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Dr Michael Henderson - Researcher Profile

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Faculty of Education
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Email: Michael.Henderson@monash.edu

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Qualifications
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Biography

Dr Henderson is a Senior Lecturer in Information Communication Technologies in Education at Monash University.

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Research Interests

Dr Henderson’s research lies in the use of ICTs, particularly internet based technologies, in teaching and learning in schools and higher education contexts.

Current projects include:

design thinking as a new framework for teacher professional learning and curriclum design
the role of identity in mediating teacher pedagogy and student learning
engaging middle phase learners through meaningful online collaborative activites,
sustaining teachers' (school and university) engagement in professional learning through online communities of practice,
serious games and their role in professional learning
improving student learning outcomes through designing for online community cohesion,
teaching and learning with social networks: affordances, risks, and expert literacy practices
teaching with virtual worlds: instructional design, cognition and self-efficacy.

Some of Dr Henderson's contributions to the research community, which are reflected in the journal articles and conference papers, have been (1) demonstrating that identity is a critical factor in the way in which teachers shape their beliefs and practices about teaching, learning, students and using technology, and (2) that effective and sustained teacher professional development is best achieved through a focus on teacher values and identity within multiple communities of practice.

Dr Henderson has presented at a number of international conferences and published both professional and academic articles in the fields of eLearning and online professional development. His professional publications have been selected for state and national distribution to schools. Dr Henderson has been a keynote at several regional and state education conferences and a plenary panelist for ACEC2010 . Each of the keynotes questions our assumptions about students, learning and teaching, and demonstrats innovative e-learning strategies which have been shown to lead to meaningful learning.

Dr Henderson also sits on two international peer-reviewed journal editorial advisory boards (AEC and CWIS) and is an editor for an annual special issue for a peer reviewed international journal on e-learning (CWIS). Michael also continues to influence professional practices of school teachers through active participation as a State Council Member of the Victorian ICT in Education teachers association (ICTEV).

Teaching

Dr Henderson is the pathway advisor for the MEd(Educational Technology) course and coordinates eight units related to issues of ICTE in education across undergratuate and postgraduate degrees (EDF2804, EDF2805, EDF4115, EDF4410, EDF6441, EDF6442, EDF6444, EDF6447).

Having spent 10 years in school classrooms and with his research and practice in eLearning, Dr Henderson strives to teach by example. His units are characterised as designed flexible learning spaces where students are encouraged to invest themselves in a mutual enterprise in collaborative tasks. Due to his innovative and theory driven teaching design, Dr Henderson has received a national teaching award (ALTC Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning).

Keywords

ICT, Professional Learning, Teacher Education, New Media, Digital Media, Virtual Worlds, ict, exemplar, schools, education

Qualifications

PHD: Institution: James Cook University; Year awarded: 2007

B.ED (HONS): Institution: James Cook University; Year awarded: 1997

B.A.: Institution: James Cook University; Year awarded: 1992

Publications

Books

Fernstrom, K., Henderson, M., Shurville, S., Whitefield, D., Whitefield, T. (eds), 2011, Special Issue: Emerging technologies and innovations in teaching and learning, selected papers of ICICTE 2010, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK.

Edwards, S.E., Henderson, M., Mirkhil, M., 2010, Everyday Learning about Screen Time and Digital Technologies, Early Childhood Australia Inc., Deakin West ACT Australia.

Fernstrom, K., Henderson, M., Shurville, S., Whitefield, D., Whitefield, T. (eds), 2010, Special Issue: Professional and community applications of ICT in education (ICICTE 2009), Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK.

Henderson, M., Shurville, S., Fernstrom, K. (eds), 2009, Special Issue. Selected papers from the International Conference on Information and Communications Technology in Education (ICICTE)., Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK.

Henderson, M., O'Grady, B., Shurville, S. (eds), 2008, Campus-wide information systems: Readings in technology in education: selected Australasian papers from the International Conference on Information and Communications Techology in Education 2007., Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK.

