Dr Michael Morgan
BCA, Grad.Dip.Ed,MCA,MEd,PhD.

Senior Lecturer


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Michael Morgan

Teaching Commitment:

  1. FIT2016
  2. FIT3033
  3. FIT2015

Professional association:

  1. Member and a Lead Researcher in COSI Research Centre, Faculty of IT Monash University
  2. Deputy Director (Berwick) and Member of CMCCAR Research Centre, Faculty of IT Monash University
  3. Member of CERG Research Group, Faculty of IT Monash University
  4. Associate Member of RILE Research Group, Faculty of Education University of Wollongong

Research interest:

  1. Distributed Cognition
  2. Activity Theory
  3. Mediating Artefacts
  4. Affordances
  5. The area of educational multimedia, especially:
  6. 1. Applying distributed cognition to learning theory including embedding interaction strategies into the interfaces of learning tools.
  7. 2. Using activity theory to studying the affordances of mediating artefacts (ICT) used in learning contexts.

Research publication:

  1. Refereed Journal Articles Morgan, M., Brickell, G., & Harper, B. (2008). 'Applying distributed cognition theory to the redesign of the Copy and Paste function in order to promote appropriate learning outcomes'. Computers & Education, 50(1), 125-147.
  2. Joschko, L., & Morgan, M. (2007). Learning from the golden age of Czechoslovak animation: The past as the key to unlocking contemporary issues'. Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal, (accepted 03/01/08).
  3. Refereed Conference Papers
  4. Mauser, D., & Morgan, M. (2008) Towards a Framework for Inter Unit Reflection Utilizing Workflow Principles. EdMedia June 30 July 4, Vienna, Austria. (accepted 20/02/09).
  5. Morgan, M., Brickell, G., & Harper, B. (2008) The Copy and Paste Function, Patterns of Learner Activity and Enhancing Cognitive Tools. EdMedia June 30 July 4, Vienna, Austria. (accepted 20/02/09).
  6. Butler, M., & Morgan, M. (2007). 'The learning challenges faced by novice programming students studying high level / low feedback concepts'. In Atkinson, R.J., McBeath, C., Soong, S. K. A. & Cheers, C. (Eds.), ICT: Providing Choices for Learners and Learning, Proceedings ASCILITE Singapore 2007. (pp 99-107) Singapore, 2-5 December.
  7. Joschko, L., & Morgan, M. (2007). 'The success of Jiri Trnka: political censorship and the growth of Czechoslovak animation in the early years of the communist regime'. In the Proceedings of the 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences. (pp 1212-1224). Honolulu, HI, 30 May 2 June.
  8. Morgan, M. (2007). 'Evaluating ICT in education using the concept of mediation. In Wheeler, S. and Whitton, N. (Eds.), Beyond Control: Learning Technology for the Social Network Generation - Research Proceedings of the 14th Association for Learning Technology Conference (ALT-C 2007). (pp 13-22). Nottingham, UK, 4-6 September.
  9. Morgan, M., Butler, M., & Power, M. (2007). 'Evaluating ICT in education: A comparison of the cognitive impact and affordances of the iPod, DS and Wii'. In Atkinson, R.J., McBeath, C., Soong, S. K. A. & Cheers, C. (Eds.), ICT: Providing Choices for Learners and Learning, Proceedings ASCILITE Singapore 2007. (pp 717-726) Singapore, 2-5 December.
  10. Howard, C., Morgan, M., & Ellis, K. (2006). 'Does games-based learning enhance the learning process of complex theoretical subject matter? In Treloar, A. & Ellis, A. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twelfth Australasian World Wide Web Conference (AusWeb06). (pp 15-22). Noosa, QLD, Australia, 1-5 July.
  11. Howard, C., Morgan, M., & Ellis, K. (2006). 'Games and learning Does this compute?' In Pearson, E. & Bohman, P. (Eds.), Proceedings of the ED-Media 2006 - World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications. (pp 1217-1224). Orlando, FL, 26-30 June.
  12. Ku, S.Y., & Morgan, M. (2006). Technology from a metacognitive perspective in studio settings in the higher education sector'. In Braun, R. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training. (pp. 208-216). Sydney, NSW, Australia, 10-13 July.
  13. Morgan, M., Brickell, G., & Harper, B. (2006). 'Reconceptualising cognitive tools for learner construction of knowledge' In Pearson, E. & Bohman, P. (Eds.), Proceedings of the ED-Media 2006 - World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications. (pp 1217-1224). Orlando, FL, 26-30 June.
  14. Morgan, M., Brickell, G., & Harper, B. (2006). 'The "copy and paste" function: A flawed cognitive tool in need of redesign'. In Markauskaite, L., Goodyear, P., & Reimann, P. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. (pp 573-582). Sydney, Australia, 3-6 December.

Biography:

Grants

Dr G. Brickell and Dr M. Morgan. (2006), $4000. To conduct further analysis on data arising from my PhD study. Joint RILE Research Grant (University of Wollongong) RILE research group (Centre for Interactive Learning Environments - http://www.uow.edu.au/educ/research/ rdcentres.html) in Faculty of Education at Wollongong University. Current.

Dr Michael Morgan (IT), Dr Mark Symmons (Arts) & Matthew Butler (IT). (2007) Monash University ARTS/IT Grant $9415: The Nintendo DS Game Device as an Educational ICT: Implementing Audio Annotation Interaction Strategies for Online Podcast Material. Current.

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