Dr. Debra Hoven

Dr. Hoven

Associate Professor in Distance Education

Centre for Distance Education

PhD
RSA Grad Dip (TESL FACE)
B Ed Stud
BA

 

 

 

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Profile

I research and teach in the areas of ICT in education, open and flexible learning and pedagogy, and appropriate technologies for intercultural education and learning in the MDE and DDE programs in the CDE. Previously I have taught in LOTE/TESOL Education at the Queensland University of Technology, and the Applied Linguistics program at Queensland University in Australia where I was involved in teaching and research and consultancy in the areas of language teacher education, innovative and flexible pedagogies, and the integration of technology in language teaching and learning. Other places I have taught include Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan.

I have held numerous research and teaching development grants, particularly relating to the uses of technology in language learning and teaching and electronic communications. I regularly present at national and international conferences in my areas of interest, have served on the executive boards of various professional organizations. My passionate interest in innovation in pedagogy and commitment to the field of teacher education have lead to my membership of the editorial boards of several national and international journals as well as plenary conference presentations.

Editorial Boards & Reviewer (Selected)

  • Asia Pacific Association of CALL (APACALL)
  • CALICO (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium) Journal
  • CALL Journal
  • CALL-EJ Online
  • TESOL Quarterly


Selected Recent Publications

2007 The affordances of technology for student-teachers to shape their Teacher Education experience. Chapter 7 in Murphy-Judy, K., M. Peters, M. A. Kassen, & R. Lavine (Eds.), Preparing and Developing Technology-proficient L2 Teachers. CALICO monograph 6, San Marcos, TX: CALICO.

2007 Networking to learn: blogging for social and collaborative purposes. Proceedings of EdMedia Conference 2007 (Refereed). Vancouver, 25-29th June, 2007.
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/
sessions /index.cfm/fuseaction/
PaperDetails?CFID=
43969956&CFTOKEN=
26166828&presentation_id=32468

2006 Designing for disruption: Remodelling a blended course in technology in (language) teacher education. Paper in the Proceedings of the ASCILITE Conference: Who’s learning: Whose technology? (Refereed). Sydney, 3-6th December, 2006.
http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/
sydney06/proceeding /pdf_papers/p115.pdf

2006 Communicating and interacting: An exploration of the changing roles of media in CALL/CMC. CALICO Journal, 23, 2, 233-256.

Research & Consultancy

  • Innovative approaches to teaching and learning

  • Intercultural perspectives on changing pedagogies

  • Learning-centred instructional design

  • Sociocultural/Social constructivist perspectives on learning theory

  • Multimedia technology

  • Computer mediated communications and social networking software

  • Learner individual differences

  • Educational provision for Gifted and Talented children

  • Bilingual and immersion language programs

  • Digital storytelling

Teaching

I have taught in numerous areas of undergraduate and graduate studies, including TESOL/FLT methodology, language curriculum design, resource development, and especially the applications of technology in the teaching and learning of languages and the development of pedagogies, curriculum and resources that suit flexible approaches to teaching and learning.

Graduate supervision

I have supervised students working on research projects in the following areas, among others:

  • Gender ideology in Indonesian media

  • Motivation in adult ESP courses

  • Formation and maintenance of online discussion groups

  • Discourse of student email exchanges

  • Learning-centred mobile-accessible online language learning materials

  • Design of learner-centred online listening resources
  • Teacher attitudes and change towards the use of technology in language teaching

  • Distributed classrooms as blogging communities

  • ICT professional development needs for practicing teachers

Interests

  • Communications technologies and networked communities (work, enjoyment & keeping touch with friends around the world)

  • Children and family

  • Reading omnivorously

  • Music: playing and enjoying

  • Hiking, camping, travelling

  • Digital storytelling

 

 
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