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Personal
1957
Born at Qormi in Malta
Education
2003
Ph.D in Instructional Technology, University of Sheffield, UK
1994
M.A. in Communications,
University of Malta, Malta
1979
B.A. (Hons) in English Literature, University of Malta, Malta
Present employment
2008 to date
Senior
Lecturer, Centre for Communication Technology, University of
Malta, Msida, Malta. Lectures in Print media, Desktop
Publishing, Graphic Design, Presentation Techniques. He has also
lectured on Transfer of Learning, Instructional Media, Classroom
Communications, and English Literature teaching.
Past full-time employment
2003-2008
Lecturer, Centre for Communication Technology, University
of Malta, Msida, Malta
1996-2003
Asst. Lecturer, Centre for Communication Technology, University
of Malta, Msida, Malta
1979-1995
Teacher, Archbishop’s Minor Seminary, Tal-Virtù, Rabat, Malta.
Taught English, Maltese and Art.
Extra-mural employment
1988-2010
Production and design on Leħen is-Sewwa, weekly newspaper
1997-2000
Examiner/paper setter for Systems of Knowledge (Matsec)
1978-1995
Teacher of TEFL with National Students Travel Foundation English
Language School, Gzira, Malta
1980-1992
Teacher of Maltese Literature at Stella Maris College, Gżira,
Malta sixth form
1988-1991
Producer, designer and pagemaker of Il-Ġens, weekly newspaper
1984-1985
Teacher of Maltese Literature at
St. Aloysius College, Malta sixth form
1979-1980
Producer and designer on Heritage (Cultural Encyclopedia), Klabb
Kotba Maltin, Valletta, Malta
Other lecturing assignments
1994 to date
Has lectured in Communications and Instructional Media in:
(1) TEFL certificate courses organized by the University of
Malta and others;
(2) Lectured about
Teaching Literature in the Secondary School for the Faculty of
Education Department of Arts and Languages in Education
(3) Faculty of Education diploma courses in adult training and
development;
(4) Diploma courses organized by the University of Malta for
lecturers at the Institute of Tourism Studies;
(5) Courses organized by the University of Malta and by MCAST for lecturers
at the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology.
(6) Courses in
Personal Communications given to masters students in the Masters
Integrated Resource Management, organised by the International
Environment Institute, and in the Masters in Heritage Studies
and Masters in Conservation Studies, organised by the Institute
for Conservation, University of Malta.
(7) Courses in
Presentation Techniques given to students at the Institute of
Health Care, University of Malta.
Also gave 5 seminars and workshops for the University of Malta
Academic staff in the use of Instructional Media, organized by
the Quality Assurance Committee. Gave a two-part seminar on the use of
PowerPoint as a lecturing tool to academic staff for the QAC in 2006.
Has also given public talks on children’s books &
illustrations, cartoons and comics (for ex. British Culture
Association, Friends of the Manoel Theatre, etc.). Has lectured
and given papers in courses organised by the National Council of
Women, the Commissioner for Children, etc.
Publications (children’s books - as author/illustrator)
2009
Pullu u d-Dinja Nadifa
(Young children’s book) - KKM
2005
Il-Ħolma ta' Pullu
(Young children’s book) - KKM
2004
Il-Kukkudrill Eroj
(Children’s book in verse) - KKM
2003
Pullu u t-tifla mill-ispazju
(Young children’s book) - KKM
2002
L-Avventura ta’ Pullu
(Young children’s book) - KKM
2001
Pullu u d-Dragun
(Young children’s book) - KKM
2000
Pullu taħt is-Sodda
(Young children’s book) - KKM
1993
Avventura taħt l-Art
(Adventure for children) -
Bugelli Publications
1993
Peter Pan
(trans. From J.M. Barrie) - PIN
1987
Ktieb ix-Xwejjaħ
(Fantasy) - MUT Publications
1982
Adron, Re
(Graphic novel) - Il-Mument
Publications (children’s books -
as editor & contributor)
1997
Tużżana
(older children’s stories) - with Trevor Żahra – Merlin (Winner
of the Maltese Literary Prize for Best Children’s Book of 1997;
two printings)
1996
Taħt Sema Kwiekeb
- with Trevor Zahra – Merlin (Winner of the Maltese Literary
Prize for Best Book Production of 1996)
Publications (adult fiction)
1985
Żagħżugħ bla Isem
(Experimental short stories) - Privately published
1977
Mill-Art ta’ Qatt u Qatt
(short story collection) - Il-Hajja
1977
Dwal
(as editor and contributor) - Lux
Press
Publications (Academic books - as editor & contributor)
2000
Ways and Measures - Teaching and
Assessing Young Learners of English as a Foreign Language
(with Charles Mifsud) - Malta: World Academic (This selection of
international papers is being used in reading lists of several
foreign university courses on TEFL)
Publications (Critical writing -
books)
2002
Il-Kotba għat-Tfal f’Malta
(Children’s books in Malta - co-authored with Charles Briffa and
Trevor Zahra) - PIN
1992
A Childhood of Delight
(co-authored with Charles Briffa) - PIN
Recent Academic papers,
presentations, and publications
Mallia, G. (2009). To
Browse or to Study: Informal/formal learning preferences of
Maltese University Students. In Kinshuk, D. G. Sampson, J. M.
