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Associate Professor Cheryl Lee Brown

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Department: School of Educational Studies and Leadership

Email: cheryl.brown@canterbury.ac.nz

Office: Rehua 521

Language: English

Continue to explore concepts of digital identity and how our online experiences influence our learning in a digital world.
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Research / Creative works
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Fields of Research

  • critical digital literacy
  • student experiences
  • networked learning
  • critical discourse analysis
  • access and equity
  • online and blended learning
  • BYOD and mobile learning

Researcher Summary

My  research interests are centred around access to ICTs and how they facilitate or inhibit students’ participation in learning. In the past few years I have looked more closely at the role technological devices (for example cell phones and tablets) play in students learning in a developing context and the development of students' digital literacy practices. I have led research projects on digital education leadership, personal mobile devices in learning and teaching and developing e-learning professionals in Africa.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Education: e-Teaching; Technology Education; Tertiary Education
  • Science & Technology: Science & Technology
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Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles
  • Brown C., Huber E., Bone E., Gribble L., Lys I., Dickson-Deane C., Yu P., Markauskaite L. and Campbell C. (2023) Academic women co-designing education futures in a postdigital world. Postdigital Science and Education.
  • Forbes D., Gedera D., Brown C., Hartnett M. and Datt A. (2023) Practical learning in hybrid environments: Can remote learning be active, authentic, and real? Distance Education 44(2): 362-379. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2023.2198487.
  • Forbes D., Gedera D., Hartnett M., Datt A. and Brown C. (2023) Sustainable Strategies for Teaching and Learning Online. Sustainability (Switzerland) 15(17) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su151713118.
  • Gedera D., Forbes D., Brown C., Hartnett M. and Datt A. (2023) Learning during a pandemic: An activity theory analysis of the experiences of Aotearoa/New Zealand university students. Educational Technology Research and Development.
  • Hartnett M., Brown C., Forbes D., Gedera D. and Datt A. (2023) Enhanced or diminished attitudes: University students’ agency. Computers and Education 198 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2023.104773.
  • MacKenzie A., Bacalja A., Annamali D., Panaretou A., Girme P., Cutajar M., Abegglen S., Evens M., Neuhaus F. and Wilson K. (2022) Dissolving the Dichotomies Between Online and Campus-Based Teaching: a Collective Response to The Manifesto for Teaching Online (Bayne et al. 2020). Postdigital Science and Education 4(2): 271-329. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42438-021-00259-z.
  • Luo Z., Brown C. and O’Steen B. (2021) Factors contributing to teachers’ acceptance intention of gamified learning tools in secondary schools: An exploratory study. Education and Information Technologies 26(5): 6337-6363. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10639-021-10622-z.
  • Luo Z., O’Steen B. and Brown C. (2020) Flipped learning wheel (FLW): a framework and process design for flipped L2 writing classes. Smart Learning Environments 7(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40561-020-00121-y.
  • Luo Z., O'Steen W. and Brown C. (2020) The Use of Eye-tracking Technology to Identify Visualisers and Verbalisers: Accuracy and Contributing Factors. Interactive Technology and Smart Education.
  • Baguma R., Bagarukayo E., Namubiru-Ssentamu P., Brown C. and Mayisela T. (2019) Using WhatsApp in Teaching to Develop Higher Order Thinking Skills-a Literature Review Using the Activity Theory Lens. International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT) 15(2): 98-116.
