Catalogue

This accessible open-access textbook employs a critical health psychology perspective to health psychology to promote critical reflexive thinking and learning about health and wellbeing, within a social justice framework. The book navigates the reader through a comprehensive examination of contemporary research and theoretical developments in the field of critical health psychology. Organised into three distinct parts, the book radically orients readers to new ways to think about health through:

• incorporating a conscious reflection on and examination of how health is theorised, understood, treated, and promoted for individuals, communities, and societies;
• using a critical psychology lens that centres issues of power and meaning making, including gendered, Indigenous, and intersectional frameworks;
• an openness to, and engagement with, theoretical and methodological pluralism, including quantitative, qualitative and Indigenous approaches to explore people’s experiences and understandings of health and illness;
• explicit attention to socio-political contexts;
• and considering the application of knowledge beyond behaviour change, to social change including community-level (community-led interventions, activism and advocacy) and societal level (e.g., policy, wider discourses).

Introducing: “InfoTech Governance, Policy, Ethics & Law” by Dr. David Tuffley

This textbook is a comprehensive guide to IT governance, policy, ethics and law for students, practitioners and researchers. It covers the latest developments and best practices in the field, with a focus on the ethical, legal and social implications of IT. The textbook is divided into nine chapters, each covering a key topic in IT governance, policy, ethics and law. The chapters are:

Chapter 1: IT Governance Frameworks. This chapter introduces the concept and importance of IT governance, and reviews the main frameworks and standards for IT compliance and data retention.

Chapter 2: Cybersecurity and Data Protection. This chapter explores the challenges and opportunities of cybersecurity and data protection in the digital age, and discusses the international and national regulations and guidelines for privacy, data transfers, data breach notification, AI accountability and ethical hacking.

Chapter 3: Cloud Computing and Outsourcing. This chapter examines the benefits and risks of cloud computing and outsourcing, and explains the contractual and legal issues involved in these arrangements.

Chapter 4: Digital Ethics and Responsible AI. This chapter analyzes the ethical principles and values that should guide the design, development and use of digital technologies and AI, and addresses the topics of algorithm bias, emerging technologies, whistleblower protection and AI art.

Chapter 5: Intellectual Property and Copyright. This chapter explains the basic concepts and types of intellectual property rights, and explores the challenges and solutions for digital rights management, open-source software licensing and fair use.

Chapter 6: E-Gov and Digital Transformation. This chapter describes the role and impact of IT in government and public administration, and highlights the best practices and case studies of e-government, citizen engagement, smart cities and remote work.

Chapter 7: Impact of IT on Society. This chapter assesses the positive and negative effects of IT on society, culture and human behavior, and covers the topics of social media, technology for social good, accessibility and inclusion.

Chapter 8: Employee IT Usage and Policies. This chapter discusses the rights and responsibilities of employees and employers regarding IT usage in the workplace, and provides guidance on how to create effective IT policies that balance privacy, security and productivity.

Chapter 9: IoT Security and Privacy. This chapter explores the security and privacy issues related to the Internet of Things (IoT), and covers the topics of IoT ethics, biometric data usage, data localization and sovereignty.

The textbook is written in plain English to make it accessible to a wide audience, without compromising on accuracy or rigor. It also includes learning objectives, key terms, review questions, case studies, exercises and references at the end of each chapter to enhance the learning experience.

Diagnosis: a Medical Education Game is an immersive serious game, where players navigate the hospital gathering crucial clinical information to successfully diagnose and hand over a patient. Diagnosis eases the transition from campus-based to placement-based learning, introducing productive failure opportunities in a low-stakes setting. Diagnosis also highlights the importance of managing resources and prioritising differentials, offering opportunities to reflect on multiple elements of the clinical reasoning process, supporting the development of adaptive expertise.

