Staff Profiles

Kim is a theatre practitioner turned drama teacher turned "edupunk" and advocate for technology-mediated education and arts. He’s been co-chair of the IDEA (International Drama/Theatre and Education Association) SIG for Drama and New Media since 2001. Kim continues to investigate the nexus between drama, education and virtual worlds. He’s taught in K-12 and tertiary contexts, teaching Contemporary Performance, Interdisciplinary Practice, Primary and Secondary Drama and Cultural History and Theory at ECU and Drama as Social Action, Drama for Community Cultural Development, Process Drama and Studies in Directing for Queensland University of Technology.

Kim has developed an online module in research education for the Australian Technologies Network of Universities and has also worked with the innovative IT team at Presbyterian Ladies College and recently accepted an offer to work in Instructional Design for Curtin University’s Centre for eLearning. Kim wants to keep growing his understanding and engagement with internet culture and continue to share his work with students and colleagues. His research interests tend to revolve around the nexus between Drama, Education and Technology. Master of Education thesis "Drama and Technology: teacher attitudes and perceptions". Current PhD research "Developing digital games-based process drama as performance" - working in 3D virtual worlds to explore the processes of facilitating and designing role played scenarios for learning.

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Curtin 2010 12429 - ED 448 Movement and Drama K-7 (School of Education)

Previous teaching in other univeristies:

• Primary Drama
• Secondary Drama
• Advanced Techniques in Performance: Process, Drama and Information Technology
• Primary Classroom Management
• Studies in Directing
• Process Drama
• Drama for Community Cultural Development
• Interdisiciplinary Practice
• Cultural History and Theory

Unit Coordinator - ED448 Movement and Drama (School of Education)

• Committee member - ECAWA - Educational Computing Association of Western Australia
• Review Panel - AJET - The Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
• International Educator Advisory Board, Global Education Conference (2010)
• Review Panel, NMC/HP EdTech Innovators Award (2010)

Publications

Flintoff, K. (2010) Connections between Drama Education and the Digital Education Revolution. Presneted at the DramaWest State Conference August 14, 2010. Mt Lawely, Western Australia.

Watts, R., Irving, L., Flintoff, K. and Ying, J.L.W. (2010)   Virtual wound clinic: Using a virtual world for interprofessional healthcare education in TL Forum (2010). Educating for sustainability. Proceedings of the 19th Annual Teaching Learning Forum, 28-29 January 2010. Perth: Edith Cowan University. http://otl.curtin.edu.au/tlf/tlf2010/contents-all.html

Herrington, A. Schrape, J. and Flintoff, K. (2010) Promoting blended learning through eTeaching and Learning scholars in EDMEDIA Conference  Toronto 2010 (full citation details forthcoming)

Flintoff, K. (2010) Technology and the Drama Classroom (Part 2) in Education Technology Solutions Issue 35 Apr/May 2010 ISSN: 1835-209X

Flintoff, K. (2010) Technology and the Drama Classroom (Part 1) in Education Technology Solutions Issue 34 Feb/Mar 2010 ISSN: 1835-209X

Flintoff,  K.  (2009)  Chapter  13  -­‐  Second  Life/Simulation:  Online  Sites  for  Generative  Play  in  Anderson,  M.,  Carroll,  J.,  and  Cameron,  D.  (eds)  Teaching  drama  with  digital  technologies:  applying  theatre,  drama  and  technology  to  learning.  Continuum  Books.    

 Flintoff,  K.  and  Thestrup,  K.  (2007)  The  Present  Challenge  in  the  Journal  of  Danish  Drama  Pedagogues  (full citation details forthcoming)  

Flintoff,  K.  (2007)  Online  Sites  for  Generative  Play.  Paper  presented  at  the  International  Conference  on  ICT  in  Teaching  and  Learning:  Enhancing  Learning  through  Technology  -­‐-­‐  Emerging  technologies  and  pedagogies.  Hong  Kong.  http://cridal.ouhk.edu.hk/ict2007/proceedings/paper/v19c_pdf.asp  

