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Laura Morrison
EdD, OCT

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Education

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Contact information

Charles Hall - Room 349
Downtown Oshawa
61 Charles Street
Oshawa, ON L1H 4X8

905.721.8668 ext. 3995

laura.morrison@ontariotechu.ca

Bio

Dr. Laura Morrison's research focuses on innovative education and emerging technologies, with expertise in critical digital literacies, promising practices for online and HyFlex teaching and learning, and making as a pedagogical approach for inclusive education. Her current research investigates critical AI literacy and ethics in education. Dr. Morrison has published extensively and presented her research at over 40 national and international conferences.

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Courses taught

Bachelor of Arts (Educational Studies)

  • EDST 1130U - Writing & Information Literacy for a Digital Age (formerly: EDST 1130U - Writing & Digital Literacy)
  • EDST 1230U - Design Thinking & Visual Design for Education
  • EDST 2150U - Teaching to Facilitate Learning (formerly: EDST 2150U - Teaching Methods)
  • EDST 2200U - Literature & Pedagogy

Bachelor of Education

  • EDUC 2401U - Learning in Digital Contexts
  • CURS 4110U - Curriculum Studies I: I/S English 

Graduate

  • EDUC 5004G - Critical & Reflective Practice
  • EDUC 5402G - The Adult Learner in the Digital Age
  • EDUC 5900G - Special Topics: Critical AI Literacy 
  • EDUC 5900G - Special Topics: AI in Education

Research and expertise

  • Online learning
  • Pre-service teacher education
  • In-service teacher professional learning
  • Critical digital literacies
  • New literacies
  • Multiliteracies
  • Making/Makerspaces
  • STEAM learning
  • HyFlex learning 
  • Hughes, J., Morrison, L., Ulrich, T., & Robb, J. (2026). Minecrafters: Towards a model for developing collaboration in virtual environments. In N. Bonderup Dohn, M. Cutajar, C. Borg, M. de Laat & T. Ryberg (Eds.), Narratives of hope in times of change (pp. 101-123). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-07263-4_7 
  • Morrison, L., Mann, A., Tepylo, D., Brodie, I., & Kay, R. (2025). Navigating the hyflex horizon: Uncovering successes and hurdles in hyflex undergraduate education. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 51(2), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.21432/cjlt28853 
  • Morrison, L., & Hughes, J. (2024). Promising practices for virtual professional learning. Computers & Education Open. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeo.2024.100209 
  • 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/
  • 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. https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/1201798 
  • 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939X.2022.2156918 
  • 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 M. Jacobsen, & C. Smith (Eds.), Online learning and teaching from kindergarten to graduate school (pp. 198-227). Canadian Association for Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/40509 
  • 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