staff on their blueprints/learning designs, to develop online and open courses in Moodle.
Senior education expert 2018: Technical assistance to the Botswana Open University to develop a Learning Analytics Policy, as well as developing a number of online courses based on open learning principles.
In 2018: Senior education expert for the Commonwealth of Learning (COL): review and re-design a national policy and a strategy for the TVET sector in Nigeria on Open, Distance, Flexible and eLearning (ODL); a national Procedures ODL Manual for the TVET polytechnics; and a new generic Institutional TVET Policy template for ODL; and to facilitate a stakeholders meeting in Kaduna, Nigeria to obtain feedback on the above and to finalise the next drafts.
Senior education expert for the EU: Technical assistance to capacitate Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) staff, Pretoria in Open Learning for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Community Education and Training (CET), including to build the knowledge and understanding of Department staff in the extent and range of Open Learning approaches, Open Educational Resources, and the use of multi-media and materials development processes (Electronic, Online, Open Learning). Ten visits to South Africa in 2018/2019.
In 2017: Senior education expert for the Commonwealth of Learning (COL): assist the Tonga Institute of Higher Education and the Tonga Institute of Education to design and develop blended, online TVET courses using Moodle. Facilitated a three day Workshop on Developing Blended Courses using Moodle at the National University of Samoa (NUS), Apia, Samoa.
Member of the faculty of the intensive four day 2019 and 2017 Australasian Council for Open, Distance and eLearning (ACODE) Learning Technologies Leadership Institute (LTLI), mentoring groups of 6 participants (40 participants) - see 2019 and 2017 ACODE LTLI
Aug 2016 - March 2017: Senior education expert for the EU: Exploring options for a new EU-ACP Research and Innovation programme that will both meet the needs and demands of ACP countries in the context Agenda 2030, particularly SDG 9 and its targets, and bring an added value at collective intra-ACP level. Lead consultant to provide the European Commission and the ACP Secretariat with recommendations on possible options for interlinked and complementary actions for the contribution to the improvement of ACP countries' development policies, research and innovation and TVET capacities under the 11th EDF Intra-ACP programme.
Oct - Nov 2016: Expert for the EU: Technical assistance to consolidate the scope for the National School of Government (NSG) Enterprise Architecture. Perform organisational development and business process design and development to further develop the ICT capability of the NSG in delivering training and development programmes efficiently and effectively.
During May and June 2016: Expert for the EU: Work with a consultancy agency to comment on the European Commission document "Towards an improved delivery of development aid for digitisation" in the form of an Advisory Dossier. Advice is provided on the use of ICT and the impact of digitisation in development in both education and culture.
During November 2014 to March 2016: Senior education expert for the Commonwealth of Learning (COL): consultancy at a university in Bangladesh in collaboration with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), using an approach adopted by COL to improve quality assurance systems in Higher Education and post-secondary institutions. The consultancy includes conducting an online survey and analysing the results; on-site training of the university's team on the quality assurance methodology that includes a self-review exercise and internal verification; on-site external verification of the QA process; as well as the development of a QA Policy for the University.
Following the above, developed a fully online course (in Moodle) for the Commonwealth of Learning on their QA model for tertiary education called Commonwealth of Learning Review and Implementation (COL RIM).
2017- 2018. Lead Contact for Oceania for the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) Focal Point on Quality in Higher Education, and member of the ICDE Working Group for Quality. The Working Group is contributing and delivering into both the ICDE’s own strategic work, and the UNESCO International Conference on Quality Assurance "Achieving Sustainable Development through a diverse provision of Higher Education", to be held at UNESCO Head Quarter in Paris, June 2018.
Mentored, through the Endeavour Executive Fellowship funded by Australian Government, Dr. Md. Shafiqul Alam, Director (Planning & Development) and Joint Director (Training and Research) of Bangladesh Open University from March- June 2016. The focus of the Fellowship was professional and leadership development of the Fellow on learning and teaching technologies.
Consultant in June 2012 to Fuji Xerox to reimagine their services in increasingly mobile, digital and paperless learning and teaching environments.
Vice-President of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ascilite) (2012)
Interim co-editor of the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET) (2012)
Judge for the 2013 and 2012 international GSMA Global Mobile Awards: Category 5b - Best Mobile Innovation for Education or Learning
Manager, Systems Development, Division of Learning and Teaching Services, LTS at Charles Sturt University, Australia (January to June 2009)
Manager, Education Design & Educational Technology, Centre for Enhancing Learning and Teaching (CELT) at Charles Sturt University, Australia (February 2005 to December 2008)
At CSU: Member of the Information and Learning Systems Committee (2009 - ). Chair of the Learning Material Design Sub-Committee at Charles Sturt University (2005 - ); Member of the Information and Learning Systems Committee Operations Sub-Committee (2005 - ); CELT representative and Business Expert learning and teaching on the Online Learning Environment (OLE) Programme Team (2006 - )
Team leader for the British Council in doing a 5 month, European Union funded, feasibility study as a first step towards creating a national strategy and structure for eLearning in Botswana during National Development Plan 9, which is 2003 to 2008 (July 2003 to February 2004)
Deputy Director, Centre for Academic Development (Educational Technology) at the University of Botswana (February 2001 – January 2005) where he ensured the wide, effective and appropriate use of educational technologies at the university, and in particular eLearning
Consultant and Project Manager: Open & Flexible (e)Learning at the Cape Technikon (now integrated in the Cape Peninsula University of Technology), Cape Town, South Africa (2000)
