A5079689195- Literacy, Media, and Education
- Digital Storytelling and Education
- Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
- Mobile Learning in Education
- Educational Games and Gamification
- Subtitles and Audiovisual Media
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Open Education and E-Learning
- Online and Blended Learning
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Digital Games and Media
- Global Education and Multiculturalism
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- ICT in Developing Communities
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection
- Historical and Linguistic Studies
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Botanical Research and Chemistry
- Augmented Reality Applications
University of Tasmania
2010-2024
University of Edinburgh
2024
Children in Scotland
2001
Western Sydney University
2000
University of Wales
1983-1989
What are educators' motivations for using virtual worlds with their students? Are they them to support the teaching of professions and if this is case, do introduce into curriculum develop and/or expand students' professional learning networks? transform learning? In recognition exciting opportunities that present higher education, DEHub Virtual Worlds Working Group was formed. It made up Australian university academics who investigating role will play in future education actively...
This paper draws from research conducted as part of an Australian Research Council funded Linkage Project ‘Teaching effective 3D authoring in the middle years: multimedia grammatical design and pedagogy’, which is a collaboration between University New England, Tasmania Children's Television Foundation. project being over 20 schools around Australia. The data presented this focuses on one such school, located Tasmania. It explores school's endeavour teaching learning multimodal narrative....
Over the past decade, teaching and learning in virtual worlds has been at forefront of many higher education institutions around world. The DEHub Virtual Worlds Working Group (VWWG) consisting Australian New Zealand academics was formed 2009. These educators are investigating role that play future actively changing direction their own practice curricula. 47 reporting on 28 present an overview how they have changed directions through effective use for diverse activities such as business...
Persuasive language has been described as the of power. When a person can use persuasive effectively in speech and writing, it increases their ability to participate access power democratic societies. writing is one three key text types Australian Curriculum: English, features are taught across curriculum. students' write texts assessed seven past nine years National Assessment Program – Literacy Numeracy (NAPLAN) testing. One that considered important grammatical metaphor. This paper...
here is a pedagogic chasm between monomodal literacy practices of the past, still dominating most children’s school experience, and multimodal, dynamic publishing that children increasingly routinely engage in with new media online spaces. This paper will utilise findings three case studies, drawing from them implications each has for developing pedagogy best reflects kinds within digital multimodal literacies. Using knowledge gleaned this begin to explore what required meaningful...
The practice of critical literacy in EFL contexts answers the need for pedagogy that considers complex social and political dimensions foreign language learning. Many teachers are still discouraged from practicing due to many challenges they encounter. In this paper, we outline a practical framework can help navigate complexity contexts. consists four resources practice, namely curriculum standards, students’ experiences background, local issues, text selection. classroom activities include...
Abstract Introduction Acute Liver Failure (ALF) has no effective treatment other than liver transplantation, and is commonly caused by paracetamol overdose. New treatments are needed to treat prevent ALF. Alternatively activated macrophages (AAMs) can promote resolution of necrosis stimulate hepatocyte proliferation. Using AAMs in unscheduled care requires the use an allogeneic product. A clinical trial determine safety tolerability AAMs. Methods analysis single centre, open-label,...
Introduction Acute liver failure (ALF) has no effective treatment other than transplantation and is commonly caused by paracetamol overdose. New treatments are needed to treat prevent ALF. Alternatively-activated macrophages (AAMs) can promote resolution of necrosis stimulate hepatocyte proliferation. Using AAMs in unscheduled care requires the use an allogeneic product. A clinical trial determine safety tolerability AAMs. Methods analysis single-centre, open-label, dose-escalation, phase 1...
Mutations in the gene encoding Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp) give rise to (WAS), a condition that exhibits wide spectrum of clinical severity. Patients may develop mild thrombocytopenia or suffer from range associated disorders including eczema, immune dysfunction, autoimmune disease and malignancy. The diagnosis (WAS) can be difficult is usually supported by detection WASp mutations using genetic analysis. Recently, protein‐based assays have been used demonstrate absence patients...
This article examines the ways in that children's identities are constructed one form of online community. The community I have selected is "The Palace," a graphical chat world users represent themselves as an image, or avatar, and interact with others within visually defined worlds. In particular, this focusses on small group children who been subject pilot study undertaken for my doctorate, interacting palace especially by me purpose. aims to identify those discursive practices operating...
iFiction is a location-based mobile application using Mixed Reality and multimedia technologies designed to enhance transform children's interactive, participatory innovative experiences with English literature. With this app, children author their own interactive reversionings of literary texts range traditional (such as text, audio, photo, video) well (MR) then manipulate these media into MR layering the story that can be placed within particular context space time, blending virtual actual...
In a time of globalisation, the teaching intercultural understanding has become one essential components curriculum in classrooms around world. Among various materials for understanding, multicultural children’s picturebooks have been applied widely to raise students’ awareness cultural representations diverse countries, especially Asian cultures context Western classrooms. However, studies also reported teachers’ difficulties interpreting and analysing elements including picturebooks....