  • Brown C. and Haupt G. (2018) Using Personal Mobile Devices to increase flexibility and equity in learning in resource constrained contexts.. Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning 22(2): 18-31.
  • Noll S. and Brown C. (2018) Re-Thinking Information Literacy in a Postgraduate Class at a South African Higher Education Institution. Mousaion: South African Journal of Information Studies 36(2).
  • Jaffer T., Govender S. and Brown C. (2017) "The best part was the contact!": Understanding postgraduate students’ experiences of wrapped MOOCs. Open Praxis 9(2): 207-207. http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.9.2.565.
  • Bagarukayo E., Nambiru-Ssentamu P., Mayisela T. and Brown C. (2016) Activity Theory as a lens to understand how Facebook develops knowledge application skills. International Journal of Education and Development Using Information and Communication Technology 12(3): 128-140.
  • Brown C., Czerniewicz L. and Noakes T. (2016) Online content creation: looking at students’ social media practices through a Connected Learning lens. Learning, Media and Technology 41(1): 140-159. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2015.1107097.
  • Ng'ambi D., Brown C., Bozalek V., Gachago D. and Wood D. (2016) Technology enhanced teaching and learning in South African higher education – A rearview of a 20 year journey. British Journal of Educational Technology 47(5): 843-858. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12485.
  • Sebbowa D., Ng'ambi D. and Brown C. (2015) Using Wikis to teach History Education to 21st Century Learners: A Hermeneutic perspective. Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning 2(2): 24-48. http://dx.doi.org/10.14426/cristal.v2i2.34.
  • Brown C. and Lewis K. (2014) Is e-Learning for me? Experiences of an Intern Program in a Centre for Educational Technology. International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning (iJAC) 7(3): 50-55. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijac.v7i3.4043.
  • Czerniewicz L. and Brown C. (2014) The habitus and technological practices of rural students: A case study. South African Journal of Education 34(1): 44-44.
  • Czerniewicz L. and Brown C. (2013) The habitus of digital "strangers" in higher education. British Journal of Educational Technology 44(1): 44-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2012.01281.x.
  • Brown C. (2012) University Students as Digital Migrants. Language and Literacy 14(2): 41-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.20360/G2359J.
  • Brown C. and Czerniewicz L. (2010) Debunking the 'digital native': Beyond digital apartheid, towards digital democracy. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning 26(5): 357-369. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00369.x.
  • de Jager K. and Brown C. (2010) The tangled web: Investigating academics' views of plagiarism at the University of Cape Town. Studies in Higher Education 35(5): 513-528. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075070903222641.
  • Czerniewicz L. and Brown C. (2009) A study of the relationship between institutional policy, organisational culture and e-learning use in four South African universities. Computers and Education 53(1): 121-131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2009.01.006.
  • Czerniewicz L., Williams K. and Brown C. (2009) Students make a plan: understanding student agency in constraining conditions. ALT-J 17(2): 75-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687760903033058.
  • Louw J., Brown C., Muller J. and Soudien C. (2009) Instructional technologies in social science instruction in South Africa. Computers and Education 53(2): 234-242. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2009.02.001.
  • Czerniewicz L. and Brown CL. (2008) If we build it will they come? Investigating the relationship. South African Journal of Higher Education 21(6) http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/sajhe.v21i6.25272.
  • Czerniewicz L. and Brown C. (2005) Access to ICTs for teaching and learning – from single artefact to inter-related resources. International Journal of Education and Development Using Information and Communication Technology 1(2): 42-56.
