Research Outputs

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Theses

Elsom, S. (2026). A situated learning perspective on an alternate reality game in higher education: Insights and recommendations for design [Doctoral thesis]. University of the Sunshine Coast. https://doi.org/10.25907/01010

Elsom, S. (2015). Experiences of bridging program students at a regional satellite campus [Master’s thesis]. University of the Sunshine Coast. https://doi.org/10.25907/00411

Journal Articles

Stieler-Hunt, C., Marshman, M., Elsom, S., Bennett, J., Muscat, A., & Hargraves, C. (in press). Discord connects: Fostering social presence in higher education. Online Learning.

Robertson, A., Elsom, S., Schriever, V., & Black, A. L. (2024). Dwelling tenderly with our desires for research and the world: A collaborative and sensory methodology of hope. Discourse, 45(4), 506–520. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2024.2350974

Robertson, A. [et al., including Elsom, S.] (2024). Navigating contemporary academia: Way-finder perspectives about s/pace, charting course and creating legacy. Knowledge Cultures, 12(3), 150–184. https://doi.org/10.22381/kc12320249

Elsom, S., Stieler-Hunt, C., & Marshman, M. (2024). Supporting learning in higher education with a curriculum-embedded alternate reality game. Interactive Learning Environments, 32(6), 3108–3119. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2023.2167838

Elsom, S., Westacott, M., Stieler-Hunt, C., Glencross, S., & Rutter, K. (2023). Finding resources, finding friends: Using an alternate reality game for orientation and socialisation in a university enabling program. Interactive Learning Environments, 31(5), 2635–2649. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2021.1894181

Terton, U., Greenaway, R., Elsom, S., & Burns, R. (2022). Empowering children through photography and drawing. Visual Studies, 37(1–2), 69–83. https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586x.2020.1798279

Elsom, S., & Hansen, A. (2021). Tic of the iceberg: Strategies to support students with Tourette syndrome in higher education. Australasian Journal of Special and Inclusive Education, 45(1), 96–104. https://doi.org/10.1017/jsi.2021.1

Lewis, M., Grimmett, H., Lipton, B., Casey Walsh, S., Bickel, B., Elsom, S., Westacott, M., Green, C., & Walker, A. (2019). A tapestried review of the fully-virtual, non-traditional (un)conference “MAKING shiFt HAPPEN.” Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal, 4(2), 695–711. https://doi.org/10.18432/ari29504

Glencross, S., Elsom, S., Westacott, M., & Stieler-Hunt, C. (2019). Using an alternate reality game to facilitate student engagement during orientation. Student Success, 10(2), 13–22. https://doi.org/10.5204/ssj.v10i2.1298

Greenaway, R., Terton, U., & Elsom, S. (2017). Awakening aspirations of primary school students: Where will your dreams take you? International Journal of Higher Education, 6(3), 116–128. https://doi.org/10.5430/ijhe.v6n3p116

Elsom, S., Greenaway, R., & Marshman, M. (2017). Experiences of bridging program students at a regional satellite campus. Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 57(2), 242–265.

Book Chapters

Elsom, S., Black, A. L., & Schriever, V. (2024). Gaming the system. In Ludic Inquiries Into Power and Pedagogy in Higher Education (pp. 253–266). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003450979-23

Elsom, S., Schriever, V., & Black, A. (2024). Messing with the metrics and setting our own standards: Academic women’s efforts to reframe success. In L. Ortiz-Vilarelle (Ed.), Career Narratives and Academic Womanhood: In the Spaces Provided (pp. 68–84). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003240501-5

Westacott, M., Green, C., & Elsom, S. (2021). Emotional labour pains: Rebirth of the good girl. In A. L. Black & R. Dwyer (Eds.), Reimagining the Academy: ShiFting Towards Kindness, Connection, and an Ethics of Care (pp. 97–117). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75859-2_7

Schriever, V., Elsom, S., & Black, A. L. (2021). Mentoring beyond the finite games: Creating time and space for connection, collaboration and friendship. In A. L. Black & R. Dwyer (Eds.), Reimagining the Academy: ShiFting Towards Kindness, Connection, and an Ethics of Care (pp. 55–77). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75859-2_5

Stieler-Hunt, C., Hargraves, C., & Elsom, S. (2021). Playcentric game design (SGD100). In R. E. Ferdig, E. Baumgartner, & E. Gandolfi (Eds.), Teaching the Game: A Collection of Syllabi for Game Design, Development, and Implementation (Vol. 2, pp. 448–476). Carnegie Mellon University: ETC Press.

Other Outputs

Haralambous, B., Araneo, P., Robertson, A., Thiele, C., Siostrom, E., Westacott, M., Schriever, V., Elsom, S., Snowden, L., & Flynn, T. (2024). Creating breathing room: Nourishing relational connections as research [Conference poster]. UniSC Research Conference, Sunshine Coast, Australia.

Elsom, S., Westacott, M., Schriever, V., Robertson, A., Siostrom, E., & Black, A. (2024). The breathing space: Nourishing expansiveness in academia [Conference presentation]. 9th Annual Critical Autoethnography Conference, Brisbane, Australia.

O’Chin, H., et al. (including Elsom, S.) (2024). Wan diny poetry anthology 2024. University of the Sunshine Coast.

Stieler-Hunt, C., & Elsom, S. (2021). Against the authority [Alternate reality game]. University of the Sunshine Coast.

Elsom, S., & Westacott, M. (2019). Games for Education, Learning and Orientation (GELO Project): Evaluation and final report. University of the Sunshine Coast.

Elsom, S., Stieler-Hunt, C., Westacott, M., & Glencross, S. (2018). The Universal Student [Alternate reality game]. University of the Sunshine Coast.

Elsom, S., & Westacott, M. (2018). Student-created serious games: The Bachelor of Serious Games at the University of the Sunshine Coast [Conference presentation]. Playful Learning 2018, Manchester, UK.

Elsom, S., & Westacott, M. (2018). Diverse ways of knowing: Playful learning in higher education [Conference presentation]. Foundation & Bridging Educators New Zealand (FABENZ) Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

Elsom, S., & Westacott, M. (2017). The Universal Student [Conference poster]. 6th Biennial NAEEA Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.

Elsom, S., & Westacott, M. (2017). Games for Education, Learning and Orientation (GELO) [Conference presentation]. UniSC Learning & Teaching Week, Sippy Downs, Australia.

Terton, U., Greenaway, R., Holt, J., Elsom, S., & Davoren, S. (2016). My Tertiary Education Day (MyTED): Final report. University of the Sunshine Coast.

Elsom, S. (2016). Playful learning: Incorporating games into the classroom [Conference presentation]. UniSC Learning & Teaching Week, Sunshine Coast, Australia.