Jenny Waycott
Senior Research Fellow
Faculty of Business
RMIT
jenny.waycott@rmit.edu.au

Jenny recently completed her PhD in educational technology at the Open University in the UK. Her research examined the use of PDAs as learning and workplace tools in different case study settings. The most recent publication from Jenny ’s PhD research is a chapter to appear in a forthcoming book entitled "Wireless World: Mobiles - Past, Present and Future" to be published by Springer-Verlag in 2005.

Prior to undertaking her PhD, Jenny worked at the University of Melbourne’s School of Behavioural Sciences, conducting research into the usability of a telecommunications network. She has a BA (Hons) degree in Psychology from the University of Melbourne. Jenny’s research interests include mobile and educational technologies, technology appropriation, and the use of activity theory to understand the role that new technologies play in everyday life.