Founding Chair of SANTEC (The Society and Network for Technology in Education through Collaboration) (June 2003 - May 2008)
Director: hydi Educational New Media Centre of Massey University at Wellington, New Zealand (September 1995 to January 2001)
Senior Lecturer: Educational New Media and Adult Education, Massey University, New Zealand (January 1998 - January 2001)
Senior Lecturer: Computer Studies, Massey University, New Zealand (April 1994 – December 1997)
Director of an organisational and educational change management, elearning consulting and website development company Globe-Online operating in New Zealand as Globe New Zealand
Member of the National e-Learning Steering Committee of Botswana (2003 - 2005)
Member of the Editorial Review Board of The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL). Athabasca, Canada. Online available: http://www.irrodl.org (2004 - current)
Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Learning Technology (IJLT) (ISSN (Online): 1741-8119 - ISSN (Paper): 1477-8386) from InterScience Publishers. IJLT is an international, refereed, scholarly journal providing an interdisciplinary forum for the presentation and discussion of important ideas, concepts, and exemplars that can influence the role of learning technologies in learning and instruction (2004 - current)
Member and Vice-President of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ascilite) (2005; 2008 - current)
Member of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) (2004 - 2005)
Member of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA) (2005, 2006 )
Member of the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) Technical Committee on Education for the term 2003-2006
Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the international conference Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2008) held in Crete, Greece from 29th September - 1st October 2008 and organised by IASTED (International Association of Science and Technology Development)
Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the 8th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET2007) that was held in Kumamoto, Japan from 10 -13 July 2007.
Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the international conference Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2007) held in Beijing, China from 8 - 10 October 2007 and organised by IASTED (International Association of Science and Technology Development)
Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the international conference Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2006) held in Lima, Peru from 4 - 6 October 2006 and organised by IASTED (International Association of Science and Technology Development)
Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the International Conference on Education and Technology (ICET 2006) held in Calgary, Canada from 17 -19 July 2006 and organised by IASTED (International Association of Science and Technology Development)
Member of the Program Committee of the 2005 Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia Inc.(ODLAA) Conference, which took place in Adelaide, Australia in November, 2005
Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the international conference Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2005) held in Oranjestad, Aruba from August 29-31, 2005 and organised by IASTED (International Association of Science and Technology Development)
Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the IEEE International Workshop on Technology for Education in Developing Countries (TEDC 2005), which took place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on July 6, 2005
Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the international conference Education and Technology (ICET 2005), which took place in Calgary, Canada from July 4-6, 2005 and organised by IASTED (International Association of Science and Technology Development)
Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the international conference Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2004) held in Kauai, Hawaii from August 16- August 18, 2004 and organised by IASTED (International Association of Science and Technology Development)
Member of the Advisory Committee of the e/merge 2004 - Blended Collaborative Learning in Southern Africa Conference. This is the first virtual conference on educational technology in the SADC region. e/merge 2004 took place online from 28 June to 10 July 2004 and will include associated face to face events in a number of cities
Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the international conference "Computer Graphics and Imaging (CGIM-2001)" which was held in Hawaii, USA from August 13-16, 2001 and organised by IASTED
Member of the Program Committee (IPC) of the "International Workshop on Advanced Learning Technologies (IWALT 2000)" held from 4-6 December 2000 in Palmerston North, New Zealand and sponsored by the IEEE Learning Technology Task Force and IEEE Computer Society
Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the international conference "Computer Graphics and Imaging (CGIM-2000)" held from November 20-23, 2000 in Las Vegas, USA and organised by IASTED
Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the international conference "CATE 2000: Computers and Advanced Technology in Education" held in May 2000 in Mexico and organised by IASTED
Conference Chair of the International Program Committee (IPC)of the international conference "CATE'99: Computers and Advanced Technology in Education" held in May 1999 in Pennsylvania,US and organised by IASTED
Was invited by Dr David Woodhouse of the New Zealand Universities Academic Analysis Unit to be part of the six person "1999 Working Group on Quality Assurance for the Virtual University"
Member in 1998 and 1999 of the "Computer Teaching Advisory Group" of Massey University at Wellington
Chair in 1996 of the Board of Jireh Christian School, Wellington, New Zealand
Member in 1996 of the "Computer Advisory Committee" of Massey University at Wellington
Member in 1995 and 1996 of the Research Committee of the School for Business and Information Systems, Massey University at Wellington
In 1993 and 1994 on the "Advisory Committee on Computing" to the senior management of the Port Elizabeth Technikon
Chair in 1992 and 1993 of the "ITS User Group" which then consisted of 21 Southern African Universities and Polytechnics
Chair of the "Non-lecturing Staff Association" of the Port Elizabeth Technikon in 1993

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Dr Philip Uys, PhD Senior International Education Consultant Digital Innovation Specialist Adjunct Associate Professor Education

Positions held

Dr Philip Uys, PhD

Senior International Education Consultant

Digital Innovation Specialist

Adjunct Associate Professor Education