Professor Niki Davis
Position
Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor during 2013
Professor of E-Learning
Qualifications
Ph.D. (QUB)
B.Sc. (Hons, Edin.)
RSA Cert
Room
Ōrakipaoa 103
Contact Details
Phone:
+64 3 345 8246
Internal Phone:
44246
niki.davis@canterbury.ac.nz
Background
Niki Davis is the University of Canterbury Professor of e-Learning and Director of the College of Education e-Learning Lab. She is recognised internationally as a leading expert in information and communication technologies in teacher education. Sought by UNESCO, European Commission, national agencies, companies, scholarly societies and institutions for her expertise; she has over 200 publications including books and scholarly papers. Niki is President of the Distance Education Association of New Zealand and New Zealand Collaborative Action & Research Network (NZCA&RN). In 2010 she was recognised as the first Outstanding Global Educator by the International Society of Information Technology and Teacher Education.
Teaching
EDEM628 Best Practice in Online Teaching and Learning
EDEM698 Emergent Research Methodologies
EDEM630 Change with Digital Technologies in Education
Supervision of Postgraduate Students
In Progress
- Hazel Bradshaw
Real games in Education - Todd Cochrane
Second life in vocational education - Vera Heier
E-learning foreign languages - Hasniza Nordin
The use of ICT during field experience among pre-service teachers in Malaysia - Susan Tull
E-learning professional development within an online community of practice for adult literacy educators - Sorada Wattana
Games in second language teaching of English
Supervision of MEd Thesis Students
- Nick Ford
E-learning in tertiary education - Malcolm Hay
Blended learning in high school carpentry - Ruth Guy (MS)
An online course on Antartica
Research
Please see UC Research Profile for full list of publications.
Fields of Research
- e-Learning
- ICT Information & Communication Technologies
- Innovation and change with digital technologies
- Virtual Schooling
