Congratulations to our latest Fellow Dr Marilyn Wells FACS

^Highlights

• Dr Marilyn Wells FACS, ACS Queensland Branch Executive Committee and Rockhampton Chapter Member is our latest Fellow in Queensland.
• Read about Marilyn’s impressive contributions to ICT tertiary education, learning and industry engagement in Australia.

Dr Wells has made a distinguished contribution to ICT by overcoming the challenges and demonstrating the benefits and practicality of providing localised face-to-face teaching and learning opportunities to tertiary students of ICT courses who lived in regional and remote areas. Her approach included industry integrated learning and professionals which provided visibility of industry expectations, career opportunities and employment outcomes. This increased student enrolments, engagement and retention. As the Foundation Head of the College of ICT at Central Queensland University, she was instrumental in making it the most geographically diverse College/School of ICT in Australia.

Marilyn was also a driving force in the restructuring of the Centre for Machine Learning, Network and Educational Technology (CMLNet) at CQUniversity which created opportunities for students and academics to work with industry partners, leading to global recognition for their research capability and output.