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Dr Siewmee Barton

STAFF PROFILE

Position

Honorary Fellow

Faculty

Faculty of Arts and Education

Department

School of Hum & Social Science

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, Royal Melb Inst. of Technology, 2011
Graduate Certificate of Higher Education, Deakin University, 2009
Master of Business (Information Systems), Royal Melb Inst. of Technology, 1998
Graduate Diploma of Information Systems, Royal Melb Inst. of Technology, 1994
Bachelor of Business, Monash University, 1988

Biography

Dr Siew Mee Barton is a Lecturer in the Department of Management in Deakin Business School. Siewmee has taught business communication and intrapersonal skills. 

Her teaching interest areas include cross-cultural communication in a non-western perspective on human communication. It aims to discover and examine the ways in which social and cultural, and other human factors shape the adoption and use of information technology for online teaching. 

Siewmee's research aims to advance understanding of the phenomenon of women and social entrepreneurship by exploring the influence of socio-cultural and individual factors on women entrepreneurs in Asia. Her research has been published in the British Journal of Educational Technology and International Journal on E-Learning and Australasian Journal of Educational Technology.

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Research interests

  • Women entrepreneur and social entrepreneurship
  • Barriers of refugee women face in building capacity and exercising in their agency
  • Career, migration and the transformation and adaptation for refugees and migrants in Australia

Teaching interests

  • Entrepreneurship & Innovation
  • Inter-cultural Communication
  • Applied Management Capabilities

Units taught

  • MMH299 - Business Communication
  • MMM111 - Intrapersonal Skills
  • MME101 - Business Academic Skills

Knowledge areas

  • Communities of practice and academic guanxi (networking).
  • Research into the social business in South East Asia and especially in the exploration of women’s entrepreneurship behaviour.
  • Longitudinal research on Ethnicity, Gender and Entrepreneurial Tendencies: The Indonesian Perspective.
  • E-learning and teaching - Web-mediated instructional systems design, web accessibility, web-based collaborative learning technologies, human-computer interactions, international best practice in corporate e-Training, information systems education, virtual worlds and games development.
  • Strategic information systems - Strategic information system planning, computer-human-interface design, information technology adoption, software development practices, systems analysis and design.
  • E-business - e-Business relationship management, models, e-procurement, e-markets, B2B issues, e-services, global governance, electronic democracy, electronic publishing.

Professional activities

Publications

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2020

English language learning barriers of Afghan refugee women in Australia

F Sharifian, M Sadeghpour, S Barton, J Barry, G Barton, I Yilmaz

(2020), Vol. 31, pp. 65-78, International journal of applied linguistics, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article
2018

Women's agency and the building of social capital, cohesion and resilience in the new Afghanistan Community in Geelong, Victoria

S Barton, I Yilmaz, F Bezhan, G Barton, J Barry, M Vergani

(2018), Burwood, Vic., A6

research report/technical paper
2015

iPads in higher education-hype and hope

L Nguyen, S Barton, L Nguyen

(2015), Vol. 46, pp. 190-203, British journal of educational technology, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article
2013

Facilitating learning by going online : modernising Islamic teaching and learning in Indonesia

S Barton

(2013), pp. 74-92, ePedagogy in on-line learning : new developments in web mediated human computer interaction, Hershey, Pa., B1

book chapter

Using mobile technology to enhance teaching

A O'Loughlin, S Barton, L Ngo

(2013), pp. 293-306, Handbook of mobile learning, New York, N.Y., B1

book chapter

Social capital framework in the adoption of e-learning

S Barton

(2013), Vol. 12, pp. 115-137, International journal on e-learning, Norfolk, Va., C1

journal article
2011

Case study of e-learning experts in Malaysia : impact of social capital and social networks

S Barton

(2011), Vol. 7, pp. 1-17, Asia-Pacific collaborative education journal, [Busan, Korea], C1

journal article
2010

Aligning blended culture and blended learning : toward enhancing teacher and learner performance outcomes

S Barton, J Sargent, D Novotny

(2010), pp. 1382-1393, Global Learn 2010 : Proceedings of Global Learn Asia Pacific 2010 : Global Conference on Learning and Technology, Penang, Malaysia, E1

conference

Internet in the Pesantren : A tool to promote or continue autonomous learning?

