Lecturer, Faculty of Education & Department of French and Spanish
St. John's, NL A1B3X8 Canada
Tel.: (+1) 709 737-3468
(with clickable links)
EDUCATION
Ph. D. candidate Doctoral Program, Education
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada
Thesis topic: Post-secondary International Students' Use of Technology for Academic and non-Academic Purposes.
2006 Master of Education in Curriculum, Teaching, & Learning
(specialization in Second Language Education)
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada
2002 Master of Arts, English Language and Literature
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada
1999-2001 45 credit hours (3rd-/ 4th-year courses) completed towards the
requirements for a 2nd Undergraduate Degree in Hispanic Studies
University of Barcelona, Spain
1999 Bachelor of Arts, English Language and Literature
University of Barcelona, Spain
1998 Socrates-Erasmus European Exchange Program
English Department, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
1996-1998 Translation I, II, III: Spanish/Catalan/English
University of Barcelona Language School, Spain
1998-1999 English as a Foreign Language Teacher Certification Course
Education Centre, University of Barcelona, Spain
TEACHING
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Education 6668 (WEB): Current Issues in Second Language Education Faculty of Education Memorial University of Newfoundland
International Teaching Assistant Training Program: Succesful Communication in the Classroom or Laboratory Department of English Language and Literature English as a Second Language Program Memorial University of Newfoundland |
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Education6667/6673 (WEB): Second Language Instruction and Curriculum |
Faculty of Education
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Spanish 1000: Elementary Spanish I (WEB)
Department of French and Spanish
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Spanish 2000: Intermediate Spanish I
Department of French and Spanish Memorial University of Newfoundland
Spanish 1000: Elementary Spanish I
Department of French and Spanish
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Department of French and Spanish
Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Conversational Spanish levels 1, 2, 3 Division of Lifelong Learning Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Spanish Language and Hispanic Culture Minicourse for students from Avalon East schools Eastern School District & Faculty of Arts, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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English 1080: Critical Reading and Writing I Department of English Language and Literature Memorial University of Newfoundland
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DESIGN OF WEB-BASED LEARNING
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Rodríguez Manzanares, M. A. & Murphy, E. (Forthcoming, June 2010). Self-identified successful language learners and their language learning beliefs. Canadian and International Education Journal, 39(1). Murphy, E. & Rodríguez-Manzanares, M., & Barbour, M. (Forthcoming). Asynchronous and synchronous online teaching: Canadian high-school teachers' perspectives. British Journal of Educational Technology. Murphy, E. & Rodríguez-Manzanares, M. (2009). Teachers' perspectives on motivation in high-school distance education. Journal of Distance Education, 23(3), 1-24. Rodríguez-Manzanares, M. (2009). The beliefs of self-identified successful learners of Spanish at the university level. Saarbrucken: VDM Verlag. Murphy, E. & Rodríguez-Manzanares, M. (2009). Learner-centredness in distance learning: Teachers' perspectives and research validated principles. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 25(5), 597-610. Available Online: http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet25/murphy.pdf Murphy, E. & Rodríguez-Manzanares, M. (2009). Sage without a stage: A cultural-historical activity theory perspective on teaching in web-based, high-school classrooms. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 10(3) Available Online: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/579/1300 Murphy, E. & Rodríguez-Manzanares, M. (2008). Research on the e-teacher in the K-12 distance education classroom. In P. Rogers, G. Berg, J, Boetcher, C. Howard, L. Justice, & K. Schenk (Eds.), Encyclopedia of distance and online learning (2nd ed.). Information Science Reference. Murphy, E. & Rodríguez Manzanares, M. A. (2008). Using contradictions as a research tool. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 24(4), 442-457. Murphy, E. & Rodríguez Manzanares, M. A. (2008). A case study of high-school teachers' beliefs about learner-centred teaching with technology. E-learning, 5(4). Available Online: http://www.wwwords.co.uk/elea/content/pdfs/5/issue5_4.asp Murphy, E. & Rodríguez Manzanares, M. A. (2008). Instant messaging in a context of virtual schooling: Balancing the affordances and challenges. Educational Media International, 45(1),47-58. Murphy, E. & Rodríguez Manzanares, M. A. (2008). Contradictions between the virtual and physical high-school classroom: A third-generation Activity Theory perspective. British Journal of Educational Technology, 39(6), 1061-1072. Murphy, E. & Rodríguez Manzanares, M. (2008). Revisiting Transactional Distance Theory in a context of web-based high-school distance education. Journal of Distance Education, 22(2), 1-14. Awarded the 2008 Journal of Distance Education Editors' Award for Best Research Paper. Murphy, E. & Rodríguez Manzanares, M. A. (2007). Deviations from the script: An Activity Theory perspective on the practice of the e-teacher in the virtual high-school classroom. In Conference proceedings: 10th IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2007). Murphy, E. & Rodríguez-Manzanares, M. (2006). Profiling individual discussants’ behaviours in online asynchronous discussions. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 32(2), 59-77. Available Online: http://www.cjlt.ca/content/vol32.2/murphy.html Murphy, E., Ciszewska-Carr, J., & Rodríguez, M. A. (2006). Methodological issues in the content analysis of online discussions. The Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology. Available Online: http://www.rcetj.org/?type=art&id=79597& Murphy, E., Rodríguez, M. A., & Ciszewska-Carr, J. (2006). Perspectives on Virtual Schooling in a Canadian context. In Proceedings of the 6th International Educational Technology Conference, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus (pp. 1241-1247). Murphy, E., Rodríguez, M. A., & Ciszewska-Carr, J. (2006). Validity, reliability, unitizing, and latent content in analysis of online discussions. In Proceedings of the 6th International Educational Technology Conference, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus (pp. 1231-1240). Murphy, E. & Rodríguez Manzanares, M. A. (2005). Reading between the lines: Understanding the role of latent content in the analysis of online asynchronous discussions. International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, 2(6). Available Online: http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Jun_05/article03.htm
THESIS
Rodríguez Manzanares, M. (2006). The beliefs of self-identified successful learners of Spanish at the university level. Unpublished Master’s thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
PRESENTATIONS
Effective Dissertation Writing (with Elizabeth Murphy). King Mongut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand, June 3, 2010.
Post-secondary International Students of non-English Speaking Background and Web-based, Distance Learning. 44th Annual TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) Annual Convention Doctoral Forum, Boston, United States, March 2010.
Web-based Learning and International Students in Postsecondary Education. EDGE Conference: Inspiration and Innovation in Teaching and Teacher Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, October 2009. E-learning and Learner-Centeredness: High-School Teachers' Beliefs (with Elizabeth Murphy). Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, January 5, 2009, An Activity Theory Perspective on High-School Distance Education in a Canadian Setting (Co-presented with Elizabeth Murphy). Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, January 5, 2009. Post-secondary International English as a Second Language Students and Web-based, Distance Learning. Aldrich Interdisciplinary Lecture & Conference for Graduate students 2009, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, March, 2009. Using Third Generation Activity Theory and Contradictions to Analyse Qualitative Data (with Elizabeth Murphy, Charlene Dodd, and Brian Kerr). Online Sessions, Canadian Institute of Distance Education Research (CIDER), June 8, 2007. Recording available online: http://cider.athabascau.ca/CIDERSessions/sessionarchive Designing online activities for strengthening elementary students' second-language speaking skills (with Elizabeth Murphy). Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, October 2007. High-school Distance Education in a Canadian Context (with Elizabeth Murphy). Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, October 2007. An Activity Theory Perspective on E-teaching in a Virtual High-School Classroom (Co-presented with Elizabeth Murphy). The 10th IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education, Beijing, China, October 2007. Using Activity Theory and Contradictions to Analyse Qualitative Data (Co-presented with Elizabeth Murphy). Faculty of Education Doctoral Presentation Series 2006-7, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, June 14, 2007. Activity Theory and Research in Second Language Learning. Faculty of Education Doctoral Presentation Series 2006-7, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, March 22, 2007. Online Language Learning: From Theory to Practice (Co-presented with Elizabeth Murphy and Justyna Ciszewska-Carr). Organised by Dr. E. Murphy. The session included a panel discussion with CDLI French E-teachers Glen Cake and Valerie Pike and with Camilla Stoodley, Department of French and Spanish. Faculty of Education Doctoral Presentation Series 2005-6, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, June 15, 2006. Profiling the Beliefs of Self-Identified Successful University Learners of Spanish. Aldrich Interdisciplinary Lecture & Conference for Graduate students 2005, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, February 25, 2005. Issues in the Analysis of Online Asynchronous Discussions (with Elizabeth Murphy and Justyna Ciszewska-Carr). Faculty of Education Doctoral Presentation Series 2005-6. Memorial University of Newfoundland, January 19, 2006; Aldrich Interdisciplinary Lecture & Conference for Graduate students 2005, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, February 25, 2006. Methodological Issues in the Content Analysis of Online Discussions (with Elizabeth Murphy and Justyna Ciszewska-Carr). The 6th International Educational Technology Conference, Famagusta, North Cyprus, October 2006. Perspectives of Virtual Schooling in a Canadian Context (with Elizabeth Murphy and Justyna Ciszewska-Carr). The 6th International Educational Technology Conference, Famagusta, North Cyprus, October 2006.
AWARDS
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