Curriculum: A Proposed Definitional Framework

Lynette Johns-Boast is a Lecturer in software engineering at the Australian National University (ANU) College of Engineering and Computer Science. Her research interests include curriculum design and development, experiential and cooperative learning, personality and successful teams in software engineering, open educational resources (OER) and learning object repositories (LOR), engineering education including the transfer of learning between the university and the workplace, and women in engineering. Prior to joining the ANU in 2005, she had 20 years’ experience in the information technology industry in Australia and the United Kingdom, including establishing a very successful small business which provides bespoke software and consultancy services to the Australian Federal Government in Canberra. Lynette holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Modern European Languages from the ANU, a Graduate Diploma in Information Systems from the University of Canberra and has just completed a PhD in engineering education from the ANU. In 2012 Lynette received the Australian Council of Engineering Deans National Award for Engineering Education (High Commendation) and in 2007 she received the ”WICked Woman of the Year” award from the Canberra Women in Information and Communication (WIC) for her contribution to developing, encouraging and mentoring young women in industry and at university.