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Associate Professor Lucila Carvalho MSc, PhD, SFHEA

Associate Professor

Doctoral Supervisor
Institute of Education

I am an associate professor at the Institute of Education (Auckland). My research explores how knowledge and social structures shape the design and use of technology, and how technology influences social and educational experiences. My focus is on understanding relationships between (i)knowledge, (ii)physical and digital resources, (iii)human interaction; and (iv)how these elements combine to form productive learning networks. My research aims at producing knowledge to improve the work of those involved in creating engaging educational opportunities (in both formal and informal learning).  I teach courses in the Master of Education (digital Education) and in the BA (Education).

I have published articles in education, sociology, design and software engineering. I am a co-editor of the books The Architecture of Productive Learning Networks (with Peter Goodyear, Routledge 2014), Place-Based Spaces for Networked Learning (with Peter Goodyear and Maarten de Laat, Routledge 2017) and Postdigital Learning Spaces: Towards Convivial, Equitable and Sustainable Spaces for Learning (with James Lamb, Springer 2024).

 

I am an associate professor at the Institute of Education (Auckland). My research explores how knowledge and social structures shape the design and use of technology, and how technology influences social and educational experiences. My focus is on understanding relationships between (i)knowledge, (ii)physical and digital resources, (iii)human interaction; (iv)and how these elements combine to form productive learning networks. I teach courses in the Master of Education (Digital Education) and in the BA (Education).

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Professional

Qualifications

  • Master of Science - Brunel University (1997)
  • Doctor of Philosophy - The University of Sydney (2010)

Fellowships and Memberships

  • Member, Higher Education Academy (Senior Member/Fellow) (2021)

Certifications and Registrations

  • Licence, Supervisor, Massey University

Research Expertise

Research Interests

My research focuses in the areas of design for learning and new media & technology, where I explore relationships between knowledge, physical and digital resources, and human interaction, searching for how these combine to form productive learning networks. The main drive for my research is to produce knowledge in a form that can be reused to improve the work of those involved in designing engaging educational opportunities in both formal and informal learning settings.

Thematics

21st Century Citizenship, Design – for Commerce, Community and Culture

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Curriculum and Pedagogy (130200): Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development (130202): Education (130000): Educational Technology and Computing (130306): Learning Sciences (130309):
Sociology (160800): Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology (160808): Sociology of Education (160809):
Specialist Studies in Education (130300):
Studies In Human Society (160000)

Keywords

Design for learning, networked learning, digital sociology, learning sciences, digital education, learning spaces

Teaching and Supervision

Teaching Statement

I teach and coordinate the following courses -

254101 - An Introduction to Social and Cultural Studies in Education - BA (Education) at Albany

254200 - Learning in the Digital World - BA (Education) at Albany

261760 - Digital Education and Design for Learning (M Ed)

261765 - Trends in Digital Education (M Ed) 

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Graduate Supervision Statement

Higher Degree Research Students

Current Students

  • Jenny Green, PhD (principal supervisor) - Productive hybrid learning environments in times of transition. A multiple-case study in higher education
  • Jessica Copping, PhD (principal supervisor) - Designing for social multimodal e-reading as a secondary education tool
  • Izac Noh (associate supervisor) - Designing a framework for an AI enabled virtual world learning space
  • Victoria Macann, PhD (associate supervisor) - The impact of the introduction of Digital Technologies in the New Zealand Curriculum in schools.

Previous Supervision

  • Ann Simpson, EdD (awarded 2022) - Dialogic Activity: A Study of Learning Dialogues and Entanglements in a Vocational Tertiary Setting (associate supervisor) - Massey University
  • Susan Sun, PhD (awarded 2020) - Online Language Learning: Design and Co-configuration (associate supervisor) - University of Sydney
  • Pippa Yeoman, PhD (awarded 2016) - Habits and habitats: an ethnography of learning entanglement (associate supervisor) - University of Sydney
  • Patricia Thibaut, PhD (awarded 2015) - Literacy and learning across physical and digital spaces: a case study in the blended primary classroom (associate supervisor) - University of Sydney
  • Dewa Wardak, PhD (awarded 2015) - Traces on the walls and traces in the air: inscriptions and gestures in educational design team meetings (associate supervisor) - University of Sydney

Associate Professor Lucila Carvalho is available for Masters and Doctorial supervision.

Media and Links

Media

  • 14 Dec 2020 - Magazine, Online
    Your Library Needs A Digital Strategy
    Invited piece for LIANZA- Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa Te Rau Herenga O Aotearoa

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