As you progress, you will interview and examine your patient, order tests and imaging scans. Use your judgement wisely, or you will run out of money before reaching a diagnosis. If you miss something, your patient’s condition may deteriorate, so be as thorough as you can! Collaborate with teammates, and challenge your knowledge on your way to solving medical mysteries. But beware of the ‘Spooky Consultant’ lurking around the corners, adding an extra layer of suspense and thrill. Bring out your inner doctor, hone your diagnostic skills, and experience the pulse-pounding excitement of healthcare education like never before!

Transitioning to university can feel daunting, but The Art of Re-Learning: A Guide to Academic Readiness transforms that challenge into an opportunity for growth. Drawing on research and a varied career in education, NAEEA National Teaching Excellence Award winner Liam Frost-Camilleri offers a comprehensive guide to mastering university-level study while fostering resilience, self-awareness, and confidence.

Readers will explore essential concepts such as self-efficacy, independent learning, and cultural competence, alongside practical advice on researching, plagiarism, and tackling group work. This textbook also supports emotional and mental well-being, offering strategies to effectively manage anxiety, cultivate resilience, and persevere through challenges. Build your academic independence by discovering the type of learner you are and creating an empowering learner identity that helps you meet university expectations with confidence and purpose.

With its practical activities, emphasis on reflection and easy reference guide to strategies, this resource also serves as a valuable companion for enabling programs, providing essential reading for study skills courses targeted to support non-traditional learners. Grounded in the concept of “re-learning,” this guide encourages students to reflect compassionately on their habits, challenge preconceptions, and develop lifelong skills that promote growth.

This is a collection of resources to complement ENGL128 Essentials of Communication, an introduction to the fundamentals of effective speaking and writing, exploring a variety of contexts in which language is used.

This book has been designed to provide a range of workplace scenarios that can be utilised for experiential learning covering difficult conversations, negotiation and mediation. The scenarios provide learners with the opportunity to engage in different role-plays and provide learners with the opportunity to reflect on their experience with reflective questions.

Cultural safety seeks to address power and privilege imbalances in institutions and throughout society. It addresses systemic, scientific, and personal racism, which create and sustain health inequalities in neo-colonial societies such as Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. This book aims to provide health students, their educators and practicing health professionals with an in-depth understanding of cultural safety and guidance on developing the key skills required to ensure culturally safe and respectful care in diverse health professions.

This peer reviewed open text covers the foundations of evidence-based digital health for undergraduate nursing and midwifery students. It grounds digital health nursing concepts in concrete practices and enables students to explore these through practical online learning activities, designed around the five domains of the National Nursing and Midwifery Digital Health Capability Framework (2020). The resource provides core content for the undergraduate nursing and midwifery curriculum at Australian universities, reflecting contemporary best practice in digital health. It will also be beneficial to postgraduate courses focusing on digital health.

An easy to read introduction for students and researchers when undertaking scoping or systematic reviews. The book leads readers through the stages of conducting a review, such as planning, searching, screening, appraising, synthesising, reporting and publishing. Includes H5P activities and is based on current best practices of methodology and reporting.

Assessment should benefit all students’ learning and retention. However, current systems do not take into account the diverse characteristics, backgrounds, and situations of students. Instead, universities rely on accommodations – which are only available to specific groups – to make case-by-case adjustments, rather than proactively improving assessment designs in ways that are socio- culturally, and research informed, for the purposes of inclusion.

This resource is an outcome of a project which explored assessment policy and practice across the university sector. It introduces assessment for inclusion concepts, drawing on curated resources and case study examples, to offer introductory considerations for anyone in higher education interested in being a leader in assessment for inclusion, at all levels from the classroom through to institutional decision makers.

This focus on the distributed leadership of assessment for inclusion aligns with the idea that more than what individuals can achieve alone, it is also how people can lead, promote, inspire, and support others to do the same. This resource has been created with the intention to raise questions for sharing with colleagues, to facilitate the discussion of problems with inclusion in assessment, and to support the development of context-appropriate strategies around assessment design and implementation.

This resource was designed to support students in the Graduate Certificate of Higher Education Learning and Teaching at Deakin University, specifically in the assessment unit, EEE741 “Designing and Implementing Assessment for Learning in Higher Education”.