Spector, P. Isaías, & D. Ifenthaler (Eds.) Proceedings of the
IADIS International Conference on Cognition And Exploratory
Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2009), pp. 342-345.
Rome: International Association for Development of the
Information Society.
Mallia, G. (2009).
Laughter and Tears? The satirical cartoon as journalistic
commentator. In J. Borg, A. Hillman, & M.A. Lauri (Eds.)
Exploring the Maltese Media Landscape. pp.215-232. Malta:
Allied Publications.
Mallia, G. (2009).
Hypertextual Processing and Institutional Change: Speculations
on the effects of immersed New Media users on the future of
educational institutions.
The UFV Research Review, Vol.2,
No.3, pp.80-96.
Mallia, G. (2008).
Learning from the Sequence: The use of comics in instruction.
Reprinted in N. R. Khadpekar (Ed.) Humour as a Strategy,
pp.104-114. Hyderabad, India: Icfai University Press.
Mallia, G. (2008).
Transfer to Learning Flexibility and Hypertextuality. In S.
Wheeler (Ed.)
Connected Minds, Emerging Cultures:
Cyberculture in online learning, pp.185-208. Charlotte, NC: Information
Age Publishing.
Mallia, G. (2008).
Satirical Cartoons in Malta.
International Journal of Comic Art, Vol.10, No.2, pp.
607- 620.
Mallia, G. (2007). A
tolling bell for institutions? Speculations on student
information processing and effects on accredited learning. In K.
Fernstrom (Ed.) Readings in Technology in Education:
Proceedings of the International Conference on Information
communication Technologies in Education, Heraklion, Crete
(24-32).
Mallia, G. (2007).
Learning from
the Sequence: The use of comics in instruction. In
ImageText,
Vol.3, No.3. University of Florida, USA.
Mallia, G. (2007).
Hypertexual Processing as a Result of Immersed New Media Usage.
Poster session presented in
CAL
'07: Discussion, Disruption and Debate conference, Dublin,
Republic of Ireland, March, 2007.
Mallia, G. (2006). Learning from
the Sequence: The use of comics in instruction. Presented at the
4th University of Florida
Conference on Comics,
Gainesville, Florida, February, 2006.
Mallia, G. (2005).
Callout journals as part solution
for Negative Transfer in Desktop Publishing tasks.
In A. Mendez Vilas, B. Gonzalez Pereira, J. Mesa Gonzalez & J.
A. Mesa Gonzalez (Eds),
Recent Research Developments in
Learning Technologies (2005),
Vol. 1, pp. 363-367. The paper was presented at the
Third International Conference on
Multimedia and Information & Communication Technologies in
Education,
Cáceres, Spain.
Mallia, G. (2004). Stand by and Mark the Manner of his Teaching:
lack of transfer in a non-ict oriented literature classroom. In
G. Anderson, K. Fernstrom, R. Welch (Eds.),
5th ICICTE Proceedings
(414-419). Athens: National and Kapodistrian University of
Athens.
Mallia, G. (2003).
Pushing Media Democracy: Giving
Marginalized illiterates a New Literacy.
In K. Fernstrom (ed.),
4th ICICTE Proceedings
(387-392). Athens: National and
Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Mallia, G. (2000). Audio as an instructional medium in the EFL
classroom. In C. Mifsud & G. Mallia (Eds.),
Ways and Measures: Teaching and
assessing young learners of English as a foreign language
(123-136). Malta: World Academic.
