Petrea Redmond is a Professor of Digital Pedagogies and the Associate Head of School, Research in the School of Education at the University of Southern Queensland. Her research is situated in interrelated fields of educational technology including: Online engagement; Online presence; Teaching presence; Cognitive presence; Using technology to keep seriously ill learners connected to school; Cyberbullying; Critical thinking; Mobile learning; Online collaboration; Online communities of practice; Gender and STEM; Teacher development; ICT integration (P - 12); ICT integration (higher education and vocational education); ICT professional development; Online mentoring; eLearning; Blended learning and teaching; Online learning and teaching; Teaching and learning in higher education; Teacher Education; Pre-service teacher training and development; Makerspaces; TPACK; and Community of Inquiry. She has published and co-published in several international refereed books, journals and conference proceedings. Petrea has received 6 outstanding conference paper awards at international conferences; along with faculty, university and national awards for research and teaching. Petrea was also a lead editor and associate editor for the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET). She is currently the Chair, Consultative Council, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE), is the Education Lead, Sustainable Industry Manufacturing Planning for Long-term Ecosystems (SIMPLE) Hub, Centre for Future Materials and is on the Executive committee for Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE).

Fields of Research (FoR)

• Curriculum and Pedagogy not elsewhere classified ( 130299 )
  
• Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified ( 130399 )
  
• Education not elsewhere classified ( 139999 )
  
• Educational Technology and Computing ( 130306 )
  
• Secondary Education ( 130106 )
  
• Higher Education ( 130103 )
  
• Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators ( 130313 )
  
• Vocational Education and Training Curriculum and Pedagogy ( 130213 )
  
• Technical, Further and Workplace Education ( 130108 )
  
• Learning Sciences ( 130309 )
  
• Curriculum and Pedagogy ( 130200 )
  
• Secondary Education ( 390306 )
  
• Curriculum And Pedagogy not elsewhere classified ( 390199 )
  
• Specialist Studies In Education not elsewhere classified ( 390499 )
  
• Other Education not elsewhere classified ( 399999 )
  
• Teacher Education And Professional Development Of Educators ( 390307 )
  
• Vocational Education And Training Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390114 )
  
• Learning Sciences ( 390409 )
  
• Higher Education ( 390303 )
  
• Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390100 )
  
• Educational Technology And Computing ( 390405 )
  
• Technical ( 390308 )
  
• Other Education ( 399900 )
  
• Education Systems ( 390300 )
  
• Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )
  

Research interests
Online engagement;
Online presence;
Teaching presence;
Cognitive presence;
Using technology to keep seriously ill learners connected to school;
Cyberbullying;
Critical thinking;
Mobile learning
Online collaboration;
Online communities of practice;
Gender and STEM;
Teacher development;
ICT integration (P - 12);
ICT integration (higher education and vocational education);
ICT professional development;
Online mentoring;
eLearning;
Blended learning and teaching;
Online learning and teaching;
Teaching and learning in higher education;
Teacher Education;
Pre-service teacher training and development;
Makerspaces;
TPACK;
Community of Inquiry.

Professional memberships
Board of Teacher Registration
Australian College of Educators (MACE)

Industry affiliations
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE)
Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
Australian Association for Research in Education
Australian Council for Computer in Education
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
International Council for Open and Distance Education
Australian Teacher Education Association
Queensland Society for Information Technology in Education

USQ Research affiliations

• Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)
  
• Centre for Health, Informatics and Economic Research (CHIER)
  

Currently teaching courses/programs
EDU8114 Online Pedagogy in Practice
EDM8012 Investigating TPACK
EST4100 Designing Digital and Blended Learning Spaces
EDU8132 Digital Technologies and STEM Education
EDM5006 Signature Pedagogies

Teaching experience(Tertiary)
20 Years

Teaching experience(Other)
14 Years

Administrative responsibilities
Associate Head of School - Research
Academic Team Leader

Research most recent
Lock, J., Becker., S., & Redmond, P. (2021). Teachers conceptualizing and developing assessment for skill development: Trialing a maker assessment framework. Research Evaluation, 30(4), 540–551. https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvab029

Redmond, P., Smart, V., Powell, A., Albion. P. (2021). Primary teachers’ self assessment of their confidence in implementing digital technologies curriculum. Educational Technology Research and Development, 69, 2895–2915. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-021-10043-2

Vallis, C., & Redmond, P. (2021). Introducing design thinking online to large business education courses for twenty-first century learning. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 18(6), 213-234. https://doi.org/10.53761/1.18.6.14

McCarty, C., Redmond, P.; Peel, K. (2021). Teacher decision-making in the classroom: the influence of cognitive load and teacher affect. Journal of Education for Teaching, 47(4), 548–561. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2021.1902748

Moro, C., Phelps, C., Redmond, P., & Stromberga, Z. (2021). Learning through augmented reality or mixed reality holograms: a randomized controlled trial. British Journal of Educational Technology, 52(2), 680-694. doi: 10.1111/bjet.13049

