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Ms Gretchen Geng

Position: Online Adviser Ms Gretchen Geng
Division/Portfolio: Academic Portfolio
School/Unit: Learning and Teaching Unit
Group: Online Education Support
Campus: Magill Campus
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Email: Gretchen_dot_Geng_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au
URL for Business Card: http://people.unisa.edu.au/Gretchen.Geng


I am currently a UniSANet Online Adviser and a member of the Online Education Support team in the Learning and Teaching Unit. I provide training and support to staff at Magill campus with the following software applications:

  • AssignIT
  • Centra
  • Course Evaluation Instrument (CEI)
  • Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET)
  • Staff home pages
  • TellUs2
  • Turnitin
  • UniSAnet
  • I am also providing training for the following social software applications:

  • Blogger - reflection, journaling, networking
  • Google Docs - collaboration
  • Google Video - video upload
  • PBwiki - collaboration
  • Picasa Web albums - image upload
  • I started working in School of Education, Unviersity of South Australia since 2003, as a tutor and research assitant. I completed my Ph.D. research study at the University of South Australia in 2007. My research interests include online learning, online cultural differences and collaborative online learning. I have a particular interest in web designing and website development and how to implement them into education and course development.

    Useful resources

  • Software help - AssignIT
  • Software help - Centra
  • Software help - Course Evaluation Instrument (CEI)
  • Software help - PebblePad
  • Software help - Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET)
  • Software help - Staff home pages
  • Software help - TellUs2
  • Software help - UniSAnet
  • Software help - UniSAnet students

  • Professional associations

    EdNA (Education Network Australia)

    Cogtech in University of South Australia

    AAMT (Australian Association of Mathematics Teaching)


    Qualifications

    Ph.D. “Investigation of Factors that Influence Interaction within Online Learning Context” in School of Education, University of South Australia

    Master of Education (specialised in Educational computing) in School of Education, University of South Australia.

    Bachelor of Arts (majoring in ESL) in Yangzhou University, China.


    Research publications

    Geng, H., & Au, W. (2007) Investigation of support from teachers that influence the interaction between students and educational websites. In T. Hirashima, U., Hoppe & S. Young (Eds.), Supporting Learning Flow through Integrative Technologies (pp. 205-212), Hiroshima: IOS press.

    Geng, H (2004) Gender differences and online language learning: Part 2. Higher Educational Research in Areas of Communications, 3, 28-36.

    Geng, H (2004) Gender differences and online language learning: Part 1. Higher Educational Research in Areas of Communications, 2, 55-62.

    Geng, H (2009) Comparison of Involvement between Traditional and Technology-assisted Physical Activities of 5-year-olds, TELearn Conference 2009, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

    Disney, L.& Geng, H(2009) Overview of Online Interaction in Early Childhood Education, TELearn Conference 2009, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.




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