Mallia, G. (1997). The Use of Comics in Adult Education
Practice. In G. Baldacchino & P. Mayo (Eds.),
Beyond Schooling: Adult education
in Malta
(89-110). Msida: Mireva Publications.
Other
(Lectures,
seminars, workshops and talks)
2009
(December) Short course of lectures on "Graphic Storytelling" to
K3 students at the University of Malmö, Sweden.
2009
(November) Gave a paper "To
Browse or to Study: Informal/formal learning preferences of
Maltese University Students" at the
Conference on Cognition And
Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2009),
organised by IADIS, Rome, Italy.
2009
(November) Comics Communications. Talk given at the first Malta
Comic Con,
at St. James Cavalier Centre for Culture, Valletta, Malta.
2009 (July)
Led a workshop entitled "Formalising Informality? Can
incidental, informal learning be integrated within instructional
design?" during the ICICTE 2009 conference held in Corfu,
Greece.
2008 (December) Gave a
public workshop, "Why the Self-Brand?" at Midzone in central Malmö, Sweden.
2008 (July)
Led a workshop entitled "Gr8
ZZZZ@Uni, M8!: New Technology induced Social and Cognitive
change and implications for the Tertiary Classroom" during
the ICICTE 2008 conference
held in Corfu, Greece.
2008 (May) Gave a
public seminar, "The Elements of Branding: Understanding
and Using the Practical Aspects" at Malmö Börshus, Sweden.
2008 (January) Formed part of a three-person delegation visiting UK Universities to
explore the choice of a VLE for the University of Malta.
2007-2009 (Annually
March/April) Lectured Communications and Media students at the
University of Lund, Sweden on Modern Media Technologies in a
Social Context, and Personal Presentation: The Branding of the
Self.
2007 (December) Gave a
public seminar, "The Branding of the Self: The Communications
Dimension" at Midzone in central Malmö, Sweden.
2007 (November) Designed the website for ICICTE 2008,
http://www.icicte.org
2006 (March) The Superhero Archetype.
A talk given during
The Big Bang
comics conference at St. James Cavalier Centre for Culture,
Valletta, Malta.
2003-to date
(Annually August-September)
Lectured first year students at the Swedish Cartoon Academy –
Kvarnby folkhögskola
– Malmö, Sweden.
Publications in academic
magazines
Mallia, G. (2001). Illustrations in children’s books: Effect and
effectiveness.
Education 2000,
6, No.9, 37-38, 41, 43-44.
Mallia, G. (2000). The Matchstick figure.
Education 2000,
6, No.8, 27.
Mallia, G. (2000). Using cartoons and comics in lessons.
Education 2000,
6, No.7, 19-21.
Mallia, G. (1999). Photocopying halftones.
Education 2000,
6, No.6, 3.
Mallia, G. (1999). Audio Resources
Education 2000,
6 No 5 40-41.
Mallia, G. (1998). Planning for Media Use.
Education 2000,
6, No 4, 13-14.
Mallia, G. (1998). The Board.
Education 2000,
6, No.3, 23.
Mallia, G. (1997). 35mm Slides.
Education 2000,
6, No.2, 44.
Mallia, G. (1997). The Overhead Projector.
Education 2000,
6, No.1, 23,43.
Other publications
Publications as book reviewer for
The Sunday Times
and other papers. Other publications as writer in the popular
press on humour, books, art and education. (Separate publications list
available on request).
Short stories, children’s writings, poems in various magazines.
(Separate creative publications list available on request).
Publications (as book and magazine illustrator)
Illustrations in a large number of books and magazines - among
them Grimm’s Fairy Tales in Maltese, a number of text-books,
etc. (Separate illustrations list available on request).
Cartoons
2009 to date
Żeppi & Co.
Satirical online cartoon panel.
2009 Set of cartoons for
children's educational books issued by Wasteserv (Malta).
2007 EU Commission Representation in Malta 2008 Calendar
(also production).
2007 to date Solicited contributor of cartoons to
The Economic Update
(including a number of covers).
2004-2008
Cartoon renditions of the different services given by
e-Government. Used to publicise the services.
1993-2008
One Family
satirical, socio/political comic
strip in the weekly
The Sunday Times
1990-2000
Solicited contributor of panel cartoons to The Accountant, Industry Today,
Bold, WE magazine,
First Sunday
magazine and others.
