Beckman, Karley Dr

Selected Publications

• Journal Article

  Year	Title
  2019	Reproduction and transformation of students’ technology practice: The tale of two distinctive secondary student cases Published In British Journal of Educational Technology Volume Online First Pages 1 - 14 ISSN 0007-1013 Altmetric
  2019	The role of social cues in supporting students to overcome challenges in online multi-stage assignments Published In The Internet and Higher Education Volume 42 Pages 25 - 33 ISSN 0742-2342 Altmetric
  2018	Conceptualising technology practice in education using Bourdieu’s sociology Published In Learning, Media and Technology Volume 43 Pages 197 - 210 ISSN 1743-9884 Altmetric
  2014	Understanding students' use and value of technology for learning Published In Learning, Media and Technology Volume 39 Pages 346 - 367 ISSN 1743-9884 Altmetric

• Chapter

  Year	Title
  2018	The Myth of the Digital Native and What It Means for Higher Education Published In The Oxford Handbook of Cyberpyschology Publisher Oxford, England: Oxford University Press Pages 1 - 19 ISBN 9780198812746 Altmetric

• Conference Paper

  Year	Title
  2014	Reconceptualizing technology as a social tool: A secondary school student case study Published In EdMedia World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 Pages 1554 - 1559

Impact Story

Education And Training

• Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wollongong, School of Education, Secondary school students' technology practices in their everyday lives and at school 2015
• B.E., University of Wollongong, Faculty of Education 2003 - 2006

Teaching Overview

• Karley has a background in primary education. She has worked in a number of schools across the Illawarra and South Western Sydney regions, teaching students from kindergarten to Year 6, including gifted and talented learners (Opportunity Class) and students with specific behavioural needs.

  Karley is currently a lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Wollongong. Informed by her work as a primary school teacher, research and professional relationships with primary schools, she teaches mainly in the area of educational technologies in pre-service teacher education. She has taught in the Masters of Education, Masters of Teaching, Bachelor of Primary Education, and Bachelor of Physical and Health Education programs, in the following subjects areas:

  • Educational technology for teaching and learning 

  • Educational psychology 

  • Educational development and cognition 

  • Curriculum and pedagogy.

Orcid Id

• http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3435-5083 (confirmed)

Top Publications

Year	Title
2019	Reproduction and transformation of students’ technology practice: The tale of two distinctive secondary student cases Published in   British Journal of Educational Technology
2019	The role of social cues in supporting students to overcome challenges in online multi-stage assignments Published in   The Internet and Higher Education
2018	Conceptualising technology practice in education using Bourdieu’s sociology Published in   Learning, Media and Technology
2014	Reconceptualizing technology as a social tool: A secondary school student case study
2014	Understanding students' use and value of technology for learning Published in   Learning, Media and Technology

Research Areas

• 13 - EDUCATION
• 1303 - SPECIALIST STUDIES IN EDUCATION
• 130306 - EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTING
• 1399 - OTHER EDUCATION

Research Overview

• Karley’s area of expertise is in digital technologies and education. Originally a primary school teacher, Karley’s research spans across primary, secondary and higher education settings. Her doctoral research investigated high school students’ technology practices. Her research focuses on students’ technology practices, with particular interest in understanding how children and young people engage with technologies across their everyday lives and educational contexts. Building on her doctoral research of secondary students’ technology practices through a Bourdieusian sociology, her current research explores technology practices in higher education.

  Other areas of research interest include:

  • the role of self-regulation in online learning environments in higher education
  • digital literacy, including pre-service teacher and teacher digital literacy
  • sociology of education and technology
  • technology practices across educational contexts (early childhood education, primary, secondary and higher education).

Selected Publications

• Journal Article

  Year	Title
  2019	Reproduction and transformation of students’ technology practice: The tale of two distinctive secondary student cases Published In British Journal of Educational Technology Volume Online First Pages 1 - 14 ISSN 0007-1013 Altmetric
  2019	The role of social cues in supporting students to overcome challenges in online multi-stage assignments Published In The Internet and Higher Education Volume 42 Pages 25 - 33 ISSN 0742-2342 Altmetric
  2018	Conceptualising technology practice in education using Bourdieu’s sociology Published In Learning, Media and Technology Volume 43 Pages 197 - 210 ISSN 1743-9884 Altmetric
  2014	Understanding students' use and value of technology for learning Published In Learning, Media and Technology Volume 39 Pages 346 - 367 ISSN 1743-9884 Altmetric

• Chapter

  Year	Title
  2018	The Myth of the Digital Native and What It Means for Higher Education Published In The Oxford Handbook of Cyberpyschology Publisher Oxford, England: Oxford University Press Pages 1 - 19 ISBN 9780198812746 Altmetric

• Conference Paper

  Year	Title
  2014	Reconceptualizing technology as a social tool: A secondary school student case study Published In EdMedia World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 Pages 1554 - 1559

Impact Story

Education And Training

• Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wollongong, School of Education, Secondary school students' technology practices in their everyday lives and at school 2015
• B.E., University of Wollongong, Faculty of Education 2003 - 2006

Teaching Overview

• Karley has a background in primary education. She has worked in a number of schools across the Illawarra and South Western Sydney regions, teaching students from kindergarten to Year 6, including gifted and talented learners (Opportunity Class) and students with specific behavioural needs.

  Karley is currently a lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Wollongong. Informed by her work as a primary school teacher, research and professional relationships with primary schools, she teaches mainly in the area of educational technologies in pre-service teacher education. She has taught in the Masters of Education, Masters of Teaching, Bachelor of Primary Education, and Bachelor of Physical and Health Education programs, in the following subjects areas:

  • Educational technology for teaching and learning 

  • Educational psychology 

  • Educational development and cognition 

  • Curriculum and pedagogy.

Orcid Id

• http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3435-5083 (confirmed)