career summary

Brett McLennan

Grad. Dip. Inf. Comm. Tech. Ed., University of Melbourne
Grad. Dip. Ed. (Med., Eng.), University of Melbourne
B.A. (Soc. Sc.) La Trobe University

Current position

Screen Education Manager, Australian Centre for the Moving Image

Key Strengths

Extensive project management skills particularly with projects with complex dependencies.

Strong people management experience, in leadership/mentoring roles, development of staff performance/assessment and strong negotiation skills.

Ability to synthesise and communicate complex and abstract principles to diverse audiences.

A deep understanding of education policy at a State, National and International level. The ability to synthesise the abstract principles of these policies and apply concrete leaning outcomes that both deliver on policy and innovate and provide leadership in order to instigate policy change.

Experience in managing large scale organisational change, developing and adapting processes to implement change with minimum detrimental effects on staffing and morale.

Strong links to tertiary education and research including collaboration and partnerships in research, course advisory committees and higher degree (Masters and PhD research supervision).

Experience in working with programs initiatives and participants in outreach contexts, including students excluded from formal education, mental health initiatives, special needs students.

Conferences papers

Over 20

Editorships

Art Editor, Beyond the Divide

Journal contributions

Three (one refereed)

Exhibitions

Three solo

Ten group

career detail

Academic qualifications

1992 Graduate Diploma in Information and Communication Technology Education : University of Melbourne

1991 Graduate Diploma of Education Majoring in Media Studies and English : University of Melbourne

1987–1990  Bachelor of Arts (Social Science) Majoring in Photojournalism, Literature, Sociology and Social Science : La Trobe University

employment history

Current
2002–present  Screen Education Manager : Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne

Tertiary
1994–2002  Lecturer in Charge of Multimedia : School of Visual Arts and Design, La Trobe University

1995 Lecturer in Computer Graphics : School of Visual Arts and Design, La Trobe University

1994 Guest Lecturer in Photography : School of Visual Arts and Design, La Trobe University

1994 Associate Lecturer in Photography (Sessional) : Gippsland School of Art, Monash University, Gippsland Campus

1993 and 1994 Lecturer in Engineering Computer Tools : School of Engineering, Monash University, Gippsland Campus

1993 and 1994 Guest Lecturer, Graduate Diploma in Information and Communication Technology Education : University of Melbourne (Hawthorn)

TAFE
1995 Lecturer in Computer Graphics (Sessional) : Faculty of Applied Science, Loddon Campaspe College of TAFE

Secondary
1992 Relief Teacher Ardoch-Windsor Secondary College and Brighton Bay Secondary College

teaching experience

La Trobe University School of Visual Arts and Design
Teach/co-ordinate/develop Multimedia Fine Art (all years)
Teach/co-ordinate/develop Art and Visual Culture
Teach/co-ordinate/develop Double Degree (Visual Arts/Computing)
Teach/co-ordinate Professional Practice
Teach Undergraduate Photo Fine Art (all years)
Honours supervision
MA supervision
PhD supervision
Academic Staff Training via STEPS
School presentations
Nominated for “Excellence in Teaching” award for 2001/2002

administration

General: Australian Centre for the moving Image (ACMI)
Management of all Screen Education programs at ACMI
Development and tracking of Screen Education budget
Development and monitoring of all Screen Education staff performance and development plans
Supervision of all interns within the Screen Education Department
Oversight and alignment of education policy against ACMI business plans current and future government strategy.
Management of Public Programs events and bookings

Research: Australian Centre for the moving Image (ACMI)
Member of a number of ACMI project/research teams
Australasian CRC for Interaction Design, The Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries
Representation on Cultural Broadband Network (CBN) projects.
Representation on a range of ARC linkage grants.

Subject and course co-ordination La Trobe University
Double Degree (Visual Arts/Computing)
Multimedia co-ordination/moderation, Sunraysia campus
Visual Arts Department timetabling
Multimedia Theory and Practice
Professional Practice
Art and Visual Culture

System management La Trobe University
Management of IT resourcing
Systems Administration, Macintosh/Silicon Graphics
Webmaster

committees & boards

Australian Centre for the Moving Image
ACMI Consultative Committee
Emergency Planning Committee
Occupational Health and Safety Committee
Study Leave Committee
Public Programs Management Team
EBMS Advisory Group
Publications Committee
Numerous Special Project Groups

Cinemedia (now Film Victoria)
Member Digital Media Fund Evaluation and Advisory Committee

Arts Victoria
Artist In Schools Selection Panel (2003)
Chairperson Artist In Schools Selection Panel (2005)

Department of Education and Training Victoria (DE&T)
Strategic Partnership Program
Visual Art, Design And Media Hub

Deakin University School of Communication & Creative Arts
Course Advisory Committee

Museums Australia Education Victoria
Board member

Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC)
‘Strange Attractors’ Animation Website - www.abc.net.au/arts/strange/
Education Consultant

ATOM (Australian Teachers of Media)
Member of the ATOM Board
Executive Officer: Publication
Executive Officer: Publication/New Media

