Consultant for ‘SWSi Innovate Project’, TAFE NSW – South Western Sydney Institute
Researcher of five case studies of best practice by TAFE Institutes in five states, from the viewpoint of industry clients: a project for TAFE Directors Australia
Researcher and author of report A Sustainable Model of Innovation: West Coast Institute of Training
Researcher and lead consultant for project on ‘Employers Toolbox for Workforce Planning and Development’, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI). Products: Employers Resource Bank for Workforce Development. Employers Knowledge Map for Workforce Development. Employers Report Generator for Workforce Development; Employers Partnership Manual for Workforce Development
Author of evaluative report: AnEvaluation of IPROWD (Indigenous Police Recruitment Our Way Delivery), for TAFE NSW
Author of evaluative report, Why Bright Ideas Succeeds, TAFE NSW-South Western Institute
Evaluator of the TAFE NSW – South Western Sydney Institute program to fund staff to undertake the Masters in Educational Leadership at the University of Wollongong
Facilitator of leadership workshop for Executive of TAFE NSW- Riverina Institute: ‘Health check for the Executive Leadership Team’
Evaluator of the effectiveness of the Specialist Homelessness Services (SHS) Learning and Development (L&D) activitiesc onducted by Learning and Development, Community Services, Dept of Family and Community Services
Evaluator of the effectiveness of the training for the KiDS program and suggestions for improvement,Community Services, Department of Family and Community Services
Evaluator of the return on the training investment (ROTI) in the Caseworker Development Program, NSW Department of Community Services, 2011-12
Evaluator of the impact of the three tiers of management and leadership programs NSW Department of Family and Community Services, 2011-12
Presenter on ‘Meeting the Rigours of the Competitive Training Market’ at Tertiary Congress, 31 May 2012, Darling Harbour
Presenter on ‘Balancing the tension between innovation and compliance in VET’ at TAFE Development Centre forum on International VET Perspectives, September
Author of 24 fortnightly ‘Inside VET’ columns for Campus Review
Research mentor of a new researcher in the NCVER young researcher program
Managing Director of JMA Analytics, including the implementation of MANAGECAT® and product development of GROWCAT™
Sample 2010-2011 assignments and projects
Author of Creating and Adding Value: ten case studies for TAFE NSW demonstrating best practice in adding value for clients
Author of “Intensifying Customer Responsiveness”, an evaluation of NSW TAFE’s achievements in improving customer responsiveness from 2008-2010
Lead author of It’s not about age: final report of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) Project: Pathways for engagement in employing mature age people and existing workers as apprentices – an employer perspective
Lead researcher for the 2010 National Skills Survey published by ACCI in February 2011
Consultant providing strategic and methodological advice for South Western Sydney InstituteBright Ideas Initiative, 2010, 2011
Author of “Bright Ideas combined with commitment”: a summative evaluation of the Bright Ideas program at South Western Sydney Institute of TAFE
Author of “Improving workforce capabilities”: a set of ten case studies on how South Western Sydney Institute of TAFE builds clients’ workforces
Lead author of The Benefits of Accurately Measuring Non-completions, a report for Service Skills Australia.
Lead author of national report for ACCI, From Apprenticeship to Career, on workforce development plans for late stage apprentices and newly qualified apprentices
Author of report, A Sustainable Model for Innovation, for West Coast Institute of Training on its innovation skills, processes and client outcomes
Research for two evaluations for the Dept of Community Services (DOCS) in NSW on their leadership programs; and their developmental program for new caseworkers
Consultant on strategic planning for the Board of Western College
Consultant on strategic planning workshops for the Executive of TAFE NSW – Illawarra Institute
Consultant for business planning review of the ACER Assessment Services Corporate and Vocational Program
Consultant adviser on research on student completion rates, South Western Sydney Institute, 2010
Facilitator of strategic scanning workshop on the national VET landscape and trends for the Board of Challenger Institute of Technology
Facilitator of action learning workshops for TAFE NSW – New England Institute
Facilitator of workshop on evaluation methods, South Western Sydney Institute, 201o; 2011
Facilitator of workshop for QLD VET Development Centre on Advanced VET Practitioners
Keynote presenter on ‘Thriving in a competitive environment: Marketing TAEE’s value adding’, at Australian TAFE Marketing Association, November 2011
Consultant and lead author of business plan for Open Universities Australia VET program, 2010
Author of report “Innovative Regional Skilling”: case studies on how TAFE SA Regional uses technology to assist students
Author of “Capability Pathways for VET Practitioners. An independent analysis of the ‘capability stream’ for VET practitioners, developed by TAFE NSW – New England Institute. 31 January 2010.”
