Bennett, Sue Professor

Prof. Sue Bennett’s area of expertise is in information and communication technologies in education. Her research investigates how people engage with technology in their everyday lives and in educational settings. She has extensive experience in the design, development and evaluation of multimedia and on-line instructional materials developed for both university and commercial clients.

Sue has published over 135 publications. As of March 2018, her Google Scholar profile lists more than 7000 citations and a h-index of 30, and her SCOPUS h-index is 15.

Prior to joining the UOW team, she managed the Interactive Multimedia Unit at Central Queensland University. She previously held positions at Griffith University, the Australian National University and the University of Canberra.

Research Interests

Current research projects include:

• Learning design as supports for supporting teachers’ educational design practices
• Sociological perspectives on educational technology investigating young people’s creative practices with technology
• Functional brain imaging and multimedia-based problem solving

In addition to the above, she is interested in supervising Higher Degree Research students investigating the following areas:

• Young people’s experiences with technology inside and outside formal education settings
• Implementations of ICT in the classroom
• Design thinking and practices, including educational design, instructional design and in design education programs
• Technology integration in school music education