Kate Thompson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3591145 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kate Thompson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kate |
| FAMILY NAME | Thompson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMPSON K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queensland University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0738-0205 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 42 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) for construction skills training
In order to determine the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) training and reliability for mass utilisation in competency-based training in the construction industry, we collected data related to learning outcomes (assessment scores and recall, immediately and after 1 month) from 109 participants (n = 59, VR group; n = 50, non-VR group) from three registered training organisations in south-east Queensland. Interviews were also conducted with 48…
Graduate employability, curriculum rationalisation, and the Australian regulatory state
In June 2020, the Australian Coalition Government introduced the Job Ready Graduates (JRG) policy, seeking to discourage student uptake of humanities and social sciences (HASS) courses by increasing their cost by up 116.9%. This article offers a preliminary investigation into HASS undergraduate course offerings at four Australian universities. It finds no consistently observable effect on course offerings, but rather long-term and unevenly disper…
The Participation of Muslim Migrant Women in Gynaecological Cancer Screening Programs Within Non-Muslim Communities: A Scoping Review
Gynaecological cancer screening is a crucial preventive measure for women. Muslim migrant women exhibit lower rates of participation in such screenings due to various factors, including language barriers, cultural differences and religious beliefs. Understanding their beliefs is vital to enhancing their participation in such screening. This study aims to explore the challenges faced by Muslim migrant women in engagement in gynaecological cancer s…
"We remain committed as ever": Indigenous researchers and a constitutional entrenched voice to Parliament
one year after the Voice referendum, a group of 10 Indigenous researchers gathered on Kabi Kabi Country at Marcoola, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, for a research writing workshop where they responded to a series of objects focused on the Uluru Statement from the Heart and the Australian Voice referendum; the objects were curated within the writing space.This offered the focus for their thoughts, feelings, discussions, and collab…
Addressing skills shortages: Vocational education and training in schools programs and the Universities Accord
Comparing the visual affordances of discrete time Markov chains and epistemic network analysis for analysing discourse connections
Introduction Researchers in the learning sciences have been considering methods of analysing and representing group-level temporal data, particularly discourse analysis, in Computed Supported Collaborative Learning for many years. Methods This paper compares two methods used to analyse and represent connections in discourse, Discrete Time Markov Chains and Epistemic Network Analysis. We illustrate both methods by comparing group-level discourse u…
Formative assessment of group work skills: An analytics-enabled conceptual framework
Assessing group work formatively in higher education poses a significant challenge. The complexity of evaluating individual contributions is compounded by the lack of efficient and effective methods for tracking, analysing and assessing individual engagement and contributions, which can impede timely feedback and the development of group work skills. This paper contributes to the growing body of research on collaboration analytics, which focuses …
The ecosystem services concept in urban planning: The criteria for practical fit
Application of the ecosystem services (ES) concept in urban planning has potential for improving environmental and human health outcomes in cities. We aimed to narrow an identified ES implementation gap by identifying the criteria for the practical fit of the ES concept in urban planning. We found that local relevance and adaptability within current planning approaches were core criteria for practical fit. If not met immediately, these criteria m…
The social and emotional wellbeing of children in out-of-home care: A scoping review exploring structural and social factors
The emotional terrain of foster and kinship carers’ relationships with parents of children in care: Carers’ perspectives
Children in foster and kinship care have a right to relationships with their parents. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) asserts children’s right to contact with their parents and families during periods of separation, except where this is proven not to be in the child’s best interests. Foster and kinship carers can play a pivotal role in children’s opportunities for, and experiences of, connection to parents and oth…
AI in tertiary education: Progress on research and practice
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has had a significant impact in tertiary education for practitioners and researchers during 2023. We review the way in which academics have made sense of generative AI, revisit our proposed research agenda and reflect on our changing roles as academics in relation to learning, teaching, design and policy
Ajet in 2023: Reflections on educational technology, people, and bibliometrics
In this editorial we reflect on the last three years of AJET achievements, challenges, and opportunities as we reach a time of transition in the lead editorial team. We also reflect on the key themes of 2023, especially the impact that the growing availability of generative artificial intelligence has had on research and practice in the tertiary education sector. We present our annual round up of bibliometrics, thank our hardworking editorial tea…
The importance of a good review(er) for educational technology research
The process of peer review has been central to academic publishing in educational technology for at least 50 years. In this editorial we discuss what makes a good review as well as a good reviewer for AJET. This includes an overview of the peer review process and the identification of key features of a good review. We discuss the selection and appointment of reviewers with reference specifically to AJET, and how decisions are made when assigning …
Mapping out a research agenda for generative artificial intelligence in tertiary education
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm. In this editorial, we outline some of the key areas of tertiary education impacted by large language models and associated applications that will require re-thinking and research to address in the short to medium term. Given how rapidly generative AI developments are currently occurring, this editorial is speculative. Although there is a long history of research on AI in educat…
Navigating the Australian child protection system: The importance of formal and informal support for carers to effectively provide care to children in out‐of‐home care
Children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC) are a vulnerable group who often experience poorer outcomes than their peers who are not in OOHC. In 2020–2021, there were approximately 46 200 children in OOHC in Australia, with 91% in a family setting with foster or kinship carers. Data from other countries show similar patterns indicating that foster and kinship carers provide care for most children in OOHC. To effectively provide children in OOHC with the …
Ready to write
Amanda Arrowsmith (1947–2020)
Authorship practices in educational technology research
Authoring documents and academic articles is a key means by which researchers share new knowledge and is closely tied to academic progression, prestige for individuals and institutions, and continued funding of research. In this editorial we continue our discussion around ensuring quality research and publication practices, with a focus on authorship. There are concerning trends emerging around practices in relation to authorship across the publi…
The implications of educational technology research for practice and/or policy
The implications for practice or policy section of AJET journal articles provides authors with an opportunity to translate their research for the readers who will ultimately use this research for change. In this editorial we discuss considerations for this with respect to the characterisation of educational technology research, the challenges in reporting on innovations in and with technology, and the institutional context of policymakers. Finall…
The importance of choosing the right keywords for educational technology publications
Keywords refer to important words or concepts that represent the research foci and theoretical backgrounds of an academic study. They enable readers to glean a quick impression about what they are going to read from an academic article. Keywords also provide valuable information for researchers who intend to search for articles related to a particular field or conduct a survey related to a specific topic. Therefore, in selected academic journals,…
The concerning persistence of weird ideas about learning and educational technology and their influence on the future directions of higher education
Many volumes have been devoted to intuitive but misguided ideas about how learning works. This is as true in the use of educational technologies in higher education as it is in other related fields of educational research. As we (hopefully) emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, educational technologies are poised to feature more heavily in post-secondary education into the future. There is a substantial incentive for bad actors to provide oversimpli…
Ajet in 2022: Bibliometrics, academic publishing trends, and future opportunities
After two years of change and uncertainty in tertiary education, in 2022 the editorial team of AJET saw a return to a focus on research that explores educational technology use in a range of learning and teaching environments. It has also been an interesting year in terms of the changing academic publishing environment and the opportunities and challenges facing AJET as a leading educational technology journal. In this end-of-year editorial we wi…
Are human rights ‘toothless’ in Australian child protection matters? Perspectives of lawyers and social workers
Human rights law is in its infancy in Australia. Some states and territories have human rights legislation that requires government officials to take human rights into account in decision-making. However, there is very little Australian case law or commentary regarding the application of human rights law to child protection matters. In this article, we discuss the potential for human rights law to influence decision-making in child protection. We…
Looked after children's right to contact with birth parents: An Australian study
In Australia, there are more than 46 000 children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC). Most of these children have been in OOHC for more than 2 years. Similarly, there are more than 407 000 children in the United States and over 80 800 in England who are ‘looked after’ with approximately one third of these children being in OOHC for more than 2 years. This paper concerns ‘looked after’ children's rights to contact with their birth parents. The United Nati…
Open Science and Educational Technology Research
Over the last decade a spate of issues has been emerging in empirical research spanning diverse fields such as biology, medicine, economics, and psychological science. The crisis has already led to fundamental shifts in how research is being conducted in several fields, particularly psychological science. Broadly labelled the ‘replication crisis’, these issues place substantial doubt on the robustness of peer-reviewed quantitative research across…
Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: The 7th report
Community relations in Northern Ireland - attitudes to contact and integration, Joannes Hughes, Paul Carmichael the growth of home ownership - explanations and implications, Deirdre Heenan attitudes to the countryside, Sally Cook et al role of government, Niall O Dochartaigh attitudes to the National Health Service in Northern Ireland, Ann Marie Gray attitudes to the environment in Northern Ireland, Adrian Moore et al belief and trust in the poli…
Dietary behaviour and health in Northern Ireland: An exploration of biochemical and haematological associations
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to determine the relationships between dietary behaviour and biochemical and haematological measures. DESIGN--This was a cross sectional population study. SETTING--The study took place in the general community within Northern Ireland. SUBJECTS--522 randomly selected adults aged 18-64 years took part (65% of the eligible sample). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS--Four dietary behaviours were identified using principal com…
Navigating the Australian child protection system: The importance of formal and informal support for carers to effectively provide care to children in out‐of‐home care
Children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC) are a vulnerable group who often experience poorer outcomes than their peers who are not in OOHC. In 2020–2021, there were approximately 46 200 children in OOHC in Australia, with 91% in a family setting with foster or kinship carers. Data from other countries show similar patterns indicating that foster and kinship carers provide care for most children in OOHC. To effectively provide children in OOHC with the …
The EMBeRS project: Employing model-based reasoning in socio-environmental synthesis
Looked after children's right to contact with birth parents: An Australian study
In Australia, there are more than 46 000 children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC). Most of these children have been in OOHC for more than 2 years. Similarly, there are more than 407 000 children in the United States and over 80 800 in England who are ‘looked after’ with approximately one third of these children being in OOHC for more than 2 years. This paper concerns ‘looked after’ children's rights to contact with their birth parents. The United Nati…
Processing and Visualizing Data in Complex Learning Environments
The ability to capture large amounts of data that describe the interactions of learners becomes useful when one has a framework in which to make sense of the processes of learning in complex learning environments. Through the analysis of such data, one is able to understand what is happening in these networks; however, deciding which elements will be of most interest in a specific learning context and how to process, visualize, and analyze large …
What Do Students Learn When Collaboratively Using A Computer Game in the Study of Historical Disease Epidemics, and Why
The use of computer games and virtual environments has been shown to engage and motivate students and can provide opportunities to visualize the historical period and make sense of complex visual information. This article presents the results of a study in which university students were asked to collaboratively solve inquiry-based problems related to historical disease epidemics using game-based learning. A multimethod approach to the data collec…
The emotional terrain of foster and kinship carers’ relationships with parents of children in care: Carers’ perspectives
Children in foster and kinship care have a right to relationships with their parents. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) asserts children’s right to contact with their parents and families during periods of separation, except where this is proven not to be in the child’s best interests. Foster and kinship carers can play a pivotal role in children’s opportunities for, and experiences of, connection to parents and oth…
Learning to be an interdisciplinary researcher: Incorporating training about dispositional and epistemological differences into graduate student environmental science teams
Do Type As Eat Differently? A Comparison of Men and Women
Dietary behaviour and health in Northern Ireland: An exploration of biochemical and haematological associations
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to determine the relationships between dietary behaviour and biochemical and haematological measures. DESIGN--This was a cross sectional population study. SETTING--The study took place in the general community within Northern Ireland. SUBJECTS--522 randomly selected adults aged 18-64 years took part (65% of the eligible sample). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS--Four dietary behaviours were identified using principal com…
Do Type As Eat Differently? A Comparison of Men and Women
Developing guidelines on working with interpreters in mental health: Opening up an international dialogue
In 2010 the International Association of Migration recorded 214 million people as having migrated across national borders. In 2009, 30.8 million people were recorded as residing in European Union member countries of which they were not citizens. The real numbers are likely to be even higher than those officially recorded, as the Council of Europe estimated that approximately 5.5 million irregular migrants were residing in the EU in 2006. Figures …
What Do Students Learn When Collaboratively Using A Computer Game in the Study of Historical Disease Epidemics, and Why
The use of computer games and virtual environments has been shown to engage and motivate students and can provide opportunities to visualize the historical period and make sense of complex visual information. This article presents the results of a study in which university students were asked to collaboratively solve inquiry-based problems related to historical disease epidemics using game-based learning. A multimethod approach to the data collec…
Processing and Visualizing Data in Complex Learning Environments
The ability to capture large amounts of data that describe the interactions of learners becomes useful when one has a framework in which to make sense of the processes of learning in complex learning environments. Through the analysis of such data, one is able to understand what is happening in these networks; however, deciding which elements will be of most interest in a specific learning context and how to process, visualize, and analyze large …
The EMBeRS project: Employing model-based reasoning in socio-environmental synthesis
Fad: A framework for mapping the evolution of artefacts in the learning design process
A number of researchers have explored the role and nature of design in education, proposing a diverse array of life cycle models. Design plays subtly different roles in each of these models. The learning design research community is shifting its attention from the representation of pedagogical plans to considering design as an ongoing process. As a result, the study of the artefacts generated and used by educational designers is also changing: fr…
Designing, using and evaluating learning spaces: The generation of actionable knowledge
Digital educational technologies, like communication technologies more generally, can undermine the tyranny of distance. If we are not careful, we can slip into thinking that they make space and place irrelevant. This is not the case, as the papers in this special issue demonstrate. Technology needs to be understood as spatially configured and entangled with the material world. When people are using digital tools and resources in activities that …
Financial Challenges of Cancer for Adolescents and Young Adults and Their Parent Caregivers
This study examined the financial impact of cancer and the use of income support in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer and their parent caregivers. As part of a national Australian study exploring the psychosocial impacts of cancer, 196 AYAs ages 15 to 25 years, six to 24 months from diagnosis, and 204 parent caregivers from 18 cancer sites were surveyed. Logistic regression and chi-square analyses were conducted to assess the influe…
A framework for youth-friendly genetic counseling
Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: The 7th report
Community relations in Northern Ireland - attitudes to contact and integration, Joannes Hughes, Paul Carmichael the growth of home ownership - explanations and implications, Deirdre Heenan attitudes to the countryside, Sally Cook et al role of government, Niall O Dochartaigh attitudes to the National Health Service in Northern Ireland, Ann Marie Gray attitudes to the environment in Northern Ireland, Adrian Moore et al belief and trust in the poli…
Vision: What happens next in education technology research in Australia
The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly caused global upheaval in education. The sudden and mass migration of learning online has created challenges and opportunities for educators, educational technologists and researchers of educational technologies and will continue to do so for some time. As we discuss here, there is a likelihood that the COVID-19 pandemic will exacerbate the troubled relationships between policy, research and practice that have …
Learning to be an interdisciplinary researcher: Incorporating training about dispositional and epistemological differences into graduate student environmental science teams
Open Science and Educational Technology Research
