Rate My Professor Greg Preston

Dr. Greg Preston is an Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Newcastle, Australia, where he has been an academic since the early 1990s. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Educational Studies, Diploma in Education, and Bachelor of Arts, all from the University of Newcastle. His teaching spans undergraduate and postgraduate levels, with primary focus on the School of Education's coursework masters programs in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), including courses such as EDUC6018 Information Technologies and Education, EDUC6038 An Introduction to ICT in Education, EDUC6036 Educational Leadership and ICT, EDUC6039 Applications of Computers in Education, EDUC6042 Digitally Supported Learning, and EDUC6101 Web 2.0 and Beyond. As leader of the ICT discipline for the last 20 years, he has taught across nearly all School of Education programs, supervised practicum placements, and guided dozens of research higher degree students to completion while serving as an examiner. Dr. Preston is the longest-serving member of the University Senate, coordinated the University's academic integrity systems for 14 years, and prior to academia worked as a teacher in New South Wales and Europe alongside state and federal positions.

Dr. Preston's research interests center on Information and Communication Technologies in higher education, online learning, academic integrity, and the history of higher education. He has coordinated numerous projects, including as institutional lead on a Carrick priority grant evaluating e-learning and iLecture systems at four Australian research-intensive universities. Key publications include books such as 'The ICAI Reader (2nd ed): 1992-2020' (2022, co-authored with Gallant TB), 'Claiming a Voice: The First Thirty-Five Years of the Australian Teacher Education Association' (2009, co-authors May JR, Holbrook AP, Thompson AM, Bessant B), and 'Science, Success and Soirees: the Mechanics' Institute movement in Newcastle and the Lower Hunter' (1998, co-authors Heaton B, Rabbit M); highly cited articles like 'The impact of web-based lecture technologies on current and future practices in learning and teaching' (2008, 224 citations), 'Web-based lecture technologies: blurring the boundaries between face-to-face and distance learning' (2008, 179 citations), and ''Follow' me: Networked professional learning for teachers' (2013, 124 citations); and reports such as 'The impact of Web-Based Lecture Technologies on Current and Future Practices in Learning and Teaching' (2008). He is involved with the Centre for the Study of Research Training and Impact (SORTI) and the Innovation and Digital Education research group.