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Dr Naomi Whiteside
Dr Naomi Whiteside (nee Augar) is a Senior Lecturer in the RMIT School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain.
Dr Naomi Whiteside is an experienced Information Systems Academic with an outstanding track record of teaching excellence. In 2014, she received an Office of Learning and Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, recognizing her achievements in teaching. She also has significant experience with course (subject), program (degree) leadership, design and development. In 2020, this experience was recognised through Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.
Her inter-disciplinary research focuses on business and not for profit organisations adoption and use of technologies. Naomi has a specific interest in project management, IT for good and how technology can support virtual communities. Naomi collaborates with colleagues to attract research funding in support of projects in these domains. Her research has been published in Information Systems journals and industry reports.
Naomi’s scholarship of learning and teaching focuses on active, industry-informed, problem-based learning. She has collaborated with colleagues to examine approaches to team assessment and gender equity in computing. She has significant expertise in work integrated learning, blended learning and the adoption and use of emerging eLearning technologies such as wikis and blogs.
- Subject coordination, development and teaching in project management, governance and change management, knowledge management and digital strategy
- Managing teaching teams and industry project partnerships
- Leading and contributing to research projects, grants and publications
- Degree leadership 2016-19: Master of Business IT
2 PhD Completions3 PhD Current Supervisions
- Whiteside, N.,Cooper, V.,Vo-Tran, H.,Tait, E.,Bachmann, B. (2022). Digital Literacy Programs in Support of Diverse Communities–An Australian Public Library Approach In: Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, 71, 388 - 407
- Vo-Tran, H.,Whiteside, N.,Tait, E.,Cooper, V.,Bachmann, B. (2021). Digital Literacy Programs for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities: Developing, facilitating and enhancing digital literacy programs in Australian Public Libraries In: Australian Library and Information Association Melbourne, Australia
- Olanrewaju, A.,Hossain, M.,Whiteside, N.,Mercieca, P. (2020). Social media and entrepreneurship research: A literature review In: International Journal of Information Management, 50, 90 - 110
- Karagoz, Y.,Whiteside, N.,Korthaus, A. (2020). Context matters: enablers and barriers to knowledge sharing in Australian public sector ICT projects In: Journal of Knowledge Management, 24, 1921 - 1941
- Whiteside, N.,Aleti, T.,Pallant, J.,Zeleznikow, J. (2018). 'Helpful or harmful? Exploring the impact of social media usage on intimate relationships In: Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 22, 1 - 23
- Olanrewaju, A.,Hossain, M.,Mercieca, P.,Whiteside, N. (2018). Identifying Social Media's Capability for Recognizing Entrepreneurial Opportunity: An Exploratory Study In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 30 October to 1 November 2018
- Olanrewaju, A.,Whiteside, N.,Hossain, M.,Mercieca, P. (2018). The Influence of Social Media on Entrepreneur Motivation and Marketing Strategies in a Developing Country In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 30 October to 1 November 2018
- Augar, N.,Woodley, J.,Whitefield, D.,Winchester, M. (2016). Exploring academics' approaches to managing team assessment In: International Journal of Educational Management, 30, 1150 - 1162
- Karagoz, Y.,Korthaus, A.,Augar, N. (2016). How do ICT project managers manage project knowledge in the public sector? An empirical enquiry from the Victorian Public Sector in Australia In: Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 20, 1 - 20
- Hamilton, M.,Luxton-Reilly, A.,Whiteside, N.,Chiprianov, V., et al, . (2016). Gender equity in computing: International faculty perceptions & current practices In: Proceedings of the Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Conference (ITiCSE 2016), Arequipa, Peru, 9-13 July 2016
- Digitisation for Safe Workplaces (VHESIF Pool 1). Funded by: Victorian Higher Education State Investment Fund (VHESIF) - Pool 1 from (2021 to 2025)
- The role of information and digital literacy programs in support of newly settled refugees – an Australian public library approach. Funded by: Australian Library and Information Association Grant 2018 onwards from (2020 to 2022)