1987-1991
Occasional social commenting colour cartoon panel in
The Times
(under the general title Ġorġ at Large)
1987-1991
Weekly satirical, socio/political cartoon panel in
The Times
(under the general title Ġorġ)
1990-1992
Nies
- humorous comic strip in
Il-Gens
newspaper
1988-1990
Il-Familja Borg
- satirical comic strip in
Il-Gens
newspaper
1981
Viku Mason/Ghada - Komik Saghtar
Nru. 3
1980-1990
Regular cartoonist and comic strip artist of
Il-Haddiema Zghazagh
newspaper (including a full strip adaptation of Orwell’s
Animal Farm)
1980-1981
Cartoon contributor to
Il-Hajja
newspaper
Publications designer
(a
small representative selection)
2007-2008
Editor and Producer of HeyU!
(bi-monthly), a magazine in English for children.
2007-2009
Designed and produced
all the conference material for ICICTE conference, held in Heraklion,
Crete and Kanoni, Corfu,
Greece.
2000-2006
Contributed to the redesigning of official University
publications (eg. The Annual Report; University of Malta
Strategic Plan, etc.)
1995 to date
Coordinator of the production by the Printing Processes Class (CCT,
University of Malta) of the annual magazine
Scream
2005
Port Reception
Facilities - A
Summary of REMPEC's Activities in the Mediterranean Region
- REMPEC, UN. A French version was designed and published
in 2006.
1992-2006
Co-editor, designer & producer of
Saghtar
(monthly) Malta’s most popular
children’s magazine
2002-2003
Designer & illustrator of
Konsu
bi-annually issued by the
Consumer and Competition Division, Ministry for Economic
Services Malta
2002-2003
Designer & illustrator of
Young Consumers Magazine
bi-annually issued by the Consumer and Competition Division,
Ministry for Economic Services Malta
2002
Protecting the Mediterranean
against Maritime Accidents and Illegal Discharges from Ships
- REMPEC, UN.
2001
REMPEC 25 years anniversary brochure (Regional Marine Pollution
Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea - United
Nations).
1997-2000
Producer (and assistant editor) of
Education 2000
- a journal of Education for Teachers - University of Malta,
Faculty of Education, in collaboration with the Education
Division.
1979 to date
Has produced books, annual publications, magazines, leaflets &
brochures for a number of different companies and institutions.
(Full design list on request).
Stamp design
2001
Maltese traditional Musical
Instruments
(placed second in the philately competition organised by the
Philatelic Music Circle of Great Britain).
2000
Christmas set
1999
Tourism set
Websites
(a selection)
2009
http://www.perssonkommunikation.se
2009
http://www.icicte.org/
2008
http://www.icicte.org/ICICTE09_Home.htm
2007
http://www.icicte.org/ICICTE08_Home.htm
Exhibitions
Has exhibited paintings and cartoons in a number of collective
exhibitions in Malta, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Holland, Greece and Germany
Radio and television (production and presentation)
2002-2003
Għandi Pjacir
(live discussion programme) - RTK
1998 (repeated 2008)
Biex Nidħku
(humour analysis) - Radju ta’ l-Universita’
(winner of the educational/cultural category of the Malta
Broadcasting Authority Awards for excellence in broadcasting for
that year). Repeated with edits on Campus fm in 2008.
1996-1997
Two series of
Ilwien
(commentated music) - Radju ta’ l-Universita’
1991
Il-Kastell Imsaħħar
(tv series for children on fairytale characters) - TVM
1988
Lenti fuq l-Arti
(an art analysis programme) - National Radio
1981-1982
L-Arti Madwarna
(arts magazine programme) -
National Radio
1978-1982
Mill-Ħsieb ghall-Kelma
(literary magazine programme) - National Radio
1976 to date
Wrote radioplays, short stories
(two read on BBC World service in 1977), wrote and presented a
number of one-offs both for radio and tv, and has participated
extensively in guest slots on local radio and tv.
Participation
2008-2009 (July)
Participated in the ICICTE 2008
and ICICTE 2009
conference held in Corfu, Greece. Each time led workshops, moderated
sessions during the conference, and was one of the judges on
the panel of the Student Paper Prize. Also designed the
website, and produced all the conference material.
2007 (July) Participated (presented and moderated) in
ICICTE 2007 in Crete. During the conference was given a
"Friend of
the Conference" award for contributions to the success of
the ICICTE conferences. Produced all the conference materials
for this edition of the conference and was part of the
Scientific Committee.
2007 (April) Participated
in an open forum discussion organised in Malmö, Sweden, by
Professor Peter Dahlgren on Media and Citizenship.
2007 (March)
Presented a poster session ("Hypertextual Processing as a Result
of New Media Usage") at the Biennial Conference Computer
Assisted Learning (CAL) at Trinity College, Dublin, Republic
of Ireland.
2006
(October) Participated in
the
Fourth Eden Research Workshop:
Research into Online Distance Education and E-learning: Making
the difference, 25-28 October, 2006 Castelldefels, Spain.
2006
(July) Participated in the
ICICTE conference in Rhodes,
Greece,
organised by the University College of the Frazier Valley, B.C.
Canada, and the University of the East Aegean, Greece. Was
part of the Scientific Committee, Editorial Board, part of the
judging panel for the student paper prize, and moderated two
sessions.
2006
(May)
Gave Ph.D Seminars on the effect of hypertextuality on immersed
users of multimedia at the University of Lund, Sweden.
2005
(August) Workshops on cartooning at the
Christian Artists Seminar,
Doorn, The Netherlands.
2004
Affiliated with the
International Association for
Development of the Information Society.
2004
Attended the first IADIS conference, Cognition and Exploratory
Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA, 2004), held in Lisbon,
Portugal.
2003
Gave talks on comics during the Malmö Festival in Sweden. Also
addressed first year students at the Swedish Cartoon Academy -
Kvarnby folkhögskola, and the committee of the Swedish Comics
Association in Lund, Sweden.
1999-2004
Attended three ICICTE Conferences organised by INEAG on Samos
Island, Greece. Read papers in two of them and was part of the
scientific committee of the 2004 conference.
2001-2004
Was evaluator, lecturer and
participant in a number of Comenius projects in Malta, Denmark (Randers),
Spain (Barcelona).
1998-2003
Attended a number of conferences and meetings related to
Educational Technology (for ex. Leeds, UK; Copenhagen, Denmark;
and Milan, Italy).
1992-1997
Several Christian Artists Symposia and conferences in the
Netherlands (De Bron and Doorn). Gave lectures and workshops and
led workshops. Was also an active participant in proceedings.
1980-1990
Participated in a number of Trade Union sponsored conferences in
Sicily, France and the Netherlands.
Affiliations
2006 to date
Member of the University of Malta E-Learning
Committee.
2005 to date
Chairman of the
National Book Council of Malta.
2005 to date
Member of the University of Malta GIC steering committee for the
Mentoring Scheme.
2005 to date
Member of the editorial board of the peer-reviewed online
journal
Teaching and Learning Online,
published by the University College of the Fraser Valley.
2004 to date
Member of IADIS – International Association for Development of
the Information Society.
2003 to date
Member of the Scientific Committee of the ICICTE (Information
and Communication Technologies in Education) conference in Samos,
Greece, organized by the Research and Training Institute of the
East Aegean (Greece); University College of the Fraser Valley
(Canada); National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
(Greece).
Since 2009, member of the Conference Steering Committee.
2000 to date
Member of the
University of Malta Gender Issues
Committee,
and the University of Malta Welfare Committee.
1983 to date
Member of the
Malta Union of Teachers:
past chairperson and founder of the Private Schools Committee
and one of the negotiators of the first MUT/Church Schools
agreement on equality of pay for church school teachers; past
Assistant Secretary General; past member of the University of
Malta MUT Committee and one of the negotiators of the 2002
agreement; past member of the editorial board of
The Teacher
magazine and frequent contributor on ‘Media in Education’;
briefly, chairman of the University Academic Staff Association
(2002-2003); member of the MUT Educational Planning Committee.
1977 to date
Member of Ghaqda tal-Malti (Universita’) - literary society
(past treasurer and member of the editorial board of its
official journal Lehen il-Malti)
1977 to date
Editor or member of the editorial board of a number of
magazines, journals and newspapers (including editing two
comics:
Avventura,
1982 and
Il-Komik,
1983-1984). (Complete list available on request)
1976 to 1980
Official or member of a number of cultural and literary
associations and societies.
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