All Outputs (19)

Fostering a culture of learning about teaching: Ideas from research on expertise (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A key characteristic of expert performance is continuous learning and development through a process of ‘Deliberate Practice’ (Ericsson et al, 1993) or ‘Progressive Problem Solving’ (Bereiter & Scardamalia, 1993). These concepts have been explored emp... Read More about Fostering a culture of learning about teaching: Ideas from research on expertise.

Virtual Avebury: An immersive partnership (2018)
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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.

Interactive virtual archaeology: Constructing the prehistoric past at Avebury henge (2016)
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— Avebury Henge is situated approximately 20 miles north of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, U.K. and contains the largest known Neolithic stone circle in Europe. It is part of the Avebury, Stonehenge and Associated Sites World Heritage Site but is less well... Read More about Interactive virtual archaeology: Constructing the prehistoric past at Avebury henge.

Enhancing real-world education through immersive virtual experiences (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

Learning from the Avebury landscape in virtual and augmented realities (2016)
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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.

Augmented reality: Can it enhance the student learning experience? (2016)
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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?.

Choreographing the dance: Reflections after three years facilitating learning experiences in SL (2015)
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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 Contribution

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)
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Virtual tour: Simulations at UWE (2015)
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Music in 3D virtual environments: Exploring learning affordances (2014)
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This paper discusses the current research and understanding of the effects of music on learning, with a particular focus on the affordances of the effects of music in computer-generated, 3D virtual environments and virtual worlds. Music has different... Read More about Music in 3D virtual environments: Exploring learning affordances.

The effects of group dynamics on learning in virtual world environments (2014)
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The MA Education in Virtual Worlds is an entirely online programme that facilitates the study of virtual world environments as places where learning can
take place. The synchronous tutorials, workshops and seminar sessions all take place in the virt... Read More about The effects of group dynamics on learning in virtual world environments.

Curriculum design in online open education (2014)
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My presentation looked at curriculum design in online open education, asking if learning styles are taken into account and contribute to inclusion?

Exploring google hangouts for PhD forums (2013)
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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.

The price is right-rapid prototyping, learning technology, and the five muskeeters (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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

Investigating student engagement with an electronically delivered simulation of professional practice (2011)
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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)
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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 Contribution

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

Building your own MA (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Developing and delivering a Blended Learning Framework for CPD within an Academic Framework