David Griffiths

Publication List Details

Period

1893 - 2009

Number

149

Co-Authors

The Contribution of IMS Learning Design to the Creation of Reusable Learning Resources (2009)

David Griffiths, Josep Blat, Rocío Garcia, Sergio Sayago, David Griffiths, Josep Blat, ...

Abstract. The concept of learning object is discussed, and its value assessed. It is proposed that the key factor is use, rather than the inherent characteristics of the object. The eLearning...

UNFOLD Deliverable D2 - Awareness raising resources (Project Deliverable Report - Understanding New Frameworks of Learning Design UNFOLD) (2009)

Dias, Ana, Royo, C., Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Navarrete, Toni, Manderveld, Jocelyn, ...

This report describes the work carried out in the development of UNFOLD project awareness resources. These include handouts, posters, and other publications, but the principal action has been to...

TENCompetence Learning Design Runtime v.1.3 (2009)

Sharples, Paul, Beauvoir, Phillip, Cherian, Roy, Griffiths, David, Gueorguiev, Atenas, Hernández Leo, Davinia, ...

These server applications provide runtime support for IMS-LD Units of Learning, widget based services for Units of Learning, and IMS-QTI. They released under the BSD license. The used CopperCore...

TENCompetence Learning Design Runtime update: CCRT 3.3 (2009)

Sharples, Paul, Beauvoir, Phillip, Cherian, Roy, Griffiths, David, Gueorguiev, Atenas, Hernández Leo, Davinia, ...

This release includes improved integration of the APIS runtime system, and the link tool for launching UOLs. It is released under the BSD license.

D6.2 annex 1 - Validation testing and usability results (2009)

Georgiev, Atanas, Griffiths, David, Hernandez, Davinia, Melero, Javier, Stefanov, Krassen, Perez, Mar, ...

This is an annex to TENCompetence D6.2. It contains reports from evaluation activities carried out with the TENCompetence Learning Design Toolkit in Liverpool, Sofia and Barcelona. The focus was...

D6.2-Compilation of internal deliverable outcomes ID6.4-ID6.5 (Learning activities and Units of Learning) (2009)

Georgiev, Atanas, Griffiths, David, Hernandez, Davinia, Melero, Javier, Stefanov, Krassen, Perez, Mar, ...

The report describes the work of the TENCompetence project to provide a standards based open source infrastructure to support the implementation and running of learning and assessment activities. The...

ID 6.5 Validation testing and usability results (2009)

Griffiths, David, Barrett Baxendale, Mark, Beauvoir, Phillip, Sharples, Paul, Hernández Leo, Davinia

This internal deliverable is a report on the evaluation of the ReCourse Learning Design Editor carried out in June. It consisted of a workshop with Higher Education teachers, who were trained in the...

Cycle-3 demonstrators development and implementation tool set (2009)

Hernández-Leo, Davinia, Schoonenboom, Judith, Stefanov, Krassen, Louys, Amelie, Popescu, Ioanna, Specht, Marcus, ...

This document presents an implementation methodology for the preparation and execution of TENCompetence cycle 3 demonstrator pilots according to the infrastructure currently available. The...

Can the choice of intermediate solvent or resin affect glomerular basement membrane thickness? (2009)

Edwards, Kimberley, Griffiths, David, Morgan, John, Pitman, Ruth, Von Ruhland, Christopher

Background. Establishing glomerular basement membrane (GBM) thickness is important in the diagnosis of some renal diseases. It is widely believed that GBM thickness varies according to the processing...

Representation of Coordination Mechanisms in IMS LD (2008)

Yongwu Miao, Daniel Burgos, David Griffiths, Rob Koper

Group interaction has to be meticulously designed to foster effective and efficient collaborative learning. The IMS Learning Design specification (IMS LD) can be used to create a formal...

Development and evaluation of the Reload Learning Design Editor (2008)

David Griffiths, Phil Beauvoir, Paul Hazlewood, A Oddie

Abstract: The Reload suite of tools provides support for IMS interoperability specifications. The creation of an editor for IMS-LD posed new

Using Widgets to Provide Portable Services for IMS Learning Design (2008)

Sharples, Paul, Griffiths, David, Wilson, Scott

Sharples, P., Griffiths, D., & Scott, W. (2008). Using Widgets to Provide Portable Services for IMS Learning Design. Paper presented at The 5th TENCompetence Open Workshop: Stimulating Personal...

Debate template UOL (2008)

Griffiths, David, Sharples, Paul, Beauvoir, Phillip

This is a template for creating a debate for two groups. It was made by Dai Griffiths, 16th May 2008 with ReCourse v.1.5.1 Feel free to use it and edit it, with attribution.

Using widgets to provide portable services for IMS Learning Design. (2008)

Sharples, Paul, Griffiths, David, Wilson, Scott

Since the publication of the IMS LD specification it has been recognised that the lack of a rich set of runtime services is a major barrier to adoption. The approaches taken to resolving this problem...

Chapter 4. Learning Design Tools. Chapter 4. Learning Design Tools (2008)

David Griffiths, Josep Blat, Rocio Garcia, Hubert Vogten, Kl Kwong

In this chapter we provide an overview of the tools required for working with the IMS Learning Design (IMS-LD) specification, if it is to be widely adopted. These include editors for creating Units...

D10.2 Report with an assessment of the WP results including ID10.2 – ID10.6 (2008)

Kew, Christopher, Griffiths, David, Krekels, Bas, Manderveld, Jocelyn, Wilson, Scott, Janssen, José, ...

This deliverable reports on work carried out in TENCompetence work package 10, Dissemination and Valorisation between months 13 and 30. Dissemination, as a subcomponent of Valorisation, refers to any...

Adaptive time-stepping for incompressible flow. Part I: scalar advection-diffusion (2008)

Gresho, Philip, Griffiths, David, Silvester, David

Even the simplest advection-diffusion problems can exhibit multiple time scales. This means that robust variable step time integrators are a prerequisite if such problems are to be efficiently solved...

D6.1 Report with summary of WP6 outputs of month 1-18 (2008)

Griffiths, David, Franklin, Tom, Sharples, Paul, Beauvoir, Phillip, Wilson, Scott, Miao, Yongwu, ...

Work package 6 of TENCompetence is developing an infrastructure for learning activities and assessment activities which implements specifications developed by the project, and others which are...

D6.1 Annex 1 - IMS LD Authoring (2008)

Griffiths, David, Franklin, Tom, Sharples, Paul, Beauvoir, Phillip, Miao, Yongwu, Tattersall, Colin, ...

This is Annex 1 to TENCompetence deliverable D6.1. It consists of a detailed report on work carried out on the TENCompetence Authoring Component in the first 18 months of the project.

D6.1 Annex 2 - Assessment (2008)

Griffiths, David, Franklin, Tom, Sharples, Paul, Beauvoir, Phillip, Miao, Yongwu, Tattersall, Colin, ...

This annex contains detailed information about the work carried out on assessment in the first eighteen months of the TENCompetence project.

D6.1 Annex 3 - Runtime Systems (2008)

Griffiths, David, Franklin, Tom, Sharples, Paul, Beauvoir, Phillip, Wilson, Scott, Miao, Yongwu, ...

This Annex provides detailed information on work carried out on runtime systems during the first 18 months of the TENCompetence project

Updated use case models and underlying vision documents and pedagogical model definitions (2008)

Koper, Rob, Schoonenboom, Judith, Manderveld, Jocelyn, Kluijfhout, Eric, Arjona, Miguel, Griffiths, David, ...

This deliverable contains the following 3 topics: - An analysis of the current status of the project in relation to the lessons learned in the first two years of the project and the changes observed...

Dialogic learning and interactive groups: an IMS LD (2008)

Hernández-Leo, Davinia, Pérez-Sanagustín, Mar, Santos, Patricia, Sayago, Sergio, Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep

Dialogic learning and interactive groups have proved to be a useful methodological approach applied in educational situations for lifelong adult learners. The principles of this approach stress the...

Learning Design Flyer (2008)

Griffiths, David

Griffiths, D. (2008). IMS Learning Design in TENCompetence.

The Future (2007)

Software Producing Such, David Griffiths, Charles Stannett

of the current predictions about the Y2K computer problem turn out to be accurate, this dependency will be demonstrated dramatically on January 1, 2000. Users need software that meets stringent...

BT Technology Directorate (2007)

Pearl Brereton, David Budgen, St Bg, Keith Bennett, Malcolm Munro, Dh Le, ...

Society is becoming increasingly dependent upon large and complex software systems. Indeed, if many of the current predictions are correct, this dependency will be illustrated very forcibly on 1st...

Development and evaluation of the Reload Learning Design Editor (2007)

Griffiths, David, Beauvoir, Phillip, Baxendale, Mark, Hazlewood, Paul, Oddie, Amanda

Griffiths, D., Beauvoir, P., Baxendale, M., Hazlewood, P., Oddie, A. (2007). Development and evaluation of the Reload Learning Design Editor. Paper presented at TENCompetence Open Workshop on Current...

Evolving learning design (2007)

MacNeill, Sheila, Griffiths, David

These are the slides of a presentation made to the LAMS 2007 Conference in Greenwich. They discuss the JISC Design for Learning Programme, and the contributions of the TENCompetence project to the...