  • Czerniewicz L. and Brown C. (2005) The uses of information and communication (ICT) in teaching and learning in South African higher education practices in the Western Cape. Perspectives in Education 23(4): 1-18.
  • Weeks P., Smeal G., Kelly P., Gilbert C. and Hodgson S. (1997) Preparing university teachers in Australia: Benchmarking best practice.. Das Hochschulwesen 45: 85-92.
Chapters
  • Brown C. and Gunasekara H. (2023) #creativityeveryday – Instagram as a Creative Tool. In Randles C; Burnard P (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Creativities in Music Education: 416-426. New York: Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003248194.
  • Brown C. and Maccallum K. (2023) The digital dilemma of wellbeing for adolescents. Wellbeing: Global Policies and Perspectives: Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond: 81-100.
  • Brown C., Namubiru Ssentamu P., Bagarukayo-Ngabirano E., Baguma R. and Mayisela T. (2023) Translating learning into collaborative research: Reflections from a postgraduate cohort. In Shangase P; Gachago D; Ivala E (Ed.), Co-teaching/researching in an Unequal World: Using Virtual Classrooms to Connect Africa, and Africa and the World USA: Vernon Press.
  • Jones K-L. and Brown C. (2022) Manaakitanga: Ethics of care. In Ratima M; Smith J; Macfarlane A; Riki NM; Jones K-L; Davies L (Ed.), Ngā Hau e Whā o Tāwhirimātea: Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning for the Tertiary Sector: 21-27.University of Canterbury Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.26021/11870.
  • Tolbert S., Azarmandi M. and Brown C. (2022) A modest proposal for a pedagogy of Alienation.. In Jandrić P; Ford D (Ed.), Postdigital Ecopedagogies Genealogies, Contradictions, and Possible Futures: 195-212.Springer Nature.
  • Brown C. (2020) Developing digital education leadership in the Commonwealth. In Mishra S; Panda S (Ed.), Technology-Enabled Learning: Policies, Pedagogies, and PracticesCommonwealth of Learning.
  • Brown C. and Perscham K. (2020) Cultivating Innovation. In Brown C; Czerniewicz L (Ed.), Commonwealth Digital Education Leadership Training in Action (C-DELTA) British Columbia: Commonwealth of Learning.
  • Brown C. (2019) Critical Discourse Analysis And Information And Communication Technology In Education.. In Noblit G (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • 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.
  • Teschers C. and Brown C. (2019) Media Literacy and digital citizenship in Aotearoa New Zealand. In Kamp A (Ed.), Education Studies in Aotearoa: Key disciplines and emerging directions: 201-215. Wellington, New Zealand: NZCER Press.
  • Brown C., Haupt G. and Hunma A. (2018) Mainstreaming mobile teaching innovation in a resource-constrained context: Changing access, shifting practice. In Crompton H; Traxler J (Ed.), Mobile Learning and Higher Education: Challenges in Context: 114-125. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315296739-11.
  • Czerniewicz L. and Brown C. (2018) The Habitus and Technological Practices of Rural Students: A Case Study. In Normore A; Lahere A (Ed.), Crossing the Bridge of the Digital Divide A Walk with Global Leaders: 163-180. Charlotte: IAP.
  • Brown CL., Haupt G. and Hunma A. (2017) Mainstreaming Mobile Teaching Innovation In a Resource-Constrained Context. In Crompton H; Traxler J (Ed.), Mobile Learning and Higher Education: Challenges in Context: 222. New York: Routledge.
  • Brown C. and Czerniewicz L. (2014) Students' mindmaps of the role of technology in academic and social communication networks. Multimodal Approaches to Research and Pedagogy: Recognition, Resources and Access: 91-107. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315879475.
  • Ng'ambi D. and Brown C. (2014) Mediating learning in a blended postgraduate course. Activity Theory, Authentic Learning and Emerging Technologies: Towards a Transformative Higher Education Pedagogy: 46-58. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315771823.
  • Brown C. and Hart M. (2013) Exploring higher education students' technological identities using critical discourse analysis. Information Systems Research and Exploring Social Artifacts: Approaches and Methodologies: 181-198. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2491-7.ch010.
  • Carr T., Czerniewicz L. and Brown C. (2010) Supporting changing cultures through emerging practices. Changing Cultures in Higher Education: Moving Ahead to Future Learning: 285-298. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03582-1_21.
  • Czerniewicz L. and Brown C. (2010) Strengthening and weakening boundaries: Students negotiating technology mediated learning. Rethinking Learning for a Digital Age: How Learners are Shaping their Own Experiences: 142-152.
  • Czerniewicz L. and Brown C. (2009) A Virtual Wheel of Fortune? Enablers and Constraints. In Marshall S; Kinuthia W; Taylor W (Ed.), Bridging the knowledge divide: Educational technology for developmentInformation Age Publishing.
  • Czerniewicz L. and Brown C. (2009) Intermediaries and infrastructure as agents: the mediation of elearning policy and use by institutional culture. In Mayes T; Morrison D; Mellar H; Bullen P; Oliver M (Ed.), Transforming higher education through technology-enhanced learning: 107-121. York: The Higher Education Academy..
Conference Contributions - Published
  • Brown C., Hartnett M., Rātima M., Forbes D., Datt A. and Gedera D. (2022) Putting whanaungatanga at the heart of students’ online learning experiences.. In WIlson S; Arthars N; Wardak D; Yeoman P; Kalman E; Liu D (Eds). : e22141-e22146. Sydney: ASCILITE. http://dx.doi.org/10.14742/apubs.2022.146.
  • Chen K., Brown C. and MacCallum K. (2022) The Role of WeChat in Building Relationships amongst International Students. In Wilson S; Arthars N; Wardak D; Yeoman P; Kalman E; Liu D (Eds). https://publications.ascilite.org/index.php/APUB/article/view/139/235: e22139-1-e22139-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.14742/apubs.2022.139.
  • MacCallum K. and Brown C. (2022) Developing a micro-credential for Learning Designers: A Delphi Study.. In Wilson S; Arthars N; Wardak D; Yeoman P; Kalman E; Liu D (Eds). : 22198-1-22198-9. Sydney: ASCILITE. http://dx.doi.org/10.14742/apubs.2022.198.
  • Brown C., Baja M. and Luo Z. (2021) Tertiary Students’ perspectives on the cost of textbooks. In Spingett R; Sim KN; Lavin L; Bright S (Eds). Focus on flexible learningWellington.
  • Gunasekera DHPS., Brown C. and Wise S. (2021) Creativity in practice- Instagram as a divergent thinking tool in creative education. In https://flanz.org.nz/professional-pathways/2021-conference-proceedings/.
  • Brown C., Sharifkhani M. and Ren X. (2020) Understanding tertiary educators’ perceptions and use of new learning and teaching spaces. 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 Pan Commonwealth Forum (PCF) 9 Commonwealth of Learning.
  • Lim J. and Brown C. (2019) Implementing Commonwealth Digital Education Leadership Training in Action (C-DELTA) with Pre-service Teachers (PSTs) in New Zealand.. In Pan Commonwealth Forum (PCF) 9 Commonwealth of Learning.
  • Mayisela T., Brown C. and Hodgkinson-Williams C. (2019) Implementing a practice-based approach to digital literacy at a South African university.. In Pan Commonwealth Forum (PCF) 9 Commonwealth of Learning.
  • Brown C. and Haupt G. (2018) Using Personal Mobile Devices to increase flexibility and equity in learning in resource constrained contexts. In Springett R (Eds). Inception to Infinity: Place, spaces and time for learning: 182-187.
  • Brown C., Davis N., Sotardi V. and Vidal W. (2018) Towards understanding of student engagement in blended learning: A conceptualization of learning without borders. In Campbell M; Willems J; Adachi C; Blake D; Doherty I; Krishnan S; Macfarlane S; Ngo L; O'Donnell M; Palmer S (Eds). ASCILITE 2018 Conference Proceedings: 318-323. Geelong.
  • Govender S., Jaffer T. and Brown CL. (2017) I don’t always wrap MOOCs, but when I do…”: Improving postgraduates students’ experiences of MOOCs as OERs through facilitation and face-to-face contact.. In.
  • Brown CL., Czerniewicz L., Mayisela T. and Huang C-W. (2016) A Practice Based Approach to Theorising Digital Education Leadership. In Pan-Commonwealth Forum 8 (PCF8), 2016 Commonwealth of Learning: OAsis.
  • Brown CL. and Pallitt N. (2014) Laptops and learning spaces: online, offline and in between. Network Learning Conference. In Bayne S; Jones C; de Laat M; Ryberg T; Sinclair C (Eds). Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Networked Learning 2014: 41-48.
  • Magunje C. and Brown C. (2013) From cellphone to computer: University students' use of technology in first year. In Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Learning, ICEL: 496-501.
  • Noakes T., Czerniewicz L. and Brown C. (2013) Students as creative producers. In Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Learning, ICEL: 309-315.
  • Brown C. (2011) The influence of the recontextualisation of globalisation discourses on higher education students' technological identities. In Proceedings of the IADIS Int. Conf. ICT, Society and Human Beings 2011, Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference e-Democracy, Equity and Social Justice 2011, Part of the IADIS, MCCSIS 2011: 73-80.
  • Brown C. and Czerniewicz L. (2011) University students' perceptions of gender and Information and Communication Technology use. In Proceedings of the IADIS Int. Conf. ICT, Society and Human Beings 2011, Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference e-Democracy, Equity and Social Justice 2011, Part of the IADIS, MCCSIS 2011: 215-219.
  • Czerniewicz L. and Brown C. (2010) Born into the Digital Age in the south of Africa: the reconfiguration of the “digital citizen”. In Dirckinck-Holmfeld L; Hodgson V; Jones C; De Laat M; McConnell D; Ryberg T (Eds). Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Networked Learning 2010: 859-865.
  • Brown C. and Czerniewicz L. (2009) Making sense of gender and ICTs in education: Theoretical explanations for complex findings. In Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Learning, ICEL 2009-January: 61-67.
  • Brown C. and Czerniewicz L. (2008) Trends in student use of ICTs in higher education in South Africa. In van Brakel PA (Eds).
  • Brown C., Czerniewicz L. and Pedersen J. (2008) Doing It For Themselves. How South African university students learn to use computers for their studies. In van Brakel P (Eds). Proceedings of the 10th Annual conference on World Wide Web Applications.
  • Brown C., Thomas H., Van Der Merwe A. and Van Dyk L. (2008) The impact of South Africa's ICT infrastructure on Higher Education. In Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Learning, ICEL 2008-January: 69-76.
  • Czerniewicz L., Brown C., Lee Pan S. and Moyo A. (2008) Students make a plan: ICT access and social and academic uses in higher education. In Hodgson V; Jones C; Kargidis T; McConnell D; Retalis S; Retalis D; Zenios M (Eds). Proceedings of Sixth Networked Learning Conferenc: 69-79. Greece.
  • Czerniewicz L. and Brown C. (2007) Disciplinary differences in the use of educational technology. In Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Learning, ICEL 2007-January: 117-129.
  • Brown C. and Czerniewicz L. (2004) Access to computers: Factors hindering and encouraging use of computers for teaching and e-learning in five regional higher education institutions in South Africa.. In Richards G (Eds). : 1800-1805. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
  • Limberger J. and Brown C. (2002) Accessibility of flexible learning resources: A proactive approach to providing equitable access for students with disabilities.. In McNamara S; Stacey E (Eds). Untangling the Web: Establishing Learning Links..
  • Jong R., Gilbert C. and Engwirda T. (2001) Implementation and evaluation of a training plan for a new courseware delivery system to support flexible learning at Griffith University.. In.
  • Gilbert C. (1999) Effective use of the web in on-campus undergraduate teaching and learning.. In Le Roux A (Eds).
  • Gilbert C. (1999) Student experiences of flexible learning. Towards Diversity. In Winn J (Eds).
  • Gilbert C. (1996) Teaching and learning on the Web at Queensland University of Technology.. In Debreceny R; Ellis A (Eds).
  • Smeal G., Kelly P. and Gilbert C. (1996) Benchmarking as a tool for examining good practice in responding to student diversity in higher education.. In.
Reports
  • Brown C. (2019) Commonwealth Digital Education Leadership Training in Action: An Evaluation.Commonwealth of Learning. Commissioned by Commonwealth of Learning.
