Associate Research Fellow at the Centre of the Digital Child, Deakin University
Chris is a former teacher of French and now works as a Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child. His research interests include the datafication of learning, gamified learning platforms and the use of technology in education more broadly. Chris completed his doctoral thesis in 2023. In his thesis he investigates how gamified learning applications reshape ideas, understandings and enactments of student engagement in a competitive private girls' school.
Jun 12, 2024 06:00 am UTC| Technology
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