Mimi Tsai

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Dr. Mimi Tsai is a Lecturer in Educator Development and Recognition at the Academy of Learning and Teaching, Queensland University of Technology. She is a Senior Fellow and Associate Fellow (Indigenous) of the Higher Education Academy. In this capacity, Mimi co-leads university-wide workshops aimed at upskilling academic communities. Her research focuses on the scholarship of learning and teaching, employing evidence-based strategies to enhance the quality of learning design, teaching practices, and the student experience. She also promotes ongoing reflection and evaluation of learning design and teaching methods. With a background in learning design and digital communication, her research explores the interaction between learning design and students' experiences, investigating how innovative educational strategies can improve student engagement and outcomes. Her recent research examines the use of generative AI by students learning English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) in higher education.

Experience

  • –present
    Learning Designer, Queensland University of Technology
  • –present
    Lecturer, Educator Development and Recognition, Queensland University of Technology

Education

  • 2019 
    Queensland University of Technology, Doctor of Philosophy

Publications

  • 2026
    Designing Trauma-Informed Online Learning: A Framework for Higher Education , Trauma-Informed Higher Education: Fostering Systemic Change Across Disciplines
  • 2025
    Crisis of imagination: Integrating degrowth pedagogy for sustainability innovation in business schools, Futures
  • 2023
    Developing a multisensory methodology to explore older people's landscape experience in Australian aged-care facilities, Ageing and Society
  • 2022
    Sharing therapeutic experiences of place: co-creative digital storytelling as a way to explore connection to place, Emotion, Space and Society
  • 2022
    Vernacular Healing Landscapes in Australian Aged-Care Gardens, Landscape research
  • 2019
    'I've always lived in a place with gardens': Residents' homemaking experiences in Australian aged-care gardens, Health and Place

Grants and Contracts

  • 2023
    John Oxley Library Fellowship
    Role:
    Queensland Memories Awards
    Funding Source:
    State Library of Queensland

Contact Mimi for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision