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Overview

Peter Goodyear is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of social sciences, computer science, and psychology, with a particular focus on education and its intersection with technology. Their research spans multiple disciplines, emphasizing innovative education practices, digital education, and higher education engagement.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Innovative Education and Learning Practices
  • Digital Education and Society
  • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Higher Education Practises and Engagement
  • E-Learning and Knowledge Management
  • Education and Technology Integration
  • Educational Environments and Student Outcomes

Peter Goodyear's research contribution includes key papers such as:

  • "Activity-Centred Analysis and Design (ACAD): Core purposes, distinctive qualities and current developments" (2021), published in Educational Technology Research and Development
  • "Design and co-configuration for hybrid learning: Theorising the practices of learning space design" (2020), published in British Journal of Educational Technology
  • "Realising the Good University: Social Innovation, Care, Design Justice and Educational Infrastructure" (2021), published in Postdigital Science and Education

Their work often appears alongside contributions from other researchers, including frequent coauthors such as Lina Markauskaitė, Lucila Carvalho, Chrysi Rapanta, Luca Botturi, and Lourdes Guàrdia Ortiz.

Major venues for Peter Goodyear's publications include:

  • Postdigital Science and Education
  • British Journal of Educational Technology
  • Educational Technology Research and Development
  • Journal of the Learning Sciences
  • Learning Culture and Social Interaction

Their main fields of study break down into:

  • Social Sciences
  • Computer Science
  • Psychology

Within these fields, specific subfields focus on:

  • Education
  • Information Systems
  • Human Factors and Ergonomics
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Computer Science Applications

Best Publications

  • Online University Teaching During and After the Covid-19 Crisis: Refocusing Teacher Presence and Learning Activity

    Chrysi Rapanta;Luca Botturi;Peter Goodyear;Lourdes Guàrdia

  • Competences for Online Teaching: A Special Report

    Peter Goodyear;Gilly Salmon;J. Michael Spector;Christine Steeples

  • Research focus and methodological choices in studies into students' experiences of blended learning in higher education

    Ana-Maria Bliuc;Peter Goodyear;Robert A. Ellis

  • Educational design and networked learning: Patterns, pattern languages and design practice

    Peter Goodyear

  • Balancing Technology, Pedagogy and the New Normal: Post-pandemic Challenges for Higher Education

    Chrysi Rapanta;Luca Botturi;Peter Goodyear;Lourdes Guàrdia

  • Students' Experiences of E-Learning in Higher Education: The Ecology of Sustainable Innovation

    Robert A. Ellis;Peter Goodyear

  • Psychological foundations for networked learning

    Peter Goodyear

  • Technology-Enhanced Learning: Design Patterns and Pattern Languages

    Peter Goodyear;Symeon Retalis

  • Inquiry-based learning in higher education: principal forms, educational objectives, and disciplinary variations

    Anindito Aditomo;Peter Goodyear;Ana-Maria Bliuc;Robert A. Ellis

  • Epistemic Fluency and Professional Education

    Lina Markauskaite;Peter Goodyear

  • Advances in Research on Networked Learning

    Peter M. Goodyear;Sheena Banks;Vivien Hodgson;David McConnell

  • How and what university students learn through online and face-to-face discussion: conceptions, intentions and approaches

    Robert A. Ellis;Peter Goodyear;Michael Prosser;Agi O'Hara

  • Models of learning space: integrating research on space, place and learning in higher education

    R. A. Ellis;P. Goodyear

  • Teacher thinking, beliefs and knowledge in higher education

    Nirah Hativa;Peter Goodyear

  • The Architecture of Productive Learning Networks

    Lucila Carvalho;Peter Goodyear

  • Engineering students' conceptions of and approaches to learning through discussions in face-to-face and online contexts

    Robert A. Ellis;Peter Goodyear;Rafael A. Calvo;Michael Prosser

  • Research on networked learning: An overview

    Peter Goodyear;Sheena Banks;Vivien Hodgson;David McConnell

  • In medias res: reframing design for learning

    Peter Goodyear;Yannis Dimitriadis

  • Patterns, designs and activities: unifying descriptions of learning structures

    Patrick McAndrew;Peter Goodyear;James Dalziel

  • Learning through face‐to‐face and online discussions: Associations between students' conceptions, approaches and academic performance in political science

    Ana-Maria Bliuc;Robert A. Ellis;Peter Goodyear;Leanne Piggott

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Ellis
Robert A. Ellis Griffith University
Michael Prosser
Michael Prosser University of Melbourne
David McConnell
David McConnell University of Alberta
J. Michael Spector
J. Michael Spector University of North Texas
Ulrike Cress
Ulrike Cress Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Demetrios G. Sampson
Demetrios G. Sampson University of Piraeus
Sue Bennett
Sue Bennett University of Wollongong
Jos J. A. Van Berkum
Jos J. A. Van Berkum Utrecht University
Frank Fischer
Frank Fischer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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