Fay Sudweeks

Fay Sudweeks is Emerita Associate Professor at Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and Sociology), Master of Cognitive Science and Doctor of Philosophy (Communication Studies). Her current research interests are social and cultural aspects of communication, group dynamics and e-learning. Fay has been nominated for the Vice Chancellor’s Excellence in Teaching Award and has been nominated twice for the Excellence in Research Supervision Award. She has published 7 authored or edited books, 17 edited proceedings, and more than 80 papers in journals, books and conference proceedings. She is on the editorial board of 6 international journals: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Human Communication Research, New Media and Society, International Journal of e-Learning, Open Communication Journal, and International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector. With Charles Ess, Fay has co-chaired eight international and interdisciplinary conferences on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication (CATaC). Fay has given invited talks in numerous countries including the USA, South Africa, Russia, Germany, Israel, and Sweden.

Publications

Innovative Methods and Technologies for Electronic Discourse Analysis
Innovative Methods and Technologies for Electronic Discourse Analysis
Hwee Ling Lim, Fay Sudweeks. © 2014. 546 pages.
With the advent of new media and Web 2.0 technologies, language and discourse have taken on new meaning, and the implications of this evolution on the nature of interpersonal...
Constructivism and Online Collaborative Group Learning in Higher Education: A Case Study
Constructivism and Online Collaborative Group Learning in Higher Education: A Case Study
Hwee Ling Lim, Fay Sudweeks. © 2009. 16 pages.
As educators utilize an increasingly wide range of technologies for facilitating interaction between distant learning parties, there are concerns over the ad hoc use of...