Dr Michael Dyson is a teacher educator and the Program Leader pre-service teacher education programs at the Gippsland Campus of Monash University. Michael commenced his career as an elementary school teacher in New Zealand before moving to Australia in 1978. After a number of years in elementary schools he moved into consultancy work with beginning teachers and into the field of educational learning technologies. Michael spent ten years as an elementary school principal and has worked as a learning technologies consultant at regional, state and national levels for a number of years. He commenced his career as an academic at Monash in 1993 and completed his PhD - focused on renewal in Pre-service teacher education in 2004. His research strengths lie in the areas of pre-service teacher education, professional placements and the educational use of ICT. He has published a number of papers focused on pre-service teacher education, the educational use of ICT, teacher education and ICT, computer mediated communication networks and digital portfolios.

• Narrative qualitative writing using auto ethnography as both a method of research and as a writing style. This style use metaphors to facilitate meaning, is written in first person and links the personal to the cultural.
• I have developed a system of mentoring students based on reflection. It is known as the 'Process of Reflective Mentoring'
• I have made extensive use of computer mediated communication to facilitate resource sharing, communication and learning with our very successful fourth year internship program.
• Refined and redeveloped the internship model for pre-service teachers at the Gippsland and Peninsula campuses.
• My main research interests can be summarised as following:
• The receptualisation of teacher education.
• Post modernism and social change and learning in the digital age.
• Teaching and learning and capability with digital technology in the 21st century
• The educational use of Digital Portfolios to facilitate learning

Dyson, M, Zink, R (2006) Progress report on research to date presented to the Staff and School Council of the Alpine School, Dinner Plain June 2006

Dyson, M. (2005). Computer Mediated Communication networks can support supervision / mentoring and preparation of pre-service teachers but e-moderation techniques are vital. Paper presented at the Australian Teacher Education Association Conference: Teacher Education: Local and Global, Gold Coast, Queensland.

Cairns, L. Dyson, M (2005) The Actuality Model of Engagement: A model derived from engaged students. A paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, November, 2005, Parramatta

Dyson, M. (2005). What value do student teachers place on an internship and what can teacher educators do to improve this experience in the post modern world? Paper presented at the Australian Teacher Education Association Conference: Teacher Education: Local and Global, Gold Coast, Queensland.

Dyson, M. (2005). Australian Teacher Education: Although reviewed to the eyeballs is there evidence of significant change and where to now? Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 30(1), 37-54.

Dyson, M. (2004). Dare to be different: Write an auto ethnography. Paper presented at the Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) Annual Conference Making Spaces: Regenerating The Profession, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW

Dyson, M. (2004). Time for Transformism In Australian Teacher Education: Evolution To A Worldview. Paper presented at the AARE International Educational Research Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Dyson, M (2004) Using computer mediated communication technologies in the development of digital portfolios. Journal of ICT in Education Victoria. Vol 27 No 2 December 2004

Dyson, M. (2003). Teacher Education: Reviewed to the eyeballs but where is the evidence of significant and meaningful change? Paper presented at the NZARE AARE Conference 2003 Educational Research, Risks and Dilemmas, Auckland, New Zealand

Dyson, M. (2003). Time for balance in pre-service teacher education: Renewal based on thinking and judging. Paper presented at the NZARE AARE Conference 2003 Educational Research, Risks and Dilemmas, Auckland, New Zealand

Dyson, M. (2002). Integrating Computer Mediated Communication into a final pre-service Teacher Education Internship: A model and a pilot study as a supervision adjunct. Paper presented at the Australian Computers in Education Conference, Hobart Tasmania.

Dyson, M., & Cairns, L. (2002). An alternative to the traditional educational program for year nine students: A new issue to research in an unchanging system. Paper presented at the Australian Association for research in Education, Brisbane

Dyson, M. (2000) Wide Area Networks and Educational Change. Paper published in proceedings ACEC (Australian Computers in Education Conference) Melbourne, Australia.

Dyson, M (1996) Integration of Software across the Curriculum. NCEC Conference April. Published in the proceedings of the NCEC conference.

Clarke, B,, Dyson, M., Romeo, G., Surman, L., Zyngier,D (2004). Environmental Scan on Learning and Teaching: A report for the Department of Education & Training. Volume 2: Literature Review

Cairns, L. & Dyson M. (2001) Interim report for the Alpine School project. Presented to the School Council and DET in November, 2001.

Dyson, M. (2003). Time for balance in pre-service teacher education: Renewal based on thinking and judging. NZARE AARE Conference 2003 Educational Research, Risks and Dilemmas