Dr Lara Giles

Lara Giles

Senior Academic Staff Member

Email

LaraG@eit.ac.nz

Areas of Teaching

Business communication at diploma and degree level

Qualifications

EdD; M Ed (1st class Hons); B. Ed; Dip Tching

Phone

(06) 974 8000

Extension

5040

Bio

I am the course co-ordinator for 560 Business Communication and COMM5.01 Organisational Communication.  My research interest is in lifelong learning and learning difficulties.

Research outputs 2011

Giles, L. (2011).  Metaliteracy.  Convergence.  24th Annual NZCA Conference, Heritage Hotel, Auckland , 12-13 December.

Research outputs 2010

Giles, L. (2010).  Isn’t it time to shake up student workload?  Proceedings of the New Zealand Applied Business Education Conference, Napier, 27-28 September.

Giles, L. (2010).  Is the learner’s workload driving the learning journey?  Proceedings of the National Teaching and Learning Conference, Palmerston North, 29 September to 1 October.

Research outputs 2009

Giles, L. (2009). Effect of students' perception of workload on the quality of learning in higher education. The International Journal of Learning, 16(3), 399-408.

Giles, L. (2009). Relationship between students' perception of workload and learning. Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag.

Giles, L. (2009, September). Teaching generic skills: Where do lecturers' responsibilities lie? Workshop presented at the New Zealand Applied Business Education Conference 2009, Rotorua, New Zealand.

Research outputs 2007

Giles, L. (2007). An investigation of students' perceptions of workload at a regional polytechnic. New Zealand Journal of Adult Learning, 35(5), 53-70.

Giles, L. (2007, December). Communicating with students about their workload. Paper presented at the New Zealand Communication Conference, Napier, New Zealand.

Giles, L. (2007). Students' perception of workload and relationships to quality learning. Workshop presented at the Tertiary Education Research Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

Research outputs 2006

Giles, L. (2006, September). My workload is unmanageable so I can't find time to understand what I'm studying. Paper presented at the ITPNZ Research Conference, Eastern Institute of Technology, Napier.

Staff