Service Oriented Approaches and Lifelong Competence Development Infrastructures: Proceedings of the 2nd TENCompetence Open Workshop (2007)

Griffiths, David, Koper, Rob, Liber, Oleg

Griffiths,D.,Koper,R., & Liber, O. (2007). Service Oriented Approaches and Lifelong Competence Development Infrastructures. Proceedings of the 2nd TENCompetence Open Workshop. Institute of...

Evolving Learning Design: emerging issues and potential future approaches. (2007)

Corley, Lisa, MacNeill, Sheila, Griffiths, David

This presentation will discuss emergent issues and developments in the field of learning design. Although the presentation will have a UK bias, it will encompass developments from a wider global...

Extending IMS Learning Design services using Widgets: Initial findings and proposed architecture (2007)

Wilson, Scott, Sharples, Paul, Griffiths, David

IMS Learning Designs provide a specification for the activities undertaken by learners within an environment; currently the definition of the environment is typically a set of web resources and...

Representation of Coordination Mechanisms in IMS Learning Design to Support Group-based Learning (2007)

Miao, Yongwu, Burgos, Daniel, Griffiths, David, Koper, Rob

Miao, Y., Burgos, D., Griffiths, D., & Koper, R. (2008). Representation of Coordination Mechanisms in IMS Learning Design to Support Group-based Learning. In L. Lockyer, S. Bennet, S. Agostinho & B....

Natural mortality, growth parameters, and environmental temperature in fishes revisited (2007)

Griffiths, David, Harrod, Chris

Pauly (1980. J. Cons. Int. Explor. Mer, 39: 175–192) showed that natural mortality rates in fish could be predicted from body growth parameters and environmental temperature but found no evidence...

Adaptive time-stepping for incompressible flow. Part I: scalar advection-diffusion (2006)

Gresho, Philip, Griffiths, David, Silvester, David

Even the simplest advection-diffusion problems can exhibit multiple time scales. This means that robust variable step time integrators are a prerequisite if such problems are to be efficiently solved...

PlanetDR, a scalable architecture for federated repositories supporting IMS Learning Design (2006)

Blat, Josep, Griffiths, David, Navarrete, Toni, Santos, José Luis, García, Pedro, Pujol, Jordi

Please, cite this publication as: Blat, J., Griffiths, D., Navarrete, T., Santos, J.L., García, P., & Pujol, J. (2006). PlanetDR, a scalable architecture for federated repositories supporting IMS...

The OpenDock project: putting in place the infrastructure for sharing learning activities (2006)

Elferink, Raymond, Griffiths, David, Veenendaa, Edwin

Please, cite this publication as: Elferink, R., Griffiths, D., & Veenendaa, E. (2006). The OpenDock project: putting in place the infrastructure for sharing learning activities. Proceedings of...

The OpenDock project: putting in place the infrastructure for sharing learning activities. (2006)

Elferink, Raymond, Griffiths, David, Veenendaal, Edwin

The OpenDock project is introduced, and the approach to supporting the sharing of online educational resources outlined. The functional requirements for the OpenDocument repository are stated, and...

D4.1 Pilot evaluation plan (2006)

Griffiths, David, Moghnieh, Ayman, Blat, Josep, Romeo, Marco, Fort, Santi, Santos, Jose Luis, ...

This report describes the validation plans for the TENCompetence project. The validation strategy is described and the significance of the pilots programme described in the context of the project...

Sub-vastus approach versus the medial parapatellar approach in primary total knee: a randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN44544446] (2006)

Bridgman, Stephen, Walley, Gayle, MacKenzie, Gilbert, Clement, Darren, Griffiths, David, Maffulli, Nicola

Abstract Background Thirty thousand knee replacements are performed annually in the UK. There is uncertainty as to the best surgical approach to the knee joint for knee arthroplasty. We planned a...

UNFOLD Deliverable D6.1. Half yearly report 1 (2006)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Navarrete, Toni, Tattersall, Colin, Burgos, Daniel, Liber, Oleg, ...

Half yearly management report, covering the work carried out during the months of January - June 2004

UNFOLD Deliverable D6.2. Half yearly report 2 (2006)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Navarrete, Toni, Tattersall, Colin, Burgos, Daniel, Liber, Oleg, ...

Halfyearly management report, covering the work out during the period of July - December 2004

UNFOLD Deliverable D6.3. Half yearly report 3 (2006)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Navarrete, Toni, Berbegal, Nidia, Santos, José Luis, Tattersall, Colin, ...

Half-yearly management report, covering the work carried out during the period of January - June 2005

UNFOLD Deliverable D6.4. Half yearly report 4. Final report (2006)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Navarrete, Toni, Berbegal, Nidia, Santos, José Luis, Tattersall, Colin, ...

