Recent publications
- 2005: (with Gill Forrester) “Becoming an online distance learner: what can be learned from students’ experiences of induction to distance programmes?” Distance Education Vol 26/3.
- 2005: (with Forrester, G., Parkinson, G. & Slaouti, D.) “Going the distance: students’ experiences of induction to distance learning in higher education.” Journal of Further and Higher Education, Vol 29/4.
- 2006: “‘Blended’ education and the transformation of teachers: a long-term case study in postgraduate UK higher education”. British Journal of Educational Technology, Vol 37/1.
- 2006: (with Diane Slaouti) “Reconstructing practice: a case study in language teacher education and ICT.” In Hubbard, P. and Levy, M. (Eds.) Teacher Education in CALL, Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
- 2006: (with Gill Forrester and Liu Bangxiang) “Transforming Chinese teachers’ thinking, learning and understanding via e-learning.” Journal of Education for Teaching, Vol 32/2.
- 2007: (with Gill Forrester, Sue Goldrick and Angela McLachlan) “Collaborating across boundaries: Managing the complexities of e-learning courseware production in a joint international project.” In Spencer-Oatey, H. (Ed) e-Learning Initiatives in China: Sino-UK Perspectives on Policy, Pedagogy and Collaborative Design. Hong Kong University Press.
- 2008: “Social computing and CALL” in Wang, W. and Xang Dong L. (Eds) (2008). Digital and Networked Foreign Language Learning and Teaching. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.
- 2008: (with Susan Brown) “A context-based approach to Web 2.0 and language education” in Thomas, M. (Ed) (2008) Handbook of Research on Web 2.0 and Second Language Learning.
- 2009: “Social computing and teacher education: an agenda for course development.” Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, Vol 3/1.
- 2009: “Blending learning in a Web 2.0 world”, International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society, Vol 7/2. http://www.swinburne.edu.au/hosting/ijets/ijets/
- 2010: “Afterword: Future directions for technology-mediated tasks” in Thomas, M and Reinders, H. (Eds) Task based language learning and teaching with technology. London: Continuum.
- 2011: “Developing language learning materials with technology” in Tomlinson, B. (Ed) Materials development in language teaching (New Edition). Cambridge: CUP.
- 2011: Guest issue of the International Journal of Computer Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT, Vol 1/2).
- 2011: “Language learning, technology and appropriate pedagogy” in House, S. (Ed) Theory and practice in English language teaching. Spain: Grao.
Recent keynotes and other conference papers
- 2006: (with Alejandro Armellini and Angela McLachlan) “Teaching and Learning with Desktop Video Conferencing: Towards Effective Practice.” DIVERSE Conference, Glasgow.
- 2006: (with Gillian Forrester and Angela McLachlan) “Designing eLearning Programmes for Teacher Development in China: Processes, Issues and Outcomes.” BERA Conference, Warwick.
- 2006: (with Alejandro Armellini, Angela McLachlan and Andy Hall) “Synchronous Online Tools and Their Uses in Language Teaching and Language Teacher Education.” PacCALL, Nanjing, China.
- 2007 (with Susan Brown) “Social Computing and Teacher Education.” IATEFL Conference, Aberdeen.
- 2007 (with Christian Swertz) “The LANCELOT Project: Language Teacher Education Using Desktop Video Conferencing.” EDEN, Naples Italy.
- 2007 (with Dhafir Kassasbeh) “Analysing Virtual Classrooms.” BAAL/ CUP Conference, UKOU, Milton Keynes.
- 2007 (with Sophie Iaonnou-Georgiou) “Are teachers fit for Web 6.0?” a joint ELTAI and LTSIG conference held at Loyola College, Chennai, India.
- 2007 “Glocalizing online learning: Will Web 2.0 be the answer?” KAMALL/KSET Annual Conference held in Soeul, Korea.
- 2008: “Sociocultural teacher education.” IATEFL Conference, Exeter. Talk recorded by the British Council and to be released on a CD.
- 2008: “Towards a cultural history of CALL.” WorldCALL, Fukuoka, Japan. (Proceedings online at: http://www.j-let.org/~wcf/modules/tinyd12/index.php?id=6).
- 2009: “What every teacher should know about learning technologies.” 3rd Wireless Ready Conference, Nagoya, Japan. This was a Learning Technologies Special Interest Group (IATEFL) conference.
- 2009: “Web 2.0, language learning and the digital migrant”; “Technology and language teacher education: the changing scene”. IATEFL Slovenia.
- 2009: Digital games in language learning — “Why shooting zombies is good for your eyes.” IATEFL Cardiff, PCE.
- 2009: “3D Distance Language Teacher Education”. Online Educa, Berlin, Germany. Also, presented the AVALON project at the Pre-Conference Event.
- 2010: Keynote Presentation at the ICTs in ELT Conference in Croatia.
- 2010: Guest speaker at the EuroCALL Teacher Education SIG workshop.
- 2010: Presentation for the EuroCALL Special Interest Group on Teacher Education in Bordeaux, France.
- 2010: Pre-Conference Event at Online EDUCA
- 2011: Plenary presentation at the National Forum for English Studies held at Umea University, Sweden.
