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Steve Goschnick

Steve Goschnick has over 38 years experience as a researcher, teacher, usability engineer, programmer, software publisher, columnist and manager. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Swinburne University of Technology. Prior to this he developed and taught both undergraduate and masters level subjects in ICT at the University of Melbourne, for 14 years. He was the inaugural Research Manager of the IDEA Lab there for 4 years. In 2001 he received a Research Masters degree with 1st class honors in Computer Science, from the renowned Intelligent Agent Lab at that university. His research towards a PhD was into meta-models across the software development paradigms. In 1997 he designed and then project managed the development of one of the earliest online educational systems. In the 1980s he worked at a national road research facility, starting as a junior researcher and promoted to ICT Manager by 1986. He has authored over 100 journal, book chapter, conference, magazine and newspaper articles on various aspects of IT, Computer Science, AI, HCI and Programming. A common theme across his varied career, has been the formulation and communication of complex and innovative ideas.

Publications

Merging Social Networking With Learning Systems to Form New Personalized Learning Environments (PLE)

The future of learning environments lies with the merging of the better aspects of learning management systems (LMS), with those popularized in social networking platforms, to...

Formation and Control of Identity: In a Social Media World

This chapter explores the construction of identity in online communities and websites for social purposes, and its consequences in terms of how one's online identity may be...

Innovative Methods, User-Friendly Tools, Coding, and Design Approaches in People-Oriented Programming

As modern technologies continue to develop and evolve, the ability of users to interface with new systems becomes a paramount concern. Research into new ways for humans to make...

A Design Method for People-Oriented Programming: Automating Design of Declarative Language Mashups on the Raspberry Pi

The miniature Raspberry Pi computer has become of interest to many researchers as a platform for building sociotechnical IoT systems for end-users; however, for the end-user to...

Formation and Control of Identity: In a Social Media World

This chapter explores the construction of identity in online communities and websites for social purposes, and its consequences in terms of how one's online identity may be...

Merging Social Networking With Learning Systems to Form New Personalized Learning Environments (PLE)

The future of learning environments lies with the merging of the better aspects of learning management systems (LMS), with those popularized in social networking platforms, to...

International Journal of People-Oriented Programming (IJPOP)

Steve Goschnick. Est. 2011.

While the International Journal of People-Oriented Programming (IJPOP) is cross-discipline in range, the focus is on empowering individuals to conceptualise, design, program...

Journal of Information Technology Research (JITR)

Wen-Chen Hu. Est. 2008.

The Journal of Information Technology Research (JITR) presents comprehensive interdisciplinary and refereed research on the most emerging and breakthrough areas of information...