Deputy Head of School

Senior Lecturer

Graduate School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences

University of Ballarat, Australia 

Administrative Responsibilities

Learning & Teaching Coordinator

Chair, University Learning & Teaching Committee

Deputy Chair, Academic Board

Office: T143

PO Box 663

Ballarat, VIC 3353

Australia

Phone: +61 3 5327 9545

Fax: +61 3 5327 9289

Email: c.miller@ballarat.edu.au

Qualifications

Ph.D., Higher Education (University of Virginia, USA)

M.Ed., Adult Education (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)

Post Baccalaureate Certificate, HRD (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)

B.S., Mathematical Sciences (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)

Research Focus

Emerging Technologies in Learning & Teaching

Learning Simulation (Virtual Worlds)

Cyber-Bullying Prevention

Teaching Focus

Business Information Systems

Electronic Commerce

Electronic Commerce Management

Emerging Technologies in Business

IT Management

Management Information Systems

Professional Activities

Australian Computer Society, Victoria Board Executive Committee

Australian Computer Society Women’s Committee, Victoria

VicICT for Women

Phi Delta Kappa International

Grants

University of Ballarat, Early Career Researcher Grant (2005). Culture Shock on Campus? Academic Staff Challenges from Increasing International Student Populations at Two Victorian Regional University Campuses.

University of Ballarat, Research Infrastructure Block Grant (2006). Investigating the use of Podcasting technologies to enhance learning.

University of Ballarat, Research Infrastructure Block Grant (2006). Use of wireless participation feedback systems to increase student participation. with Robyn Pierce (ITMS), Robbie Johnston (Education), & Rob Davis (Education)

University of Ballarat, School of ITMS, Learning and Teaching Funding (2006). Podcasting in education: Time to start looking and listening.

University of Ballarat, Higher Education Learning and Teaching Grant (2009). "Hands On" Learning in Virtual Spaces.

University of Ballarat, Learning Leaders (2009). "Hands On" Learning in Virtual Spaces (pt 2).

School Focused Youth Service (Grampians Region)  “Be Safe in Cyberspace”. (with Women's Health Grampians), (2009).

Victorian Women’s Benevolent Trust with Women's Health Grampians, “Being Savvy in Cyberspace”  (2009).

University of Ballarat, Research Infrastructure Block Grant (2010). Improving the Immersive Nature of the Virtual Reality Facility. with R. Dazely, E Dekker, I. Lee, G. Meredith, P. Smith & P. Vamplew (GSITMS).

In Press

   

Meredith, G. & Miller, C. (2011). The VSSC: A virtual beacon of self help for people who stutter. In Wankel, C. & Hinrichs, R. (Eds.). 3D Virtual World Learning Handbook. Emerald Publishing: Bingley, UK. (Forthcoming 2011)

Rogers, L., Miller, C., & Firmin, S. (2011). Evaluating the impact of a virtual emergency room simulation for learning. In Holt, D., Segrave, S., Cybulski, J. . (Eds.). Professional Education Using E-Simulations: Benefits of Blended Learning Design. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. (Forthcoming 2011).

Publications/Presentations

Miller, C. & Smith, P. (2011). Web 2.0 and Reasoning Communities. In Yearwood, J. & Stranieri, A. (Eds.). Technologies for Supporting Reasoning Communities and Collaborative Decision-Making: Cooperative Approaches. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

       

Miller, C., Lee, M., Rogers, L., Meredith, G., &       Peck, B. (2011). Enhancing tertiary healthcare education through 3D MUVE-based simulations in Vincenti, G., & Braman, J..  (Eds.). Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Turville, K., Firmin, S., Yearwood, J. & Miller, C. (2010). Understanding victims of identity theft: A grounded theory approach. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Qualitative Research in IT & IT in Qualitative Research, Brisbane, Australia.

Turville, K., Yearwood, J. & Miller, C. (2010). Understanding victims of identity theft: An Australian perspective. Proceedings of the 2nd Cybercrime & Trustworthy Computing Workshop, Ballarat, Australia.

Greenway, N. & Miller, C. (2010). Being savvy in cyberspace. Proceedings of the 6th Australian Women’s Health Conference, Australian Women’s Health Network, Hobart, Tasmania.

Peck, B. & Miller, C. (2010). I think I can, I think I can, I think I can…I know I can.  Multi-user Virtual Environments (MUVEs) as a means of developing competence and confidence in undergraduate nursing students: An Australian perspective. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2(2), 4571-4575.

Lee, M., Miller, C. & Newnham, L. (2009). Podcasting and University Students: Why Don't They Subscribe? The Internet and Higher Education, 12(1), 53-59.

Muecke, N., Stranieri, A. & Miller, C. (2008). Re-Consider: The Integration of Online Dispute Resolution and Decision Support Systems. ODR Workshop, 2008 JURIX: The Foundation for Legal Knowledge Based Systems, Conference.

Lee, M., Miller, C. & Newnham, L. (2008). RSS and content syndication in higher education: Subscribing to a new model of teaching and learning. Educational Media International, 45(4), 311—322.

Miller, C. & Gleeson, L. (2007). Metropolitan university campuses: Serving the needs of adult students?  Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 55(3).

 

Newnham, L. & Miller, C. (2007). Podcasting and learning: Engaging students. In I. Smith & I. Falconer (eds.) Proceedings of the 14th International Conference of the Association for Learning Technologies: Learning Technology for the Social Network Generation. Nottingham, UK.

 

Newnham, L. & Miller, C. (2006). Podcasting and education: Time to start listening. In L. Markauskaite, P. Goodyear, & P. Reimann (eds.) Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education: Who’s Learning? Whose Technology? (p. 988). Sydney: Sydney University Press.

 

Miller, C. (2006). Retaining mature-age students at university: A student services perspective. Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia. Perth: University of Western Australia.

 

Firmin, S. & Miller, C. (2005). Facilitating the development of lifelong learners through e-communication tools. In H. Gross (Ed.). Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education: Balance, fidelity, mobility - Maintaining the momentum? (p. 215-219). Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology.