High Level Communication

Title:

Presentation

Context:

Research -Teaching

Dates:

2000- 2009

Level:

Intermediate

Description:

I have been teaching in high school and college for more than 5 years. I have conducted seminars and professional development programs. I have also presented a number of research papers.

Related Files:

• atea2009_kinleyk_v2.pdf
• iste2009_v5.pdf
• timetabling_rub_kinley.pdf
• cv_kinley.pdf

Advanced Teamwork

Title:

Teaching of Bhutan History in Dzongkha

Context:

Research -Impact Study

Dates:

July 2008

Level:

Not Applicable

Description:

The teaching of Bhutan History (BH) in Dzongkha for classes VII and VIII was introduced into the Bhutanese education system in 2006. Lately, this became an issue for debate with stakeholders questioning the wisdom and efficacy of teaching BH in Dzongkha and resulted in a recommendation by the 11th Annual Education Conference of 2008 to carry out an independent study of teaching BH in Dzongkha. In July 2008 the Royal University of Bhutan was commissioned to carry out this impact study. As the result 10 researchers from the Royal University of Bhutan (including me) conducted this research during August - December 2008. The research study employed a combination of both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies in order to come up with the most reliable and useful data from all stakeholders. A total of 96 schools out of 131 eligible schools, 160 teachers, 134 principals, 15722 students, 4 DEOs, 2 teacher educators, 9 parents and 9 class observations were covered throughout the country. The findings from the research were presented to the stakeholders, Ministry of Education, Thimphu on in December 2008.

Related Files:

• Executive_Summary_history.pdf

Knowledge and Research Problem Solving

Title:

Research Paper

Context:

Web service

Dates:

November 2008

Level:

Intermediate

Description:

I have conducted this research to investigate student’s use of web services (Internet) in their written task at the Paro College of Education, Paro Bhutan. The research has indicated that there is a lack of some of educational information technology services such as e-learning at the Paro College of Education. Internet connection being very slow was the main barrier to learning using e-learning or Internet resources. The quality of the assignments can be improved by accessing and using updated information from the Internet and Web services. There is a strong relationship between what students learnt and the environment, between the quality of written task and the source of the information, and between Web searching and learning.

Related Files:

• atea2009_kinleyk_v2.pdf

Research Career Learning

Title:

Training on Research

Context:

Research

Dates:

6 April to 1 May 2008

Level:

Not Applicable

Description:

I attended this training on leadership and research development held at the University of New England Armidale NSW from 6th April to 1st May 2008. This training was sponsored by Australian Leadership Award Fellowship. Some of the skills developed are: •Leadership skills and Management •Action Research. •Writing abstracts •Identifying action research Models •Research questions •Prepare action research proposal

Related Files:

• ala_fellowships_certificate.pdf

Research Conduct

Title:

Awareness and Challenges of E-learning

Context:

Research- Elearning

Dates:

August 2008

Level:

Intermediate

Description:

This research investigated Faculty and Students’ Awareness and Challenges of E-learning at the Paro College of Education, Bhutan. The aim of the paper was to investigate the students’ and lecturers’ awareness on e-learning management software, explore the availability of resources for e-learning services in the college, and explore the challenges faced by the students and lecturers. The findings from the research was presented at the 2009 Annual Conference for International Society for Teacher Education, Weber State University, Utah, USA 3 June -9 June

Related Files:

• iste2009_v5.pdf

Title:

Impact of teaching Bhutan History in English

Context:

Research -An Impact Study

Dates:

July 2008

Level:

Intermediate

Description:

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the impact of Bhutan History in English. The research was conducted across the national by 10 researchers from the Royal University of Bhutan. The findings from the research was presented to the official from the Ministry of Education in November 2008.

Title:

Internet and Web Service

Context:

Research-Web services

Dates:

August 2008

Level:

Intermediate

Description:

I have conducted this research to investigate student’s use of web services (Internet) in their written task at the Paro College of Education, Paro Bhutan. The research has indicated that there is a lack of some of educational information technology services such as e-learning at the Paro College of Education. Internet connection being very slow was the main barrier to learning using e-learning or Internet resources. The quality of the assignments can be improved by accessing and using updated information from the Internet and Web services. There is a strong relationship between what students learnt and the environment, between the quality of written task and the source of the information, and between Web searching and learning.

Related Files:

• atea2009_kinleyk_v2.pdf

Leadership

Title:

Leadership and Research training

Context:

Training

Dates:

6 April -1 May 2008

Level:

Not Applicable

Description:

I was selected as one of six fellows from Bhutan for the leadership and research training held at the University of New England, Armidale, NSW. The program was supported by Australian Leadership Award- Fellowship under the AusAID.

Related Files:

• ALAF-KINLEY.pdf
• ala_fellowships_certificate.pdf

Communication - Work

Title:

Associate Lecturer

Context:

Paro College of Education

Dates:

April 2006 -February 2009

Description:

Job Description

·  Provide qualitative education in the field of IT to the undergraduate students

·  Provide timely and constructive feedback on students’ learning and achievement

·  Design and develop teaching and learning materials for the college

·  Help and manage college’s LAN(local area network)

·  Provide computer services such as software and hardware installations in Labs and faculty computers, and troubleshooting This job, built on my previous teaching and helpdesk skills, prepared me for a better delivery in teaching and research capacity building. It was during this period that I had an opportunity to attend research workshops, oversea academic conferences, and meet scholars around the world.

Teamwork - Work

Title:

Lab Advisor

Context:

Integrated Help Service, QUT

Dates:

23 March -Current

Description:

•Job Description

·  Assist integrated help service staff to provide a qualitative help services

·  Establish and strengthen relationships between the students and the university

·  Help students with computer troubleshooting

·  Orient Students with QUT environment This job improved my communication and troubleshooting skills. I have learned how to work in a team, thus increased my boundary of friendship to different nationalities and culture. I also learned a lot about QUT – its management, faculties, and policies. The most important thing about the work lies in its nature –helping students. At the end of my shift, I feel happy for being able to help the needy students, especially international students.