Book Chapters

Phillips, M., Tour, E., Henderson, M., Snyder, I.A., 2012, Giving research students a 'Second Life', in Effectively Implementing Information Communication Technology in Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region, eds Jim Peterson, Okhwa Lee, Tofazzal Islam, Matthew Piscioneri, New York United States of America, pp. 143-159.

Journal Articles

Phillips, M., Henderson, M., 2013, Video feedback on student assessment: scarily personal, powerfully clear, Education Technology Solutions [P], vol 1, issue 52, Australian Media Group, Australia, pp. 30-32.

Henderson, M., Huang, H., Grant, S., Henderson, L., 2012, The impact of Chinese language lessons in a virtual world on university students' self-efficacy beliefs, Australasian Journal of Educational Technology [E], vol 28, issue 3, ASCILITE, Australia, pp. 400-419.

Auld, G., Snyder, I.A., Henderson, M., 2012, Using mobile phones as placed resources for literacy learning in a remote Indigenous community in Australia, Language and Education [E], vol 26, issue 4, Routledge, UK, pp. 279-296.

Henderson, M., Reynolds, N., 2011, From the Editors, ICT in Education: Journal of ICT in Education Victoria [P], vol 34, issue 1, ICT in Education Victoria, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 3-4.

Henderson, M., 2011, In professional learning the relationships are more important than the content, ICT in Education: Journal of ICT in Education Victoria [P], vol 34, issue 1, ICT in Education Victoria, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 6-8.

Snyder, I., Jevons, C., Henderson, M., Gabbott, T., Beale, D., 2011, More than chatting online: Children, marketing and the use of digital media, English in Australia [P], vol 46, issue 3, Australian Association for the Teaching of English Inc., Australia, pp. 32-40.

de Zwart, M., Lindsay, D., Henderson, M., Phillips, M., 2011, Randoms vs weirdos: teen use of social networking sites and perceptions of legal risk, Alternative Law Journal [P], vol 36, issue 3, Legal Service Bulletin Co-Operative Ltd., Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 153-157.

Henderson, M., De Zwart, M., Lindsay, D.F., Phillips, M., 2010, Legal risks for students using social networking sites, Australian Educational Computing [P], vol 25, issue 1, Australian Council for Computers in Education ACCE, Belconnen, ACT, Australia, pp. 3-7.

Henderson, M., Auld, G., Holkner, B., Russell, G., Seah, W.T., Fernando, A.E., Romeo, G., 2010, Students creating digital video in the primary classroom: Student autonomy, learning outcomes, and professional learning communities, Australian Educational Computing [P], vol 24, issue 2, Australian Council for Computers in Education, Australia, pp. 12-20.

Lindsay, D., de Zwart, M., Henderson, M., Phillips, M., 2010, Understanding legal risks facing children & young people using social networking sites, Telecommunications Journal of Australia [P], vol 61, issue 1, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, pp. 09.1-09.18.

Henderson, L., Henderson, M., Grant, S., Huang, H., 2010, What are users thinking in a virtual world lesson? Using stimulated recall interviews to report student cognition, and its triggers, Journal of Virtual Worlds Research [E], vol 3, issue 1, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Radio, TV & Film, USA, pp. 1-20.

Henderson, M., Shurville, S., Fernstrom, K., 2009, The quantitative crunch: The impact of bibliometric research quality assessment exercises on academic development at small conferences, Campus-Wide Information Systems [P], vol 26, issue 3, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, pp. 149-167.

Fernstrom, K., Henderson, M., O'Grady, B., Shurville, S., 2008, Guest editorial, Campus-Wide Information Systems, vol 25, issue 2, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, pp. 69-73.

Henderson, M., Bradey, S., 2008, Shaping online teaching practices: The influence of professional and academic identities, Campus-Wide Information Systems, vol 25, issue 2, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, pp. 85-92.

Henderson, M., 2007, Managing chat, Education Technology Solutions, vol 1, issue 21, Australian Media Group, Blackburn Vic Australia, pp. 28-30.

