Laura Morrison
EdD

• Doctor of Education - EdD University of Calgary 2021
• Master's Degree - Secondary Education and Teaching Ontario Tech University 2015
• Bachelor of Education - English and History Ontario Tech Univeristy 2011
• Bachelor of Arts - English and History Concordia University 2006

• Morrison, L. (2025). What's in a process: AI ethics, cognitive offloading and what makes us human [Featured Speaker]. https://education.ontariotechu.ca/cdie/events/cdie-conf-2025.php 

• Morrison, L. (2025). AI Literacy, Ethics & the Future of Education [Colloquium presentation]. University of Hawaii at Manoa, College of Social Sciences.

• Morrison, L. (2020). Paper Circuits & MicroBits. University of Hawaii Western Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii.

• Morrison, L. (2016). Staying Safe in the Digital World. Hamilton Public Health Services Conference, Hamilton, ON.

• Morrison, L. (2015). Digital Tools. Hamilton Public Health Youth Conference, Haliburton, ON.

• Morrison, L. (2015). Digital Tools. Lung Association Network and Knowledge Exchange, Toronto, ON.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

• Morrison, L. (2024). Promising practices to promote student engagement and learning in online pre-service teacher education. In R. J. Blankenship & T. Cherner (Eds.), Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education Special Edition. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/224713/

• Morrison, L., & Hughes, J. (2024). Promising practices for virtual professional learning. Computers & Education Open. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeo.2024.100209

• Hughes, J., Scott, H., Morrison, L., Kotsopoulos, D., & Ruttenberg-Rozen, R. (2023). Chilly climate 2.0: Women's experiences of harassment and discrimination in Canadian higher education. Canadian Journal of Education, 46(2), 473-501. https://journals.sfu.ca/cje/index.php/cje-rce/article/view/5905

• Morrison, L., & Jacobsen, M. (2023). The role of feedback in building teaching presence and student self-regulation in online learning. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100503

• Hughes, J., Morrison, L., Robb, J., & Schira-Hagerman, M. (2023). "It feels like I have a camera in my eye": New methods for literacies research in maker-oriented classrooms. Frontiers in Education, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1098410

• Morrison, L., & Hughes, J. (2022). Making the shift to virtual professional learning. Technology, Pedagogy & Education, 32(1), 105-116. DOI: 10.1080/1475939X.2022.2156918

• Campbell, H., Farrell, P., Morrison, L., & Raza, K. (2022). Getting your work published: Advice for new and developing scholars. Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education, 13(2), 44-52. https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjnse/article/view/76560

• Hughes, J., Morrison, L., & Robb, J. (2021). Making STEAM-based professional learning: A four-year DBR study. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 47(3). https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1336587.pdf

• Morrison, L., Robb, J., Hughes, J., & Lam, M. (2021). Social presence in virtual professional learning. Journal of Digital Life & Learning, 1(1), 93-110. https://doi.org/10.51357/jdll.v1i1.160

• Hughes, J., Morrison, L., & Robb, J. (2020). 'Virtually' a maker: Making in an online graduate course. International Journal on Innovations in Online Education, 4(4). DOI: 10.1615/IntJInnovOnlineEdu.2020037132

• Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2020). Innovative learning spaces in the making. Frontiers in Education, 5(89), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.00089

• Hughes, J., Morrison, L., Mamolo, A., Laffier, J., & de Castell, S. (2019). Addressing bullying through critical making. British Journal of Educational Technology, 50(1), 309-325. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12714

• Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2018). Teaching critical visual literacies through #selfies. Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, 10(1), 9-41. DOI: 10.1353/jeu.2018.0015

• Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2018). Works of heart: Revisiting creativity and innovation through maker pedagogies. UAL Spark Journal, 3(2), 150-160. https://sparkjournal.arts.ac.uk/index.php/spark/article/view/91

• Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2018). The use of e-textiles in Ontario education. Canadian Journal of Education, 41(1), 356-384. https://journals.sfu.ca/cje/index.php/cje-rce/article/view/3237

• Hughes, J., Morrison, L., & Burke, A. (2017). The adolescent bricoleur: Constructing identities through social networking sites. International Journal of Social Media and Interactive Learning Environments, 5(2), 87-107. https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1504/IJSMILE.2017.087673

• Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2015). The evolution of teaching with graphic novels. Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, 6(2), 116-127. DOI: 10.1353/jeu.2014.0018

• Hughes, J., Morrison, L., & Hoogland, C. (2014). You don’t know me: Adolescent identity development through poetry performance. InEducation, 20(2), 78-89. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1261360.pdf

• Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2014). At the intersection of critical digital literacies, young adult literature and literature circles. Alan Review, 42(1), 35-43. https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/v42n1/hughes.html

• Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2014). The impact of social networking and a multiliteracies pedagogy on English language learners’ writerly identities. Writing & Pedagogy, 6(3), 607-631. https://doi.org/10.1558/wap.v6i3.607

• Eamer, A., Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2014). Breaking barriers: Using a social networking site, multiliteracies pedagogy and a unit on identity to transcend borders in a multicultural classroom. Multicultural Education Review, 6(1), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/2005615X.2014.11102907

• Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2013). Using Facebook to explore adolescent identities. International Journal of Social Media and Interactive Learning, 1(4). https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJSMILE.2013.057464

Book Chapters

• Butler-Ulrich, T., Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2024). The impact of generative AI on student creativity and well-being: Harnessing potential and mitigating risks. In L. Barlach (Ed.), Creativity in contemporaneity. IntechOpen. Link
  
  
• Morrison, L., Becker, S., Hughes, J., Schira-Hagerman, M., & Jacobsen, M. (2022). Supporting teachers' understanding of innovative maker pedagogies during a pandemic through the design of ethical and relational online professional learning. In Jacobsen, M. & Smith, C. (Eds.), Online Learning and Teaching from Kindergarten to Graduate School (pp. 198-227). Canadian Association for Teacher Education. Link
  
  
• Hughes, J., Thompson, S., & Morrison, L. (2022). Inquiry-based learning through making. In J. Hughes (Ed.), Discovery, Design, Development Through Makerspaces (pp. 21-33). Springer. DOI
  
  
• Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2022). Empowering student leaders in makerspaces. In J. Hughes (Ed.), Discovery, Design, Development Through Makerspaces (pp. 77-91). Springer. DOI
  
  
• Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2022). The role of the teacher-librarian in the school makerspace. In J. Hughes (Ed.), Discovery, Design, Development Through Makerspaces (pp. 93-105). Springer. DOI
  
  
• Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2022). Shifting school culture through shared leadership and support. In J. Hughes (Ed.), Discovery, Design, Development Through Makerspaces (pp. 107-119). Springer. DOI
  
  
• Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2022). Continuing professional development for teacher-makers. In J. Hughes (Ed.), Discovery, Design, Development Through Makerspaces (pp. 121-139). Springer. DOI
  
  
• Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2022). Flipping your virtual classrooms. In R. H. Kay & W. J. Hunter (Eds.), Thriving online: A guide for busy educators (pp. 186-192). Ontario Tech University. DOI
  
  
• Hughes, J., Morrison, L., & Petrarca (2022). Fostering creativity and critical thinking online. In R. H. Kay & W. J. Hunter (Eds.), Thriving online: A guide for busy educators (pp. 129-137). Ontario Tech University. DOI
  
• Morrison, L., Petrarca, D., & Hughes, J. (2021). Making the transition online with alternative practicum placements. In Danyluk, P., Burns, A., Hill, L. S., & Crawford, K. (Eds.), Crisis and opportunity: How Canadian Bachelor of Education programs responded to the pandemic. In Canadian research in teacher education: A polygraph series (Vol. 11) [ebook]. Canadian Association for Teacher Education/Canadian Society for the Study of Education. Link
  
  
• Hughes, J., Morrison, L., & Mamolo, A. (2021). Book club: It's not a game, or is it? In U. Bakan & S. Berkeley (Eds.), Gamification and social networks in education (pp. 171-190). DOI
  
  
• Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2021). Design thinking through passion-based learning. In D. Scott & J. Lock (Eds.), Teacher as designer (pp. 103-117). Springer. DOI
  
  
• Hughes, J., Morrison, L., & Hoogland, C. (2017). U R on 2 S/th. In L. Butler-Kisber, J. Guiney Yallop, M. Stewart & S. Wiebe (Eds.), Poetic inquiries of reflection and renewal (pp. 79-89). Nova Scotia: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing, Inc.
  
  
• Hughes, J., Morrison, L., & Thompson, S. (2016). Who do you think you are? An examination of the off/online identities of adolescents using a social networking site. In M. Walrave, K. Ponnet, E. Vanderhoven, J. Haers & B. Segaert (Eds.), Youth 2.0: Social media and adolescence: Connecting, sharing and empowering. Switzerland: Springer Publishing. Link
  
  
• Morrison, L. (2015). Spoken word? In K. J. Head & P. Blessinger (Eds.), Teaching as a human experience: An anthology of contemporary poems. New Castle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Conference Proceedings

• Morrison, L., Kay, R., Atkinson, H., Tepylo, D., Mann, A. & Brodie, I. (2025). Hacking HyFlex in higher education: An alternative approach. INTED 2025 Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2025.0423

• Morrison, L., Kay, R., Atkinson, H., Mann, A. & Tepylo, D. (2025). Exploring the emerging landscape of HyFlex teaching and learning in higher education: A scoping review. INTED 2025 Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2025.0421

• Hughes, J., Morrison, L., Ulrich, T., & Robb, J. (2024). Minecrafters: An educational model for developing collaboration. Proceedings of Networked Learning Conference, 2024. Link

• Morrison, L., & Jacobsen, M. (2024). Supporting students' self-regulation skills in online learning. SITE Conference Proceedings, March 2024, Las Vegas. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Link

• Hughes, J., Morrison, L., & Petrarca, D. (2024). There's an app for that: Design, development and evaluation of educational apps. INTED2024 Proceedings, pp. 76-83. DOI: 10.21125/inted.2024.0044

• Morrison, L., & Robinson, P. (2024). Physical computing with exceptional students. Hawaii International Conference on Education Proceedings, January 2024, Hawaii. Link

• Hughes, J. M., Morrison, L. J., Kajamaa, A., & Kumpulainen, K. (2019). Makerspaces promoting students’ design thinking and collective knowledge creation: Examples from Canada and Finland. In A. Brooks, E. Brooks & C. Sylla (Eds.), Interactivity, game creation, design, learning, and innovation (pp. 343-352). 7th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2018, and 3rd EAI International Conference, DLI 2018, ICTCC 2018, Braga, Portugal, October 24–26, 2018, Proceedings. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. Link

• Hughes, J., Morrison, L., & Dobos, L. (2018). Re-making teacher professional development. In G. Craddock et al. (Eds.), Transforming our World Through Design, Diversity and Education (pp. 602-608). Higher Education in Transformation Conference (HEIT), Dublin, Ireland, October 2018, Proceedings. IOS Press. DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-923-2-602

• Hughes, J., Laffier, J., Mamolo, A., Morrison, L., & Petrarca, D. (2016). Full STEAM ahead: Building preservice teachers’ capacity in makerspace pedagogies. Proceedings of the Higher Education in Transformation Conference (HEIT). Link

• Hughes, J., Fridman, L., & Morrison, L. (2016). Online “maker” modules to support production pedagogies in education. Proceedings of the Higher Education in Transformation Conference (HEIT). Link

• Somanath, S., Morrison, L., Hughes, J., Sharlin, E., & Sousa, M. C. (2016). Engaging 'at-risk' students through maker culture activities. Proceedings of the TEI'16: Tenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (pp. 150-158). ACM. DOI: 10.1145/2839462.2839482

• Morrison, L., Petrarca, D., Hughes, J., & Laffier, J. (2015). Co-constructing knowledge through mOOC design and development. In D. Slyykhuis & G. Marks (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (pp. 993-998). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Link

• Hughes, J., Laffier, J., Mamolo, A., Morrison, L., & Petrarca, D. (2015). Re-imagining pre-service teacher education in Ontario: A journey in the making. Proceedings of the Higher Education in Transformation Conference (HEIT). Link

• Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2014). Express yourself: Improving literacy in under-performing students through literacy identity development, mobile devices, and a Critical Digital Literacies pedagogy. Proceedings of the 58th ICET World Assembly. Link

• Eamer, A., Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2014). Transcending cultural borders through Ning. Proceedings of the KAME International Conference.

• Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2012). Using digital literacies to foster globally and culturally sensitive adolescents: Speaking up about injustice. International Academic Forum: Asian Conference on Education. Link

• Morrison, L. (2025). Exchange - Small Grants, SSHRC [Awardee]
• Morrison, L., Mann, A., Tepylo, D., & Brodie, I. (2024). Centre for Digital Innovation in Education Research Fund [Awardee]
• Morrison, L., Hughes, J., & Robinson, P. (2024). Partnership Engage Grant, SSHRC [Awardee]
• Morrison, L. (2022). 2022 CATE Dissertation Recognition Award. CATE, CSSE Virutal Conference. [Awardee]
• Mamolo, A., Tamblyn, I., Morrison, L. (2015). Teaching innovation fund. UOIT, Oshawa, ON. [Awardee]

• Literature & Pedagogy
• Special Topics: AI in Education 
• Learning in Digital Contexts 
• Writing & Digital Literacy 
• Critical & Reflective Practice 
• The Adult Learner in the Digital Age 
• Design Thinking & Visual Design for Education 
• Teaching Methods 
• Digital Tech & Advanced Teaching Methods
• English Language Arts 
• English & History Integrated Subject
• Digital Literacies 
• Information Literacy 
• ICT in the Classroom