Overview
Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career
Section: Overview
Overview
Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career

Key details

Areas of expertise

  • Curriculum and Pedagogy Innovation
  • Professional and Creative Writing
  • Digital Content Production
  • The First Year Experience
  • The Block Model

Available to supervise research students

Available for media queries

About John Weldon

Dr John Weldon is the Head of Curriculum in Victoria University’s First Year College (FYC). As such, he was intimately involved in the design, development and implementation of the revolutionary VU Block Model, and First Year Model. His current research interests lie in the area of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, especially as this relates to the First Year Experience.

Prior to his role in the FYC, John Weldon taught and researched in the field of Professional and Creative Writing in VU’s College of Arts and Education. His PhD research focused on the intersection of digital interactivity and the novel.

John is a published novelist and has worked as a freelance reporter and writer since the mid 1990s. His work has been published widely by organisations including: The Age, The ABC, The AFL, The Western Times and Overland.

Qualifications

  • PhD, Victoria University, Australia, 2015
  • Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education, Victoria University, 2020
  • Graduate Certificate in Creative Media, RMIT University, Australia, 2007
  • Bachelor of Arts, Monash University, Australia, 1986

Key publications

John has over 24 publications, with a selection listed here.


A more comprehensive list of John's publications is available in the VU Research Repository.

Year Citation
2022 Thompson, J. D., & Weldon, J. (220101). Content Production for Digital Media: An Introduction.

doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-9686-2

Year Citation
2020 Smallridge, A., Mccluskey, T., Weldon, J., Cleary, K., Loton, D., & Samarawickrema, G. (200101). Building on the VU Block foundations: Results from theinaugural first year cohort In Heinrich;, Bourke. (Ed.) (pp. 61-72). Australia: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, Inc.
2012 Weldon, J. (120101). Multividual: A new story for a new audience In Pickering, K. (Ed.) (1) (pp. 151-155). Melbourne: Emerging Writers' Festival.

Year Citation
2022 Konjarski, L., Oraison, H., Weldon, J., & Mcwilliams, A. (220630). Everybody s Business: A whole of Institution Approach to Transitions Pedagogy HERDSA.

Year Citation
2023 Konjarski, L., Weldon, J., Ashley, S., Freeman, T., & Shanata, J. (230101). The Block: A catalyst for ongoing innovation. JOURNAL OF UNIVERSITY TEACHING AND LEARNING PRACTICE, 20(4),

doi: 10.53761/1.20.4.13
2020 Weldon, J., Mccluskey, T., Smallridge, A., Loton, D., Cleary, K., & Samarawickrema, G. (200101). Building on the VU Block foundations: Results from the inaugural first year cohort. Research and Development in Higher Education: Next Generation, Higher Education: Challenges, Changes and Opportunities, (61-72).
2019 McCluskey, T., Weldon, J., & Smallridge, A. (190311). Rebuilding the first year experience, one block at a time. Student Success, 10(1), (1-15).

doi: 10.5204/ssj.v10i1.1048
2018 Weldon, J., Mccluskey, T., & Smallridge, A. (180101). New kids on the Block: Results of a First Year College initiative. Student Success, (1-10).
2012 Case, J., Weldon, J., & Neil, M. (121201). Bookshops, ebooks and the future of the novel. Overland,(207), (51-55).
2012 Weldon, J. R. (120101). The effect of digitisation on the novel. International Journal of the Book, 9(4), (57-67).

doi: 10.18848/1447-9516/cgp/v09i04/36963

Research funding for the past 5 years

Funding details for this researcher are currently unavailable.

Supervision of research students at VU

Available to supervise research students

Available for media queries

Completed supervision of research students at VU

No. of students Study level Role
1 PhD by Creative Work Associate supervisor

Completed supervision of research students at VU

Students & level Role
PhD by Creative Work (1) Associate supervisor

Teaching activities & experience

Dr John Weldon is currently Head of Curriculum in Victoria University's First Year College and teaches First Year units in the College of Arts and Education at Victoria University.

Key academic roles

Dates Role Department / Organisation
Nov 2017 - Present
Head of Curriculum, First Year College
Victoria University
Jun 2008 - Oct 2017
Senior Lecturer in Professional and Creative Writing
Victoria University
Jan 2016 - Oct 2017
Blended Learning Coordinator, College of Arts & Education
Victoria University
Jan 1999 - Dec 2001
Media and Communications Manager
Western Bulldogs
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Dates Role & Department/Organisation
Nov 2017 -
Present
Head of Curriculum, First Year College
Victoria University
Jun 2008 -
Oct 2017
Senior Lecturer in Professional and Creative Writing
Victoria University
Jan 2016 -
Oct 2017
Blended Learning Coordinator, College of Arts & Education
Victoria University
Jan 1999 -
Dec 2001
Media and Communications Manager
Western Bulldogs
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Key industry, community & government roles

Dates Role Department/Organisation
Jun 2019 - Jul 2020
Arts Ambassador
Maribyrnong City Council
Dates Role & Department/Organisation
Jun 2019 - Jul 2020
Arts Ambassador
Maribyrnong City Council

Awards

Year Award
2013

Vice Chancellor's Award for Programs that Enhance Learning - VU