  • Brown CL., Czerniewicz L., Huang C-W. and Mayisela T. (2016) Curriculum for Digital Education Leadership: A Concept Paper.. In Curriculum for Digital Education Leadership: A Concept Paper., Commonwealth of Learning. Commissioned by Commonwealth of Learning.
  • Brown CL. and Gachago D. (2013) Emerging technologies in Higher Education - a guide for South African Higher Education practitioners.. In Emerging technologies in Higher Education - a guide for South African Higher Education practitioners.
  • Czerniewicz L. and Brown C. (2006) The Virtual Möbius Strip. In Centre for Educational Technology Research Report Series 1., University of Cape Town.
Discussion/Working Papers
  • Bi Q. and Brown C. (2022) Cultivating entrepreneurs and innovators through connected learning: an exploration of connected learning theory in tertiary teaching. .
  • Perotta C., Lim CP., Selwyn N., Bennett S., Dalgarno B., Brown C., Pillay H., Jeong H-S., Pangrazio L. and Carvalho L. (2022) Consultation of the 2023 GEM Report on technology and education – with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region.. Monash University Faculty of Education working paper. Commissioned by UNESCO. http://dx.doi.org/10.26180/21114046.
  • Brown CL. and Mayisela T. (2015) Digital Literacies. In Moving beyond the hype: A contextualised view of learning with technology in higher education., Universities South Africa.
  • Brown CL. and Pallitt N. (2015) Personal mobile devices and laptops as learning. In Moving beyond the hype: A contextualised view of learning with technology in higher education., Universities of Sout Africa.
Conference Contributions - Other
  • Brown C. (2016) Transforming learning through digital access. Cape Town: The 8th International Conference on Multimodality (8ICOM), 7-9 Dec 2016.
  • Brown C., Czerniewicz L., Mayisela T. and Huang C-W. (2016) Changing views of digital literacy and identity: Towards an understanding of digital education leadership. he 8th International Conference on Multimodality (8ICOM)., 7-9 Dec 2016.
  • Brown C. and Czerniewicz L. (2011) University Students in a Digital Age: Divides and Bridges.. Dar es Salaam: E-learning Africa, 25-27 May 2011.
  • Brown C. (2009) It’s (I’m) not good enough: contrasting discourses of ICTs amongst South African university students. London: Mobile Learning Symposium., 23-23 Mar 2009.
Oral Presentations
  • Brown C. and MacCallum K. (2023) Plugged In & Logged On – Growing Up in the Digital Age. Canterbury: Raising the bar: Christchurch, 02 May 2023.
  • Brown C. (2018) Fake news: Invited studio guest. Online: Equity Unbound, 01 Oct 2018.
  • Brown C. (2018) Technology to activate and engage students in the classroom. Canterbury: CANTESOL Technology Group, 31 May 2018.
  • Brown C. (2017) Digital Literacy: Panelist. Online: New Media Consortium webinar on Digital Literacy., 22 Feb 2017.
  • Brown C. (2016) Personal Mobile devices: Online, offline and in between. Johannesberg: Apereo SA Conference, 09 Mar 2016.
  • Brown C. (2015) Engaging students in and out the classroom. Cape Town: Exercise Training Institute Academic Conference, 07 Jan 2015.
  • Brown C. (2015) Fun and games evaluating and embedding digital literacy skills in first-year university students.. Cape Town: Learning Landscape Conference, 15 Apr 2015.
  • Brown C. (2015) Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Open Educational Resources (OERs). Cape Town: ETILab: Think Tank, 24 Apr 2015.
  • Brown C. (2015) Using social media for teaching and learning. Cape Town: Capsicum Cooking School Annual campus manager meeting, 15 Aug 2015.
  • Brown C. (2014) Discourse of Educational Technology: The rhetoric and reality of open and distance learning in South Africa. Pretoria: UNISA Research and Innovation Week., 07 Mar 2014.
  • Brown C. (2014) Discourses of Educational Technology: The rhetoric and reality of e-learning in South Africa. Cape Town: Cathsseta National training providers workshop, 17 Jul 2014.
Other
  • Brown C. (2021) Pacific Breakfast Show. [Radio Interview].
  • Brown C., Datt A., Forbes D., Gedera D. and Hartnett M. (2021) University student online learning experiences (SOLE) in COVID-times. NZARE. [Ipu Kereru].

