Dr. Debra Hoven
Associate Professor
Centre for Distance Education
Athabasca University
Canada
Biography
I research and teach in the areas of appropriate technologies in education, open, flexible and blended learning and pedagogy, and appropriate technologies for intercultural education and learning in the MEd and EdD 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, 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.
Research Interest
my major current areas of research interest are in digital storytelling to support success in Indigenous education, e-portfolios as a tool to develop critical reflection, Indigenous research methodologies, and Ecological Constructivism as a learning theory that fits with contemporary understandings of how people learn, particularly in online, blended and mobile environments.
Publications
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2014 Hoven, D. E-portfolios in post-secondary education: An alternate approach to assessment. UAE Journal of Educational Technology and eLearning. ePortfolio edition. Volume 5, pp. 11-24.
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2015 Hoven, D. (with Palalas, A.) Emerging pedagogies for MALL. In A. Palalas & M. Ally (eds.) The International Handbook of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning. (in press).
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2015 Hoven, D. (with Palalas, A. ) Ecological Constructivism as a new learning theory for MALL: An open system of beliefs, observations and informed explanations. In A. Palalas & M. Ally (eds.) The International Handbook of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning. (in press).
