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Katherine Herbert serves as Lecturer in Management and Sub-Dean of Learning and Teaching at Charles Sturt University's School of Business. With over a decade of experience since transitioning to academia in 2013, she bridges vocational education expertise with higher education leadership, focusing on digital learning innovation and academic development.
Her educational qualifications include:
- PhD in Professional Learning and Teaching Development (University of Southern Queensland, 2023)
- Master of Education in Knowledge Networks and Digital Innovation (Charles Sturt University, 2016)
- Bachelor of Arts in Literature (1998)
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
Her research centers on the Scholarship of Learning and Teaching with emphasis on educational technologies, online pedagogy, and academic professional development. She investigates how digital tools transform teaching practices while addressing UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 for Quality Education through context-specific faculty development frameworks.
Recent publications (2024-2025) reveal a cohesive trajectory examining professional development typologies in Australian regional universities, regulatory impacts of TEQSA on teaching practices, and innovative methodologies like scoping reviews for heterogeneous educational literature. These works demonstrate growing specialization in policy-academia interfaces and evidence-based teaching frameworks.
Her scholarly recognition includes:
- Change One Thing Award (2023)
- Faculty of Business Learning & Teaching Symposium Award (2015)
As Sub-Dean and research collaborator, Herbert leads curriculum innovation initiatives like the ITC539 subject redesign (2021) while partnering with CSU research teams to investigate educational technologies. Her grant activities focus on internal funding for academic capability building and digital learning environment enhancement.
Her leadership in the School of Business drives cross-departmental teams developing student-centered curricula through evidence-based teaching practices and digital pedagogy integration.
