Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Edwin (Ed) Creely is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
His research interests include:
- creativity and creative practices
- phenomenology and phenomenological research
- poetry as pedagogy and writing practice
- teacher education
- literacy across the years
- inclusive education
- critical pedagogy
- theory and philosophy
- phenomenological research
- digital pedagogy and learning platforms
- educational technologies, including generative AI
- lifelong learning and active ageing
He has wide ranging experience in education from primary and secondary to tertiary and adult education.
His current projects include academic wellbeing, digital literacies for adults from migrant and refugee backgrounds, literacy practices in the middle years, and an ethnographic investigation of an older adult poetry class.
Core to Ed’s work is his interest in innovation, cross-disciplinary research, and creative practices. Ed is enthusiastic about exploring new models and perspectives to educational research and practice. He also has an abiding interest in phenomenology and its applications in research, as well as critical discourse analysis.
Ed is a devoted poet. His poetry is available here: http://edspoetry.com.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Literacy
- Creativity
- Digital literacy
- Phenomenological research
- Lifelong learning and adult education
- Phenomenology
- Poetry
- Writing practices
- Theory and philosophy
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 5 Finished
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Harnessing generative AI: Understanding the needs of the Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) program
Tour, K., Henderson, M., Creely, E., Waterhouse, P. & Barnes, M.
1/10/23 → 31/05/24
Project: Research
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EdTech Innovation: Improving efficacy through research and industry partnerships
Henderson, M., Tan, H., McLeod, A., Creely, E., Blannin, J. & Awdry, R.
7/12/21 → 30/09/22
Project: Research
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AMEP Digital Literacies Framework and Guide: Supporting Pedagogies for Digital Literacies in the Adult EAL Contexts
Tour, K., Creely, E., Waterhouse, P. & Henderson, M.
26/05/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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BLCSI 2019: Building Leadership for Change through School Immersion 2019
Tudball, E., Adams, M., Lancaster, G., Johnson, L. J., Smith, K., Burke, G., Rady, D., Round, P., George, S., Welch, R., Pruyn, M., Creely, E., Gesthuizen, R., Tan, H., Burke, J., Mansfield, J., Clarke, S., Kewalramani, S., McLeod, A., Kalogeropoulos, P. & Ozzimo, C.
15/04/19 → 14/02/20
Project: Research
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BLCSI 2018: Building Leadership for Change through School Immersion 2018
Tudball, E., Round, P., Lancaster, G., Sharma, U., Smith, K., Creely, E., Pruyn, M., Adams, M., De Bruin, K., Kalogeropoulos, P., Klooger, M., Rady, D., Subban, P., Burke, G. & Ozzimo, C.
5/02/18 → 21/12/18
Project: Consultancy
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Creative partnerships with generative AI. Possibilities for education and beyond
Creely, E. & Blannin, J., Jun 2025, In: Thinking Skills and Creativity. 56, 15 p., 101727.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Exploring attitudes to generative AI in education for English as an additional language (EAL) adult learners
Creely, E., Barnes, M., Tour, E., Henderson, M., Waterhouse, P., Pena, M. A. & Patel, S. V., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: ReCall. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Kindness, creativity, productive failure, and agency: an exploration with an example from educational research
Creely, E., 2025, Enacting a Pedagogy of Kindness: A Guide for Practitioners in Higher Education. Grant, A. & Pittaway, S. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon UK: Routledge, p. 78-88 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
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Onto-epistemological understandings of generative artificial intelligence in education
Creely, E. & Janssen, K., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Changes in Education. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Unlocking creativity: strategies for fostering expressive writing in middle years literacy education
Creely, E., 6 Feb 2025, In: Literacy Learning: the Middle Years. 33, 1, p. 35-49 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Best Paper Award
Tour, Katrina (Recipient), Creely, Ed (Recipient) & Waterhouse, Peter (Recipient), 1 Jun 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Thinking Skills and Creativity (Journal)
Ed Creely (Peer reviewer)
4 Jan 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Journal of Interactive Media in Education (Journal)
Ed Creely (Peer reviewer)
14 Mar 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Thinking Skills and Creativity (Journal)
Ed Creely (Peer reviewer)
24 Jan 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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International Journal of Research and Method in Education (Journal)
Ed Creely (Peer reviewer)
23 Jan 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Thinking Skills and Creativity (Journal)
Ed Creely (Peer reviewer)
23 Jan 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Press/Media
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Settling in Australia: how can generative AI help?
Katrina Tour, Ed Creely & Melissa Barnes
18/02/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Dancing with digital partners: The creative revolution of generative AI
14/02/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Generative AI in language learning
Ed Creely, Katrina Tour & Melissa Barnes
4/07/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts
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Digital Literacies Framework with Drs. Katrina Tour and Ed Creely
29/02/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts
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Settling in digital Australia
Katrina Tour, Michael Henderson, Edwin Creely, Peter Waterhouse & Xuan Pham
1/03/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature