All Outputs (7)

Music in 3D virtual environments: Exploring learning affordances (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Falconer, L., & Green, J. (2014, November). Music in 3D virtual environments: Exploring learning affordances. Paper presented at World Congress on Education, London, UK

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.

Planning for growth: Planning reform and the Cambridge Phenomenon (2014)
Working Paper
Boddy, M., & Hickman, H. (2014). Planning for growth: Planning reform and the Cambridge Phenomenon. Bristol

Learning spaces in virtual worlds: Bringing our distance students home (2014)
Book Chapter
Gil Ortega, M. C., & Falconer, L. (2014). Learning spaces in virtual worlds: Bringing our distance students home. In P. Blessinger, J. Anchan, & B. Cozza (Eds.), Proceedings of 2nd International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference: Innovative Learning Scapes, E-scapes, Playscapes and More (57). New York, USA: HETL

Distance learning programmes are becoming increasingly popular in higher education. Overcoming feelings of isolation that may occur due to the little support available, the few possibilities of social interaction and the inexistent campus atmosphere... Read More about Learning spaces in virtual worlds: Bringing our distance students home.

The effects of group dynamics on learning in virtual world environments (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Falconer, L., & Gil Ortega, M. C. (2014, March). The effects of group dynamics on learning in virtual world environments. Paper presented at 4th Global Conference on Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds, Prague, Czech Republic

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.

Weak and strong publics: Drawing on Nancy Fraser to explore parental participation in neonatal networks (2014)
Journal Article
Gibson, A., Lewando-Hundt, G., & Blaxter, L. (2014). Weak and strong publics: Drawing on Nancy Fraser to explore parental participation in neonatal networks. Health Expectations, 17(1), 104-115. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00735.x

Aims We draw on the work of Nancy Fraser, and in particular her concepts of weak and strong publics, to analyze the process of parental involvement in managed neonatal network boards. Background Public involvement has moved beyond the individual leve... Read More about Weak and strong publics: Drawing on Nancy Fraser to explore parental participation in neonatal networks.

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?

Planning for growth: Stakeholder views on prospects for growth in the Cambridge sub-region under localism (2014)
Report
Boddy, M., & Hickman, H. (2014). Planning for growth: Stakeholder views on prospects for growth in the Cambridge sub-region under localism