A roadmap for semantic technology adoption in UK higher education (2009)
Tiropanis, Thanassis, Davis, Hugh, Millard, David, Weal, Mark, White, Su
Organizational Management of e-Learning in Universities – significant issues (2009)
Educational technology in higher education has not managed to match the ubiquity of technology in everyday life. Is this because higher education institutions are inherently resistant to change? The...
Went Wrong, Su White, Hugh C Davis
The e-learning community is beginning to amass a great deal of experience of successful practice, but typically final project reports and associated papers concentrate only on the successful...
Using Competition to Sustain Motivation – TOPS Evolves (2009)
White, Su, Carter, Janet, Jenkins, Tony
Supporting and sustaining the motivation of our most able and experienced first year undergraduates in introductory programming modules is as important as providing a supportive environment for...
Linked Data as a Foundation for the Deployment of Semantic Applications in Higher Education (2009)
Tiropanis, Thanassis, Davis, Hugh, Millard, David, Weal, Mark, White, Su
The value of semantic technologies in the context of learning and teaching has often been associated with the use of reasoning to support learning processes. This paper discusses the value of linked...
Relating Research and Teaching: Learning From Experiences and Beliefs (2009)
The relationship between research and teaching has possible benefits and inherent tensions. Exploring the potentially beneficial relationship is of interest and possible value to faculty, students,...
Carr, Leslie A., Davis, Hugh C., Francois, Sebastien, Hey, Jessie M. N., Miles-Board, Tim, Morris, Debra, ...
4th International Conference on Open Repositories
Bootstrapping a Culture of Sharing to Facilitate Open Educational Resources (2009)
Davis, Hugh, Carr, Leslie, Hey, Jessie, Howard, Yvonne, Millard, Dave, Morris, Debra, ...
It seems self evident that life for teachers would be simplified if there existed a large corpus of relevant resources that was available for them to re-use, and for inquisitive students to download....
Liccardi, Ilaria, Davis, Hugh, White, Su
In this paper we introduce the concept of behavioral awareness as a type of awareness in collaborative authoring environments intersecting with both social and informal awareness. This research...
Semantic Technologies in Learning and Teaching (SemTech) - JISC Report (2009)
Tiropanis, Thanassis, Davis, Hugh, Millard, David, Weal, Mark, White, Su, Wills, Gary
This report presents and discusses the findings of the SemTech (Semantic Technologies for Learning and Teaching) project that was funded by JISC and commenced its activities in September 2008....
Perspectives on developing and assessing professional values in computing (2009)
Fuller, Ursula, Keim, Bob, Fitch, Diana, Currie Little, Joyce, Riedesel, Charles, White, Su
This paper discusses how to ensure that students attain professional values important to the workplace by integrating them into computing curricula. It describes a survey of the attitudes of...
CAWS: an awareness based wiki system to improve team collaboration (2008)
Liccardi, Ilaria, Davis, Hugh, White, Su
Effective collaborative authoring techniques require tools that consider the social aspects of collaboration in addition to the technical aspects. Collaborative authoring is fundamentally different...
CAWS: an awareness based wiki system to improve team collaboration (2008)
Liccardi, Ilaria, Davis, Hugh, White, Su
Effective collaborative authoring techniques require tools that consider the social aspects of collaboration in addition to the technical aspects. Collaborative authoring is fundamentally different...
eMM Benchmarking at Southampton:the carpet, observations and reflections (2008)
The University of Southampton was one of a group of UK universities to benchmark e-learning in 2007. We used the eLearning Maturity Model (eMM) developed by Marshall at the University of Victoria,...
The research teaching nexus in the computing disciplines: a comparative survey (2008)
Many institutions make claims in strategy documents and official publications that students will receive an education which is research-led, research-informed, or guided by the scholarship of...
EdShare: towards sharing resources for learning and teaching at the University of Southampton (2008)
Morris, Debra, Hey, Jessie, Davis, Hugh, White, Su, Carr, Les, Miles-Board, Timothy, ...
At the University of Southampton, in the UK, we have been developing the Research Repository (e-Prints Soton) since 2005, to showcase the research output and make it more accessible. As a significant...
EdShare: towards sharing resources for learning and teaching at the University of Southampton (2008)
Morris, Debra, Hey, Jessie, Davis, Hugh, White, Su, Carr, Les, Miles-Board, Timothy, ...
At the University of Southampton, in the UK, we have been developing the Research Repository (e-Prints Soton) since 2005, to showcase the research output and make it more accessible. As a significant...
Critical success factors and lessons learnt from our mistakes are two sides of the same coin. Evidence which contributes to debates in this area can emerge from a number of different sources. The...
Critical success factors and lessons learnt from our mistakes are two sides of the same coin. Evidence which contributes to debates in this area can emerge from a number of different sources. The...