La Trobe University
Honorary Associate School of Visual Art
Final Folio Committee
International Student Liaison Committee
Human Ethics and Research Committee
School Board
Faculty Board
Core Business Working Group
Information Technology Advisory Group
GIS Working Group
Web Site Communications Group
www Implementation Group
Multimedia Working Group
Web Working Group
Editorial Committee: Beyond the Divide

National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU)
Vice President (elect) La Trobe University Sub Branch
Executive member La Trobe University Sub Branch   

Other
Roar Arts Multimedia Project, Bendigo City Council

research

Current research interests
Multimodel literacies (exhibition, screen and games) with particular interest in Multimodel literacies across multiple texts.
Surveillance and public observational systems
Reality television and mock documentary
Network media technologies (blogging, podcasting, wikis and IM)
Wireless networking performance and location/public space
Information and communication policy
Cultural/media theory
Film, video and photography (practice and theory)
Emergent technologies in art, communication and media
Contemporary art and literature
Transaction and transference and deep learning in cultural space

Grants and awards commissions

2001 Unearthed exhibition : Experimenta Media Arts

2001 Apple Developers Conference 2001 Travel and conference bursary : Apple University Consortium

1998 SCAEF (Standing Committee on Allocation of Equipment Funds) : La Trobe University

1996 SCAEF (Standing Committee on Allocation of Equipment Funds) : La Trobe University

1993, 1994 and 1996 HECS Postgraduate Exemption Scholarship Monash University, Gippsland Campus

1993–1995 per year, Monash Gippsland Scholarship Monash University, Gippsland Campus

1989 Kodak Award for Photographic Excellence

conferences

2009 The Audience Writes Back: Exhibition Content in a Web 2.0 World. Online exhibitions – writing for the web. Museum Australia Victoria. Melbourne

2008 Streaming Media Technologies KnowlegeBank:Next Generation. Professional Learning Program, Melbourne.

2008 The future trends panel Collections and the Web Melbourne. Collections Australia Network. Melbourne Museum

2008 Beyond Babel: Composing, [Re]Connecting, Creating with Social Media. Thinking beyond the text Multiliteracies - composing, connecting, creating. ALEA State Conference. Melbourne

2008 the twitch response: exploring the languages of the net generation. La Trobe University: Text Marks the Spot: Multi-modes, Multi Voices, Multi-literacies. The 6th Bendigo Children’s Literature Conference

2008 Social Media and Informal Learning? Australian Museum Sydney: Social Media and Cultural Communication 

2008 Contested space social and informal learning: Australian Government Summer Schools for Teachers Deakin University, AATE and Murdoch University Melbourne

2008 The Twitch Response. Learning Opportunities and Museums: key issues – onsite, offsite, online & events.  Museum Australia Victoria. Melbourne

2008 Is it ‘myspace’ their space or our space? 32nd International Congress of the History of Art (CIHA), University of Melbourne Crossing Cultures: Conflict, Migration, Convergence.

2007 The conversation continues; but the question remains is anybody actually listening! Keynote Australian Literacy Educators Association State Conference, Melbourne.

2007 Perspectives on Purpose! Eportfolio Australia Conference, RMIT Melbourne.

2006e-Merging Realities - ATOM National Conference. Brisbane, “State of Play: Games with an Agenda”

2006 The What, The Why and the How of Multiliteracies, Melbourne, “Closing Keynote”

2006LT06 Melbourne - Learning Technologies Education Conference Keynote Melbourne, “Moving Image - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Medium”

2006 Creating eLearners CeLL Confernce Department of Education and Training Melbourne, “Digital Storytelling”

2006 Engaging Education For Our Times Simulations, Games and Learning Keynote MCYEETA Melbourne, “What Lies Behind the Screen: Games and Game Development”

2006 Storytelling and the Digital Generation First Person International Digital Storytelling Conference Australian Centre For the Moving Image

2004 Digital Magic Central Queensland University “Engaging the Screen: New Media and Digital Art”

2004 Working with the N-Generation: Dialogue or Denial? AHISA 2004 Pastoral Care Conference “Keynote”

2004 Working with the N-Generation: Dialogue or Denial? AHISA 2004 Pastoral Care Conference “The Moving Image, Literacy and the Future”

2004 Capitalizing on Culture - VET Adding Value in Creative Industries VISTA – Association of VET Professionals “Concluding Keynote”

2003 Teaching IT Today 2003 Annual Conference VISTA – Association of VET Professionals “ACMI – museum of the future”

2001 Visible Evidence IX Conference, Griffith University, Brisbane “The Impartial Eye”

2001 Australian International Documentary Conference, Perth “DOCing the Web” (published as audio tape)

2000 Television Past, Present and Futures, University of Queensland “D is for Digital”

1999  Where are we @ 99 The 9th Biennial National Media Education Conference, Auckland “Photography as Media: Exploring the Cyberspace Expressways”

1998 The Big Day Out ATOM (Australian Teachers of Media), Westall Secondary College “Photography Narrative and Collaboration” and “Photography as the Exquisite Corpse”

