Geraldine Torrisi-Steele

Geraldine Torrisi-Steele is an associate professor in the School of Information and Communication Technology at Griffith University, Australia. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK).  Her interest in learning and teaching, learning theory, technology for learning, human-computer interaction, and leadership distills from her 'pre-academia' experiences in secondary school mathematics and physics teaching, and the design, development, and project management of digital interactive media for learning in higher education. Cutting across her interests is a belief in design with 'the human at the center.

Publications

LMS Course Design for Adult Learning: Heutagogy, Andragogy, Pedagogy
Viktor Wang, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2023. 17 pages.
Nearly all educational institutions use learning management systems (LMS). Post-pandemic figures suggest that the uptake of LMS is about 98%. This means that most educators...
Learning in Organizations: Pedagogy, Andragogy, and Technology
Viktor Wang, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2023. 15 pages.
Against the backdrop of emerging technologies, organizations are, now more than ever before, needing to develop agile and innovative mindsets within organizations. To achieve...
IT Students as Design Leaders
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2023. 10 pages.
Graduates of computer science and related degrees represent the capability to continue the evolution of technologies and drive the future in emerging technologies. Some of these...
Facilitating Conditions for Hybrid Teaching Among Academics
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2023. 17 pages.
Hybrid teaching has come to the fore post pandemic disruption. Although universities are making an effort to ‘return to normal', the legacy of the pandemic, alongside the...
Active Learning Online: Necessity, Faculty Role, and a Concept Model for Course Design
Viktor Wang, Leslie Hitch, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2022. 13 pages.
Preparing graduates for the present and future workforce is an important strategic learning and teaching goal of higher education. Towards realizing this goal, institutions are...
Preface
Viktor Wang, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2022. 2 pages.
This Preface is included in the book Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership and Research Methodology.
Leading Adult Learning in Organizations
Viktor Wang, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2022. 15 pages.
Challenged by the uncertainty and complexity of the digital age, organizations must make learning a priority if they are to survive and thrive. Increasingly, organizations are...
Destabilizing the Activity System of Online Teaching Through Critical Theory
Viktor Wang, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2021. 11 pages.
Despite the rapid and prolific uptake of online learning across higher education, the promised positive impact of digital technologies on the quality of learning has mostly...
Transformation of Higher Education in China: A Teaching Methods Perspective
Victor Wang, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2021. 30 pages.
Facilitated by the explosion of technologies, globalization is the catalyst for many changes in society and its workings. Higher education is no exception. In the present chapter...
Online Learning and Metacognition: A Design Framework
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2020. 22 pages.
Online learning experiences are becoming the norm for an increasing number of higher education students. Although there are clear advantages to online learning in terms of...
Towards Realizing Twenty-First Century Skills: Deliberate Scaffolding of Metacognition in Instruction
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2020. 19 pages.
Metacognitive capabilities are the core of the “soft skills” we have come to know as twenty-first century skills. However, there is good evidence, both empirical and anecdotal...
Preface
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele, Victor Wang. © 2020. 7 pages.
This Preface is included in the book Handbook of Research on Ethical Challenges in Higher Education Leadership and Administration.
Facilitating the Shift From Teacher Centred to Student Centred University Teaching: Design Thinking and the Power of Empathy
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2020. 14 pages.
Design thinking is gaining momentum across the many fields of human endeavour, including education. Its use in education is predominantly to shape learning activities undertaken...
Preface
Viktor Wang, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2019. 10 pages.
This Preface is included in the book Scholarly Publishing and Research Methods Across Disciplines.
Survey Research: Core Principles and Discussion Points
Ernest W. Brewer, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele, Viktor Wang. © 2019. 20 pages.
Survey research, in various forms, is the mainstay for social researchers and anyone interested in finding out about people's opinions, attitudes, beliefs, and experiences....
Preface
Viktor Wang, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2019. 7 pages.
This Preface is included in the book Handbook of Research on Transdisciplinary Knowledge Generation.
Transformation of Higher Education in China: A Teaching Methods Perspective
Viktor Wang, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2019. 30 pages.
Facilitated by the explosion of technologies, globalization is the catalyst for many changes in society and its workings. Higher education is no exception. In the present chapter...
Practice Perspectives on Learning Analytics in Higher Education
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele, Viktor Wang, Joy Galaige. © 2019. 12 pages.
Learning analytics have taken higher education by the proverbial “storm.” Universities primarily employ learning analytics at the level of metrics to satisfy institutional...
Preface
Viktor Wang, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2018. 9 pages.
This Preface is included in the book Handbook of Research on Program Development and Assessment Methodologies in K-20 Education.
Preface
Viktor Wang, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2018. 7 pages.
This Preface is included in the book Handbook of Research on Innovative Techniques, Trends, and Analysis for Optimized Research Methods.
Preface
Victor C. X. Wang, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2018. 7 pages.
This Preface is included in the book Handbook of Research on Positive Scholarship for Global K-20 Education.
Context and Participation: Program-Level Curriculum Design in Higher Education
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2018. 18 pages.
Programs of study are an important interface between student and institution. The program curriculum, as the architecture of learning experiences greatly influences the learning...
Addressing Survey Research
Ernest W. Brewer, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele, Viktor Wang. © 2018. 19 pages.
Survey research is a mainstay of social research. Both cost effective and time efficient, this method of research is commonly used for the purposes of gaining insight into the...
Towards Realizing Twenty-First Century Skills: Deliberate Scaffolding of Metacognition in Instruction
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2018. 19 pages.
Metacognitive capabilities are the core of the “soft skills” we have come to know as twenty-first century skills. However, there is good evidence, both empirical and anecdotal...
Destabilizing the Activity System of Online Teaching Through Critical Theory
