María A. Rodríguez Manzanares

Lecturer, Faculty of Education & Department of French and Spanish

Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Education

Memorial University of Newfoundland

St. John's, NL A1B3X8 Canada

Tel.: (+1) 709 737-3468

E-mail:mariar@mun.ca                  ExtendedCV_May_2009.rtf

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). 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). Using contradictions as a research tool. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 24(4), 442-457.    

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.

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. 

Thesis in PDF format. 

PRESENTATIONS

E-learning and Learner-Centeredness: High-School Teachers' Beliefs (Co-presented with Elizabeth Murphy). Hawaii International Conference on Education, January 5, 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii.

An Activity Theory Perspective on High-School Distance Education in a Canadian Setting (Co-presented with Elizabeth Murphy). Hawaii International Conference on Education, January 5, 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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, March, 2009.

Using Third Generation Activity Theory and Contradictions to Analyse Qualitative Data (Co-presented 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 (Co-presented with Elizabeth Murphy). Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, October 2007.

High-school Distance Education in a Canadian Context. (Co-presented 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, June 14, 2007.

Activity Theory and Research in Second Language Learning. Faculty of Education Doctoral Presentation Series 2006-7, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 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, 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, February 25, 2005.

Issues in the Analysis of Online Asynchronous Discussions (Co-presented 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, February 25, 2006.

Methodological Issues in the Content Analysis of Online Discussions (Co-presented 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 (Co-presented with Elizabeth Murphy and Justyna Ciszewska-Carr). The 6th International Educational Technology Conference, Famagusta, North Cyprus, October 2006.