Work
Current Position:
Senior Lecturer, Learning and Teaching | Monash University, Australia
Monash University | Google Scholar
Previous Positions:
Senior Lecturer, Digital Technologies for Learning | University of New England, Australia
Adjunct Faculty | University of British Columbia, Canada.
Sessional Lecturer | University of Wollongong, Australia.
Manager, Learning Design | Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Canada.
Interim Director, Learning Design | Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Canada.
Learning Designer | Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Canada.
Educational Design Consultant | University of Wollongong, Australia
Instructional Development Consultant | British Columbia Institute of Technology, Canada
Director of eLearning | Bellingham Technical College, USA
Publications
Articles
Sepp, S. (2025). Towards More Transparency in Learning Analytics. Journal of Learning Analytics, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2025.8713
de Koning, B., Zhang, S., & Sepp, S. (2025). Integrating Human Movement in Learning: Advancements in Language Instruction, Multimedia, and Theory. Educational Psychology Review, 37(51). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10027-1
Endres, T., Bender, L., Sepp, S., Zhang, S., David, L., Trypke, M., Lieck, D., Désiron, J. C., Bohm, J., Weissgerber, S., Castro-Alonso, J. C., & Paas, F. (2025). Developing the Mental Effort and Load–Translingual Scale (MEL-TS) as a Foundation for Translingual Research in Self-Regulated Learning. Educational Psychology Review, 37(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09978-8
Sepp, S., Agostinho, S., Tindall-Ford, S., & Paas, F. (2024). To Trace or Not to Trace? Mimicry in Timed Multimedia Lessons with Pointing and Tracing. Educational Psychology Review, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09829-y
Sepp, S., Tindall-Ford, S., Agostinho, S., & Paas, F. (2024). Capturing Movement: A Tablet App, Geometry Touch, for Recording Onscreen Finger-Based Gesture Data. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 17, 73–83. https://doi.org/10.1109/tlt.2023.3246507
Sepp, S., Wong, M., Hoogerheide, V., & Castro-Alonso, J. C. (2022). Shifting online: 12 tips for online teaching derived from contemporary educational psychology research. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12715
de Bruin, A.B.H., Roelle, J., Carpenter, S.K. et al. Synthesizing Cognitive Load and Self-regulation Theory: a Theoretical Framework and Research Agenda. Educational Psychology Review, 32, 903–915 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-020-09576-4
Sepp, S., Howard, S. J., Tindall-Ford, S., Agostinho, S., & Paas, F. (2019). Cognitive Load Theory and Human Movement: Towards an Integrated Model of Working Memory. Educational Psychology Review, 27(3), 1–25. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-019-09461-9
Book Chapters
Mavilidi, M. F., Zou, L., Sepp, S., Castro-Alonso, J. C., Benzing, V., Schmidt, M., Lubans, D. R., Vazou, S., Pesce, C., & Paas, F. (2026). Designing movement-based digital learning environments. In L. Z. Ji, L. Ji, F. Herold, & A. Chen (Eds.), The Handbook of Physical Activity and Cognitive Neuroscience (pp. 505–519). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003625179-34
Hoogerheide, V., Sepp, S. (2024). Six Evidence-Informed Tips on How to Optimize Learning from Instructional Videos. In A. Gegenfurtner & I. Kollar (Eds.), Designing Effective Digital Learning Environments. Routledge: London.
Sepp, S., Agostinho, S., Tindall-Ford, S., & Paas, F. (2020). Gesture-based Learning with ICT: Recent developments, opportunities and considerations. In S. Tindall-Ford, S. Agostinho, & J. Sweller, (Eds.), Advances in Cognitive Load Theory: Rethinking teaching. Routledge: London. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429283895-11
Sepp, S., Howard, S. J., Tindall-Ford, S., Agostinho, S., & Paas, F. (2020). Working Memory: Models and Applications. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.879
Reviewer
- Applied Cognitive Psychology
- Australiasian Journal of Educational Technology
- Australian Educational Researcher
- British Journal of Educational Psychology
- Contemporary Educational Psychology
- Education Sciences
- Educational Psychology Review
- European Journal of Psychology of Education
- Frontiers in Psychology
- IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems
- IEEE Transcations on Learning Technologies
- Instructional Science
- Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
- Journal of Learning Analytics
- Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
- nature: Science of Learning
- PLOS One
- Pearson Textbooks, Australia (Educational Psychology)
- Cambridge University Press (Educational Technology)