My research programme lies at the intersection of online education, higher education, and international education. Taking up sociocultural learning theories and critical approaches to the complex interrelationships between discourse, knowledge, and power, I have aimed to provide more comprehensive explanations of current online higher education, which has been increasingly internationalised. My current research projects focus on understanding and supporting academic and social experiences of non-traditional student groups in online higher education, including: international students, adult students, doctoral students, teachers and educational professionals.

Online and distance education; Open education; Doctoral education, International Education, Teacher Development, Inclusive and authentic learning environment design; Social and educational justice, Qualitative research, Phenomenology, Autoethnography, Critical discourse analysis, Text analysis, Learning analytics

Co-Director of the Centre for Technology Enhanced Learning

Associate Editor of Asia Pacific Education Review

Editorial Board Member of Distance Education 

Member of the Center for Open Education Research (COER)

Denisse López Benavides

Project title: The Nature of Peer-Feedback in a MOOC: A Case Study