Student Supervision

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  • PhD - Ackerman C: Using the Tataiako competencies to embed intercultural practices into the design, development and delivery of an online course
  • PhD - Alfonso C: The Use of Technology to Implement Education for Sustainability for current generation of learners
  • PhD - Cameron R: Innovation gap? How innovation is viewed and valued across/by educational stakeholders
  • PhD - Chen K: Using WeChat to Promote Chinese International Students’ Engagement and Support Their Well-being in the Transition to Universities in New Zealand
  • PhD - Dabner N: Digital safety and responsible use within a primary school ecosystem in Aotearoa/New Zealand
  • PhD - Gunasekara H: The role of Instagram in Sri Lankan creative education_a surveillance in informal learning environment
  • PhD - Nath S: Contextualising Technology Enabled Learning across the Primary Curriculum with Sustainable Practices
  • Masters - McConnachie S: Home Learning TV in New Zealand During COVID-19 Lockdown: Exploring Broadcast Education’s Ability to Bridge the Digital Divide
  • Completed
  • PhD - Cohen B: Classical music and audience engagement: Updating the Bernstein model (2021)
  • PhD - Dubien D: An Ecological Examination of Open Educational Practices Supporting the Design, Development, and Delivery of OER in Tertiary Education (2021)
  • PhD - Harris L: Emergent bilinguals and the digital world (2021)
  • PhD - Luo Z: Gamification: The Effectiveness of Game Elements to Different Player Types in Educational Contexts (2021)
  • PhD - Mayisela T: nvestigating a potential relationship between higher education students' digital identities and their knowledge generation in the form of open educational resources. (2019)
  • PhD - Ren K: Exploring the Relationships Between Stress, Coping, Belongingness, Achievement Emotions and Burnout in University Students in Aotearoa New Zealand (2023)
  • PhD - Sebbowa D: Towards a Pedagogical Framework for Dialogue in History meanings through Historical Hermeneutics: A Case of using Wikis among Pre-service teachers at Makerere University (2016)
  • PhD - Walimba M: A community of practice for proficiency development in usage of emerging technologies for teaching large classes: An Educational Design Research at the School of Education, Makerere University. (2017)
  • Masters - Bennett C: Online Learning and Distance Education in New Zealand: Engaging akonga Maori from rural New Zealand schools (2022)
  • Masters - Costello D: Say again! Aviation English in a CALL World. (2018)
  • Masters - Daly J: Digitial technology use by young children and the relationship with their executive functioning (2022)
  • Masters - Ibrahim M: Rethinking Cyber-Racism as a Technology of Affect: Digital Citizenship skills of Youth in New Zealand to manage Racism Online (2022)
  • Masters - Petrie CG: Interdisciplinary Computational Thinking with Music and Programming: A Case Study on Algorithmic Music Making with Sonic Pi (2019)
  • Masters - Chipunza U: An examination of how lecturers’ pedagogical beliefs are reflected in their use of ICTS in teaching practice: a case for Africa University EMBA lecturers, (2011)
  • Masters - Chizwina S: Using diffusion of innovation theory to understand how technology is adopted in mathematics at a South African higher education institution (2016)
  • Masters - Cilliers L: E-learning in South African schools: towards a reconceptualization of 21st century learning (2018)
  • Masters - Eiseb J: he use of Bourdieu’s cultural capital to determine first year students’ digital literacy in the English class: A case study of a Higher Institute of Learning in Namibia. (2016)
  • Masters - Fagan D: Social construction of pedagogical ICT discourse: the case of a university of technology in South Africa, (2014)
  • Masters - Fife M-A: The influence of video production on engagement: A case study of the University of Cape Town’s 1st Massive Open Online Course, (2016)
  • Masters - Jaffer T: Students' perceptions of a wrapped MOOC environment: A case study through the lens of the Community of Inquiry framework. under examination (2016)
  • Masters - Konayuma G: A study of the enablers and challenges in implementation of e-learning policies in technical and vocational education colleges in Zambia (2015)
  • Masters - Lee-Shong C: Understanding the impact of not being computer literate has on the adjustment to university of first year rural students, (2020)
  • Masters - Magunje C: Using mobile phones to support learning: A case of UCT first year female science students in the Academic Development Programme., (2013)
  • Masters - Matipa Ngandu R: Adoption of learning management systems among Information Technology educators at a rural South Africa university: an Activity Systems perspective, (2015)
  • Masters - Noll S: Information literacy combined with the familiarity of digital literacy: a case study of 4th year Information Systems students at the University of Cape Town (2016)
  • Masters - Swanepoel H: Examining multimedia students’ voluntary use of the worldwide web for learning, (2012)
  • Masters - Walimbwa M: An investigation into the initial adoption of e-learning innovation in teaching and learning: the case of Makerere University, (2013)
  • Masters - Zeininger C: Economically and academically disadvantaged young people striving to be computer literate in Mozambique: Unfolding learner agency in constraining conditions (2011)

Review and Refereeing

  • Australian Journal of Educational Technology ( 2015 - 2023)
  • British Journal of Educational Technology ( 2018 - 2023)
  • Computers and Education ( 2018 - 2023)
  • Educational Technology Research and Development ( 2018 - 2023)
  • Je-LKS : Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society ( 2019 - 2023)
  • Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning ( 2018 - 2023)
  • South African Journal of Science ( 2019 - 2023)

Research Groups

  • Digital Education Futures Lab (DeFL)
  • E-Learning Lab

Research Projects

  • Cultivating entrepreneurs and innovators through connected learning: An exploration of connectivism learning theory in higher education

Future Research

  • Living and Learning in a Digital World
  • Digital literacy in resources constrained contexts
  • Student experiences of online learning in the context of a global pandemic
  • Supporting and preparing youth for digital futures?

Key Methodologies

  • mixed methods but predominently qualitative
  • student narratives
  • multimodality
  • digital stories
  • design based research
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