BA, DipEd (Syd), MEd (UNSW), GDE (HAC)

Senior Lecturer
Academic area: Workplace and Organisational Learning

Telephone: +61 2 9514 3850
Email: Elyssebeth.Leigh@uts.edu.au
Room: CB10.5.316
Campus: City - CB10 Building

Teaching Areas:
Organisational learning; organisational behaviour; simulations and games for learning and research; action learning and action research; facilitation of learning in groups and workplaces.

Elyssebeth teaches how to design, facilitate and manage simulations and games as learning tools. She also conducts action learning /action research programs for industry and researches the processes whereby those who do the work can be involved in improving work contexts. Her classes challenge adult students to explore their behaviour in teaching and learning contexts through the use of simulations and structured experiences that represent their own varied life contexts. She has been involved in adult learning contexts for more than twenty years as a teacher, trainer, human resources manager, and consultant and - most recently - as an academic.

Research Areas:
Facilitation of extended simulations; the emotional fabric of relationships in extended simulations; the design, selection and management of action research projects in work places; the issues involved in facilitation of simulations as open-ended (chaordic) learning contexts. She is also engaged in research and development of support strategies for IT skills and knowledge for Education Faculty staff.

Elyssebeth is president-elect of ISAGA (International Simulation sand Games Association). She is a member of Women and Management and is active in the NSW branch of ALARPM the Action Learning, Action Research and Process Management Association.

Publications:
Book
Leigh E. & Kinder, J. eds (1999) Learning through fun and games, McGraw Hill Sydney.

Articles
Leigh, E. Action learning projects - selection criteria a discussion paper at http://www.imc.org.uk/imc/meetingplace.imc-ali-discuss/index.html

Leigh, E. Getting Online - Process or Product? in ONLINE-ED, 14 March, 1999 an online moderated journal - website http://www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/online-ed/

Leigh, E. & Spindler, L. (1997) "Vigilant Observer" - A role for facilitator’s of simulations. in conference proceedings conference International Simulation sand Games Association. Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Leigh, E. & Spindler, L. (1998) Playing Games (and simulations) with chaos theory conference paper at 29th annual conference International Simulation sand Games Association, St Ptersburg.

Values: A Missing Link (1994) in "Accounting for Ourselves" ALARPM Conference. Bath

Metaphors, Magic and Organisational Change (1994) in The Learning Company, Conference Proceedings

Leigh, E.(1994) "Values in Action in the Workplace ‘ paper at AAACE Conference, Sydney.

Leigh, E. and Gorrie R. (1992)Metaphors, Magic and Organisational Change 2nd World Congress on Action Learning, Brisbane.

Leigh, E. and Gorrie R. (1992) "Chameleon Thinking - a process in search of content" 5th World Conference on Thinking, James Cook University, Townsville.

Leigh, E. and Gorrie R. (1991) "Giant Steps are What You take - Walking on the Moon" - using outdoors education in manager development programs. ACEE Conference paper.

Leigh, E. (1991)"Chaos Theory and Training Practice". Conference paper presented AITD Conference, Sydney.

Leigh, E. and Chantler, D. (1990) "Loneliness, Tilley Lamps and Long Distance Learning" training adults for distance education programs in Africa. AITD Conference paper, Melbourne.