Wendy Nielsen (PhD 2009, MA 2004) credits her time in the Dept of Curriculum and Pedagogy as offering excellent preparation for an academic career. EDCP helped to cultivate varied research interests that now include how learners across science learning contexts engage with technology and group activity in the learning process. She is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Education at the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia.