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Dr
Michelle Selinger Tel: +61 2 8446 5112 |
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Dr
Michelle Selinger Tel: +61 2 8446 5112 |
I spent many years as a classroom teacher, then the same number in higher
education as a teacher educator and latterly directing a research centre for new
technology in education at the University of Warwick. I moved to Cisco in 2001
where I now work as the director for education in Cisco’s consultancy group
across the Asia Pacific region providing thought leadership around innovation in
ICT and education. Prior to that I was education strategist for Corporate
Citizenship as well as advising on technology in education across the world with
a strong focus on emerging and developing countries.
I am involved in the World Economic Forum’s Global Education Initiative having worked extensively on the inaugural Jordan Education Initiative as the education strategist for the Program Management Office and advised on the Egyptian Education Initiative and Partnerships for Education. UNESCO are about to launch a set of ICT teacher training competency standards which I helped to develop. I am Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney and Honorary Research Associate at Royal Holloway University, London in the ICT4D collective.
I began my involvement with Cisco in May 2000 when I was seconded to help establish Imfundo: Partnership for IT in Education, based at the UK Department for International Development, as the education consultant on the first phase of this initiative. Imfundo was one of the UK Prime Minister’s millennium initiatives and was charged with exploring the potential for ICT to improve the quality of and access to education in sub-Saharan Africa .
My journey in teaching began first as a mathematics and economics teacher in UK secondary schools. Between 1991 and 1997 I worked at the Open University and authored modules on a number of education courses including the UK ’s first distance taught PGCE where I was responsible for ICT across the curriculum. I then moved to a senior lecturer position in ICT education at the Institute of Education, University of Warwick where I led the ICT developments for initial teacher training in primary and secondary education, and had responsibility for professional development courses and masters programmes for serving teachers in all aspects of ICT education. I was the Director of the Centre for New Technologies Research in Education, a research and multimedia centre dedicated to research and development in ICT. I advised on the developments of e-learning to other faculties in the university, particularly in the field of online collaboration.
I have the fairly unique experience of having worked in traditional, distance and online education in all sectors from primary schools to universities as well as vocational education and training, thus providing me with an extensive understanding of the need for progression and continuity in the lifelong learning agenda. My knowledge and understanding of educational issues goes beyond the UK and I have first hand experience of the educational needs of developing countries.
My personal research interests are in exploring effective pedagogies with a special interest in cultural factors, understanding how social networking tools can be used effectively in formal education and link with informal learning, and the role of teachers in technology-supported learning environments, and with students learning through ICT in traditional classroom settings. I have led a number of evaluation projects on technology enabled learning and has published widely on many aspects of ICT in education in academic and professional journals. On joining Cisco I completed an extensive evaluation of the Cisco Networking Academy Program in 11 countries in 2002.
I was a member of the second chamber of the eEurope 2005 Action Plan Advisory Group which informed the European Union i2010 initiative. I sit on steering committees for various ICT and education initiatives and I am regularly invited to speak at conferences and meetings both in the UK and internationally.
Some recent publications
Selinger, M. (2008) ICT in education: catalyst for development.
In T. Unwin (Ed). ICT4D: Information and Communication Technology for
Development, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Selinger, M., Wynn, J. & Cevenini, P. (2008) The future of school. A point of view, IBSG. San Jose: Cisco
Selinger, M, Stewart-Weeks, M., Wynn, J. & Cevenini, P. (2008) One-to-one computing: Is this the best option for learners? A Point of View, IBSG. San Jose: Cisco
Selinger, M. (2006) I Teach You, You Teach Me, Keynote Address, Proceedings of SITE, Orlando, March
Gibson, I. & Selinger, M. (2006) Technology, learning, and culture: Issues of ‘learning imperialism’ in technology-rich, global learning environments,Proceedings of SITE 2006, Orlando, March
Selinger, M. (2005) What is content? Proceedings of WCCE 2005, Cape Town, South Africa, 4-7 July
Gibson, I. & Selinger, M. (2005) Technology dissonance: climbing the mountain of global learning and cultural relevance, Proceedings of WCCE 2005, Cape Town, South Africa, 4-7 July
Selinger, M. (2005) Developing an understanding of blended learning: a personal journey. In C. Bonk and C. Graham (Eds) Handbook of Blended Learning: Global Perspectives, Local Designs. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer Publishing.
Selinger, M. (2005) ICT in the global classroom. In S.Wheeler (Ed) Transforming Primary ICT. Exeter: Learning Matters.
Selinger, M. (2005) Addressing Key Skill Shortages in the International Information Technology Industry. In R. Paton, G. Peters, J. Storey & S. Taylor. Handbook of Corporate University Development: Managing Strategic Learning Initiatives in Public and Private Domains. Hampshire: Gower Publishing
Selinger, M. (2005) ICT tools and applications. In M Leask and N Pachler (Eds) Learning to Teach using ICT in the Secondary School 2nd edition Abingdon, Routledge Falmer
Selinger, M. (2004) Connected Schools. London: Premium Publishing
Selinger, M. & Gibson, I. (2004) Cultural Relevance and Technology Use: Ensuring the Transformational Power of Learning Technologies in Culturally Defined Learning Environments. In L. Cantoni & C. McLoughlin (Eds) Proceedings of EdMedia 2004, June 21-26, 2004; Lugano, Switzerland
Selinger, M (2004) Learning from each other. In J. Pearson & S. Trinidad (Eds). The Next Step: Effective ICT Leadership, Change and Models of Best Practice. Pearson Education
Kirschner, P. A., & Selinger, M. Benchmarks for teacher education with respect to ICT. In C. Vrasidas & G. V. Glass (Eds.), Current Perspectives in Applied Information Technologies: Preparing teachers to teach with technology. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Selinger, M. (2004) The role of local instructors in making global elearning programmes culturally and pedagogically relevant. In A. Brown & N. Davis, World Yearbook 2004 ‘Digital technologies, communities and education’, London, Kogan Page
Selinger, M. (2004) The cultural and pedagogical implications of a global elearning programme. Cambridge Journal of Education, 34 (2) pp 213-229
Kirschner, P. & Selinger, M. (2003) The State of Affairs of Teacher Education with Respect to ICT. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 12(1), 5-18
Selinger, M. & Austin, R. (2003) A comparison of the influence of government policy on ICT for teacher training and in England and Northern Ireland. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 12(1), 19-38
Selinger, M. (2003) The roles and responsibilities of teachers in teaching and learning with technology. In H.S. Dhindsa, L.S Bee, P Achleitner, M.A
Clements (Eds) Studies in Science, Mathematics and Technical Education, Gadong , Brunei Darussalem, 307-325
Selinger, M. (2002) Teacher training in sub-Sahara Africa: the Imfundo Initiative. In D. Watson and J Andersen (Eds) Networking the learner World Conference on Computers in Education VII WCCE 2001. Kluwer
Posted: 2nd November, 2008