Rachel Fitzgerald | Deputy Associate Dean (Academic)
University of Queensland

  Associate Professor Rachel Fitzgerald is an academic leader and Deputy Associate Dean (Academic) for the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Queensland. Rachel is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Future of Work Fellow. Rachel specialises in Education Innovation and Technology Enhanced Learning in contemporary higher education. Her extensive expertise extends globally, and she has spearheaded transformative teaching and leanrng initatives across institutions in the UK, Ireland and Australia. She is currently involved in research on micro-credentials, workplace learning and the scholarship of teaching with AI. Rachel has published widely on digital education and her most recent book, Technology Enhanced Learning and the Virtual University (Springer) is challenging norms in higher education. As an associate professor in Management, Rachel has led postgraduate courses on Business Analytics, Leadership and Innovation before focusing on Academic Leadership roles in HE. Rachel serves as the Senior Editor (Digital Education) for the Journal of Unviersity Teaching and Learning Practice and is an Associate Editor for the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology.