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Biography
Neil Selwyn is a professor in the Faculty of Education, Monash University. His research and teaching focuses on the place of digital media in everyday life, and the sociology of technology (non)use in educational settings.
Neil has written extensively on a number of issues, including digital exclusion, education technology policymaking and the student experience of technology-based learning. He has carried out funded research on digital technology, society and education for the Australian Research Council (ARC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), British Academy, the BBC, Nuffield Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, Gates Foundation, Microsoft Partners in Learning, Becta, Australian Government Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT), Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), Save The Children, Centre for Distance Education, the Welsh Office, National Assembly of Wales and various local authorities in the UK.
Neil is a regular keynote speaker at international conferences and a core member of the 'Digital Education Research' group within Monash.
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Research interests
Main research interests
- Digital technology and society
- The use of digital technologies in educational settings
- The role(s) that digital technologies play in people's everyday lives
- Digital technology and social exclusion
- Public policy making in the 'information age'
Current research and writing activities
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Data and education
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The realities of how schools 'do' digital technology
- 'Proxy' internet users
- Digital labor and education
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Digital sociology of education
External positions
Visiting Professor, Goteborgs Universitet (University of Gothenburg)
1 Sep 2016 → 1 Aug 2017Keywords
- digital
- education
- policy
- sociology
- data
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Projects 2013 2018
Evaluation of the KNeo ESP Application
Sharma, U., Moore, D. W., Selwyn, N., Gasevic, D. & Hamdillah, C.
13/04/18 → 30/11/18
Project: Research
Datos Inteligentes: Desarrollo de la alfabetización en estudiantes pre-adolescentes sobre redes sociales
Pangrazio, L., Selwyn, N. & Matos, M.
1/04/17 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
Out-teach Mobile Education Evaluation
Reimer, K. E., Pangrazio, L. & Selwyn, N.
4/04/17 → 6/11/17
Project: Research
Data Smart: Developing Teenagers' Personal Data Literacies
Pangrazio, L. & Selwyn, N.
1/07/16 → 1/06/17
Project: Research
Research Output 2006 2018
Doing data differently?: developing personal data tactics and strategies amongst young mobile media users
Selwyn, N. & Pangrazio, L. 15 Mar 2018 In : Big Data & Society. 5, 1, p. 1-12 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Everyday Schooling in the Digital Age: High School, High Tech?
Selwyn, N., Nemorin, S., Bulfin, S. & Johnson, N. F. 1 Jan 2018 Abingdon UK: Routledge. 193 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
More than tools? Making sense of the ongoing digitizations of higher education
Castañeda, L. & Selwyn, N. 1 Dec 2018 In : International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. 15, 10 p., 22Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Open Access
File
Selling tech to teachers: Education trade shows as policy events
Player-Koro, C., Bergviken Rensfeldt, A. & Selwyn, N. 2018 In : Journal of Education Policy. 33, 5, p. 682-703 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Teachers ‘liking’ their work? Exploring the realities of teacher Facebook groups
Bergviken Rensfeldt, A., Hillman, T. & Selwyn, N. 1 Apr 2018 In : British Educational Research Journal. 44, 2, p. 230-250 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article