Gorg Mallia

Dr Gorg Mallia is on the staff of the Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences, University of Malta. He holds a Ph.D. in Instructional Technology from the University of Sheffield, UK. He specializes in Print and Presentation Media, Graphic Communications, Personal Communications & Branding, and Instructional Design & Technology (particularly Transfer of Learning). His main areas of research are Social Network and New Media Technology impacts on the individual and in education. He also researches the storytelling techniques of graphic narrative. He has presented at international conferences and published extensively in both of these areas. Dr Mallia is one of the organisers of the annual International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE). He has lectured in a number of countries, particularly at the Universities of Lund and Malmö in Sweden. Outside his academic work, he is a published children's author, illustrator and cartoonist. From 2005 to 2013 he was the chairman of the Maltese National Book Council.

Publications

The Social Classroom: Integrating Social Network Use in Education
The Social Classroom: Integrating Social Network Use in Education
Gorg Mallia. © 2014. 568 pages.
As technology is being integrated into educational processes, teachers are searching for new ways to enhance student motivation and learning. Through shared experiences and the...
Processing Change Instigated by Immersed New Media Usage and its Implications for School-Based and Informal Learning
Processing Change Instigated by Immersed New Media Usage and its Implications for School-Based and Informal Learning
Gorg Mallia. © 2011. 19 pages.
This case presented in this chapter1 revolves around the hypothesis that information processing has changed from a linear format, within a chronological progression, to a...