Author of “Implementation approach for the Capability Pathways Program for VET practitioners. Recommended strategies and tools for implementing the ‘capability stream’ developed by TAFE NSW – New England Institute. 29 March 2010.”
Facilitator of “Opportunity Analysis”: a workshop prepared and facilitated by Dr John Mitchell for TAFE NSW – Western Sydney Institute’s Board Planning Day, June 2010
Author of “Bright ideas build capability. Summative evaluation report on the achievements of the 2009 Bright Ideas projects at TAFE NSW – South Western Sydney Institute. January 2010.”
Facilitator for Northern Sydney Institute, Western Institute, Box Hill Institute of TAFE, Pilbara TAFE, West Coast TAFE: workshops for senior staff on the JMA Analytics Model of VET Capability Development, April-June 2010
Author of “The pros and cons of trimesters. A research paper for West Coast Institute of Training”
Lead consultant for Service Skills Australia project “Evaluation Frameworks for VET”, a research project on completion rates
Facilitator of national workshops and co-author for ACER/L H Martin Institute’s study of leadership in VET
Research mentor of a new researcher in the NCVER young researcher program, 2010; 2011
Author of 24 fortnightly ‘Inside VET’ columns for Campus Review, annually
Managing Director of JMA Analytics, including the implementation of VETCAT®, CURCAT®, LEADCAT® and ADMINCAT®
Sample 2008-09 assignments and projects
Consultant to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), examining the factors affecting the re-engagement of disengaged apprentices, from an employer’s perspective, Jan-June 2009
Evaluator of project teams that used the appreciative inquiry methodology for Reframing the Future projects in 2008. Report prepared March 2009 entitled: “Appreciative Inquiry Builds Capability”
Evaluator of 801 VET assessors regarding their professional development needs; for QLD Department of Education and Training, Jan-April 2009
Facilitator of strategic planning for Western Sydney Institute, Sept 2009
Researcher for ten case studies for Challenger TAFE. Report March 2009 entitled “The Challenger Impact Model”
Researcher for twelve case studies for West Coast TAFE. Report July 2009 entitled “Re-invention through Innovation”
Consultant providing strategic and methodological advice for South Western Sydney Institute Bright Ideas Initiative, 20o9
Consultant to the NSW Deparment of Education and Training, Jan-July 2009, for project entitled “NSW Innovation Sectors – Training Service Models”, examining new training approaches to stimulate innovation in logistics, finance and creative industries in NSW
Evaluator of QLD Government Welfare to Work projects, Sept-Dec 2008
Consultant to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), examining the retention of apprentices, from an employer’s perspective, March-Nov 2008
Consultant to National Quality Council on employability skills, October 2006-Feb 2008
Researcher for NSW TAFE for report ‘Improving the bottom line. Why industry values partnerships with TAFE NSW’, June-Aug 2008
Consultant to Victoria University on cultural change, July 2007-2009
Consultant on VET leadership to the L H Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management, Dec 2007 – February 2008; and preparation of chapter on VET leadership, Jan 2009; adviser on survey
Consultant to the NSW BVET project on ACE-TAFE collaboration in the Western Region of NSW, 2007 to March 2008
Adviser to education.au on developing VET consultancy services, March-May 2008
Author of 48 weekly ‘Inside VET’ columns annually for Campus Review
Sample 2006-2007 assignments and projects
Consultant to WA DET on training needs of small business, Feb-April 2007
Consultant to National Quality Council on employability skills, October 2006-Dec 2007
Consultant to Victoria University on teaching and learning, Aug-Dec 2007
Author of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in VET and Ideas for Practitioners and lead author of New Leadership for Innovative Organisationshttp://www.ibsa.org.au/jma
Lead author of publications for Reframing the Future, Human Capital Enhanced by VET and How VET enhances human capital – 31 examples and New Capabilities in VETwww.reframingthefuture.net
Consultant to national staff development program Reframing the Future on strategic and change management, networks and communities of practice
Consultant to the NSW BVET 2007 project on ACE-TAFE in the Western Region of NSW
Consultant for the BVET 2006 project on the Gwydir Learning Region