Over the last decade a spate of issues has been emerging in empirical research spanning diverse fields such as biology, medicine, economics, and psychological science. The crisis has already led to fundamental shifts in how research is being conducted in several fields, particularly psychological science. Broadly labelled the ‘replication crisis’, these issues place substantial doubt on the robustness of peer-reviewed quantitative research across…
Ajet in 2021: Change, bibliometrics and future directions
This is the first issue of AJET for 2021 and the first for the new Lead Editors. We introduce ourselves and celebrate the contributions of the outgoing team. In this editorial, we then present the AJET bibliometric data updated for 2020 and describe the changes to the team of Associate Editors that support the work of this journal. Finally we outline the articles that are included in this issue and present our plans for 2021 and into the future
Trends in education technology in higher education
Trends are important to us as researchers and practitioners in higher education (Boer et al., 2002). Trends influence decisions about funding for research, decisions about organisational infrastructure, and the establishment of new degrees. The dictionary definition of trend is a general direction in which something is developing or changing, and also a fashion. According to these definitions, a trend is both measurable with evidence that confirm…
The role of change in Ajet in 2021: Reflections, bibliometrics, and future plans
The end of 2021 marks the first anniversary of the new AJET Lead Editor Team. In this editorial we explore the role of change in the past two years of educational technology in tertiary education, and what this has meant for AJET. We also present the bibliometrics for the year, a summary of what was published in AJET in 2021, and what we have learnt as the new lead editor team. We conclude with a look at what is next for AJET as we move into 2022…
Ecosystem services: A new framework for old ideas, or advancing environmental decision‐making? Learning from Canadian forerunners to the ES concept
Frameworks of ecosystem services (ES) are promoted as a new and important way to recognize, understand, and account for nature's benefits. We questioned assertions of the novelty of ES ideas and conducted a comparative analysis of approaches in planning, landscape architecture, and sustainable forest management against the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment ES framework. We conclude that the newer Millennium Ecosystem Assessment ES framing may assis…
Ready to write
Amanda Arrowsmith (1947–2020)
Authorship practices in educational technology research
Authoring documents and academic articles is a key means by which researchers share new knowledge and is closely tied to academic progression, prestige for individuals and institutions, and continued funding of research. In this editorial we continue our discussion around ensuring quality research and publication practices, with a focus on authorship. There are concerning trends emerging around practices in relation to authorship across the publi…
The implications of educational technology research for practice and/or policy
The implications for practice or policy section of AJET journal articles provides authors with an opportunity to translate their research for the readers who will ultimately use this research for change. In this editorial we discuss considerations for this with respect to the characterisation of educational technology research, the challenges in reporting on innovations in and with technology, and the institutional context of policymakers. Finall…
The importance of choosing the right keywords for educational technology publications
Keywords refer to important words or concepts that represent the research foci and theoretical backgrounds of an academic study. They enable readers to glean a quick impression about what they are going to read from an academic article. Keywords also provide valuable information for researchers who intend to search for articles related to a particular field or conduct a survey related to a specific topic. Therefore, in selected academic journals,…
The concerning persistence of weird ideas about learning and educational technology and their influence on the future directions of higher education
Many volumes have been devoted to intuitive but misguided ideas about how learning works. This is as true in the use of educational technologies in higher education as it is in other related fields of educational research. As we (hopefully) emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, educational technologies are poised to feature more heavily in post-secondary education into the future. There is a substantial incentive for bad actors to provide oversimpli…
Ajet in 2022: Bibliometrics, academic publishing trends, and future opportunities
After two years of change and uncertainty in tertiary education, in 2022 the editorial team of AJET saw a return to a focus on research that explores educational technology use in a range of learning and teaching environments. It has also been an interesting year in terms of the changing academic publishing environment and the opportunities and challenges facing AJET as a leading educational technology journal. In this end-of-year editorial we wi…
Computer Science (23 works) · Sociology (23 works) · Political science (18 works) · Psychology (18 works) · Engineering (12 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Pedagogy (10 works) · Engineering ethics (9 works) · Higher education (8 works) · Mathematics education (8 works)