1997 Victorian State Conference ATOM (Australian Teachers of Media), La Trobe University “Digital Photography – Applications and Implications”

1996 Mediaworld 96 The 8th Biennial National Media Education Conference, Brisbane “Photography as Media: Exploring the Cyberspace Expressways”

1995 Victorian State Conference ATOM (Australian Teachers of Media), Deakin University, Rusden “Photography as Social Context” and “A Day in the Life”

1994 Mediascape 94 The 7th Biennial National Media Education Conference, Adelaide “Photography as Media: Exploring the Cyberspace Expressways”

1994 Media Futures: Policy and Performance International conference, Surfers Paradise “Media Cluedo: Professor Plum? In the Darkroom? With a Digital Image?”

1993 Victorian State Conference ATOM (Australian Teachers of Media), University of Ballarat “Images in a Post Photographic Era”

1991 Victorian State Conference ATOM (Australian Teachers of Media), La Trobe University, Bundoora “The Importance of Pre-visualisation and Conceptionalisation in Teaching Photography”

presentations & seminars

2002-present  Over 200 presentations to ACMI education clients including:
    • Academics, teachers, Government and Industry
    • Tertiary Students
    • Secondary Students
    • General Public

2006 Online Futures. Melbourne, “Web 2.0 - User Mediated Content”

2001 ACS (Australian Computer Society) Seminars, Swinburne

2000 ACS (Australian Computer Society) Seminars, RMIT

2000 VCE Media Seminar, La Trobe University

1999 ACS (Australian Computer Society) Seminars, Bundoora

1995 Innovative Teaching and Learning Involving Computer Systems (ITALICS) Seminars, La Trobe University  “The World Wide Web as a Teaching and Learning Resource and Drawing and Image Editing”

1995 Division of Social Science Seminars, La Trobe University “Digital Mantras”

1995 Interactive workshop School of Visual Arts and Design, La Trobe University “Using the Internet for Research”

1993 Artist Forum “Media Myths” Benalla Art Gallery

publications

Editorship

2002-present Management of Screen Education Study Guides Production of Secondary Study guides on, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Breaker Morant, Gattaca and Lantana.

1995–98 Beyond the Divide
Interdisciplinary cultural studies journal Art Editor and Production

1996–present PhotoArt (Electronic forum) International Forum: Photography and Aesthetics List Owner

Catalogue Essays

2003 'Just a Girl' Donna Bailey, Centre For Contemporary Photography.

1993  DICTA ‘93 “Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications: Visualisation: The Emotional Artifice”

Published conference papers

1993  DICTA ‘93 “Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications: Visualisation: The Emotional Artifice”

Refereed journal contributions

1994 METRO Centenary Edition, Number 100, Mosaic

Journal contributions

2000 The Effects of Television & Multimedia on Children & Families in Victoria: Final Report Family and Community Development Committee Parliament of Victoria

1993 Arts Gippsland Summer 1993/1994 “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: Photography and the Role of Technology”

exhibitions

Solo

1993 Media Myths Benalla Art Gallery, Foyer Gallery

1993 Retro Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Gippsland Campus

1991 Get Out of My Face Phyllis Palmer Gallery, La Trobe University

Group Ten group exhibitions, most recent:

2001 International Year of the Mountain La Trobe University Mt. Buller

2001 Unearthed Bendigo Art Gallery

2000 Long Distance Touring Bendigo, Swan Hill, Mt Gambier, Melbourne, Horsham, etc.

2000 A Day in the Life Penfolds Fine Art Gallery, Bendigo

1999  Nucleus to Diversity Phyllis Palmer Gallery, La Trobe University

computer skills

Platforms
Highly skilled with Macintosh, and experienced with Silicon Graphics and UNIX, Linux and OSX.

Hardware
Experienced in the setting up and maintenance of a variety of hardware, including networking, RAID drives, digital projection facilities, scanners and laser and printers.

Software
Highly skilled with Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, Media 100, After Effects, Director, Flash, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Quark XPress, Media Cleaner, Final Cut Pro and a diversity of other Macintosh, Windows and UNIX applications.

Internet
Web Master, School of Arts, La Trobe University List Owner, PhotoArt, international mailing list

other skills

General  
Experienced with digital pre-press and electronic output bureaus for both publication and digital photography.

Experienced in the research, preparation and writing of grants and funding applications.

Experienced in video production, editing and sound mixing.

Skilled in the dissemination of information via CD ROM production, electronic distribution of documents and the internet.

Development of curriculum materials at a tertiary, secondary and primary  level.

Specialties

 Web design and production, including site structure and maintenance.

Digital non-linear video: Media 100, After Effects, Final Cut Pro.

Use of laser copy/photocopy imagery in conjunction with digitally constructed and non-silver imagery.

Digital imaging/photography, layout and design on both Macintosh and Windows platforms.

Use of large format (4”x5”) cameras as both an industrial tool and creative medium.

Digital photography and digital image production for both press and screen.