Presentation Summary
Meet the Speaker
Professor Kate Ames
President, ACODE
President of the Australasian Council of Open and Digital Education, Professor Kate Ames, is the Pro Vice Chancellor, Engagement and Access at Torrens University Australia. She has an academic background as a cultural sociologist, with interest in community connection, public interaction and storytelling. Kate has been nationally recognised for her approaches to teaching via distance education including receipt of an Australian Award for University Teaching (AAUT) National Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (2015) and Award for Australian Teaching Excellence (Humanities) (2019). She is a passionate advocate for equity and access in education. Kate has also been a part-time military officer (Australian Army) since 2001 and currently holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in a public affairs training role. She is the author of a number of books including Time Management for Academic Impact (2019) which provides strategies for managing the complexities of teaching in online and on-campus settings, and Will to Live (2014) which is a memoir about her brother Matthew, who is a quadruple amputee.
