Virtual Avebury: An immersive partnership (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Welham, K., Burden, D., Cleal, R., Falconer, L., Hoyte, R., Phelps, P., …Snashall, N. (2018, April). Virtual Avebury: An immersive partnership. Paper presented at Check Object Integrity, Krakow, Poland

This presentation describes the AHRC/EPSRC funded partnership between Bournemouth University, Daden Ltd, Satsymph and The National Trust, to create and test a fully immersive 3D simulation of Avebury Henge in Wiltshire, circa 2,300 BCE. We discuss th... Read More about Virtual Avebury: An immersive partnership.

Enhancing real-world education through immersive virtual experiences (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Gil Ortega, M. C. (2016, October). Enhancing real-world education through immersive virtual experiences. Presented at Mindtrek 2016, Tampere Hall, Tampere, Findland

Maria del Carmen Gil Ortega, Senior teaching fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK, Senior Lecturer in Innovative Pedagogy and Programme Leader for the Masters in Education in Virtual Worlds at the Education Innovation Centre of the Univer... Read More about Enhancing real-world education through immersive virtual experiences.

Augmented reality: Can it enhance the student learning experience? (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Sumpter, J., & Shand, M. (2016, June). Augmented reality: Can it enhance the student learning experience?. Poster presented at UWE Bristol Learning and Teaching Conference 2016, UWE Bristol, UK

In 2013 the Horizon Report produced by Educause featured six educational technologies to watch in the coming years. One of these was wearable technology that would enable Augmented Reality (AR) to reach its potential and seamlessly integrating digita... Read More about Augmented reality: Can it enhance the student learning experience?.

Learning from the Avebury landscape in virtual and augmented realities (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Falconer, L., Sumpter, J., Shand, M., & Gil Ortega, M. C. (2016, June). Learning from the Avebury landscape in virtual and augmented realities. Presented at UWE Learning and Teaching Conference 2016, UWE

This workshop will describe and demonstrate the reconstruction of an ancient landscape in a virtual environment as a means to facilitate collaborative learning. The virtual landscape, a reconstruction of Avebury Henge in Wiltshire circa 2,300 BCE, wi... Read More about Learning from the Avebury landscape in virtual and augmented realities.

Foundations Spanish (2016)
Book
Gil Ortega, M. C. (2016). Foundations Spanish. London: Palgrave Macmillan

New full colour edition of this bestselling beginners' classroom text now including video and an interactive e-book with each print copy. Foundation Languages courses are tailor-made for IWLPs in the HE sector, with lively exercises, integrated pair-... Read More about Foundations Spanish.

Choreographing the dance: Reflections after three years facilitating learning experiences in SL (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Gil Ortega, M. C. (2015, May). Choreographing the dance: Reflections after three years facilitating learning experiences in SL. Paper presented at Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality: Changing the Face of Learning; Special Conference Stream within The Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds Project: 5th Global Meeting, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Innovation@UWE Island in Second Life, home of the MA Education in Virtual Worlds, is an example of pedagogical innovation that capitalizes on what virtual worlds have to offer to social aspects of teaching and learning. In this distance learning prog... Read More about Choreographing the dance: Reflections after three years facilitating learning experiences in SL.

Exploring innovation in education (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Sumpter, J., Shand, M., Gil Ortega, M. C., & Green, J. (2015, April). Exploring innovation in education. Poster presented at UWE Learning and Teaching Conference 2015, UWE Bristol, UK

The e-poster highlighted our presence in virtual worlds and the various simulations that run across the university in undergraduate, postgraduate and research contexts.

An international community of practice for educators in the virtual world Second Life (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Gil Ortega, M. C. (2015, April). An international community of practice for educators in the virtual world Second Life. Presented at Enhancing student engagement through online learning communities, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Virtual tour: Simulations at UWE (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Gil Ortega, M. C. (2015, March). Virtual tour: Simulations at UWE. Presented at VWBPE Post-conference Virtual World Explorations, Second Life

Curriculum design in online open education (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Sumpter, J. (2014, February). Curriculum design in online open education. Presented at Open University ‘The Networked Practitioner’ online conference, Online

My presentation looked at curriculum design in online open education, asking if learning styles are taken into account and contribute to inclusion?

The price is right-rapid prototyping, learning technology, and the five muskeeters (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Sumpter, J. (2013, October). The price is right-rapid prototyping, learning technology, and the five muskeeters. Presented at AECT (Association for Education Communications and Technology), 2013, California, USA

Implementation of learning technology across five schools with very different needs is a challenge for change management. This presentation focuses on lessons learned and the challenges associated with introducing technology solutions

Exploring google hangouts for PhD forums (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Sumpter, J. (2013, October). Exploring google hangouts for PhD forums. Poster presented at AECT (Association for Education Communications and Technology) 2013, California, USA

In this paper, I detail two pilots run by Bath Spa Learning Technologist John Sumpter and Senior Lecturer in English, Dr Tracy Brain. The project focused on the use of synchronous online learning, to facilitate building a community of learners (Salmo... Read More about Exploring google hangouts for PhD forums.

Investigating student engagement with an electronically delivered simulation of professional practice (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Billingham, O. (2011, November). Investigating student engagement with an electronically delivered simulation of professional practice. Poster presented at 10th European Conference on E-learning, Brighton

Electronically delivered simulations of professional practice enable educators to place students in vocationally relevant situations or to experience events that would be impossible, or extremely difficult or costly to replicate without recent advanc... Read More about Investigating student engagement with an electronically delivered simulation of professional practice.

An online educational simulation: Investigating student motivational orientation (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Billingham, O. (2011, June). An online educational simulation: Investigating student motivational orientation. Paper presented at World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011, Lisbon, Portugal

Educational simulations allow students to experience events or situations that are vocationally relevant but would not normally be possible to replicate in the classroom. This paper considers the findings of a research study that investigated the mot... Read More about An online educational simulation: Investigating student motivational orientation.

Build your own MA: Developing and delivering a blended learning framework for CPD (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Sumpter, J., & Truran, C. (2011, June). Build your own MA: Developing and delivering a blended learning framework for CPD. Paper presented at EDEN (European Distance and E-Learning Network) 2011, Dublin

Presenting the creation of a innovative educational framework developed to allow institutions to create and deliver CPD distance learning.