Publications

Research Interests and Expertise

Dr. Johnson’s consulting practice is grounded in her extensive work as a digital learning researcher. Read her latest publications:

2024

Houlden, S., Veletsianos, G., & Johnson, N. (2024). Is Artificial Intelligence in Education an Object or a Subject? Evidence from a Story Completion Exercise on Learner-AI Interactions. TechTrends. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11528-024-00942-5

Johnson, N., Seaman, J., & Seaman, J. (2024). The anticipated impact of artificial intelligence on higher education. Online Learning. [in press]

Johnson, N., Seaman, J., & Seaman, J. (2024). A hopeful future? Preparedness and optimism-pessimism about the future of post-secondary education. Open Praxis, 16(3), 311-325. https://openpraxis.org/articles/603/files/66d07257358ca.pdf

Veletsianos, G., Johnson, N., & Houlden, S. (2024). How do Canadian faculty members imagine future teaching and learning modalities? Educational Technology Research and Development. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11423-024-10350-4

2023

Johnson, N. (2023). An increasing demand for technology use in teaching and learning: 2023 Pan-Canadian report on digital learning trends in Canadian post-secondary education. Canadian Digital Learning Research Association. https://cdlra-acrfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023-Pan-Canadian-Report-EN.pdf

Johnson, N. (2023). A Time of Digital Transformation: Digital Learning Trends in Ontario Post-secondary education: 2023 Ontario Report. Canadian Digital Learning Research Association. https://cdlra-acrfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023-Ontario-Report-EN.pdf

Johnson, N. (2023). What To Do When the Modality of A Learning Experience is Unclear: Guidelines for Creating Multidimensional Learning Experiences. WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET). https://wcet.wiche.edu/resources/what-to-do-when-the-modality-of-a-learning-experience-is-unclear-guidelines-for-creating-multidimensional-learning-experiences/

Johnson, N. (2023). Online higher education in Canada. In L. Casimiro, K. Thompson, & S. Wa-Mbaleka (Eds)., The SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education. Sage Publishing. https://sk.sagepub.com/reference/the-sage-handbook-of-online-higher-education

Johnson, N., Seaman, J., & Poulin, R. (2023). Defining key terms related to digital learning: Student, faculty, and technology trends. WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET). https://wcet.wiche.edu/resources/defining-key-terms-related-to-digital-learning-student-faculty-and-technology-trends/

Veletsianos, G., Irvine, V., & Johnson, N. (2023). Online Delivery Trends: Online, Hybrid, and Multi-Access Learning and Teaching in British Columbia: Post-Pandemic Trends and Intentions. BC Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT). https://www.bccat.ca/reports/OnlineDeliveryTrends2023.pdf

2022

Irhouma, T., & Johnson, N. (2022). Digital learning in Canada in 2022: A changing landscape: 2022 national report. Canadian Digital Learning Research Association. http://www.cdlra-acrfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2022_national_report_en.pdf

Johnson, N., Seaman, J., & Poulin, R. (2022). Defining different modes of learning: Resolving confusion and contention through consensus. Online Learning, 26(3), 91-110. https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/3565/1193

Johnson, N., Veletsianos, G., Belikov, O., & VanLeeuwen, C. (2022). Faculty perceptions of online education and technology use over time: A secondary analysis of the annual survey of faculty attitudes on technology from 2013 to 2019. Online Learning, 26(3), 293-310. https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/2824/1203

Johnson, N., Seaman, J., & Poulin, R. (2022). Defining key terms related to digital learning: Survey of higher education faculty and administrators summary report. WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET). https://wcet.wiche.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2022/08/Defining-Key-Terms-Summary-Report-Final.pdf

Johnson, N. (2022). Looking ahead to the future of post-secondary education: 2022 Ontario report. Canadian Digital Learning Research Association. http://www.cdlra-acrfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2022_ontario_report_en.pdf

Parent, S., Poellhuber, B., Johnson, N., & Seaman, J. (2021). L’apprentissage numérique dans les établissements postsecondaires canadiens : Rapport du Québec 2022. Canadian Digital Learning Research Association. http://www.cdlra-acrfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2022_rapport-du-quebec.pdf