Henderson, M., 2007, Online communication and collaboration. A new kind of teaching?, The Education Technology Guide, vol 1, issue 18, Australian Media Group, Blackburn Vic Australia, pp. 52-54.

Henderson, M., 2007, Strategies for email and discussion forums, Education Technology Solutions, vol 1, issue 20, Australian Media Group, Blackburn Vic Australia, pp. 26-28.

Henderson, M., 2007, Sustaining online teacher professional development through community design, Campus-Wide Information Systems, vol 24, issue 3, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 162-173.

Henderson, M., Henderson, L., 2006, Content design for online learning, QUICK: Journal of the Queensland Society for Information Technology in Education, vol 99, issue Winter, QSITE, Red Hill Qld Australia, pp. 3-8.

Henderson, M., 2006, Fostering community cohesion to sustain small scale online professional deoelopment courses, Australian Educational Computing, vol 21, issue 2, Australian Council for Computers in Education, Australia, pp. 9-15.

Henderson, M., 2006, Online communication and collaboration, QUICK: Journal of the Queensland Society for Technology in Education, vol 101, issue Summer, QSITE, Red Hill Queensland Australia, pp. 10-17.

Henderson, M., 2006, Planning for integrating online learning, QUICK: Journal of the Queensland Society for Technology in Education, vol 98, issue Autumn 2006, QSITE, Red Hill Queensland Australia, pp. 11-19.

Baskin, C., Henderson, M., 2005, Ariadne's Thread: using social presence indices to distinguish learning events in face-to-face and ICT-rich settings, E-Learning, vol 2, issue 3, Symposium Journals, UK, pp. 252-261.

Anderson, N.E., Henderson, M., 2004, e-PD: blended models of sustaining teacher professional development in digital literacies, E-Learning, vol 1, issue 3, Symposium Journals, UK, pp. 383-394.

Conference Proceedings

Henderson, M., Cerovac, M., Bellis, N.K., Lancaster, G., 2012, Collaborative inquiry: Building pre-service teachers' capacity for ICT pedagogical integration, ACEC2012 Perth, 2-5 October 2012, Australian Council for Computers in Education, Australia, pp. 1-7.

White, P.L., Henderson, M., 2012, Elearning coaches as brokers of practice within and across schools, ACEC2012 Perth, 2 - 5 October 2012, Australian Council of Computers in Education (ACCE), Australia, pp. 1-8.

Chao, S., Henderson, M., 2012, Gendered differences in the participation of Australian tertiary computer science: implications for schools, ACEC2012 Perth, 2 - 5 October 2012, Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE), Australia, pp. 1-7.

Sailin, S.N., Henderson, M., 2012, Teachers negotiation of a joint enterprise of integrating technology in a school CoP, ACEC2012 Perth, 2 - 5 October 2012, Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE), Australia, pp. 1-7.

De Zwart, M., Henderson, M., Phillips, M., Lindsay, D.F., 2010, 'I like, stalk them on Facebook': teachers' 'privacy' and the risks of social networking sites, 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS '10), 7-9 June 2010, IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, Australia, pp. 319-326.

Alerby, E., Badib, A.A., Snyder, I.A., Donagan, J., Henderson, M., Kussowski, L., Pinder, J.M., Prince, A., Viete, R.A., Winter, R.V., Yammouni, D., 2010, 'If you build it, they will come': An equity focused cross-campus and cross-continent framework for developing and teaching HDR academic literacies, Ninth quality in postgraduate research conference: Educating researchers for the 21st century, 13/04/2012 - 15/04/2012, The Centre for Educational Development and Academic Methods, The Australian National University, Canberra Australia, p. 309.

Henderson, M., de Zwart, M., Phillips, M., 2010, Students' use of social networking tools: legal risks and other implications, ACEC2010: Digital Diversity. Conference Proceedings of the Australian Computers in Education Conference 2010, 6-9 April 2010, ACEC, Australia, pp. 1-7.

