Dr Angel’s research interests include gamification and game-based learning, technology pedagogy, and multimodal storytelling. She is also interested in exploring multimodal storytelling in education for Autistic / neurodivergent students. She has published creatively, including young adult novels and researched and published the use of multimodality as an authorial competency. Her current research is investigating the efficacy of using Virtual Escape Rooms and the Minecraft Classroom as a means of facilitating synchronous and asynchronous tertiary education modules. She also has expertise in digital literacy, digital fluency, and technology pedagogies in teaching and learning across all education sectors, with a particular focus on teacher and lecturer professional development and curriculum design.
Research Interests:
- Game-based learning and teaching
- Microlearning Neurodiversity
- Digital Fluency
- Technology pedagogies