Rate My Professor Gounshali Vaghjee

Dr. Gounshali Vaghjee is a Senior Lecturer and Professional Development Facilitator at Curtin Mauritius, Charles Telfair Campus, part of Curtin University. She serves as Head of the Faculty of Humanities at Charles Telfair Education (Curtin Mauritius). With more than two decades of dedication to higher education, she has been lecturing at Curtin Mauritius since 2002, specializing in areas such as IT and Internet Studies, Communication and Internet Studies, and the Digital Economy. Her roles encompass teaching courses like NETS2003 The Digital Economy and contributing to professional development initiatives. Listed as an Instructor (Mauritius) in the Curtin University staff portal under the Global Curtin portfolio, Vaghjee holds a PhD in social media and higher education. She is recognized as an alumnus of the One Curtin: Leading in a Global University Program 2022, highlighting her leadership in global university contexts. Her career reflects a strong commitment to advancing teaching and learning practices in a small island developing state setting.

Vaghjee's academic interests center on digital culture, social media, higher education, and online learning. Her research explores the integration of social media in pedagogy, learner engagement, and participatory cultures in digital environments, with particular relevance to small island developing states like Mauritius. Key publications include the article 'Social media-enhanced learning in a small island developing states (SIDS) setting' (2020), which investigates social media's role in enhancing learning outcomes. In 2022, she published chapters such as 'Covid-19 and student engagement: Perspectives of educators to abridge learning loss and engage students in the new normal learning setting' and 'Participatory learning culture: From spectators to creators in online learning environments,' addressing post-pandemic educational challenges. Additional contributions encompass 'Uses and Gratifications factors for social media use in teaching' (2016) and reviewer acknowledgements in academic journals. Her expertise extends to skills in new media technology, mass communication, web-based communication, social networking, and social media marketing. Through her work, Vaghjee influences pedagogical innovations, fostering student engagement in digital and hybrid learning spaces at Curtin University.