Flintoff,  K.  (2007)  1337  |)r4/\/\4:  Drama  across  the  Digital  Divide.  Paper  presented  at  the  International  Conference  on  ICT  in  Teaching  and  Learning:  Enhancing  Learning  through  Technology  -­‐-­‐  Emerging  technologies  and  pedagogies.  Hong  Kong.  http://cridal.ouhk.edu.hk/ict2007/proceedings/paper/v20c_pdf.asp  

Flintoff,  K.  and  Sant,  T  (2007)  The  Internet  as  Dramatic  Medium  in  Interactive  and  Improvisational  Drama:  Varieties  of  Applied  Theatre  and  Performance.    Blatner,  Adam    (with  Daniel  J.  Wiener)  (ed)  (Supplemental  Chapter)  

Flintoff  ,  K.  (2006)  Drama  lesson  ideas  in  State  of  the  Arts  (Queensland)  

Flintoff,  K.  (2005)    Drama  and  Technology:  Teacher  attitudes  and  perceptions.  (Thesis)  Edith  Cowan  University,  Mount  Lawley,  Western  Australia.  

Flintoff,  K.(2004)  Interfacing:  Drama,  The  Arts  and  I.C.T.  in  LOGIN:  The  Journal  of  the  Educational  Computing  Association  of  Western  Australian  (Inc)  Volume  18  No  1  -­‐  Term  1,  2004.      ISSN  0819-­‐9620  (reprinted  in  Education  Horizons  2004)  

Flintoff,  K.  (2003)  Stepping  into  the  Virtual  –  Is  Virtuality  a  Contemporary  Alternative  to  Drama?    in  Special  Interest  Fields  of  Drama,  Theatre  and  Education:  the  IDEA  Dialogues.  Edited  by  Hannu  Heikennen.    Jyvaskyla  University  Press,  Jyvaskyla,    Finland.  ISBN:    951-­‐39-­‐1436-­‐4  

Flintoff,  K.  (2002)  Drama  and  Technology:  the  pursuit  of  uncertain  benefits  in  Drama  Queensland  Says…  The  Journal  of  Drama  Queensland  Intentionally  Left  Blank    -­‐  December  2002    ISSN:  0727-­‐4432        

Flintoff,  K.  (2002)  Of  Bodies  in  Place;  or  In  Place  of  Bodies  in  Playing  Betwixt  and  Between  –  The  IDEA  Dialogues  2001  Edited  by  Bjørn  Rasmussen  and  Anna-­‐Lena  Østern.  IDEA  International  Drama  Theatre  and  Education  Association.  Bergen,  Norway  (2002)  ISBN:    82-­‐995928-­‐2-­‐8  

Fully written papers (Refereed Conference proceedings)

• Salomon, M, Thomas , A, Scutter, S, Campbell, J, Muldoon, N, Souter, K, Stokes--Thompson, F, Wood, D, Alderton, R, Ellis , D, Larson, I, Stupans, I, Bogdanovych, A, Gregory, S, Farley, H, Wadley, G, Hay, L, Zagami, J, Jacobson, M, Fluck, A, Flintoff, K, Masters, Y, Newstead, A, Orwin, L, McCormick, D, Aitken, A, Gregory , B, Meredith, G, Ellis, A, Abbas , A, Jegathesan, J, Wang, X, Jacka, L, Schutt, S, Hillier, M, Grenfell, J, Cram, A, Yusupova, A, Butler, D, Burnett, I, Hayes, G, Grant, S, Collins, F, Linegar, D, Simoff, S, Sinnappan, S, and Neville, K. 2011. How are Australian higher education institutions contributing to change through innovative teaching and learning in virtual worlds?. ascilite 2011 Changing Demands, Changing Directions, 04/12/2011. Hobart, Tasmania, Australia: University of Tasmania.
• Schrape, J, Flintoff, K, Molineux, M, Leaver, T, O'Hare, S, and Herrington, A. 2010. A scholarship program for academic staff to develop exemplary online learning tasks. ascilite 2010, 05/12/2010. Sydney: ascilite.