Personal details

Name
Associate Professor Hilary Hughes
Position(s)
Research Assistant
Science and Engineering Faculty,
Civil Engineering and Built Environment,
Construction and Project Management
Research Project Leader
Faculty of Education,
School of Teacher Education and Leadership
Adjunct Associate Professor
Faculty of Education,
School of Teacher Education and Leadership
Discipline *
Curriculum and Pedagogy, Library and Information Studies
Phone
+61 7 3138 3336
Email
Location
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Identifiers and profiles
LinkedIn
Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology), Master of Arts in Librarianship (University of Sheffield), BA(CombHons) (University of Birmingham)

Professional memberships
and associations
  • Associate Member of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
  • Member of School Library Association of Queensland
Keywords

International student experience, Learning space design, Higher education pedagogy, Informed learning, Connected learning, Teacher-librarianship, School libraries, Cultural diversity, Information experience, Information literacy

* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Biography

Dr Hilary Hughes is Associate Professor  and Coordinator of Master of Education (Teacher-Librarianship) at  Faculty of Education, QUT. She has been a full-time academic at QUT since November 2004. Hilary is a passionate-educator researcher who promotes innovative practice that addresses the needs and contexts of contemporary learners. Her qualifications include:

  • PhD (QUT)
  • Master of Librarianship (University of Sheffield, UK)
  • BA Combined Honours in Spanish and Romance Linguistics (University of Birmingham, UK)
  • NAATI accredited translator (Spanish-English)
  • Cert IV Workplace training & Assessment (Northpoint Institute of TAFE, Brisbane).
  • AALIA (Associate of Australian Library and Information Association) 

Awards

  • 2010: Fulbright Scholar in Residence at University of Colorado, Denver
  • 2014, 2012, 2009, 2008: QUT Vice-Chancellor’s Performance Fund Award
  • 2013, 2012: QUT Education Faculty teaching award (individual) 
  • 2006: QUT Education Faculty teaching award (for an individual teacher who has shown personal development and outcomes through reflective practice in teaching)
  • 2006: QUT OLT innovative teaching award (nominated by students).

Research (ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5123-1552)
Hilary’s interdisciplinary research interests include:

  • Learning space design
  • School libraries and teacher-librarianship
  • International student experience
  • Information literacy and informed learning
  • Information experience

Hilary’s doctoral study (2009) about international students using online information led to her Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence award at Colorado University Denver, USA in 2010. Building on this work, she advances the theory and practice of inclusive informed learning through her research and teaching. Recognising the influence of environment on information use and learning, her related research explores the design of learning spaces, especially in school and academic libraries.
She has particular expertise in the following research methodologies:

  • Expanded critical incident technique (Hughes, 2012)
  • Qualitative case study
  • Qualitative interviewing
  • Thematic analysis

She is an active member of the following research groups at QUT:

  • Higher Education Research Network
  • Information Studies Research  Group

Professional experience
In her teaching and research Hilary draws upon professional experience as librarian and information literacy educator at:

  • Central Queensland University (Brisbane International Campus)
  • QUT
  • Education Queensland Corporate Library
  • Northpoint Institute of TAFE (Brisbane)
  • Glenden Town Library (Nebo Shire, Queensland)
  • Longlands College of Further Education (Middlesbrough, UK).
This information has been contributed by Associate Professor Hilary Hughes.

Teaching

Teaching: My innovative, student-centred, scholarly approach to learning and teaching has been recognised by several QUT teaching awards and consistently high student evaluations.  I promote connected learning pedagogy across physical and  virtual spaces, mediated by contemporary technologies. The units I teach include:

  • LCN600 Connected Learning (Coordinator & lecturer)
  • LCN601: Designing Spaces for Learning (Coordinator & lecturer)
  • LCN615: Learning Hubs (Coordinator & lecturer)
  • CLN617: Personalised Language Development (Coordinator & lecturer)
  • EDB006: Learning Networks (Tutor)
  • EDB001: Teaching in New Times (Tutor)

HDR supervision: As a Level 3 Supervisor, I am privileged to supervise students conducting HDR research across Education, Learning environment and Information Science disciplines.

Successfully completed HDR students and their topics:

  • Kylie Andrews, 2016, MEd Research (Principal supervisor) – Learning space experience, school students
  • Kate Davis, 2015, PhD (Associate Supervisor) – Information experience of new mothers in social media
  • Tashi Gyeltshen, 2015, PhD, (Associate supervisor) – Academic leadership  in Bhutan
  • Katherine Howard, 2015, PhD (Associate Supervisor) – Professional education of GLAM information professionals
  • Nicole Johnston, 2014, PhD (Associate supervsior) -Information literacy of EFL students in UAE
  • Ann Gillespie, 2013, PhD (Associate supervisor) – Teacher-librarians as evidence based practitioners – scholarship
  • Sonal Nakar, 2013, MEd Research (Principal supervisor) – Dilemmas of TAFE teachers working with international students
  • Yaxing Zhang, 2012, PhD (Associate Supervisor)– Academic learsership in China -Faculty thesis award
  • Li Wang, 2011, PhD (Associate Supervisor) – Information literacy integration model for HE
  • Xiong Xang, 2008, MEd Research (Associate Supervisor) – Academics’ use of CALL at  a Chinese university

Current HDR students and their topics:

  • Vanessa Miller, EdD (Principal supervisor) – Learning space design, school teachers – scholarship
  • Kay Oddone, PhD (Principal supervisor) – Connected learning, personal learning networks, educators – scholarship
  • Yin Yue, (International), PhD (Associate supervisor) – Sociological study of Teach for China, TFC fellows’ experience
  • Lynn McAllister, EdD (Principal supervisor) – Reflective use of eportfolios in higher education

Scholarship of teaching
My research in the areas of informed learning and international student experience informs my teaching. It also underpinned my Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence program at Colorado University Denver, USA in 2010. Publications include: Hughes & Bruce (2013) ‘International students’ experiences of informed learning: A pedagogical case study’ and Bruce & Hughes (2010) ‘Informed learning: A pedagogical construct attending simultaneously to information use and learning’.
I continue to extend my pedagogical knowledge and experience as an active member of  QUT’s Higher Education Research Network.

This information has been contributed by Associate Professor Hilary Hughes.

Experience

In my teaching and research I draw upon extensive experience as information professional/librarian and information literacy educator, especially with international students and in culturally diverse higher education contexts.

This information has been contributed by Associate Professor Hilary Hughes.

Publications


For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.

Research projects

Grants and projects (Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants only)

Title
Fostering digital participation through Living Labs in regional and rural Australian communities
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
LP130100469
Start year
2014
Keywords
digital citizenship; rural & regional; digital literacy

Supervision
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