Half-yearly management report, covering the work carried out during the period of July - December 2005

UNFOLD Deliverable D4. Awareness raising report (2006)

Dias, Ana, Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Navarrete, Toni, Kew, Chris, Olivier, Bill, ...

This report describes the awareness raising activities carried out by the UNFOLD project

UNFOLD Deliverable D5. Establishment of CoPs report (2006)

Liber, Oleg, Olivier, Bill, Kew, Chris, Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Navarrete, Toni, ...

Description of the two implementations carried out in Plone and PHP Nuke by UNFOLD in providing support for three CoPs

UNFOLD Deliverable D7.2. UNFOLD outcomes 2 (2006)

Griffiths, David, Burgos, Daniel, Kew, Chris, Dias, Ana, Tattersall, Colin, Blat, Josep, ...

This deliverable describes the activities and outcomes of the UNFOLD project from January to June 2005.

UNFOLD Deliverable 7.3. UNFOLD outcomes 3 (2006)

Griffiths, David, Burgos, Daniel, Kew, Chris, Dias, Ana, Tattersall, Colin, Berbegal, Nidia, ...

This deliverable describes the of the UNFOLD project from July 2005 to December 2005

UNFOLD Deliverable D8.1. Periodic evaluation report 1 (2006)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Sayago, Sergio

Results of the evaluation action carried out during the first stage of the project

UNFOLD Deliverable D8.2. Periodic evaluation report 2 (2006)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Sayago, Sergio, Navarrete, Toni, Santos, José Luis, Berbegal, Nidia, ...

This document shows the results of the evaluation action carried out during the second phase of evaluation work

UNFOLD Deliverable 8.3. Final evaluation report (2006)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Berbegal, Nidia, Moghnieh, Ayman, Girardin, Fabien, Santos, José Luis, ...

This report provides an overview of evaluation work carried out in the context of the UNFOLD project. It relates this to the UNFOLD evaluation plan, and shows how the work carried out has fulfilled...

UNFOLD Deliverable D10. UNFOLD Communities of Practice Report (2006)

Griffiths, David, Burgos, Daniel, Kew, Chris, Dias, Ana, Tattersall, Colin, Girardin, Fabien, ...

This document summarises the work carried out with the UNFOLD Communities of Practice (CoPs) since their launch in the summer of 2004. Detailed information on the work carried out is available in the...

UNFOLD Deliverable D11. Final Plan for using and disseminating knowledge (2006)

Kew, Chris, Liber, Oleg, Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Navarrete, Toni, Girardin, Fabien, ...

This report examines the approach adopted by the UNFOLD project to maximising the use and dissemination of the knowledge generated in the course of the project.

UNFOLD Deliverable D12. Project showcase (2006)

Griffiths, David, Santos, José Luis, Berbegal, Nidia, Navarrete, Toni, Girardin, Fabien, Blat, Josep, ...

This is the cover sheet for the UNFOLD project deliverable D12, the Project Showcase. The deliverable itself is available at http://www.unfold-project.net/. Readers who would like greater detail on...

UNFOLD Deliverable D1 - Project Website (Project Deliverable Report - Understanding New Frameworks of Learning Design UNFOLD) (2006)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep

This website was established early in the life of the project in order to raise awareness of the project, provide initial information about UNFOLD, and a point of contact for those interested in...

PlanetDR, a scalable architecture for federated repositories supporting IMS Learning Design (2006)

Blat, Josep, Griffiths, David, Navarrete, Toni, Santos, José Luis, García, Pedro, Pujol, Jordi

This paper discusses PlanetDR, whose architecture supports very large federated educational digital repositories. It is based on the implementation of current open specifications for interoperability...

A formalised organisational model for the TENCompetence associate partners (2006)

Liber, Oleg, Griffiths, David, Bitter, Marlies, Kravcik, Milos, Burgos, Daniel, ...

This report describes the TENCompetence project, present and future, in terms of goals and processes, activities and resources and investigates what organisational models are most adequate to realise...

PlanetDR, a scalable architecture for federated repositories supporting IMS Learning Design. (2006)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Navarrete, Toni, Santos, José Luis, García, Pedro, Pujol, Jordi

This paper discusses PlanetDR, whose architecture supports very large federated educational digital repositories. It is based on the implementation of current open specifications for interoperability...

UNFOLD Deliverable D1 - Project Website (Project Deliverable Report - Understanding New Frameworks of Learning Design UNFOLD) (2006)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep

This website was established early in the life of the project in order to raise awareness of the project, provide initial information about UNFOLD, and a point of contact for those interested in...

