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Teaching commitmentBiographyDr Geoff Romeo is the Associate Dean, Teaching of the Faculty and Editor of Australian Educational Computing (AEC). His expertise in the use of ICT in education at all levels to improve teaching and learning, online teaching and learning, the development of primary and middle school curriculum, action research, design based research, activity theory, and education in general. The current focus of his research is on the design of technology rich teaching and learning environments. Dr Romeo is the immediate past president of ICT in Education Victoria, Publications Officer for the Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE) and a former member of the Standards Council of the Teaching Profession. These connections and responsibilities bring him into contact with a wide range of academic, department and school personnel at a national and international level. As Publications Officer and the Editor of AEC he oversees an impressive editorial board that includes the top ICT researchers, commentators and tertiary teachers in the country. He was the chief researcher on the Touchscreen Project conducted in schools and kindergartens in 2002. He was involved at a senior level in the development of, and research into, InterLearn, an online teaching and learning tool for the entire Monash community and is currently, involved in various DEEWR projects including, Coordination of the Monash ICT node delivering expert advice to DEEWR, the examination of exemplary use of ICT in a range of schools across Australia, and the Australian School Innovation in Science, Technology and Mathematics (ASISTM) Project as a critical friend, and various other research projects including a partnership with the University of Northern Iowa and the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater. Dr Romeo has presented the findings of his research at conferences, seminars and workshops in Australia, the United Kingdom, Hungary, USA, Singapore, Denmark, South Africa, Qatar and Chile and in 2004 was awarded state and national prizes for his leadership in ICT in education.
Research InterestsPrimary Education, Learning Technologies, Curriculum, Action Research, Technology in Education, eLearning, Online Learning, Information and Communication Technology in Education, Computers in Education
Professional Associations
- Immediate Past President, Information and Communication Technologies, Victoria (ICTEV)
- Editor, Australian Educational Computing
- Australian Council for Computers in Education
- IFIP WG3.3
- AERA
PublicationsSome recent publications
Romeo, G. I (2008) Information and communication technologies in education: curriculum and pedagogy issues (Chapter 3) in Researching pedagogies, practice and learning with information and communication technologies (ICT) in education, Yelland, N., Neal, G. and Davich, E. (eds) Sense Publishing The Netherlands (Publication Pending)
Romeo, G. I. and Russell, G (2008) Why what works is not enough for ICT in education research (Chapter 2) in Theory and history, questions and methodology: current and future issues into ICT in education Jones, A., Nicholson, P. and McDougall, A. (eds) Springer The Netherlands (Publication Pending)
Russell, G and Romeo, G. I. (2006) Pre-Service Teachers Self-Perceptions of ICTE (Chapter 21) in Globalization, Standards and Professionalism: Teacher Education in Times of Change Edited by Tony Townsend and Richard Bates
Romeo, G.I (2006) Engage, Empower, Enable: Developing a shared vision for technology in education (Chapter 8) in Engaged Learning and Emerging Technologies, Myint Swe Khine Ed Springer Science The Netherlands
Romeo, G. I (2006) Keynote Address - School design, ACEC2006 National Conference Leadership Forum ACCE Cairns http://www.acec2006.info/item.asp?pid=7463 (Invited paper)
Romeo, G. I (2006) Keynote Address - 'Thinking about teaching, technology and learning: perceptions and practices CEGSA State Conference CEGSA Adelaide (Invited paper) http://www.cegsa.sa.edu.au/conference/2006/program/
Romeo, G. (2005). Active, Engaged, Hands on Learning: The Technology Matters but Good Teaching Matters More. In WCCE2005 Proceedings of the 8th IFIP World Conference for Computers in Education WCCE2005 Kluwer Academic Publishers Netherlands
Romeo, G. (2005) ICT in History: a brief overview Professional Digest The National Centre for History Education Vol 4 http://www.hyperhistory.org/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=757&op=page
Romeo, G. (2004). IT is, and always has been, about Teaching and Learning. ICT in Education, 27(1), 20-24.
Romeo, G. (2004). Active, Engaged, Hands on Learning: The Technology Matters but Good Teaching Matters More. Keynote Paper presented at the ECAWA 2004 State Conference, Sorrento, Western Australia. (Invited paper)
Romeo, G. (2004). Teaching, learning and technology: Research, Reform, Realise the Potential. Keynote Paper presented at the ACEC 2004 Australian Conference for Computers in Education, Adelaide, Australia (Invited paper)
Edwards, S., & Romeo, G. (2003). InterLearn: an online teaching and learning system developed at Monash University. Paper presented at the E-Learn 2003 World Conference of E-Learning in corporate, government, healthcare & higher education, Arizona, USA.
Russell, G., & Romeo, G. (2003). Pre-service teachers perceptions of ICTE. Paper presented at the 48th World Assembly of the International Council on Education for Teachers, Melbourne, Australia.
Romeo, G., Edwards, S., McNamara, S., Walker, I., & Ziguras, C. (2003). Touching the screen: issues related to the use of touchscreen technology in early childhood education. British Journal of Education Technology, 34(3), 329-339
Romeo, G. (2003). Technology matters but good teachers matter more. In C. Dowling & K.-W. Lai (Eds.), Information and communication technology and the teacher of the future (Vol. 31, pp. 191-202). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Romeo, G.I. and Walker I.S. 2002 Activity Theory to Explore the Implementation of ICTE in Education and Information Technologies 7;4, 323-332, 2002
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