Henderson, L., Grant, S.J., Henderson, M., Huang, H., 2010, University students' cognitive engagement while learning in a Virtual World, Proceedings of the National Biennial Conference of the Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACEC2010), 6th - 9th April 2010, Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE), Australia, pp. 1-8.

Henderson, M., Huang, H., Grant, S.J., Henderson, L., 2009, Language acquisition in Second Life: Improving self-efficacy beliefs, Same places, different spaces. Proceedings ascilite Auckland 2009, 6 - 9 December 2009, The University of Auckland, Auckland University of Technology, and ASCILITE, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 464-474.

Henderson, M., 2008, Engaging eLearning strategies: Role plays, debates and soap operas, Proceedings of the Australian Council for Computers in Education conference, 30/9/08 - 2/10/08, Australian Council for Computers in Education, Belconnen ACT Australia, pp. 194-200.

Auld, G., Holkner, B.J., Fernando, A.J., Henderson, M., Romeo, G.I., Russell, G., Seah, W.T., Edwards, S.E., 2008, Exemplar schools using innovative learning technologies, Proceedings of the Australian Council for Computers in Education conference, 30/9/08 - 2/10/08, ACEC, Belconnen ACT Australia, pp. 32-43.

Henderson, M., Bradey, S., 2008, Recognising the importance of identity in the development of academics' pedagogical beliefs and web-enhanced teaching practices, Proceedings of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, 3-7 March 2008, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, USA, pp. 1424-1431.

Henderson, M., 2008, Relationships are more important than content: designing effective professional development within a community of practice approach, Proceedings of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, 3-7 March 2008, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, USA, pp. 1432-1439.

Henderson, M., 2007, Sustaining the professional development of teachers through a model of community of practice, AARE Conference - 2006, 26-30 November 2006, AARE, Coldstream Vic Australia, pp. 1-9.

Henderson, M., 2006, Using online community design to sustain teacher professional development, Readings in Technology in Education. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Communications Technologies in Education 2006, 6-8 July 2006, UCFV Press, Abbotsford BC Canada, pp. 270-274.

Henderson, M., 2004, Sustaining the professional development of teachers through a virtual learning environment: promoting effetive teaching with ICT, Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2004. World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, 21-26 June 2004, AACE, Norfolk VA USA, pp. 3061-3066.

Other

de Zwart, M.J., Henderson, M., Lindsay, D.F., Phillips, M., 2013, Legal risks of social media, Article in Legaldate, Vol. 24 (1), March 2012, Warringal Publications, Australia.

Henderson, M., Phillips, M., 2011, Interview with Michael Henderson and Michael Phillips about social networking sites, Excel. Independent Schools Magazine 2011, Leader Associated newspapers Pty Ltd, Melbourne Vic Australia.

de Zwart, M., Lindsay, D., Henderson, M., Phillips, M., 2011, Teenagers, Legal Risks and Social Networking Sites, Monash University, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 1-109.

Henderson, M., 2011, Teens 'too blase?' about online legal dangers. Interview with Michael Henderson., The Age, David Syme Pty Ltd, Australia.

Henderson, M., de Zwart, M., Phillips, M., Lindsay, D.F., 2011, Will U Friend Me? Legal Risks and Social Networking Sites, Small school textbook based on research in research report, Legal risks and social networking sites, Monash University, Clayton Vic Australia.

Henderson, M., 2010, Engaging the connected generation, Keynote address at Home Economics Institute of Australia (Queensland) State Conference 2010. 7 August 2010, Home Economics Institute of Australia (Queensland), Australia.

Henderson, M., 2010, On the couch with Jeff Richardson. Session at ACEC2010: Digital Diversity. Conference Proceedings of the Australian Computers in Education Conference 2010, 'On the Couch' session moderated by Jeff Richardson, with Helen Otway, Paul Christophersen and Michael Henderson, Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE), Australia.

Henderson, M., 2010, Super Schools, Channel Seven's "Today Tonight" program, Seven Network (Operations) Ltd, Australia.

Henderson, M., 2009, Out of this world. Interview with Michael Henderson in Australian Educator, Australian Educator, Hardie Grant Magazines, Prahran Victoria Australia.

