This is the new blog for the Digital Technologies and Training research group at Swinburne University of Technology. Our research spans a range of different areas, focussing on digital technologies (digital devices, social media, simulators) and training (academic training and expert skilled performance in sports, aviation and other performance domains).
Our current areas of special interest are:
- Use of social networking
- Cyberbullying
- Problem internet use
- Use of technologies in training (see also theĀ MoCapSuite blog)
The underlying theoretical and conceptual issues impacting on our research relate to
- self-regulation
- the concept of identity
- boredom and creativity
- the nature of aggression and aggressive intent