Catherine McLoughlin

Associate Professor Catherine McLoughlin

MTeach Coordinator & Adviser, ACT
Education & Arts

Areas of expertise: "inclusive education", learning sciences", "educational psychology", "threshold concepts in curriculum and teaching", "innovative edagogy and assessment"," teacher professional learning", "cross cultural education", "sense of belonging at school"

Phone: 0262091132

Email: Catherine.mcloughlin@acu.edu.au

Location: ACU Canberra Campus

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9688-8443

Catherine McLoughlin is an associate professor with the School of Education at the Australian Catholic University, Canberra. She also serves as the coordinator of the Australian Capital Territory branch of the Research Centre for Science, Information Technology and Mathematics Education for Rural and Regional Australia (SiMERR). With over 20 years experience in higher education in Europe, South East Asia, the Middle East, and Australia, Catherine has experience and expertise in a variety of educational settings, with diverse students and across a wide range of cultural contexts. She is former editor of the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology and an editorial board member of a number of leading journals, including the British Journal of Educational Technology.

Select publications

  • Northcote, M., Gosselin, K.P., Kilgour, P.. McLoughlin, C., (2020). At the troublesome edge of recognising threshold concepts on online teaching: A proposed learning threshold identification methodology.In Threshold Concepts on the Edge (pp 19-36). Brill-Dense Publishers, Netherlands
  • Kilgour, P., Reynaud, D., Northcote, M., McLoughlin, C. (2019) Threshold concepts about online pedagogy for novice online teachers in higher education. Higher Education Research and Development, 38(7), 1417-doi:10.1080/07294360.2018.1450360
  • Northcote, M., Gosselin, K. P., Kilgour, P., Reynaud, D., & McLoughlin, C. (2019). A professional learning program for novice online teachers using threshold concepts. Online Learning Journal, 23(4), 336-doi:10.24059/olj.v23i4.1573
  • Anderson, M., Mitchell, B., Northcote, M., Williams, A., Petrie, K., de Waal, K., Carton, J., McLoughlin, C., & Lemke, G. (2018). The construction of a postgraduate student and supervisor support framework: Using stakeholder voices to promote effective postgraduate teaching and learning practice. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.53761/1.15.2.6
  • McLoughlin, C., &Northcote, M., (2018) What skills do I need to teach online? Researching experienced teacher views of essential knowledge and skills in online pedagogy as a foundation for developing professional development for novice teachers. In J. Mena, A. García-Valcárcel, F. J. García-Peñalvo, & M. M. Del Pozo (Eds.), Search and research: Teacher education for contemporary contexts. 18th Biennial International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching (ISATT) Conference (pp. 1119-1129). University of Salamanca, Spain: Servicio de Bibliotecas.
  • McLoughlin & Northcote (2017) Using threshold concepts about online teaching to support novice online teachers: Designing professional development guidelines to individually assist academic staff and collectively guide the institution In H. Partridge, K. Davis, & J. Thomas (Eds.), Me, Us, IT! Proceedings ASCILITE2017: 34th International Conference on Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education (pp. 328-336). University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland: ASCILITE.
  • McLoughlin, C. Social Media for Networking and Participatory Professional Learning, In 2nd International Conference on Higher Education Advances, (2016) Universitat Polit'ecnica de Val'encia, Val'encia, 2016 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/HEAd16.2016.2867
  • Mcloughlin> C., Loch> B. (2016) Building cognitive bridges in mathematics: exploring the role of screencasting in scaffolding flexible learning and engagement. In S. Barker, S. Dawson, A. Pardo, & C. Colvin (Eds.), Show Me The Learning. Proceedings ASCILITE 2016 Adelaide (pp. 412-420).
  • McLoughlin C. (2015) How Teachers Develop Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) for contemporary learning environments: Exemplars of Effective Practice. In New Directions in Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge: Multiple Pesrpectives S.M. Khine (Ed)pages 147-161, Information Age Publishing, Charlotte NC USA
  • McLoughlin, C., & Lee, M. J. W. (2014). Beyond friending: Psychosocial engagement on Facebook and its implications for academic success. In M. Kent & T. Leaver (Eds.), An education in Facebook? Higher education and the world's largest social network. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • McLoughlin, C. (2014) Open, flexible and participatory pedagogy in the era of globalisation: Open education and international eLearning. In V.C.X Wang (Ed) International education and the next generation workforce (pp224-240) Hershey PA: IGI Global
  • McLoughlin, C. & Nagabhushan, P. (2014) Global examples of approaches to teacher education in the 21st century: Creating theory praxis nexus through collaboration (PP 237-258). In P. Breen (Ed) Cases in teacher identity, diversity and cognition in higher education. Hershey PA: IGI Global
  • McLoughlin, C. Lee, M. J. W., (2013). Using social software tools to facilitate peer e-mentoring and self-reflection among students on practicum. In S. P. Ferris & H. A. Wilder (Eds.), The plugged-in professor: Techniques for teaching with social media (pp. 301&ndash317). Cambridge, UK: Elsevier & Chandos.McLoughlin, C. & Loch, B. (2012). Engaging students in cognitive and metacognitive processes using screencasts. In T. Amiel & B. Wilson (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2012 (pp. 1107-1110). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
  • Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/40891
  • McLoughlin, C. (2012) Leading Pedagogical Change with Innovative Web Tools and Social Media. In Victor C X. Wang (Ed). Encyclopedia of E-Leadership, Counselling and Training (pp1-11) Hershey, USA: IGI Global
  • Loch, B & McLoughlin C. (2012) Teaching threshold concepts in engineering mathematics using MathsCasts. In Proceedings of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference (23rd). L. Mann & S. Daniel (Eds). The Engineering & Science Education Research (ESER) group, Faculty of Engineering & Industrial Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. ISBN: 9780987177230 ©

Projects

  • SiMERR Australia grant, in partnership with UNE (in excess of $150 K during the period 2004-2008) for addressing rural education concerns and issues in education.
  • OLT Teaching & Learning Grant in collaboration with Avondale College of Higher education: Partner/Funding Body: Seed Grant of $40,000 from the Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT), now managed by the Department of Education and Training (2014-2017)

Accolades

  • ASCILITE outstanding Paper Award, Hobart 2011 for the papers: McLoughlin, C., & Lee, M.J>W. Personalised and self regulated learning in the Web 2.0 era: International exemplars of innovative pedagogy using social software , Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Appointments

  • Editor, Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET) I995-2008
  • British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) 2001-2013

Editorial roles

  • Editor, Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET) I995-2008
  • British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) 2001-2013

International journal review panels

  • International journal review panel
  • Interactive Technology and Smart Education
  • Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice (JUTLP)
  • International Journal of Multicultural Education (IJME)
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