Journal articles

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Organisational and technological skills: the overlooked dimension of research training (with Renata Phelps and Kath Fisher), Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (2006)
Over the last three decades new technologies have emerged which have the capacity to considerably...
 
Competency, capability, complexity and computers: exploring a new model for conceptualising end-user computer education (with Renata Phelps and Stewart Hase), British Journal of Educational Technology (2005)
Notions of competency have dominated the computer education literature, and have underpinned Competency-Based Training (CBT)...
 

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Effective implementation of e-learning: a case study of the Australian Army (with Diane Newton), Journal of Workplace Learning (2005)

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This case study identifies factors influencing the implementation of e-Learning within the Australian Army...

 
Effective implementation of online learning: A case study of the Queensland mining industry (with Diane Newton and Stewart Hase), Journal of Workplace Learning (2002)
This study identified the factors that are important in the effective implementation of online learning...
 

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Group processes online: teaching collaboration through collaborative processes (with Kath Fisher and Renata Phelps), Educational Technology & Society (2000)
While many subject areas lend themselves well to off-campus distance education delivery, there have always...
 

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Staff development for online delivery: a collaborative, team based action learning model (with Renata Phelps), Australian Journal of Educational Technology (2000)

For academics to successfully make the transition to online teachers or learning facilitators, they must...

 

Books

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Organizing and managing your research: a practical guide for postgraduates (with Renata Phelps and Kath Fisher), School of Commerce and Management Papers (2007)

Organizational, management and technological skills are critical aspects of research and are often overlooked and...

 

Book chapters

Problems with online learning are systemic not technical (with Stewart Hase), Teaching & learning online : pedagogies for new technologies (2001)
 
Managing staff development for web-based teaching: a four stage model and its application (with Renata Phelps), Perspectives in web course management (2000)
 
Information technology and the NESB research student (with Renata Phelps), Supervising postgraduates from non-English speaking backgrounds (1999)
"Many universities in the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have come to rely...
 

Conference publications

An e-learning comparative alignment framework (with Diane Newton), Proceedings of E-Learn 2007: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education (2007)
Researching the factors influencing e-learning effectiveness is a complex and contentious task due to the...
 

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A model for e-learning integration (with Diane Newton), Proceedings of E-Learn 2006: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education (2006)
As yet there is no comprehensive theory to inform how the various elements of e-learning...
 

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Exploring the Australian Army instructor's role in e-learning (with Diane Newton), Proceedings of E-Learn 2005: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education (2005)
An organisation’s eLearning culture is influenced by the traditional training culture and perceived relevance of...
 

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Factors influencing the uptake of web-based learning in the Australian Army (with Diane Newton), Proceedings of AusWeb05 Conference (2005)
Understanding factors that influence the uptake of networked Web-Based Learning development within the highly authoritarian...
 

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The Australian Army soldier's perspective of flexible learning: reserve distance learning pilot (with Diane Newton and Paul Ashman), AVETRA 2005 Annual Conference Proceedings (2005)

This study aims to understand the perceptions of soldiers involved in the shift to flexible...

 
Transdisciplinary educational design: creating a structured space for critical reflection on e-learning assessment practices (with Meg O'Reilly), World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2005 (2005)
Many academic staff are experiencing the multiple challenges and pressures of increased teaching loads, e-learning...
 

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Making the transition from interactive CD-ROMs to web-based learning resources: a case study of the Australian Army (with Diane Newton), Proceedings of AusWeb04 (2004)
Organisations with established eLearning programs continue to experience the impact of internally and externally driven...
 

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Technology-based training in the Australian Army: a decade of development (with Diane Newton), Proceedings of Ed-Media 2004: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (2004)
In the space of a decade the Australian Army has moved from developing its first...
 

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From page turning to deep learning: a case history of four years of continual development of an ICT course (with Renata Phelps), in G Crisp, D Thiele, I Scholten, S Barker & J Baron (eds), Interact, integrate, impact: proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Adelaide, 7-10 December 2003. pp. 407-414. (2003)
As online delivery becomes more widely adopted in higher education, a proliferation of courses have...
 

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A metacognitive approach to computer education for teachers: combining theory and practice for computer capability (with Renata Phelps), Linking learners: Australian Computers in Education Conference (ACEC 2002) (2002)
Training in the use of computers has become a major priority for pre-service and practicing...
 

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Helping students to help themselves: case studies from a metacognitive approach to computer learning and teaching (with Renata Phelps), Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2002), pp. 1035-1036 (2002)
End-user training in the use of computer software and hardware has become a significant area...
 

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In at the deep end - swapping roles through staff development online (with Meg O'Reilly), Winds of Change in the Sea of Learning : Proceedings of the 19th annual conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) (2002)
After reviewing questions about how Australian Universities carry out staff development for online teaching and...
 

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Overcoming computer anxiety through reflection on attribution (with Renata Phelps), Winds of change in the sea of learning: charting the course of digital education: ASCILITE 2002, pp. 515-524 (2002)
Computer anxiety continues to be a significant issue for many students. While ever learners experience...
 

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The role of metacognitive and reflective learning processes in developing capable computer users (with Renata Phelps and Stewart Hase), Meeting at the crossroads: proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of ASCILITE, 9-12 December 2001, pp. 481-490. (2002)
There is continued pressure for the application, and integration, of computer technologies into learning and...
 
E-Learning at Southern Cross University: past, present and future (with Meg O'Reilly), Proceedings of the WebNet Conference (2001)
 

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The role of university web pages in staff development: supporting teaching and learning online (with Meg O'Reilly and Diane Newton), Proceedings of AusWeb2K (2000)

This paper investigates the nature and quality of Web-based resources which support staff development in...

 

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Staff development for online delivery: a collaborative team-based action learning model (with Renata Phelps), Responding to diversity: the 16th annual conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE), Dec 5-8 (1999)

For academics to successfully make the transition to online teachers or learning facilitators, they must...

 

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Staff development responses to the demand for online teaching and learning (with Meg O'Reilly and Roger Debreceny), ASCILITE '98 : flexibility the next wave? Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (1998)

Australian universities are coming under increasing demand to deliver online courses. This demand is driven...

 
Teaching using online technologies: a review of approaches to staff development in Australian Universities (with Meg O'Reilly), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (EDMEDIA)1998 (1998)
 
Migrating from paper-based course materials to interactive, web-based, multimedia courseware (with P Wildman and Meg O'Reilly), Multi Media Engineering Education, 1996, IEEE international conference on Multimedia Engineering in Education (1996)
Since the early 1990's the convergence of telecommunications and computer technologies and their relative cost...