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Puzzle-based games as a metaphor for designing in situ learning activities (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Melero, J., Santos, P., Hernández-Leo, D., & Blat, J. (2013, October). Puzzle-based games as a metaphor for designing in situ learning activities. Paper presented at The 7th European Conference on Games Based Learning, Porto, Portugal

In situ learning activities are recently becoming of higher interest in education because they facilitate contextualized learning experiences. A particular case is the creation of learning routes containing geo-located questions. In this line, teache... Read More about Puzzle-based games as a metaphor for designing in situ learning activities.

Professionalism under fire: Whatever happened to teacher autonomy, judgement and intuition? (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Knight, B. (2012, September). Professionalism under fire: Whatever happened to teacher autonomy, judgement and intuition?. Paper presented at NaPTEC, Oxford

The article is an overview of a study examining teacher action in the moment; teachable moments (TMs). Literature on teaching is dominated by the organisation of learning and general principles of classroom management and can easily overlook the det... Read More about Professionalism under fire: Whatever happened to teacher autonomy, judgement and intuition?.

Metaxis: the transition between worlds and the consequences for education (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Falconer, L. (2011, November). Metaxis: the transition between worlds and the consequences for education. Presented at Innovative Research in Virtual Worlds, University of Coventry

Metaxis (or metaxy) is the word used by Plato to describe the condition of “in-betweenness” that is one of the characteristics of being human. In particular, Plato applied it to spirituality, describing its location as being between the human and th... Read More about Metaxis: the transition between worlds and the consequences for education.

Testing the impact of innovative pedagogies for higher education (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Clough, N., Tarr, J., Macedo, E., & Cortesao, L. (2010, August). Testing the impact of innovative pedagogies for higher education. Paper presented at ECER 2010: The European Conference on Educational Research, Helskini, Finland

What should higher education be doing in a changing environment? (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Cuthbert, R. (2010, June). What should higher education be doing in a changing environment?. Presented at Higher Education Futures Conference: deciding a route and role for your institution. A diverse future? Time for Choices, Bloomsbury Hotel, London

Developing frameworks for evaluating education and training approaches that encourage professional recognition of children’s participatory rights (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Clough, N., & Tarr, J. (2010, May). Developing frameworks for evaluating education and training approaches that encourage professional recognition of children’s participatory rights. Paper presented at 12th Conference (2010) of the Children’s Identity and Citizenship in Europe Thematic Network ‘Lifelong Learning and Active Citizenship’, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Exploring the effectiveness of online learning materials to support the mentoring of trainee teachers in workplace settings (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Ryan, J., & Davies, J. D. (2010, April). Exploring the effectiveness of online learning materials to support the mentoring of trainee teachers in workplace settings. Paper presented at Canada International Conference on Education, Toronto, Canada

Currently trainee teachers in the United Kingdom following a one-year Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) spend approximately two thirds of their training year in a workplace setting, typically a school or a college, and one third at their... Read More about Exploring the effectiveness of online learning materials to support the mentoring of trainee teachers in workplace settings.

Is there a crisis of trust in universities? (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Cuthbert, R. (2010, April). Is there a crisis of trust in universities?. Paper presented at Consultation on Trust, Accountability and the World to Come, St George's House, Windsor Castle

This was a paper for the Council for Industry and Higher Education/SRHE Consultation on Trust, Accountability and the World to Come at St George’s House, Windsor Castle, 22-23 April 2010. I was a co-organiser of the symposium. My paper argued that we... Read More about Is there a crisis of trust in universities?.

Online simulation of real life experiences (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Falconer, L., & Frutos-Perez, M. (2009, November). Online simulation of real life experiences. Paper presented at National Workshop on Learning in Immersive Worlds, Coventry University, UK

The technology enhanced learning (TEL) strategy being developed by the University is focussing upon the use of online technologies to support learning through simulated experiences in a range of subject areas, using both “Web 1.0” and “Web 2.0” techn... Read More about Online simulation of real life experiences.

The foced march of the National Literacy Strategy: violence, resistance and personal consequences for those within local education authorities (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Barkham, J. (2009, September). The foced march of the National Literacy Strategy: violence, resistance and personal consequences for those within local education authorities. Paper presented at BERA Annual Conference 2009, Manchester, UK

This paper is presented as part of the findings of a doctoral study that has been undertaken as a policy trajectory study into processes of the implementation of the National Literacy Strategy (NLS) throughout England in 1998. The conceptualisation... Read More about The foced march of the National Literacy Strategy: violence, resistance and personal consequences for those within local education authorities.

Primary teacher trainees’ anxieties about mathematics and the role of training providers: The results of the first two years of a longitudinal study (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Witt, M. (2009, June). Primary teacher trainees’ anxieties about mathematics and the role of training providers: The results of the first two years of a longitudinal study. Paper presented at Fostering Communities of Learners. 13th Bi-annual conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Amsterdam, The Netherlands