Consultant to the following TAFE Institutes on strategic and change management and innovation: Challenger TAFE WA; West Coast College of TAFE, WA; Swinburne University TAFE Division; RMIT; Box Hill TAFE; Western Sydney TAFE
Consultant to the following ACE colleges on strategic and change management: St George and Sutherland Community College; Western College Dubbo
Consultant for ACE provider, Western Community College at Dubbo, preparing the business plan for an Australian Technical College
Researcher Sept-Nov 2006 for Victoria’s TAFE Development Centre project on innovation at the following eight TAFE Institutes: East Gippsland; Wodonga; University of Ballarat TAFE Division; the Gordon, Geelong; Holmesglen; Kangan Batman; Victoria University; Box Hill
Consultant to 25 ACE colleges in Victoria, Nov 2006 – July 2007, to improve business and marketing planning
Consultant in January 2007 for ACE Victorian colleges in Geelong, Wodonga and Warragul and Mt Evelyn, to prepare a business case for the Board of Adult and Community and Further Education, for an ACE consortium to manage the Measuring Impact Tool
Facilitator of focus groups in Wodonga at the ACE college and at the Wodonga Institute of TAFE, in December 2006
Author of 48 weekly ‘Inside VET’ columns annually for Campus Review
Sample 2004-2005 assignments and projects
Evaluated BVET-funded project on personalised learning: ‘Creating Personalised Learning’, Nov 2005
Lead author of New Ways of Working in VET (ANTA, Melb), based on an analysis of good practice exemplars from the 181 projects funded by Reframing the Future in 2004
Completed an evaluation study of Centrelink’s leadership program, June 2005
Conducted workshops for Centrelink Learning and Development staff on the evaluation of learning, June 2005
Evaluated new approaches to teaching, learning and assessment in VET, included conducting a national focus group in Armidale, October 2005, for NCVER project, Dec 2005
Lead author of ‘The comparative value of three different methodologies for measuring the return on investment from a leadership program’, Mitchell J., Hamilton M. and Hayman C., article published in Journal of Australasian Evaluation Society, 2005
Evaluation report for FLAG: Implementing flexible learning in the workplace: strategies, models and barriers in the meat and food processing industries in regional Australia (a study of Central West Community College, Simplot at Bathurst and Cargill Beet at Wagga Wagga)
‘The comparative value of three different methodologies for measuring the return on investment from a leadership program’, Mitchell J., Hamilton M. and Hayman C. Paper presented at Australasian Evaluation Society 2004 International Conference, Adelaide, 14 October 2004
An evaluation of professional development for leaders in Scottish Further Education: Mitchell, J.G. (2004), Good practice in continuing professional development for further education college principals and senior managers in Scotland and Australia, Scottish Further Education Unit, Stirling, Scotland
An evaluation of traineeships in the BBC: Mitchell, J.G. et al, (2004), Becoming World Class: a Review of BBC Traineeships, BBC, London
An evaluation of industry training networks in VET: Mitchell, J.G. (2004), Building Industry Training Networks, ANTA, Melbourne
An evaluation of a national change agency program in VET: Mitchell, J.G. (2004), The Skilling of VET Change Agents, ANTA, Melbourne
Author of 48 weekly ‘Inside VET’ columns annually for Campus Review
Sample 1998-2003 assignments and projects
Evaluation of ROI, ROTI and VFM of Centrelink’s Senior Exec Leadership Program, 2003
Evaluator of national program on communities of practice in VET: Mitchell, J.G. (2003), Effectively Structuring Communities of Practice in VET, ANTA, Melbourne
Evaluator of national program on strategy-making: Mitchell, J.G. (2003), Strategy-making in Turbulent Times, ANTA, Melbourne
Evaluator of national program on strategic management: Mitchell, J.G. (2002), The never-ending quest: effective strategy-making and change management for high-performing VET organisations, ANTA, Melbourne
Evaluator of Flexible Learning Advisory Group’s (FLAG’s) national Innovation in Flexible Learning project, 2002
Evaluator, DETYA’s Small Business Professional Development project, 2000: Mitchell, J.G. (2000), E-business Springboards: Evaluation of Small Business Professional Development in E-commerce, OVET, Tasmania)
Evaluator of ANTA’s LearnScope program, 1998-1999
Evaluator of ANTA’s Flexible Learning Fellowship Scheme, 1998-1999.
