Qualifications

• Bachelor of Computing (Hons), University of Ballarat
• Graduate Certificate in Education (Tertiary Education), University of Ballarat
• Diploma of Vocational Education and Training, University of Ballarat
• Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University

Areas of interest

• Digital pedagogy
• Cybersecurity management
• Health informatics 

Areas of expertise

Sally’s research interests span digital pedagogy, cybersecurity management and health informatics. Her work in digital pedagogy explores the design and use of digital technologies to enhance teaching, learning and student engagement in higher education, with a focus on creating innovative, technology-supported learning environments. In cybersecurity management, Sally examines organisational strategies, governance frameworks and risk management approaches used to protect digital assets and information systems, with particular attention to developing effective policies and practices to address emerging cyber threats and strengthen organisational resilience. Her research in health informatics investigates the use of digital technologies and information systems to support people living with chronic illness, focusing on the design and evaluation of patient-centred digital health solutions that improve self-management, accessibility and health outcomes for patients and carers. 

Grants

Teaching and Learning 

• Firmin, S., Burke, W., & Miller, C. 2011. IPOL fellowship funding – A framework for flexible learning and teaching practices ($10,000). 
• Turville, K., Firmin, S., Dekker, E., & Lansley, A. 2013. SITE L&T innovation grant – Flexible learning development room. ($4,180). 
• Lim, S., Firmin, S., Moore, S., Oseni, T., Shatte, A, Javidan, F., & Goriss-Hunter, A. 2021. HEPPP funding – The Fed Uni STEM club. ($62,890) 

Research 

• Firmin, S., Khyrran, S., Oseni, T., Chinna, S., Santhanagopalan, and MD Yeahia Biyan. (2024) ERC Grant. ​Identification of critical challenges experienced by chronically ill patients. ($10,000).​ 
• Oseni, T., Firmin, S., Balasubramanian Appiah, V., & Stranieri, A. 2021. RSP funding – A Context-Initiative-Mechanism-Outcome (CIMO) Approach for Fluid Management in CKD using a Flex Behaviour Change Intervention Program. ($5,500). 
• Oseni, T., Firmin, S., Stranieri, A., Ayoola, I., & van Berlo, S. 2022. Health innovation and transformation centre (HITC) early career researcher engagement and impact grants seed funding – A Context-Initiative-Mechanism-Outcome (CIMO) Approach for Fluid Management in CKD using a Flex Behaviour Change Intervention Program: A clinical trial. ($9,947). 

Current

• PhD student, 'Building higher education organisational cybersecurity capacity through individual employee mental models of privacy: A design science approach', principal supervisor. 
• PhD student, 'The effect of business process management and data analysis technology on business processes’ performance', principal supervisor. 
• PhD student, 'Combining people and operational practice within an IoT framework to manage supply chain performance (efficiency)', associate supervisor. 
• PhD student, 'Learning with Generative AI: A longitudinal study of digital stewardship in higher education students an organisational learning perspective', principal supervisor. 
• PhD student, ' An interpretive study of stakeholders' privacy in blockchain based healthcare: issues and strategies in Australian privacy principles context', principal supervisor.  
• PhD student, 'Toward of Heterogeneous IoT Sensors in Home Healthcare through Automated Semantic Inference', principal supervisor.  

Past

• PhD student, 'Employees’ technology use behaviours and their implications in the post-pandemic online work environments: A mixed-method study', principal supervisor. 
• PhD student, 'Data-efficient and reliable deep learning for fake video detection', associate supervisor. 
• PhD student, 'Cybersecurity challenges during remote working in COVID-19 pandemic: A key enabler for changing organisational resilience strategies', associate supervisor. 
• PhD student, 'The Visual Representation of a Patient’s Pathway for Multi-Disciplinary, Co', associate supervisor. 
• PhD student, 'A framework for adoption decision process for blockchain technology - An institutional and actor-network theory perspective', associate supervisor. 
• PhD student, 'Decision making processes within educated intercultural marriages in -Australia', associate supervisor. 
• Honours student, 'An investigation into how mobile technology can engage young museum visitors', associate supervisor. 
• Honours student, 'Case based web system for diabetes management using traditional Chinese medicine', associate supervisor. 

• Database design and development
• Web design and development
• Information systems
• Data and business process modelling
• Project and service management
• Ethics and entrepreneurship
• IT governance
• Problem solving
• Project supervision 

Professional association memberships

• Australian Computer Society (ACS)
• Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)