Kathryn Mac Callum

Kathryn MacCallum is an Associate Professor of Digital Education Futures within the School of Educational Studies and Leadership at the University of Canterbury (UC), NZ. Prior to this, Kathryn was an Associate Professor of Computing at the Eastern Institute of Technology, Napier, New Zealand. Kathryn has over the years established a strong research background focusing on the integration of digital tools into the curriculum both in pre K12, K12 and tertiary contexts. She has led and been involved in a number of research projects exploring the role of technology (and more recently AR and VR) to support learners. She has been involved in a number of research projects, both in New Zealand and Internationally, developing innovative approaches to the integration of technology within all sectors of education. Kathryn has written a number of articles on this topic as well as edited two books with another one on the way around the use of emerging practices in education.

Publications

Integrating Mobile Mixed Reality to Enhance Learning Before, During, and After Physical Field Trips
Integrating Mobile Mixed Reality to Enhance Learning Before, During, and After Physical Field Trips
Kathryn MacCallum, David Parsons. © 2022. 11 pages.
Physical field trips have long been used in education, but virtual field trips are increasingly being used to enhance them. This article focuses on the use of mixed reality to...
Investigating the Classroom Environment With Physical Computing
Investigating the Classroom Environment With Physical Computing
David Parsons, Kathryn MacCallum. © 2022. 14 pages.
To integrate digital technologies into the curriculum, teachers must support learners to use digital tools in authentic contexts. Physical computing, which involves the use of...
Integrating Scrum With Other Design Approaches to Support Student Innovation Projects
Integrating Scrum With Other Design Approaches to Support Student Innovation Projects
David Parsons, Kathryn MacCallum, Hayley Sparks. © 2021. 19 pages.
Students who are innovating in a project-based context need appropriate frameworks to support applied research that is easily understandable, flexible to different contexts, and...
International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL)
International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL)
David Parsons, Kathryn Mac Callum. Est. 2009.
The International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL) provides a forum for researchers, practitioners, and academicians in this field to share their knowledge and...