Professor Niki Davis 
Position
Professor of E-Learning
Qualifications
Ph.D. (QUB), B.Sc. (Hons, Edin.), RSA Cert
Room
Dovedale Village DC044
Contact Details
Phone:
+64 3 345 8246
Internal Phone:
44246
niki.davis@canterbury.ac.nz
Background
Niki Davis is the University of Canterbury Professor of e-Learning and Director of the College of Education e-Learning Lab. She is recognised internationally as a leading expert in information and communication technologies in teacher education. Sought by UNESCO, European Commission, national agencies, companies, scholarly societies and institutions for her expertise; she has over 200 publications including books and scholarly papers.Niki is President of the Distance Education Association of New Zealand and leads New Zealand Collaborative Action & Research Network (NZCA&RN), undergraduate leader and a hub of CARN. In 2010 she was recognised as the first SITE Outstanding Global Educator.
Teaching
EDEM628 - Best Practice in Online Teaching and Learning
EDEM698 - Emergent Research Methodologies
EDEM630 - Change with Digital Technologies in Education
Supervision of Postgraduate Students
In Progress
- Abbad Almuthari
Developing a framework of technology education in the Saudi Arabia curriculum - Todd Cochrane
Second life in informatics education - Joyce Gikandi
Online formative assessment in higher education: enhancing e-learning in teacher education - Hasniza Nordin
The use of ICT during field experience among pre-service teachers in Malaysia - Susan Tull
E-learning professional development within an online community of practice for adult literacy educators - Sorada Wattana
Games in second language teaching of English
Supervision of MEd Thesis Students
- Kerry Stevens
Leadership of e-learning - Malcolm Hay
Blended learning in high school carpentry - Pinelopi Zaka
Blended and online learning in schools - Ruth Guy (MS)
An online course on Antartica - Sonya Bailey
Blended online teaching in science teacher education
Research
Please see UC Research Profile for full list of publications.
Fields of Research
- e-Learning
- ICT Information & Communication Technologies
- Innovation and change
- Virtual Schooling