UNFOLD Deliverable 7.3. UNFOLD outcomes 3. (2006)

Griffiths, David, Burgos, Daniel, Kew, Christopher, Dias, Ana, Tattersall, Colin, Berbegal, Nidia, ...

This deliverable describes the work carried out with the UNFOLD Communities of Practice in the final six months of the project, from July to December 2005.

UNFOLD Deliverable 8.3. Final evaluation report. (2006)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Berbegal, Nidia, Moghnieh, Ayman, Girardin, Fabien, Santos, José Luis, ...

This report provides an overview of evaluation work carried out in the context of the UNFOLD project. It relates this to the UNFOLD evaluation plan, and shows how the work carried out has fulfilled...

UNFOLD Deliverable D10. UNFOLD Communities of Practice Report. (2006)

Griffiths, David, Burgos, Daniel, Kew, Christopher, Dias, Ana, Tattersall, Colin, Girardin, Fabien, ...

This document summarises the work carried out with the UNFOLD Communities of Practice (CoPs) since their launch in the summer of 2004. Detailed information on the work carried out is available in the...

UNFOLD Deliverable D11. Final Plan for using and disseminating knowledge. (2006)

Kew, Christopher, Liber, Oleg, Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Navarrete, Toni, Girardin, Fabien, ...

This report examines the approach adopted by the UNFOLD project to maximising the use and dissemination of the knowledge generated in the course of the project.

UNFOLD Deliverable D6.4. Half yearly report 4. Final report (2006)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Navarrete, Toni, Berbegal, Nidia, Santos, José Luis, Tattersall, Colin, ...

Half-yearly management report, covering the work carried out during the period of July - December 2005.

UNFOLD Deliverable D7.1. UNFOLD outcomes 1 (2006)

Burgos, Daniel, Tattersall, Colin, Koper, Rob, Kew, Christopher, Olivier, Bill, Blat, Josep, ...

The outcomes of the activities of each CoP are described in this document for months from six to twelve.

PlanetDR, a scalable architecture for federated repositories supporting IMS Learning Design. Paper presented at the Learning Networks for Lifelong Competence Development (2006)

Josep Blat, David Griffiths, Toni Navarrete, José Luis Santos, Pedro García, Jordi Pujol

This paper discusses PlanetDR, whose architecture supports very large federated educational digital repositories. It is based on the implementation of current open specifications for interoperability...

Relevance of postmortem radiology to the diagnosis of fatal cerebral gas embolism from compressed air diving (2006)

Cole, Andrew, Griffiths, David, Lavender, Michael, Summers, Phillip, Rich, Keith

Aims: To test the hypothesis that artefact caused by postmortem off‐gassing is at least partly responsible for the presence of gas within the vascular system and tissues of the cadaver following...

E-learning specifications. An introduction (2005)

Burgos, Daniel, Griffiths, David

Submitted to http://www.elearningeuropa.info/, an initiative of the European Commission of Education and Culture

The UNFOLD Project. Understanding and using Learning Design (2005)

Burgos, Daniel (Eds.), Griffiths, David

A booklet with 131 pages about the UNFOLD Project and IMS Learning Design

WP4: Pilots with the Integrated System Validation of the Project (2005)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep

WP4 presentation at the TENCompetence Kick-off meeting in Valkenburg on 8 - 9 December 2005

E-learning specifications. An introduction (2005)

Burgos, Daniel, Griffiths, David

The move to e-learning has been a major development in the recent history of education, involving changes in pedagogy and in the way in which technology is used to support learning. New approaches to...

Parasitism, space constraints, and gonad asymmetry in the pollan (Coregonus autumnalis) (2005)

Harrod,Chris, Griffiths,David

Both sexes of Lough Neagh pollan (Coregonus autumnalis) show directional asymmetry in gonad mass, the left being larger than the right in 70% of individuals. The frequency and degree of asymmetry are...

IMS Learning Design desde dentro. Una especificación para crear escenarios de aprendizaje online (parte II) (2005)

Burgos, Daniel, Berbegal, Nidia, Griffiths, David, Tattersall, Colin, Koper, Rob

Presentamos la segunda entrega de esta tesis desarrollada en el marco del proyecto europeo denominado Understanding New Frameworks of Learning Design (UNFOLD, 2004). Referencia para la primera parte:...

La aportación de IMS Learning Design a la creación de recursos pedagógicos reutilizables (2005)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Garcia, Rocío, Sayago, Sergio

En este artículo se discute el concepto y la utilidad del objeto de aprendizaje, proponiendo que el factor clave es su uso, y no tanto sus características. Después, se revisan las actuales...

La aportación de IMS Learning Design a la creación de recursos pedagógicos reutilizables. [The contribution of IMS Learning Design to the creation of reusable learning resources]. (2005)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Garcia, Rocio, Sayago, Sergio

The concept of learning object is discussed, and its value assessed. It is proposed that the key factor is use, rather than the inherent characteristics of the object. The eLearning specifications...

IMS Learning Design desde dentro. Una especificación para crear escenarios de aprendizaje online (parte I) (2005)

Burgos, Daniel, Berbegal, Nidia, Griffiths, David, Tattersall, Colin, Koper, Rob

IMS Learning Design, IMS LD de ahora en adelante (IMS, 2003), es una especificación centrada en formación online o e-learning y que permite modelar programaciones curriculares o lecciones...

The Role Of Teachers In Editing And Authoring Units Of Learning Using IMS Learning Design (2005)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep

The UNFOLD project, funded by the European Commission, runs a Community of Practice for Teachers and Learning Providers that has examined the way in which teachers can work with the IMS Learning...

Learning Design Tools (2005)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Garcia, Rocío, Vogten, Hubert, Kwong, KL

Griffiths, D., Blat, J., Garcia, R., Vogten, H. & Kwong, KL. (2005). Learning Design Tools. In: Koper, R. & Tattersall, C., Learning Design: A Handbook on Modelling and Delivering Networked Education...

Open Source and IMS Learning Design: Building the Infrastructure for eLearning (2005)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Elferink, Raymond, Zondergeld, Sara

The development of open, flexible eLearning specifications has significant implications for and interactions with the FOSS movement. A short overview of eLearning specifications is provided, focusing...

IMS Learning Design: How specifications could change the current e-learning landscape (in russian) (2005)

Burgos, Daniel, Berbegal, Nidia, Griffiths, David, Tattersall, Colin, Koper, Rob

Please refer to the original article: Burgos, D., Berbegal, N., Griffiths, D., Tattersall, C., Koper, Rob. (2005) IMS Learning Design: How specifications could change the current e-learning...

The role of teachers in editing and authoring units of learning using IMS Learning Design. (2005)

Griffiths, David, Blat, J

The UNFOLD project, funded by the European Commission, runs a Community of Practice for Teachers and Learning Providers that has examined the way in which teachers can work with the IMS Learning...

UNFOLD Deliverable D7.2. UNFOLD outcomes 2. (2005)

Griffiths, David, Burgos, Daniel, Kew, Christopher, Dias, Ana, Tattersall, Colin, Blat, Josep, ...

This deliverable describes the activities and outcomes of the UNFOLD project from January to June 2005.

UNFOLD Deliverable D8.1. Periodic evaluation report 1. (2005)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Sayago, Sergio

This report covers the results of the evaluation action carried out during the first stage of the project.

UNFOLD Deliverable D8.2. Periodic evaluation report 2. (2005)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Sayago, Sergio, Navarrete, Toni, Santos, José Luis, Berbegal, Nidia, ...

This report covers the results of the evaluation action carried out during the second phase of the project.

UNFOLD Deliverable D6.1. Half yearly report 1. (2005)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Navarrete, Toni, Tattersall, Colin, Burgos, Daniel, Liber, Oleg, ...

Half yearly management report, covering the work carried out during the months of January - June 2004

UNFOLD Deliverable D6.2. Half yearly report 2 (2005)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Navarrete, Toni, Tattersall, Colin, Burgos, Daniel, Liber, Oleg, ...

Halfyearly management report, covering the work carried out during the period of July - December 2004.

UNFOLD Deliverable D6.3. Half yearly report 3 (2005)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Navarrete, Toni, Berbegal, Nidia, Santos, José Luis, Tattersall, Colin, ...

Half-yearly management report, covering the work carried out during the period of January - June 2005.

La aportación de IMS Learning Design a la creación de recursos pedagógicos reutilizables (2005)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, García, Rocío, Sayago, Sergio

En este artículo se discute el concepto y la utilidad del objeto de aprendizaje, proponiendo que el factor clave es su uso, y no tanto sus características. Después, se revisan las actuales...

La aportación de IMS Learning Design a la creación de recursos pedagógicos reutilizables (2005)

Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, García, Rocío, Sayago, Sergio

En este artículo se discute el concepto y la utilidad del objeto de aprendizaje, proponiendo que el factor clave es su uso, y no tanto sus características. Después, se revisan las actuales...

Parasitism, space constraints, and gonad asymmetry in the pollan (Coregonus autumnalis) (2005)

Harrod, Chris, Griffiths, David

Both sexes of Lough Neagh pollan (Coregonus autumnalis) show directional asymmetry in gonad mass, the left being larger than the right in 70% of individuals. The frequency and degree of asymmetry are...

Print to Pixels: the Implications for the Development of Learning Resources (2005)

Griffiths, David

Littlejohn (Littlejohn 2003) describes how numerous national and international initiatives have been funded to investigate ways in which digital learning resources might be developed, shared and...

An Investigation into Automated Retinal Image Segmentation (2005)

David Griffiths

The thesis aims to investigate the performance and potential of wavelets in the context of feature detection in retinal imaging, and to use those results to develop a robust algorithm that can...

Print to Pixels: the Implications for the Development of Learning Resources (2005)

David Griffiths

In this paper we reflect on the implications for pedagogy and infrastructure of the move from paper based resources to digital learning resources. A model of production of paper based educational...

Social capital or social exclusion? The impact of asylum-seeker dispersal on UK refugee community organizations (2005)

Zetter, Roger, Griffiths, David, Sigona, Nando

Based on UK fieldwork in the West Midlands, Manchester and Liverpool and London, the paper explores the impacts of asylum-seeker dispersal on the formation of refugee community organizations (RCOs)....

Limitations of some eLearning standards for supporting learning. (2004)

Garcia-Robles, Rocio, Blat, Josep, Sayago, Sergio, Griffiths, David, Casado, Francis, Martinez, Juanjo

The IMS-QTI, and other related specifications have been developed to support the creation of reusable and pedagogically neutral learning scenarios and content, as stated by the IMS Global Learning...

UNFOLD Deliverable D3. Evaluation Plan. (2004)

Blat, Josep, Navarrete, Toni, Griffiths, David, García, Rocío, Sayago, Sergio, Tattersall, Colin, ...

Three periods of evaluation are established covering the whole project and corresponding to the deliverables defined in the project work plan. A detailed evaluation plan is defined for the first...

UNFOLD Deliverable D4. Awareness raising report (2004)

Dias, Ana, Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Navarrete, Toni, Kew, Christopher, Olivier, Bill, ...

This report describes the Awareness Raising activities carried out by the UNFOLD project.

UNFOLD Deliverable D5. Establishment of CoPs report. (2004)

Liber, Oleg, Olivier, Bill, Kew, Christopher, Griffiths, David, Blat, Josep, Navarrete, Toni, ...

This report describes the work carried out by the UNFOLD project in providing support for three Communities of Practice (CoPs) related to IMS Learning Design.

Assessment Is Bloomin' Luverly: Developing Assessment That Enhances Learning (2004)

Maureen Morris, Anne Porter, David Griffiths

Our initial intention was to set out to explore the potential for implementing outcome-based assessment practices in a first year statistics unit. It has evolved into a search for a pedagogy enabling...

Controlled trial of hyperbaric oxygen treatment for alkali corneal burn in the rabbit (2004)

Hirst, Lawrence W., Summers, Phillip M., Griffiths, David, Bancroft, Josephine, Lillicrap, Gary R.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of alkali-induced corneal burns in an animal model. Methods: Twenty-four rabbits were randomized into a control group...

Commentary on Rob Koper, 'Combining re-usable learning, resources to pedagogical purposeful units of learning, Chapter 5 of: "Reusing online resources: a sustainable approach to elearning" (2003)

Griffiths, David, Garcia, Rocio

The first part of this review discusses the issues raised in general terms, focusing on a contradiction in educational practice identified by the author. It is proposed that this is disguised by the...

From classroom to online teaching: experiences in improving statistics education (2003)

Anne Porter, David Griffiths, John Hedberg

This study used reflective practitioner methodology to investigate how to improve the quality of statistical education. During the study, this methodology, curricula, pedagogical practices,...

Designing éTui, a computational toy for learning reflection (2001)

Blat, Josep, Griffiths, David, Millwood, Richard, Popat, Kris, Torres, Claudia, Wang, Weiya

In this paper we report work in progress on éTui, a prototype of a computational educational toy meant to facilitate young children's reflection upon learning. The interface of this type of devices...

Learning Communities - pedagogical considerations and uptake issues (2001)

Griffiths, David, Hummel, Hans, Kearney, Nicholas, Liber, Oleg

This report describes the proceedings of Prometeus Pedagogies Group Expert Meeting on Learning Communities, held in Majorca on the 18th and 19th of November, 2001. The discussions are placed in the...

At most 27 length inequalities define Maskit's fundamental domain for the modular group in genus 2 (1998)

Griffiths, David

In recently published work Maskit constructs a fundamental domain D_g for the Teichmueller modular group of a closed surface S of genus g>1. Maskit's technique is to demand that a certain set of 2g...

Environmental challenges: making a difference in the classroom. (1997)

Griffiths, David, Owen, Martin

This paper describes the Environmental Challenges Project which will culminate in the production of a CD-ROM for use in environmental education in secondary schools. Disk contents include case...

An Appraisal of the Social and Cultural Aspects of the Multispecies Groundfish Fishery in New England and the Mid-Atlantic Regions (1996)

Griffiths, David, Dyer, Christopher L.

"Fishing households relying on the Multispecies Groundfish Fishery (MGF) of New England and the Mid Atlantic are facing a crisis in their communities. Declines in groundfish stocks, and the resultant...

Unstable modes of the Q 1 -P 0 element (1994)

D. Griffiths, D. Silvester, David Griffiths, David Silvester

. In this paper the unstable eigenmodes of Q1 --P0 velocity/pressure finite element approximation for incompressible flow problems are characterised. It is shown that the inf-sup stability constant...

The North American sordariaceae ... (1900)

Griffiths, David.

Pub. also as Memoirs of the Torrey botanical club, 1901, vol. XI, p. 1-34, plates 1-19.

The Three Major Spanish Clones of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Are the Most Common Clones Recovered in Recent Cases of Meningitis in Spain

Enright, Mark C., Fenoll, Asunción, Griffiths, David, Spratt, Brian G.

One hundred six isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae recovered in Spain from patients with meningitis in 1997 and 1998 were characterized by multilocus sequence typing. A heterogeneous collection of...

Identification of Three Major Clones of Multiply Antibiotic-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Taiwanese Hospitals by Multilocus Sequence Typing

Shi, Zhi-Yuan, Enright, Mark C., Wilkinson, Paul, Griffiths, David, Spratt, Brian G.

In this paper we demonstrate the advantages of a new molecular typing procedure, multilocus sequence typing, for the unambiguous characterization of penicillin-resistant pneumococci. The sequences of...

Emergence in Vietnam of Streptococcus pneumoniae Resistant to Multiple Antimicrobial Agents as a Result of Dissemination of the Multiresistant Spain23F-1 Clone

Parry, Christopher M., Duong, Nguyen Minh, Zhou, Jiaji, Mai, Nguyen Thi Hoang, Diep, To Song, Thinh, Le Quoc, ...

Surveillance for Streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to penicillin and other antimicrobial agents is necessary to define the optimal empirical antibiotic therapy for meningitis in resource-poor...

The Three Major Spanish Clones of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Are the Most Common Clones Recovered in Recent Cases of Meningitis in Spain

Enright, Mark C., Fenoll, Asunción, Griffiths, David, Spratt, Brian G.

One hundred six isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae recovered in Spain from patients with meningitis in 1997 and 1998 were characterized by multilocus sequence typing. A heterogeneous collection of...

Identification of Three Major Clones of Multiply Antibiotic-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Taiwanese Hospitals by Multilocus Sequence Typing

Shi, Zhi-Yuan, Enright, Mark C., Wilkinson, Paul, Griffiths, David, Spratt, Brian G.

In this paper we demonstrate the advantages of a new molecular typing procedure, multilocus sequence typing, for the unambiguous characterization of penicillin-resistant pneumococci. The sequences of...

Emergence in Vietnam of Streptococcus pneumoniae Resistant to Multiple Antimicrobial Agents as a Result of Dissemination of the Multiresistant Spain23F-1 Clone

Parry, Christopher M., Duong, Nguyen Minh, Zhou, Jiaji, Mai, Nguyen Thi Hoang, Diep, To Song, Thinh, Le Quoc, ...

Surveillance for Streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to penicillin and other antimicrobial agents is necessary to define the optimal empirical antibiotic therapy for meningitis in resource-poor...

Social Mixing with Other Children during Infancy Enhances Antibody Response to a Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Early Childhood▿

Salt, Penny, Banner, Carly, Oh, Sarah, Yu, Ly-mee, Lewis, Susan, Pan, Dingxin, ...

Children who have siblings and/or who attend day care have higher rates of nasopharyngeal colonization with pneumococci than lone children do. Pneumococcal colonization is usually asymptomatic but is...

Regional Integration Agreements and Foreign Direct Investment: Theory and Preliminary Evidence.

Balasubramanyam, V N, Sapsford, David, Griffiths, David

In this paper we investigate the effects which economic integration exerts upon the magnitude and character of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows. Drawing upon the existing literature on trade...

Forecasting income shares: are mean-reversion assumptions appropriate?

David Griffiths

The article examines some statistical evidence that supports the view that US labour and capital shares of income return to some long-run historical values. We estimate the long-run share values and...

Statistical Control for Road Pavements

David Griffiths, Chandra Gulati, Jim Ollis

Roads are assets vital to the economies of nations, particularly those with such low population density as Australia and New Zealand. The quality of road construction is of great importance. The...

Maritime Security

David Griffiths

This paper examines the concept of maritime confidence building and suggests potential uses in the Middle East. It establishes that thinking and application of confidence building generally, but...