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A – BOOKS
A2 Authored – other

  • Fitzgerald, R.N., Steele, J. et al. (2009). Digital learning communities (DLC): Investigating the application of social software to support networked learning. Australian Learning and Teaching Council. ISBN: 978-1-74088-296-5. 52pp. Available http://eprints.qut.edu.au/18476/1/c18476.pdf.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N. & Spriggs, J. (2009). Final Report: Improving the marketing system for maize and soybeans in Cambodia. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. Canberra. ISBN: 978 1 921531 89 7. 25pp. Available http://www.aciar.gov.au/publication/FR2009-08.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N. (2007). ACT Report on the Partnerships in ICT Learning Study. In Chris Reading (Ed). Partnerships in ICT Learning Study Case studies. Department of Science, Education and Training, Canberra, ISBN: 978-1-875864-59-1. Available from http://www.deewr.gov.au/Schooling/DigitalEducationRevolution/.
  • Fitzgerald, D & Fitzgerald, R.N. (2002). The use of Integrated Learning Systems in developing number and language concepts in primary school children: A longitudinal study of individual differences. Literacy Program Grants for National Strategies. Research Monograph. DEST Clearinghouse: Griffith University. 88pp. Available from http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/school_education/publications_resources/p...
  • Shopen, G. & Liddicoat, A. J. & Fitzgerald, R. N. (1999). Meeting the challenge: Supporting partnerships between home and school in the middle years. Australian Government Quality Teacher Program Project. Department Education, Science and Training. Canberra, Research monograph, ACT SPELL Project/ACT Department Education & Training, ISBN 0958638624. 90pp.
  • Fitzgerald, D., Hughes, P., & Fitzgerald, R.N. (1996). An evaluation of computer assisted learning in Victorian schools. Research monograph. Melbourne: Victorian Directorate of School Education. 50pp.
  • Robson, J., Routcliffe, P. & Fitzgerald, R.N. (1991). Remote schooling & information technology. Canberra: Australian Catholic University, ISBN 0949233056. 62 pp. Eric Document: ED345886. 60pp. Available from http://www.eric.ed.gov.

A3 Edited Book

  • Nielsen, T. W., Fitzgerald, R.N., & Fettes, M. (Manuscript to be delivered 12/09). Imaginative Theory, Imaginative Practice. Cambridge Scholars Press.

B – BOOK CHAPTER

  • Fitzgerald, R.N & Findlay, J. (Accepted 1 September 2009). Collaborative research tools: Using wikis and team learning systems to collectively create new knowledge (45pp). To appear in the Handbook of Emergent Technologies in Social Research. Edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber. Oxford University Press, 2010.
  • Ryan, Y. & Fitzgerald, R.N.  (2009). Exploring the role of social software in higher education. Handbook of Research on Social Software and Developing Community Ontologies (pp159-173). Stylianos Hatzipanagos and Steven Warburton (Eds), IGI Global, Information Science Reference, Hershey: New York. ISBN: 978-1-60566-208-4.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N. (2008). Open source learning: Wikis as an exemplary model of collaboration and knowledge creation (Reprinted). Human Computer Interaction: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. Edited by Panayiotis Zaphiris and Chee Siang Ang, IGI Global, Information Science Reference, Hershey: New York. ISBN: 978-1-60566-052-3.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N. (2008). Advancing professional learning with collaborative technologies. Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration (pp22-29). Edited by Lawrence A. Tomei, IGI Global, Information Science Reference, Hershey: New York. ISBN: 978-1-59904-881-9.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N. & Findlay, J. (2008). Team learning systems as a collaborative technology for rapid knowledge creation (pp 856-864). Encyclopedia of Decision Making and Decision Support Technologies. Frederic Adams & Patrick Humphreys (Eds). IGI Global, Information Science Reference, Hershey: New York. ISBN: 978-1-59904-843-7.
  • Moyle, K.M. & Fitzgerald, R.N. (2008). Electronic focus groups. Handbook of Digital Information Technologies: Innovations and Ethical issues (pp 340-352). Thomas Hansson (Ed), IGI Global, Information Science Reference, Hershey: New York. ISBN: 978-1-59904-970-0.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N. (2007). Open source learning: Wikis as an exemplary model of collaboration and knowledge creation (pp 687-689). Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic and Social Perspectives. Kirk St. Amant and Brian Still (Eds), IGI Global, Information Science Reference, Hershey: New York. ISBN: 978-1-591409-99-1.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N. (2007). The accidental principal. In P. Duignan and D. Gurr (Eds.). Leading Australia’s Schools. Sydney: Australian Council of Educational Leadership publication. ISBN: 978-0-97754-811-8.
  • Gibbons, P., Crawford, K., Crichton, S. & Fitzgerald, R. N. (2000). Cognitive development in ICT contexts. In D. Watson and T. Downes (Eds) Communications & Networking in Education: Learning in a Networked Society (pp221-230), Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN: 079-23776-05.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N. & Waywood, A. (1996). Internet and teaching and learning. In P. Clarkson and R. Toomey (Eds), Computers across the secondary curriculum: A review of research (pp.30-61), Melbourne: Deakin University Press, ISBN: 064-62990-34.

C – JOURNAL ARTICLES
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

  • Fitzgerald, R.N., Spriggs, J. & Nou Keosothea (To Appear). Enhancing communications in developing countries using SMS technology: The case of agricultural value chains in Cambodia. Int. J. Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning, Vol. X, No. Y, xxxx 1.
  • Telford RD, Bass SL, Budge MM, Byrne DG, Carlson JS, Coles D, Fitzgerald, R.N. et al. (2009). The lifestyle of our kids (LOOK) project: Outline of methods. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport/Sports Medicine Australia. 12, 1, 156-63. Impact Factor 1.9.
  • Kennedy, D. M., Fitzgerald, R.N. & Lee, K. T. (2005). Enacting government IT in education policy: Designing modules for teacher education in Hong Kong. Journal of APEC Studies, 6, 1, 17-38.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N. (2004). ICT: Challenges for creative learning. New Horizons in Education, 50, 16-23.
  • Robson, J., Routcliffe, P. & Fitzgerald, R.N. (1992). Remote schooling and information technology, Education in Rural Australia, 2(2), 33-36. Cited in International Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education, Springer.

C3 Non refereed articles

  • Haralambous, B., Fitzgerald, R.N. & Nielsen, T. W. (2007). You are now leaving flatland thinking: why we need imagination in education. Professional Educator, 6, 4, pp. 38-41.
  • Nielsen, T. W., Fitzgerald, R.N. & Haralambous, B. (2007). Imagination and education. Australian College of Educators: Education Review, 17, 6, September 12.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N. (2005). Technology and learning: Game on! Directions in Education, 14, 19, Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL).

E – CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
E1 Full written paper – refereed

  • Barrass, S. & Fitzgerald, R. (2008). Social Software: Piloting MyToons As A Digital Learning Community For Teaching New Media. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2008 (pp. 4010-4019). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Available from http://www.editlib.org/p/28943.
  • Fitzgerald, R. (2007). A longitudinal study of the use of Integrated Learning Systems (ILS) in the areas of mathematics and reading in selected Australian primary schools. In C. Montgomerie & J. Seale (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2007 (pp. 4074-4083). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/25965.
  • Fiedler, S., Fitzgerald, R.N., Lamb, B., Pata, K., Siemens, G. & Wilson, S. (April 2007). Getting beyond centralized technologies in higher education. In C. Montgomerie & J. Seale (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2007 (pp. 1340-1346). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
  • Findlay, J. & Fitzgerald, R. (2006). Rich design: Engaging students as capable designers and co-creators in auto-catalytic learning contexts. In E. Pearson & P. Bohman (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2006 (pp. 500-506). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/23056.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N. (2005). Understanding informal learning with technology: Insights for ICT integration. In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2005 (pp. 948-954). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N., Findlay, J., Forster, A., & Newman, L. (2005). Learner as designer: exploring a collaborative model of instructional design, In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2005 (pp. 3872-3878). Norfolk, VA: AACE.
  • Kennedy, D. M., Fitzgerald, R.N. & Lee, K. T. (2004). Enacting government IT in education policy: Designing modules for teacher education in Hong Kong. Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Technology (ICET), Singapore, September 9-10, 2004.
  • Findlay, J., Fitzgerald, R.N. & Hobby, R.N. (2004). Learners as customers. Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Technology (ICET), Singapore, September 9-10, 2004.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N. & Findlay, J. (2004). A computer-based research tool for rapid knowledge-creation. In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2004 (pp. 1979-1984). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
  • Elliot, A., Findlay, J., Fitzgerald, R.N. & Forster, A. (2004). Transforming pedagogies using collaborative tools. In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2004 (pp. 2565-2569). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
  • Gibbons, P., Crawford, K., Crichton, S. & Fitzgerald, R.N. (1999). Cognition and information technologies in context. In T. Downes and D. Watson (Eds), Communications & Networking in Education: Learning in a Networked Society (Pre-conference proceedings), pp. 132-141. IFIP Working Groups 3.1 & 3.5 Open Conference, Aulanko, Hameelinna, Finland, 13-18 June, 1999, Painopaikka Yliopistopaino: Helsinki.