Henderson, M., 2008, Engaging our students., Keynote address to Towards Continuity in the Early and Middle Phases of Learning conference. Novotel Convention Centre, Brisbane., Education Queensland, Queensland.

Henderson, M., Fernando, A.E., Holkner, B.J., Auld, G., Russell, G., Seah, W.T., Romeo, G.I., 2008, Exemplar schools: Digistories of using innovative learning technologies, CEMM, http://cemm.educ.monash.edu.au/exemplar, pp. 1-55.

Holkner, B.J., Romeo, G.I., Henderson, M., Auld, G., Russell, G., Seah, W.T., Fernando, A.J., 2008, Exemplar schools: using innovative learning technologies, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-94.

Henderson, M., 2007, Engaging Students through Online Learning, Keynote address to Regional Conference 2007, Inspiring Learners in the Middle Phase. Southbank Convention Centre, Townsville., Education Queensland, Queensland.

Henderson, M., 2007, Engaging middle phase students through eLearning: tools and strategies., Keynote address to Regional Conference 2007, Inspiring Learners in the Middle Phase.ICT Learning Innovation Centre, Sippy Downs., Education Queensland, Queensland.

Henderson, M., 2007, Investigating the role of community in sustaining teacher participation in blended professional development.

Grants

Title:: Case Studies 2007 - Exemplar Schools using Innovative Learning Technologies.
Investigators:: Russell, G, Holkner, B, Auld, G, Seah, W, Romeo, G, Henderson, M
Funding:: (2007 - 2011). Department of Education, Science & Training.

Title:: Social media for social learning.
Investigators:: Snyder, I, Henderson, M
Funding:: (2011 - 2016). Department of Education & Early Childhood Development VIC.

Title:: Teaching Teachers for the Future.
Investigators:: Henderson, M
Funding:: (2011 - 2015). Australian Council of Deans of Education.

Title:: Understanding the Law and informed practice guidelines for children engaged in social networking on the Internet.
Investigators:: Lindsay, D, Henderson, M, de Zwart, M
Funding:: (2008 - 2012). Victoria Law Foundation.; (2009 - 2013). University of South Australia.; (2009 - 2013). Victoria Law Foundation.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: A phenomenological study of tertiary students negotiating their education using tablets..
Supervisors:: Henderson, M (Main), Snyder, I (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Exploring the use of immersive simulation to facilitate international nursing students' participation with the community of nursing practice.
Supervisors:: Henderson, M (Main), Clemans, A (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Getting immersed in Chinese.
Supervisors:: Henderson, M (Joint), Spence-Brown, R (Joint-co).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: ICT (IWB) in literacy learning.
Supervisors:: Henderson, M (Main).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Networks facilitating educational change.
Supervisors:: Henderson, M (Main).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Students' use of digital technologies during school and out of school: Participation, Negotiation of Meaning and Formation of Identity.
Supervisors:: Henderson, M (Joint-co), Tudball, E (Joint).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: The influence of teachers' beliefs on their planned use of technology..
Supervisors:: Henderson, M (Main), Clemans, A (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: The mental models of librarians as teachers.
Supervisors:: Henderson, M (Main), O''Toole, P (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Understanding how teachers learn to integrate technology.
Supervisors:: Henderson, M (Main), Tudball, E (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Virtual worlds and internationalisation in higher education.
Supervisors:: Henderson, M (Main), Joseph, C (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:: Cochrane, T.
Program of Study:: Mobilising learning: transforming pedagogy with mobile web 2.0. (PHD) 2011.
Supervisors:: Henderson, M (Main), Holkner, B (Associate).
Student:: Lee, R.
Program of Study:: Facilitating meaningful online adult learning for adult learners. (PHD) 2010.
Supervisors:: Holkner, B (Main), Henderson, M (Associate).
Student:: Piva Moates, A.
Program of Study:: Clinical Simulation and Nurse Education in the VET Sector. (Masters) 2011.
Supervisors:: Henderson, M (Main).