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Distinguished Professor Niki Davis

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Department: School of Educational Studies and Leadership

Direct Dial: +64 3 3693650

Office: Rehua 421

Language: English

About
Research / Creative works
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Fields of Research

  • e-Learning
  • Innovation and change
  • ICT Information & Communication Technologies

Researcher Summary

Niki Davis, University of Canterbury Professor Emerita remains associated with the School of Educational Studies and Leadership and UC Child Well-being Research Institute, as well as the e-Learning Research Lab that she founded in 2008. As UC Distinguished Professor of e-Learning, she was recognized internationally as a leading expert in information and communication technologies in teacher education. She has over 200 publications including books and scholarly papers. Leadership positions have included Director of Iowa State University Center for Technology in Learning and Teaching in the USA and University of Exeter Telematics Center in the UK; President of the Society of Information Technology in Teacher Education, the UK association for Information Technology in Teacher Education and the Flexible Learning Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (FLANZ, previously DEANZ); Chair of educational research for the International Federation of Information Processing; and Editor of academic refereed journals including Information Technology for Teacher Education. Since her arrival in New Zealand in 2008 Professor Davis has led research in e-learning, including e-learning for adults with needs in literacy and numeracy for the New Zealand Ministry of Education, virtual schooling and emergent bilinguals in a digital world within a National Science Challenge project. Collaborative work includes culturally sensitive e-learning with success for indigenous peoples.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Education: e-Teaching; Pedagogy; Pre-Service Teacher Education; Teacher Education

Resources

  • UC Child Well-being Research Institute

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

(Displaying research/scholarly/creative work for last six years)
Authored Books
  • Davis N. (2018) Digital Technologies and Change in Education: The Arena Framework. New York & London: Routledge. 224.
Chapters
  • Davis N. and Charania A. (2022) The evolution of ITE in India. In Charania A (Ed.), Integrated Approach to Technology in Education in India Implementation and Impact (1st ed.) India: Routledge Chapman & Hall. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003300274-2.
  • Brown C., Davis N. and Eulatth-Vidal W. (2019) Student engagement in flexible and distance learning in Aotearoa New Zealand.. In Kamp A (Ed.), Education Studies in Aotearoa: Key disciplines and emerging directionsNZCER.
  • Davis NE. and Ferdig R. (2018) Virtual Schools: A Global Perspective. In Voogt J; Knezek G; Christensen R; Lai KW (Ed.), Second Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education: 701-718. Cham: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71054-9_46.
  • Davis NE., Mackey J. and Dabner N. (2018) Understanding changes in school culture. In Kennedy K; Ferdig R (Ed.), Handbook on Research in K-12 Online and Blended Learning (2nd ed.): 133-145.ETC Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1184/R1/6686813.
  • Cochrane T., Davis NE. and García-Díaz V. (2017) Design-based research with agile sprints to produce muves in vocational education. Application Development and Design: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications: 607-624. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3422-8.ch026.
Journal Articles
  • Davis N., Harris L. and Cunningham U. (2019) Professional ecologies shaping technology adoption in early childhood education with multilingual children. British Journal of Educational Technology 50(3): 1320-1339. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12774.
  • Harris L., Cunningham U. and Davis N. (2018) Languages seen are languages used: The linguistic landscapes of early childhood centres. Early Education 64: 24-28.
  • Harris L., Davis N., Cunningham U., de Vocht L., Macfarlane S., Gregory N., Aukuso S., Ova Taleni T. and Dobson J. (2018) Exploring the opportunities and challenges of the digital world for early childhood services with vulnerable children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15(11) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112407.
  • Webb ME., Bell T., Davis N., Katz YJ., Fluck A., Syslo MM., Kalas I., Cox M., Angeli C. and Malyn-Smith J. (2018) Tensions in specifying computing curricula for K-12: Towards a principled approach for objectives. it - Information Technology 60(2): 59-68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/itit-2017-0017.
  • Davis NE., Fields A. and Hartnett M. (2017) Open, flexible, and distance learning in a posttruth world. Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning 21(1) 1: 1-6.
  • Webb M., Davis N., Bell T., Katz Y., Reynolds N., Chambers DP. and Sysło MM. (2017) Computer science in K-12 school curricula of the 2lst century: Why, what and when? Education and Information Technologies 22(2): 445-468. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10639-016-9493-x.
Conference Contributions - Published
  • Obonyo C., Davis N. and Fickel L. (2020) Teacher educators’ practices with m-learning: A case study of ‘far transfer’ into schools of practices learned during preservice teacher education. In Langran E (Eds). In E. Langran (Ed.), Proceedings of SITE Interactive 2020 Online Conference: 725-730. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
  • Dubien D., Brown C., Davis N. and Kamp A. (2019) Using open source technologies to design courses for student-student interaction and building elearning skills. In.
  • Dubien D., Brown C., Davis N. and Kamp A. (2019) Using open source technologies to design courses for student-student interaction and building elearning skills. In.
  • Davis N., Dabner NJ. and Mackey J. (2018) The co-evolution of schooling and digital technologies: Changing roles and responsibilities. In Proceedings - FLANZ 2018: 97-103.
  • Farshad Nia S., Davis N., Cunningham U. and Howard J. (2018) Digital equity for ESOL students in a New Zealand secondary school analysed with Davis' Arena framework. In Proceedings - FLANZ 2018: 121-126.
  • Obonyo C., Davis N. and Fickel L. (2018) Mobile Learning Practices in Initial Teacher Education: Illustrations from Three Teacher Educators. In Langran E; Borup J (Eds). Proceedings - SITE 2018: 2424-2429.
  • Obonyo C., Davis N. and Fickel L. (2018) New forms of teaching and learning: Examples from one teacher educators’ mobile pedagogical practices. In Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ) Conference Handbook: 127-131. FLANZ.
  • Obonyo C., Davis NE. and Fickel L. (2017) Mobile learning in initial teacher education. In Yu FY (Eds). Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE).
  • Webb M., Bell T., Davis N., Katz YJ., Reynolds N., Chambers DP., Sysło MM., Fluck A., Cox M. and Angeli C. (2017) Computer science in the school curriculum: Issues and challenges. In IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology 515: 421-431. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74310-3_43.
Conference Contributions - Other
  • Dubien D., Brown C., Davis N. and Kamp A. (2019) Open source technologies that support student-student interaction in open environments: Discover, experiment, design, and evaluate! Edinburgh, Scotland: Pan Commonwealth Forum PCF9, 9-12 Sep 2019.
  • Harris L., Davis N. and de Vocht L. (2018) "Is my language treasured here?" Supporting linguistic diversity by enriching the linguistic landscapes in early childhood education. Prague, Czech Republic: 70th OMEP World Assembly and Conference, 25-29 Jun 2018.

Student Supervision

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  • PhD - Charania A: 2003-PhD/DMA/EdD-Charania, Amina (2010)
  • PhD - Compton L: 2002-PhD/DMA/EdD-Compton, Lily (2008)
  • PhD - Gikandi J: Formative assessment in online learning (2012)
  • PhD - Heitz A: 2008-PhD/DMA/EdD-Heitz, Alex (2013)
  • PhD - Hindin Miller J: The influence of a teen parent school on the lives of young parents (2010)
  • PhD - Leahy M: Constructions of technology-mediated literacy: A case study of a disadvantaged primary school in Ireland. (2013)
  • PhD - Obonyo CN: Use of Mobile Technologies in Initial Teacher Education (2020)
  • PhD - Wattana S: 2009-PhD/DMA/EdD-Wattana, Sorada (2013)
  • PhD - Wise S: 2009-PhD/DMA/EdD-Wise, Stuart (2010)
  • PhD - Wu W: 2003-PhD/DMA/EdD-Wu, Wenxia (2008)
  • Masters - Hay M: 2009-Masters Thesis-Hay, Malcolm (2013)
  • Masters - Stevens K: 2010-Masters Thesis-Stevens, Kerry (2011)
  • Masters - Zaka P: Blended learning in a secondary school: A co-evolutionary persepective (2012)

Research Groups

  • E-Learning Lab
  • Language and Literacy Lab

Research Projects

  • A Better Start: E Tipu e Rea
  • Restructuring teacher education awards with revitalized learning for future teachers in the 21st century

Future Research

  • Bridging the digital divide
  • Virtual schooling and e-teaching
  • Change with digital technologies

Key Methodologies

  • Action Research
  • Design Based Research
  • Scenario Building
  • Emergent methodologies
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