E2 Full written paper – non refereed

  • Fitzgerald, R.N. & Spriggs, J. (October 2007). Improving the marketing system for maize and soybeans in Cambodia: Three action plans. CARDI - Agricultural Scientific Research in Cambodia Conference, 2-5 October, 2007, Phnom Penh.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N. & Findlay, J. (2006). Transforming a mathematics classroom with new roles, rules and tools. Paper presented at the Transformational Tools for 21st Century Minds (TT21C Conference), 25 - 27 October 2006, Townsville.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N. & Sheridan, L. (2006). Advancing professional learning with collaborative technologies. Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education & Training.
  • Findlay, J. & Fitzgerald, R. (2005). Achieving group “flow” in high performing e-learning teams: The “missing link” in Activity Theory. Paper presented at the ISCAR'2005: Sixth Congress of the International Society for Cultural Research and Activity Theory, 20-24 September 2005, Sevilla, Spain.
  • Findlay, J. & Fitzgerald, R. (2005). Executive function: Supporting high level consulting and facilitation skills using collaborative software. Paper presented at the ISCAR'2005: Sixth Congress of the International Society for Cultural Research and Activity Theory, 20-24 September 2005, Sevilla, Spain.
  • Findlay, J. & Fitzgerald, R. (2005). Periodicity within large scale cultural transformations. Paper presented at ISCAR'2005: Sixth Congress of the International Society for Cultural Research and Activity Theory, 20-24 September 2005, Sevilla, Spain.
  • Richards, C. & Fitzgerald, R.N. (2004). The challenge of ICT integration in education as a collaborative focus for curriculum transformation. Paper presented at Teachers as Learners: Building Communities for Professional Development, International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET) World Assembly, Hong Kong, 13-17 July 2004.
  • Findlay, J., Fitzgerald, R.N. & Fleming, D. (2003). Generating genius in collaborative playspaces. Paper presented at The second wave of ICT in Education: From facilitating teaching and learning to engendering education reform, International Computers in Education Conference (ICCE), Hong Kong, December 2003.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N. (2003). ICT: Learning in context. Paper presented at the Hong Kong Educational Administration International Conference on Educational Leadership in the New Millennium: From Teacher Development to School Development, Hong Kong, 7 November 2003.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N. (2003). Technology-rich learning environments (T-RLEs) and some principles of learning in context: The Hong Kong experience. Paper presented to a symposium Technology-rich learning environments: Exploring their implications for the will to learn” at the Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Padova, Italy, 26-30 August, 2003.
  • Richards, C., Fitzgerald, R.N. & Lee, K.T. (2003). The Hong Kong experience: The design of ICT-supported learning activities, communities, and environments. Paper presented at the Technology-rich learning environments: Exploring their implications for the will to learn” at the Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Padova, Italy, 26-30 August, 2003.

E3 Extract of paper

  • Fitzgerald, R.N., Barass, S.,Bruns, A.,Campbell, J.,Miles, A.,Hinton, S.,Whitelaw, M. & Ryan, Y. (2007). Digital Learning Communities (DLC): Investigating the application of social software to support networked learning. Poster presented at ED-MEDIA 2007--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Fitzgerald, R. & Findlay, J. (2006). Learner as researcher: Self-facilitated team investigations. Poster presented at EdMedia Conference, Orlando, Florida.
  • Moyle, K.M. & Fitzgerald, R.N. (2006). Electronic focus groups: Enhancing participation and collaboration through the use of an electronic team meeting system. Paper presented at the 7th International Interdisciplinary Conference Advances in Qualitative Methods International Interdisciplinary Conference. Gold Coast.

E4 Edited volume of conference proceedings

  • Fitzgerald, R.N. & Nielsen, T.W. eds (2008). Imaginative practice, imaginative inquiry. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Imagination and Education, Rydges Lakeside, Canberra, Australia, 29–31 January 2008. University of Canberra. ISBN: 978-1-74077-285-3. 154pp.

F – AUDIO-VISUAL RECORDINGS

  • Robson, J., Routcliffe, P. & Fitzgerald, R.N. (1991). Remote schooling & information technology: A guide for teachers. Canberra: Australian Catholic University, Video.

G – COMPUTER SOFTWARE

  • Fitzgerald, D. & Fitzgerald, R.N. (1997). Computer-based adaptive tests of cognitive function: Simultaneous Processing, Successive Processing and Executive Control. Canberra.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N. (1995). A computer-based tool for assessing probabilistic reasoning. Canberra.

OTHER
Theses

  • Fitzgerald, R.N. (2002). Learning in context: A study of individual differences in probabilistic reasoning. Unpublished Phd Thesis. University of Sydney.
  • Fitzgerald, R.N. (1991). A study of differences in children’s individual and group behaviour  hen working with computer based spatial and verbal tasks. Unpublished MEd(Honours) Thesis. University of Sydney.