M Iqbal, G Barton, S Barton

(2010), pp. 3754-3760, Global Learn 2010 : Proceedings of Global Learn Asia Pacific 2010 : Global Conference on Learning and Technology, Penang, Malaysia, E1

conference

Indonesia's ePesantren and the transformative power of social capital

S Barton, G Barton

(2010), pp. 3740-3747, Global Learn 2010 : Proceedings of Global Learn Asia Pacific 2010 : Global Conference on Learning and Technology, Penang, Malaysia, E1

conference

Reflecting socio-cultural issues into instructional design with emerging technological trends

K Campbell, R Schwier, O Lee, Z Abas, W Zhai, S Barton, R Jamaludin, A Kaur, Z Ozdilek, M Liu

(2010), pp. 3788-3791, Global Learn 2010 : Proceedings of Global Learn Asia Pacific 2010 : Global Conference on Learning and Technology, Penang, Malaysia, E1

conference

Islamic education in Indonesia and the potential for social transformation through engagement in online communities

G Barton, S Barton, M Iqbal

(2010), pp. 3766-3776, Global Learn 2010 : Proceedings of Global Learn Asia Pacific 2010 : Global Conference on Learning and Technology, Penang, Malaysia, E1

conference
2009

Academic social networks affecting the adoption of e-learning in Turkey

S Barton, B Corbitt, L Nguyen

(2009), Vol. 8, pp. 561-575, International journal of e-learning, Norfolk, Va., C1

journal article

Role of blended cultures in enhancing teacher and learner performance outcomes

S Barton, J Sargent

(2009), pp. 323-330, ED-MEDIA 2009 : Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii, E1

conference
2008

Cultural factors affecting the adoption of e-learning in Turkey

S Barton

(2008), pp. 3369-3384, E-Learn 2008 : Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare and Higher Education 2008, Chesapeake, Va., E1

conference

Cultural factors behind the growth of e-learning in Malaysia Academic guanxi

S Barton

(2008), pp. 3385-3394, E-Learn 2008 : Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare and Higher Education 2008, Chesapeake, Va., E1

conference
2007

Cultural factors behind the adoption of e-learning in Turkey

S Barton, B Corbitt, L Nguyen, K Peszynski

(2007), pp. 1079-1088, ACIS2007 Toowoomba 5 to 7 December 2007: proceedings of the 18th Australasian conference on information systems, Toowoomba, QLD, E1

conference

Framing the role of technologies in the recognition and development of staff capacities to enhance learning in higher education

A Farley, D Holt, S Barton

(2007), pp. 259-261, Ascilite 2007, Singapore ICT- providing choices for learners and learning, 2-5 December 2007, Singapore, E1

conference
2006

Developing and rewarding advanced teaching expertise in higher education - a different approach

A Farley, S Barton

(2006), pp. 1824-1829, Ed-Media 2006 : World conference on educational multimedia, hypermedia & telecommunications: proceedings of Ed-Media 2006, Orlando Florida, USA, E1-1

conference

Cultural factors behind the growth of e-learning in Malaysia : academic Guanxi

S Barton, B Corbitt, L Nguyen, K Peszynski

(2006), Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Adelaide, S. Aust., E1

conference
2004

From the comforts of print to the possibilities of digital media: leading the way in teaching political leadership in a faculty of arts

D Holt, S Barton, G Barton

(2004), pp. 1-10, Beyond the comfort zone : proceedings of the 21st ASCILITE Conference, Perth, 5-8 December, Perth, Western Australia, E1

conference

Funded Projects at Deakin

Other Public Sector Funding

Women's agency and the building of social capital, cohesion and resilience in the new Afghan community in Geelong

Dr Siewmee Barton, Prof Ihsan Yilmaz, Dr Faridullah Bezhan

Social Cohesion Research Grants

  • 2018: $11,150
  • 2017: $22,300

Preparing tertiary students from CALD migrant communities for careers in regional areas. Development and evaluation of an online course and associated materials.

Prof Alexander Newman, A/Prof Fara Azmat, Dr Joe Jiang, Dr Huong Le, Dr Siewmee Barton, A/Prof Ahmed Ferdous

Department of Home Affairs

  • 2019: $48,448

Supervisions

Associate Supervisor
2016

Maria Jacinta Arquisola

Thesis entitled: Roles of Higher Education Academic Leaders in Indonesia

Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Management