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Postal  Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
Building 3A, Clayton Campus, Wellington Road, Clayton
Telephone +61 3 9902 9468 Facsimile +61 3 9905 5011
www.monash.edu.au
CRICOS Provider No. 00008C ABN 12 377 614 012
24 June 2016
To whom it may concern,
In my role overseeing the development of the Monash Online initiative, I have had extensive
dealings with Dr Mike Larson over the past two years. Initially Mike was involved as lead academic
in the design and development of the online Graduate Diploma of Psychology (GDP). Subsequent
to the launch of this course, Mike has been the academic course co-ordinator for the GDP.
In regards to course design and development, Mike demonstrated an exceptional understanding of
leading edge online course design principles and also displayed strong leadership skills in
supervising the course development team. Mikes key achievements in this role were to:
 within the specified development budget, meet the high quality standards required for the
course to achieve the approval of Monash Academic Board and external accreditation from
the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council; and
 develop of a carousel unit delivery model that provides for both a flexible student
experience and a highly efficient unit delivery model that maximises per unit enrolments.
The resulting course has proven to be very popular with students, with over 1,000 student
enrolments in just 18 months. In his role as course co-ordinator, Mike has overseen the hiring,
training and performance of a substantial number of academic instructional staff. Mikes key
achievements in his role as course co-ordinator include:
 strong student satisfaction, academic progression and retention outcomes for the GDP; and
 the successful rapid scale-up of the course delivery model to cope with the substantially
higher than anticipated levels of student demand for the course.
Due to Mikes exceptional performance in regards to the GDP, Mike was subsequently engaged by
Monash Online to act as an internal academic design and development consultant for the next two
courses that Monash Online launched. In both cases Mike was able to work very effectively with the
course design teams to ensure that the courses were well structured and pedagogically sound and
that a highly student centric and efficient carousel unit delivery model was adopted.
Based on my experience in dealing with Mike, I would highly recommend him as both a skilled
online educator and an enthusiastic team player who is able to effectively motivate and lead diverse
academic/technical staff teams.
Regards
Mr Duncan Buckeridge
Strategy Advisor, Office of the Provost and Senior Vice-President
Email : Duncan.Buckeridge@Monash.edu Phone : +61 4 2578 4107

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Mike Larson referral letter

  • 1. Postal Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia Building 3A, Clayton Campus, Wellington Road, Clayton Telephone +61 3 9902 9468 Facsimile +61 3 9905 5011 www.monash.edu.au CRICOS Provider No. 00008C ABN 12 377 614 012 24 June 2016 To whom it may concern, In my role overseeing the development of the Monash Online initiative, I have had extensive dealings with Dr Mike Larson over the past two years. Initially Mike was involved as lead academic in the design and development of the online Graduate Diploma of Psychology (GDP). Subsequent to the launch of this course, Mike has been the academic course co-ordinator for the GDP. In regards to course design and development, Mike demonstrated an exceptional understanding of leading edge online course design principles and also displayed strong leadership skills in supervising the course development team. Mikes key achievements in this role were to: within the specified development budget, meet the high quality standards required for the course to achieve the approval of Monash Academic Board and external accreditation from the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council; and develop of a carousel unit delivery model that provides for both a flexible student experience and a highly efficient unit delivery model that maximises per unit enrolments. The resulting course has proven to be very popular with students, with over 1,000 student enrolments in just 18 months. In his role as course co-ordinator, Mike has overseen the hiring, training and performance of a substantial number of academic instructional staff. Mikes key achievements in his role as course co-ordinator include: strong student satisfaction, academic progression and retention outcomes for the GDP; and the successful rapid scale-up of the course delivery model to cope with the substantially higher than anticipated levels of student demand for the course. Due to Mikes exceptional performance in regards to the GDP, Mike was subsequently engaged by Monash Online to act as an internal academic design and development consultant for the next two courses that Monash Online launched. In both cases Mike was able to work very effectively with the course design teams to ensure that the courses were well structured and pedagogically sound and that a highly student centric and efficient carousel unit delivery model was adopted. Based on my experience in dealing with Mike, I would highly recommend him as both a skilled online educator and an enthusiastic team player who is able to effectively motivate and lead diverse academic/technical staff teams. Regards Mr Duncan Buckeridge Strategy Advisor, Office of the Provost and Senior Vice-President Email : Duncan.Buckeridge@Monash.edu Phone : +61 4 2578 4107