Business and Law

Responsibilities

• Business Edge Program Coordinator
• BES5100 Foundations of Business Leadership Unit Coordinator

Awards and recognition  

• 2012 Most Outstanding Reviewer - Education + Training Journal (Emerald Literati) 
• 2011 Dean’s Award for Quality Publication in Journals
• 2011 Most Outstanding Reviewer - Education + Training Journal (Emerald Literati)
• 2010 Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
• 2009 Vice Chancellor's Award for Engagement (BE Team)
• 2009 FBL Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching & Learning
• 1996 Vice Chancellor’s Commendation for  Academic Excellence

Research

Research interest

• Employability skill teaching and learning and assessment
• Teamwork 
• Student-centred/active learning

Current research areas

• Rubric use in the assessment of employability skills
• Employability skills and industry engagement 
• Student-centred/active learning

Recent research grants

• 2012 - The development of industry-aligned rubrics for assessing employability skills in business undergraduates. Faculty of Business and Law, Teaching and Learning Grant.
• 2011 - Auditing employability skill development in business undergraduates. Faculty of Business and Law, Teaching and Learning Grant.
• 2010 - Sustainability of Business Edge Blackboard Sites. Faculty of Business and Law, Teaching and Learning Grant.

Recent publications

Refereed journal articles

• Riebe, L., Sibson, R., Roepen, D. & Meakins, K. (2013). Industry guest speaker impact on business student perceptions of the development of employability skills. Industry and Higher Education. 27(1).
  
• Riebe, L., Roepen, D., Santarelli, B. & Marchioro, G. (2010). Teamwork: Effectively teaching an employability skill. Education + Training. 52(6/7).

Conference papers  

• Riebe, L., Sibson, R. & Jackson D. (2012). Working effectively with others: student perceptions of employability skill development in an undergraduate business degree. Proceedings of Higher Education Research and Student Learning Conference, Melbourne University, 10-12 December, 2012.
• Riebe, L., Sibson, R., Roepen, D. & Meakins, K. (2012). Perceptions and expectations of undergraduate business students of industry guest speakers in an employability skills program. Proceedings of e-Culture Conference, Edith Cowan University, 7 November, 2012.
• Riebe, L., Van Eeden, J. & Jackson, A. (2010). Standardisation and sustainability of Business Edge Blackboard sites. Poster presentation. e-Culture Conference, Edith Cowan University, 5 November, 2010.
• Jackson, D., Sibson, R. & Riebe, L. (2010). Updating employability skills frameworks: an Australian case study. Proceedings of  e-Culture Conference, Edith Cowan University, 5 November, 2010.
• Riebe, L. , Roepen, D. & Santarelli, B. (2010). Getting the teamwork Edge: Sustaining skills of future employability.  Proceedings of the Teaching and Learning Forum 2010, Edith Cowan University, 28 January, 2010.
• Riebe, L., Roepen, D. & Santarelli, B. (2009). Surviving teamwork: Engaging in the process to develop and sustain a key employability skill. Proceedings of  e-Culture Conference, Edith Cowan University, 5 November, 2009.
• Omari, M., Riebe, L., Santarelli, B., Scott. G. & Torgasheva, S. (2009). Tracking our business graduates. Presented at Engaging with Research@ECU  Industry Event, 20 August, 2009.
• Fuller, T., Riebe, L., Santarelli, B. & Scott, G. (2009). Business Edge breathes life into graduate attributes.