Longitudinal evaluation of a staff development program:Mitchell, J.G. & Wood, S. (2001), Evidence of High-Skilled, High-Performing VET: A report on the long-term impacts of Framing the Future projects from 1999-2000, ANTA, Melbourne
Longitudinal study of the impact of LearnScope, 1998-1999, ANTA
Author of Commonwealth report: “The Telemedicine Industry in Australia: from fragmentation to integration” in 1998
Project consultant, South Australian State-wide teleradiology project, 1998-99
Author of strategic plan for telemedicine for the Gippsland Health region
Co-Evaluator of TAFE Queensland’s Videostreaming Trials, 1999
Co-author of Self-Evaluation Report by the OnFX Consortium for ANTA, August 1999
Reviewer of NCVER Report: The effects of different modes of delivery: student outcomes and evaluations, March 1999
Author of report, Videoconferencing for Le Cordon Bleu (France), January 1999
Author of report, Cost Effectiveness of Videolinq Usage Per Site/Institute, for TAFE Queensland, December 1998
Author of report, Videoconferencing in Australian Schools, October 1998
Co-author of Report: Design of a Video Teaching Station for Charles Sturt University, October 1998
Presentation to Australian Society of Educational Technology national conference, “Effective Business Models for Implementing Educational Technology”, July 1998
Author of report, The Cost Effectiveness of Videolinq, based on an analysis of five modules delivered at Central Queensland Institute of TAFE, July 1998
Author of report for TAFE SA IT Program on options for developing online materials, March 1998
Principal researcher for ‘E-business and online learning: Connections and opportunities for vocational education and training’, NCVER 2003
Project Manager of “OnFX E-commerce Career Management Model”, March-Oct. 2000
Workshop presenter of “Is E-business Your Business”, a set of workshops for senior managers in TAFE SA, April-May 2000
Evaluator of the ANTA LearnScope Project, a national professional development project in the development of skills in flexible delivery, September 1998 – January 2000
Facilitator and Evaluator of the ANTA Fellowship Scheme, a national professional development project for senior VET staff to prepare change management plans for flexible delivery, September 1998 – August 1999
Project Manager of the OnFX Consortium’s ANTA Toolbox Project, a national project in online course development, October 1998 – August 1999
Market Research Study for commercial client on the current and future trends in online learning, April 1999
Author of Strategic Plan for Supporting Learning Using New Technologies, Primary Industries Program, SA TAFE, March 1999
Author of Strategic Plan for Supporting Learning Using New Technologies, Tourism and Hospitality Program, SA TAFE, March 1999
Benchmarking Consultant in Flexible Delivery for the SA TAFE Primary Industries, Tourism and Hospitality Program, April 1999 – June 2000
Sample 1992-1997 assignments and projects
Project manager of The Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s (TQEH) Renal Dialysis Telemedicine Project, June 1994-98
Telehealth consultant for the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, 1996-1998
Evaluator of the South Australian Telepsychiatry Project 1993
Author of planning study on telemedicine for Fairfield Hospital in Melbourne
Author of feasibility study for telemedicine for Aged Care centres in Warrnambool and Geelong
Project manager of The Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s satellite links to the Tanami and Western Deserts of the Northern Territory
Author of report “The Clinical Showcase of South Australian Health Information Services’
Author of “Accessible Health Services for Women and Children, A business case for a telemedicine facility at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital”
Author of business plan for “Partnership in the Showcase” for TQEH and the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WCH)
Author of “Opportunities in Telehealth and Information Technology” for WCH, TQEH, MFPDC, EDA and DITS
Presentation to the LETA Conference in September 1996, “Overview of Telemedicine Projects and Issues in Australia”
Lead author of the comprehensive 1994 study of a pioneering telemedicine user, the NT’s Tanami Network, entitled “Flourishing but Fragile”
Project managers of the Australian Catholic University’s 8-site videoconferencing network in 1995-96
Analysis of Telecom New Zealand’s eleven site videoconferencing network and prepared the report “Videoconferencing as a Business Tool”
Advisor to the University of Western Sydney on the implementation of their videconferencing network
Co-author of Evaluation of Electronic Image Assembly 1: a CD-ROM/Internet Hybrid, November 1997
Co-author of A Planning Model for Innovation on new learning technologies, for the Office of Training and Further Education, Victoria, 1997
Co-author, NBEET study, Education and Technology Convergence, Jan. 1996
Project Manager of 25 Innovative Teaching and Learning Projects, University of South Australia, Feb-Dec, 1996
Presentation to LETA Conference, October 1996, on “Strategies for Managing Educational Technologies”
Author of report: Building a National Videoconferencing Network, Evaluation Report on the Videoconferencing Trials at the Australian Catholic University, December 1995
Trends in Educational Technology. A presentation to the National Council of the Securities Institute of Australia. November 1995
Author of report for the Securities Institute of Australia, Strategic Videoconferencing. Report on the Suitability of Videoconferencing for Delivering the Securities Institute of Australia’s Lectures. October 1995
Co-author of “Survey of Telematics for Education and Training. Vol. iv Australia.” A report for the European Commission. May 1995
Author of report for Australian Graduate School of Management, ‘Hasten Slowly’, June 1995
Co-author of report for OLA: Computer based administrative productivity tools for educators and trainers: An Open Net Project. April 1995
Author of report, Future Directions for Technologies in Teaching and Learning in Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of Sydney, January 1995
Author of report for Archdiocese of Sydney: Evaluation Report on VIDSAT- the satellite and cable videoconferencing network in Catholic Schools, February 1995
Workshop convenor on A Professional Management Guide for Your Videoconferencing Network, for Videoconferencing Summit ’94, conducted at Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore, 16 November 1994
Consultant, Open Learning Agency Australia, for the establishment of the Open Learning Electronic Support Service, OLESS (later, Open Net), June- December 1994
Consultant to Open Learning Technology Corporation, Jan-June 1994
Consultant to Open Learning Australia, June-December 1994
Project Manager for DEET report, ‘Use of Interactive Video Tapes for Learners of English as a Second Language’, February-May 1994
Consultant for report ‘Feasibility Study regarding the allocation of funds for videoconferencing facilities to support the wine industry AVC project’. June 1994
Project Director and lead author of the Evaluation of Video-conferencing in Higher Education, commissioned by NBEET/DEET, published 1994
Design of options analysis and functional specifications for the telelecturing component of the Australian Information and Technology Engineering Centre, April 1993
Conducting of three seminars for the Australian National University, on the management, methodology and technological aspects of videoconferencing, May 1993
Research into use of videoconferencing for exporting education to Asia for the Economic Development Authority of SA and Telecom Australia, March 1993
Project management advice to the Queensland Government on establishing their Videoconferencing Bureau Network, 1993
Design of a methodology guide and delivery of a Train the Trainer course for the Victorian TAFE system, May 1993
Planning advice to WA DEVET on implementing their videoconferencing network, 1993
Advice on business planning to the South Australian Government on the Economic Development Authority’s Telemedicine Project, 1993
Design and preparation of the Policy and Procedures Manual for the Queensland TAFE-TEQ Department, 1993
Project planning advice to the NSW Inner Western Catholic Education Videoconferencing Project, 1993-94
Researcher and author of the report ‘Videoconferencing Futures’, The Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture April 1994
Paper presented at National Conference for Hospitality and Tourism Educators, October 1993: Technology and its future interaction with flexible learning.
Report for the University of Central Queensland, October 1993: Becoming a Habit rather than a novelty: An evaluation of videoconferencing at the University of Central Queensland, 1992-1993.
Paper presented at National Conference of the Australasian Telecommunications Association, Sydney, October 25, 1993: Videoconferencing at the Leading Edge in Australia: Issues, Dilemmas and Potential.
Report for Australian Network Productions, July 1993: Designing and Marketing a World Competitive Open Learning Package: Enhancing and Marketing the Australian Video Tutor Series.
Report, June 1993: ‘Videoconferencing Futures at Charles Sturt University’
Author of two chapters of a book and the bibliography of a book published by the University of New England, 1993: ‘Videoconferencing in Education and Business. A Manual for Users and Studio Managers’.
Co-author of chapter ISDN-based Videoconferencing in Australian Tertiary Education, in international publication “ISDN Applications in Education and Training” Mason and Bacsich (1993)
Co-author of paper Videoconferencing Networks and Applications in Australian Higher Education, presented at IFIP Interactive Conference on Teleteaching ’93 in Trondheim, Norway, August 1993 and reproduced in 1993 Teleteaching
Joint paper presented to National Conference of the Australian and South Pacific External Studies Association, Adelaide, July 1993: Videoconferencing as a new teaching methodology.
Report for Telecom Australia: Research on Export Opportunities for Telecom in Open Learning/Distance Education in South East Asia, April 1993
Consultant to national TAFE Flexible Delivery Working Party project on Cost-benefits of Flexible Delivery, 1992-93
Project Director of National Open Learning Staff Development Project, commissioned by the TAFE National Staff Development Committee, 1992
Project manager of SAtech Consortium, which undertook two consultancies for the AEC Working Party on a National Education Communications Framework, Dec 1991-March 1992, leading to the establishment of the Open Learning Technology Corporation
Co-author of conference paper: Interacting at a Distance: Staff and Student Perceptions of Teaching and Learning via Videoconferencing. AARE/NZ 1992 Joint Conference “Educational research: Discipline and Diversity” Deakin University, 22-26 November 1992
Keynote Speaker at the ASET Conference in Adelaide, October 3 1992, on “Leading Edge/Bleeding Edge in Educational Technology”
Keynote Speaker at the ITTE Conference in Brisbane, October 2 1992, on “Successfully Managing the Change to Open Learning.”
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