Lawrence, J., Brown, A., Redmond, P., Maloney, S., Basson, M., Galligan L., & Turner, J. (2021). Does course specific nudging enhance student engagement, experience and success?: A data-driven longitudinal tale. Student Success, 12(2), 28-37. https://doi.org/10.5204/ssj.1914

Lock, J., & Redmond, P. (2021). Embedded experts in online collaborative learning: A case study. The Internet and Higher Education, 48, 100773. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2020.100773

Research most notable
Redmond, P. (2011). From face-to-face teaching to online teaching: Pedagogical transitions. In G. Williams, P. Statham, N. Brown, & B. Cleland (Eds.), Changing Demands, Changing Directions; Proceedings Ascilite Hobart 2011 (pp. 1050-1060). Retrieved from http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/hobart11/procs/Redmond-full.pdf

Redmond, P., Heffernan, A., Abawi, L., Brown, A. & Henderson, R. (2018). An online engagement framework for higher education. Online Learning Journal, 22(1), 183-204. doi: 10.24059/olj.v22i1.1175

Redmond, P. & Lock, J. (2006). A flexible framework for online collaborative learning. The Internet and Higher Education, 9(4), 267 – 276.

Redmond, P., Gutke, H., Galligan, L., Howard, A., & Newman, T. (2017) Becoming a female leader in higher education: Investigations from a regional university. Gender and Education. 29(3), 332-351. Doi:10.1080/09540253.2016.1156063

Redmond, P. (2014). Reflection as an indicator of cognitive presence. E-Learning and Digital Media, 11(1), 46-58.

Lock, J., & Redmond, P. (2006). International online collaboration: Modeling online learning and teaching. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 2(4), 233–247.

Publications in ePrints

Brown, Alice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0306-729X and Lawrence, JillORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4163-8698 and Basson, MaritaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9731-1128 and Redmond, PetreaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9674-1206 (2022) A conceptual framework to enhance student online learning and engagement in higher education. Higher Education Research and Development, 41 (2). pp. 284-299. ISSN 0729-4360

Shaik, Thanveer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9730-665X and Tao, XiaohuiORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0020-077X and Li, YanORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4694-4926 and Dann, ChristopherORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7477-0305 and McDonald, Jacquie and Redmond, PetreaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9674-1206 and Galligan, LindaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8156-8690 (2022) A Review of the Trends and Challenges in Adopting Natural Language Processing Methods for Education Feedback Analysis. IEEE Access, 10. pp. 56720-56739.

Redmond, Petrea ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9674-1206 and Foote, Stephanie M. and Brown, AliceORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0306-729X and Mixson-Brookshire, Deborah and Abawi, Lindy-AnneORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2248-5275 and Henderson, RobynORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7906-766X (2022) Adopting a framework to support the process of critical reflection and understanding of online engagement. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 34 (1). pp. 109-131. ISSN 1042-1726

Villanueva, Juliet Aleta R. and Redmond, PetreaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9674-1206 and Galligan, LindaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8156-8690 (2022) Manifestations of Cognitive Presence in Blended Learning Classes of the Philippine K–12 System. Online Learning Journal, 26 (1). pp. 19-37. ISSN 2472-5749

Redmond, Petrea ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9674-1206 and Smart, VickyORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6718-5746 and Albion, PeterORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7911-5537 and Cantle, RobertORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1792-9276 and Martin, David (2022) Primary Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Students’ Digital Technologies Competencies. In: 33rd Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE 2022), 11 Apr - 15 Apr 2022, San Diego, United States.

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Research supervisor in the area of:

• Curriculum and Pedagogy not elsewhere classified ( 130299 )
  
• Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified ( 130399 )
  
• Education not elsewhere classified ( 139999 )
  
• Educational Technology and Computing ( 130306 )
  
• Secondary Education ( 130106 )
  
• Higher Education ( 130103 )
  
• Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators ( 130313 )
  
• Vocational Education and Training Curriculum and Pedagogy ( 130213 )
  
• Technical, Further and Workplace Education ( 130108 )
  
• Learning Sciences ( 130309 )
  
• Secondary Education ( 390306 )
  
• Curriculum And Pedagogy not elsewhere classified ( 390199 )
  
• Specialist Studies In Education not elsewhere classified ( 390499 )
  
• Other Education not elsewhere classified ( 399999 )
  
• Teacher Education And Professional Development Of Educators ( 390307 )
  
• Vocational Education And Training Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390114 )
  
• Learning Sciences ( 390409 )
  
• Higher Education ( 390303 )
  
• Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390100 )
  
• Educational Technology And Computing ( 390405 )
  
• Technical ( 390308 )
  
• Other Education ( 399900 )
  
• Education Systems ( 390300 )
  
• Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )
  

Research topics

• Engagement in Online and Blended Learning
  
• Makerspaces as Learning Environments
  
• Enhancing outcomes through mentoring
  
• Artificial Intelligence and Education
  
• Critical thinking within a community of inquiry