Veletsianos, G. & Johnson, N. (2022). Canadian faculty members’ hopes and anxieties about the near-future of higher education. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 48(3), 1-23. https://cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/view/28319/20697

2021

Belikov, O., VanLeeuwen, C., Veletsianos, G., Johnson, N., & Prusko, P. T. (2021). Professional and personal impacts experienced by faculty stemming from the intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic and racial tensions. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2021 (1). https://jime.open.ac.uk/articles/10.5334/jime.647/

Johnson, N. (2021). Evolving definitions in digital learning: A national framework for categorizing commonly used terms. Canadian Digital Learning Research Association. https://cdlra-acrfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-CDLRA-definitions-report.pdf

Johnson, N. (2021). Digital Learning in Canadian Higher Education in 2020: National Report. Canadian Digital Learning Research Association. http://www.cdlra-acrfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2020_national_en.pdf

Johnson, N. (2021). Digital Learning in Canadian Higher Education in 2020: Ontario Report. Canadian Digital Learning Research Association. http://www.cdlra-acrfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2020-regional_ontario_en.pdf

Johnson, N., Seaman, J., & Veletsianos, G. (2021). Teaching During a Pandemic: Spring Transition, Fall Continuation, Winter Evaluation. Bay View Analytics. https://www.bayviewanalytics.com/reports/teachingduringapandemic.pdf

Johnson, N. , & Veletsianos, G. (2021). Digital faculty: Faculty social media use and communications. Bay View Analytics. https://www.bayviewanalytics.com/reports/digitalfaculty-communications.pdf

Veletsianos, G., VanLeeuwen, C. A., Belikov, O., & Johnson, N. (2021). An Analysis of Digital Education in Canada in 2017-2019. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 22(2), 102-117. http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/5108

VanLeeuwen, C. A., Veletsianos, G., Johnson, N., & Belikov, O. (2021). Never‐ending repetitiveness, sadness, loss, and “juggling with a blindfold on:” Lived experiences of Canadian college and university faculty members during the COVID‐19 pandemic. British Journal of Educational Technology. https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjet.13065

2020

Johnson, N. (2020). Capacity development through digital informal learning experiences: An exploration of the entrepreneurial competency development of self-employed Canadian mothers using a learning ecologies framework. Open University of Catalonia. [PhD thesis]. http://openaccess.uoc.edu/webapps/o2/bitstream/10609/136146/1/PhD%20thesis_NicoleJohnson_Final.pdf

Johnson, N., & Veletsianos, G. (2020, July 27). How do faculty and administrators imagine the future of higher education in Canada? Academic Matters. https://academicmatters.ca/how-do-faculty-and-administrators-imagine-the-future-of-higher-education-in-canada/

Johnson, N., & Veletsianos, G. (2020, July 13). Professional development for the 2020 fall semester: How to help faculty and administrators prepare. University Affairs. https://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/professional-development-for-the-2020-fall-semester-how-to-help-faculty-and-administrators-prepare/

Johnson, N., Veletsianos, G., & Seaman, J. (2020). US Faculty and Administrators’ Experiences and Approaches in the Early Weeks of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Online Learning, 24(2), 6-21. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1260365.pdf

VanLeeuwen, C. A., Veletsianos, G., Belikov, O., & Johnson, N. (2020). Institutional Perspectives on Faculty Development for Digital Education in Canada. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 46(2). http://cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/view/27944/20499

2019

Johnson, N., Bates, T., Donovan, T., & Seaman, J. (2019). Tracking Online Education in Canadian Universities and Colleges: National Survey of Online and Digital Learning 2019 National Report. Canadian Digital Learning Research Association. http://www.cdlra-acrfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2019_national_en.pdf

Veletsianos, G., Johnson, N., & Belikov, O. (2019). Academics’ social media use over time is associated with individual, relational, cultural and political factors. British Journal of Educational Technology, 50(4), 1713-1728.

2018

Veletsianos, G., Kimmons, R., Belikov, O., & Johnson, N. (2018). Scholars’ temporal participation on, temporary disengagement from, and return to Twitter. First Monday. https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/8346/7606