Stephen Marshall

StephenMarshall.jpg Dr Stephen Marshall, Senior Lecturer

Educational technology support, strategy and policy development
Phone: 463 5205
Email: Stephen.Marshall@vuw.ac.nz
Room: WR10 105

Other Information

You can find other information on me on my website.

Responsibilities and Professional Activities

Stephen is responsible for assisting staff with the effective use of technology in the delivery of learning and teaching. This includes working to ensure that the University has strategies and policies in place that support flexible delivery using technology. Stephen also teaches on the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Learning and Teaching (PHELT) programme, and occasionally teaches in the School of Information Management and the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science.

Professional Activities

  • President and Executive Member, Australasian Council for Open and Distance Education (2008-)
  • Invited member of the advisory board for the Australian/New Zealand Horizon project (2010-)
  • Invited member of the New Zealand Ministry of Education Tertiary e-Learning Reference Group. (2005-2010, 2012-)
  • Australian Universities Quality Assurance Auditor. (2008-2011)
  • Invited member of the Ako Aotearoa Central Hub Advisory Group. (2008-)

Background

Stephen's PhD is in Biochemistry and he has held a number of technical and computer support roles prior to his appointment at the UTDC. He also holds a Graduate Diploma in Applied Science (Computer Science).

Research Interests

Stephen's research is aimed at informing his work for the University and is currently dominated by the e-learning Maturity Model research aimed at measuring and improving the quality of e-learning (eMM Project Web Site). He also researches in the areas of intellectual property, including plagiarism and copyright, as they impact on academic work, and mobile computing.

Successful Research Grants

Ako Aotearoa National Project Fund 2010 $149,848 Graduate Outcomes - Are They Driving Learning? And Who Knows About Them? (Member of project team)

Ako Aotearoa National Project Fund 2009 $94,770 E-learning and higher education: Understanding and supporting organisational change in New Zealand (Project lead)

New Zealand TEC Innovation Development Fund 2007 $33,500.00 Implementation of e-learning guidelines on intellectual property and copyright

New Zealand Ministry of Education Tertiary E-Learning Research Fund 2005 $89,219.00 New Zealand Tertiary Institution E-Learning Capability: Informing and Guiding E-Learning Architectural Change and Development

New Zealand Ministry of Education Tertiary E-Learning Research Fund 2004 $87,928.00 Determination of New Zealand Tertiary Institution E-Learning Capability: An Application of an E-Learning Maturity Model

Victoria University of Wellington University Research Fund 2003 $5000.00 Application of process maturity models to tertiary teaching organization and development of e-learning resources

Some Recent Publications

Spronken-Smith, R., Bond, C., McLean, A., Frelick, S., Smith, N., Jenkins, M. and Marshall, S. (Accepted and in Press). Evaluating engagement with graduate outcomes across higher education institutions in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Higher Education Research and Development.

Marshall, S. (2014). Technological Innovation of Higher Education in New Zealand, A Wicked Problem? Studies in Higher Education. DOI:10.1080/03075079.2014.927849

Marshall, S. (2014). Exploring the ethical implications of MOOCs. Distance Education 35(2): 250-262. DOI:10.1080/01587919.2014.917706

Spronken-Smith, R., Bond, C., McLean, A., Freilick, S., Smith, N., Jenkins, M. and Marshall, S. (2013). Report: How to Engage with a Graduate Outcomes’ Agenda: A Guide for Tertiary Education Institutions. Wellington, NZ, Ako Aotearoa National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence. http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/download/ng/file/group-5324/graduate-outcomes-final-report.pdf

Marshall, S. (2013). Evaluating the Strategic and Leadership Challenges of MOOCs. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching 9(2): 216-227. http://jolt.merlot.org/vol9no2/marshall_0613.pdf

Marshall, S. (2013). Open Educational Curricula Interpreted Through the Māori Concept of Ako. In M. Gosper and D. Ifenthaler (Eds) Curriculum Models for the 21st Century Using Learning Technologies in Higher Education (pp. 55-70). New York, USA: Springer. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-7366-4_4

Marshall, S. (2013). Using the e-learning Maturity Model to Identify Good Practice in E- Learning In H. Carter, M. Gosper and J. Hedberg (Eds.), Electric Dreams. Proceedings ASCILITE 2013 Sydney. (pp.546-556). http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney13/program/papers/Marshall.pdf

Mabin, V.J. and Marshall, S.J. (2012). Beyond Assessment: Assuring Student Learning in Higher Education. In M. Hodis and S. Kaiser (Eds) Proceedings of the Symposium on Assessment and Learner Outcomes, Wellington, New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: Jessie Hetherington Centre for Educational Research Victoria University. pp187-203. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/education/pdf/jhc-symposium/Proceedings-of-the-Symposium-on-Assessment-and-Learner-Outcomes.pdf

Marshall, S. (2012). Open Education and Systemic Change. On the Horizon, 20(2):110-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/10748121211235769

Marshall, S. (2012). E-learning and higher education: Understanding and supporting organisational change in New Zealand. Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning 16(1):141–155. http://journals.akoaotearoa.ac.nz/index.php/JOFDL/article/viewFile/96/66

Marshall, S. (2012). E-learning and higher education: Understanding and supporting organisational change in New Zealand: Research Report. Wellington, NZ, Ako Aotearoa National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence. 68pp. http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/download/ng/file/group-3991/e-learning-and-higher-education-understanding-and-supporting-organisational-change.pdf

Marshall, S. (2012). E-learning and higher education: Understanding and supporting organisational change in New Zealand: Case Study: Institute of Technology and Polyechnics. Wellington, NZ, Ako Aotearoa National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence. 11pp. http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/download/ng/file/group-3991/case-study-institute-of-technology-and-polytechnics-itp.pdf

Marshall, S. (2012). E-learning and higher education: Understanding and supporting organisational change in New Zealand: Case Study: Private Training Establishment. Wellington, NZ, Ako Aotearoa National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence. 13pp. http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/download/ng/file/group-3991/case-study-private-training-establishment-pte.pdf

Marshall, S. (2012). E-learning and higher education: Understanding and supporting organisational change in New Zealand: Case Study: University. Wellington, NZ, Ako Aotearoa National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence. 10pp. http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/download/ng/file/group-3991/case-study-university.pdf

Marshall, S. (2012). E-learning and higher education: Understanding and supporting organisational change in New Zealand: Case Study: Wananga. Wellington, NZ, Ako Aotearoa National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence. 11pp. http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/download/ng/file/group-3991/case-study-wnanga.pdf

Marshall, S. (2012). Improving the quality of e-learning: Lessons from the eMM. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. 28(1):65-78. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2011.00443.x. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2729.2011.00443.x/abstract

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