Viktor Wang, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2018. 11 pages.
Despite the rapid and prolific uptake of online learning across higher education, the promised positive impact of digital technologies on the quality of learning has mostly...
The Transformative Within: Resumes and Sense of “Work Self”
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele, Laurence Robert Cohen. © 2018. 10 pages.
The individual's sense of “work self” is a complex phenomenon. The cumulative effect of work experiences and academic experiences along with one's personal interpretation...
Professional Development in Blended Practice: Some Insights
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2018. 19 pages.
It is approaching two decades since digital technologies began infiltrating higher education in earnest, and the issue of whether or not technology should be used in higher...
Preface
Viktor Wang, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2017. 8 pages.
This Preface is included in the book Encyclopedia of Strategic Leadership and Management.
“But We've Got No Power”: The Leadership Role of the Program Director
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2017. 13 pages.
Program directors are academic leaders at “the coal-face” of a university's teaching activities. Responsible for curriculum design and co-ordination of the programs into...
Cultivation of Leadership in Higher Education Students
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2017. 10 pages.
In the midst of great and rapid change, it is no longer sufficient to equip higher education students with discipline knowledge and skills. Instead, it is imperative that...
Design Leadership in the Context of Emerging Technologies
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2017. 10 pages.
Like never before technology is integrating into our existence. It has well and truly escaped from the confines of the desktop computer to permeate our environment both natural...
Digital Leadership in the New Century
Viktor Wang, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2017. 17 pages.
The emergence of information and communication technologies have impacted greatly on organizations and subsequently their leaders. The virtual context in which many leaders now...
Leadership Learning through Virtual Play
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2017. 10 pages.
Understanding the complexities of leadership and its development is an ongoing challenge. Some researchers are turning to virtual gaming environments for the purposes of...
Virtual Teams, Technology, and Leadership: A Primer
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2017. 10 pages.
Interactions among humans are always very complex and the outcomes of their interactions can be unpredictable. Subsequently, when a group of people are required to come together...
A Critical Review of Learning Organizations in the 21st Century
Viktor Wang, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2017. 15 pages.
With the forces of globalization, economic turbulence and persistent change bearing down on organizations, it is imperative to an organization's survival that it ‘stays ahead...
Online Learning and Metacognition: A Design Framework
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2016. 21 pages.
Online learning experiences are becoming the norm for an increasing number of higher education students. Although there are clear advantages to online learning in terms of...
Survey Research: Methods, Issues, and the Future
Ernest W. Brewer, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele, Viktor Wang. © 2015. 19 pages.
Survey research is prevalent among many professional fields. Both cost-effective and time-efficient, this method of research is commonly used for the purposes of gaining insight...
Confucian and Western Teaching and Learning
Viktor Wang, Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2015. 13 pages.
The authors of this article consider Western teaching and learning alongside Confucian teaching and learning through reviewing the literature. The paper emphasizes that we must...
Factors Predisposing Academics towards the Use of Blended Strategies: A Model
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2015. 20 pages.
Universities are investing considerable resources into blended learning as an institutional strategy to respond to pressures of uncertain economies, increasing globalisation, and...
Factors Shaping Academics' Use of Technology in Teaching: A Proposed Model
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2015. 15 pages.
Whilst academics have generally adopted the use of new technologies in their teaching, literature indicates that only a minority is exploiting technology to provide pedagogically...
Academics' Perceptions of Using Technology with Face-to-Face Teaching
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2015. 16 pages.
Many academics are using technology in their teaching, and universities are strongly involved in the provision of support to help academics make the most effective use of the...
Factors Shaping Academics' Use of Technology in Teaching: A Proposed Model
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2014. 15 pages.
Whilst academics have generally adopted the use of new technologies in their teaching, literature indicates that only a minority is exploiting technology to provide pedagogically...
Academics' Perceptions of Using Technology with Face-to-Face Teaching
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2014. 16 pages.
Many academics are using technology in their teaching, and universities are strongly involved in the provision of support to help academics make the most effective use of the...
Factors Predisposing Academics towards the Use of Blended Strategies: A Model
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2014. 20 pages.
Universities are investing considerable resources into blended learning as an institutional strategy to respond to pressures of uncertain economies, increasing globalisation, and...
Blended Learning Primer
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2011. 18 pages.
Whilst the potential of blended learning to provide cost effective and quality learning experiences in adult education is generally acknowledged, deciding ‘what to blend?’ and...
Theoretical Foundations for Educational Multimedia
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2009. 8 pages.
The notion of using technology for educational purposes is not new. In fact, it can be traced back to the early 1900s during which time school museums were used to distribute...
Toward Effective Use of Multimedia Technologies in Education
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2008. 17 pages.
While multimedia technologies are being used in educational contexts, the effective use of multimedia in these contexts remains problematic.  In an attempt to contribute towards...
Core Principles of Educational Multimedia
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2008. 8 pages.
The notion of using technology for educational purposes is not new. In fact, it can be traced back to the early 1900s during which school museums were used to distribute portable...
Core Principles of Educational Multimedia
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2005. 7 pages.
The notion of using technology for educational purposes is not new. In fact, it can be traced back to the early 1900s during which school museums were used to distribute portable...
Toward Effective Use of Multimedia Technologies in Education
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele. © 2005. 22 pages.
While multimedia technologies are being used in educational contexts, the effective use of multimedia in these contexts remains problematic.  In an attempt to contribute towards...