Staff profile

Dr Jennifer Masters

Bachelor of Early Childhood Education Coordinator, Senior Lecturer in ICT in Education

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Education - Bendigo

Room/Location: 2.02 Education, Bendigo

 

Qualifications

Diploma of Teaching (ECE) WAIT, Grad Dip Ed (Computer Education), QUT, MEd (research) QUT, PhD QUT

Brief profile

Jenny Masters has taught in schools at both Early Childhood and Primary levels and specialises in the integration of ICT in Curriculum. Her research interest areas include informal learning and social constructivism, social networking, using ICT for "real" purposes, publishing and presenting with computers and computer-based problem-solving opportunities. She completed her Ph. D thesis relating to young children using computers, with a focus on how teachers can "scaffold" or support children working with computers. Jennifer’s current research relates to the use of computers and associated technologies in informal contexts. She is particularly interested in children engaging in social networking and the use of technology for creative purposes, such as digital story telling and animation. She also is interested in the use of e-portfolios to represent learning journeys in teacher education.

 

 

Teaching units

  • Early Childhood Education
  • ICT Integration in Education

Recent publications

 Masters, J., Austin, L., & Doolan, L. (2010). From little things, big things grow: The organic propagation of PebblePad projects in the Faculty of Education, La Trobe University. In A. Poot (ed), Effective Use of PebblePad: A Collection of Case Studies from PebbleBash 2010 (pp. 8-11), Telford, UK: Pebble Learning.

Donnison, S. & Masters, J. (2010). Supporting transition into higher education through social affordances: The Pod experience. Paper presented at the 13th Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference, Adelaide, Australia, (June 27-30).

Masters, J. & Donnison, S. (2010). First Year Transition in Teacher Education: The Pod Experience. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 35(2), 87-98.

Masters, J. (2010). Training wheels for cybercitizens: Young children learning in SuperclubsPLUS. ACEC2010: Digital Diversity Conference, 6-9 April 2010, Melbourne, Australia.

Masters, J., & Yelland, N. (2010). Changing learning ecologies: Social media for cyber-citizens. In S. Shariff, and A. Churchill (eds), Truths and Myths of Cyber-bullying: International Perspectives on Stakeholder Responsibility and Children’s Safety, (pp. 229-249). New York: Peter Lang.

Yelland, N. and Masters, J. (2009) Reconceptualising Scaffolding for new Media Contexts. In Handbook of Research on New Media Literacy at the K-12 Level: Issues and Challenges. New York: Hershey. Pp.243 – 259.

Masters, J., & Barr, S. (2009). Young children online: E-Learning in a social networking context. Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 4(1), 295-304.

Masters, J. (2009). Using Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) to frame “SuperclubsPLUS", an online social network for children. In A. Tatnall & A Jones (eds), Education and Technology for a Better World. New York: Springer. 359-367. 

Masters, J. (2008). Teachers scaffolding children working with computers. In N.J. Yelland, G. Neal and E. Dakich (eds.), Rethinking Education with ICT: New directions for effective practices, (pp.121-136). Netherlands: Senses

Masters, J. & Wild, M. (2008). Australian SuperClubsPLUS: ACTing on Protecting Children in Social Networking Environments. ACEC2008 Conference Proceedings. Canberra, Australia: ACCE

Masters, J. (2008). Teachers scaffolding children working with computers: An analysis of strategies. Saarbruk: Germany: VDM

Yelland, N., & Masters, J. (2007). Rethinking scaffolding in the information age. Computers & Education, 48, 362-382.

Masters, J. (2007) Promoting creative activity with computers in out-of-school-hours-care (OSHC) programs for primary aged children. Proceeding of the 2007 conference on Supporting Learning Flow through Integrative Technologies, Hiroshima, Japan: ICCE.

Masters, J. & Nykvist, S. (2006) Supporting play with digital media: Informal learning in the Fifth Dimension. In Mendez-Vilas, A. and Solano Martin, A. and Mesa Gonzalez, J. and Mesa Gonzalez, J. A., Eds. Proceedings International Conference on Multimedia and Information and Communication Technologies in Education, pages pp. 626-630, Seville, Spain.

Masters, J. & Nykvist, S. (2006) Learning Informally with Digital Media: The Fifth Dimension. ACEC2006 Conference Proceedings. Cairns, Australia : ACCE

Lloyd, M., & Masters, J. (2006). Task profiling: A task-based approach to measuring the integration of ICT in the classroom. ACEC2006 Conference Proceedings. Cairns, Australia : ACCE

Masters, J. (2005) What works in the classroom? How an exemplary teacher supports children using computers. In Proceedings WCCE 2005 — The eighth IFIP World Conference on Computers in Education, Cape Town, South Africa

Masters, J. (2004) Realising the potential of computers in the classroom: Teacher scaffolding strategies for supporting children working with computers, Reform and Realise the Potential Conference Proceedings [CD-ROM]. Adelaide , Australia : ACCE.