Session S2J TOPS – Collaboration and Competition to Stretch our Most Able (2008)
Programming Novices, Su White, Janet Carter, Stephan Jamieson, Nick Efford, Tony Jenkins
Abstract- Finding effective means of meeting students’ varied needs during introductory programming classes is a perpetual challenge. Maintaining motivation and a sufficient level of engagement...
Scanning the Horizon: Towards a Theory of Education 2.0 (2008)
There is no doubt that Web 2.0 will be a precursor of Education 2.0. Learners’ behaviours are changing because of the unprecedented growth in the use of computer-based technologies in everyday...
Scanning the Horizon: Towards a Theory of Education 2.0 (2008)
There is no doubt that Web 2.0 will be a precursor of Education 2.0. Learners’ behaviours are changing because of the unprecedented growth in the use of computer-based technologies in everyday...
Relating Research and Teaching: comparing experiences and beliefs (2008)
The relationship between research and teaching has possible benefits and inherent tensions. It is a recurrent topic of discussion by faculty including engineering educators. Exploring a potentially...
Relating Research and Teaching: comparing experiences and beliefs (2008)
The relationship between research and teaching has possible benefits and inherent tensions. It is a recurrent topic of discussion by faculty including engineering educators. Exploring a potentially...
Experiences at the teaching-research interface (2008)
The relationship between research and teaching, its possible benefits and its inherent tensions, form a frequent topic of discussion amongst academic colleagues. Such debate may be sparked by...
Taxing our Best Students (2008)
Carter, Janet, Efford, Nick, Jamieson, Stephan, Jenkins, Tony, White, Su
A significant challenge that faces any teacher of introductory programming is the diversity of the class. At one extreme there will be students who have never programmed before, while at the other...
Experiences at the teaching-research interface (2008)
The relationship between research and teaching, its possible benefits and its inherent tensions, form a frequent topic of discussion amongst academic colleagues. Such debate may be sparked by...
Taxing our Best Students (2008)
Carter, Janet, Efford, Nick, Jamieson, Stephan, Jenkins, Tony, White, Su
A significant challenge that faces any teacher of introductory programming is the diversity of the class. At one extreme there will be students who have never programmed before, while at the other...
CAWS: Visualizing awareness to improve the effectiveness of co-authoring activities (2008)
Liccardi, Ilaria, Davis, Hugh, White, Su
Knowledge of the actions of other users is essential to the design of an effective collaborative authoring system. The reasons for this are rooted in the concept of awareness of individual and group...
Session 5, Stream Number 4 ENGINEERING A TESTBANK OF ENGINEERING QUESTIONS (2007)
Su White, Kate Dickens, H C Davis
Abstract ⎯ e3an is a collaborative UK project developing a network of expertise in assessment issues within electrical and electronic engineering. A major focus is the development of a testbank of...
The research teaching nexus in the computing disciplines: a comparative survey (2007)
Many institutions make claims in strategy documents and official publications that students will receive an education which is research-led, research-informed, or guided by the scholarship of...
The research teaching nexus in the computing disciplines: a comparative survey (2007)
Many institutions make claims in strategy documents and official publications that students will receive an education which is research-led, research-informed, or guided by the scholarship of...
Experiences of Technology Enhanced Learning: What Went Wrong? (2007)
The e-learning community is beginning to amass a great deal of experience of successful practice, but typically final project reports and associated papers concentrate only on the successful...
Experiences of Technology Enhanced Learning: What Went Wrong? (2007)
The e-learning community is beginning to amass a great deal of experience of successful practice, but typically final project reports and associated papers concentrate only on the successful...
Computer technology has been harnessed for education in UK universities ever since the first computers for research were installed at ten selected sites in 1957. Subsequently real costs have fallen...
Computer technology has been harnessed for education in UK universities ever since the first computers for research were installed at ten selected sites in 1957. Subsequently real costs have fallen...
The TOPS Project - Teaching our over performing students (2007)
Carter, Janet, Efford, Nick, Jamieson, Stephan, Jenkins, Tony, White, Su
It would be unlikely for any first year programming class to be solely composed of novices. We all have students with a range of abilities, and this generates challenges as to the best way in which...
The TOPS Project - Teaching our over performing students (2007)
Carter, Janet, Efford, Nick, Jamieson, Stephan, Jenkins, Tony, White, Su
It would be unlikely for any first year programming class to be solely composed of novices. We all have students with a range of abilities, and this generates challenges as to the best way in which...
Informatics in the UK: Current Perspectives (2007)
Computing, Computer Science and Information Science are the nearest UK equivalents of the European Informatics degree. Informatics is a term more often associated with research or multidisciplinary...
Informatics in the UK: Current Perspectives (2007)
Computing, Computer Science and Information Science are the nearest UK equivalents of the European Informatics degree. Informatics is a term more often associated with research or multidisciplinary...
AnnAnn and AnnAnn.Net : Tools for Teaching Programming (2007)
Hooper, Clare, Carr, Leslie, Davis, Hugh, Millard, David, White, Su, Wills, Gary
It is difficult for a student to learn about programs and to understand the rational that went into the development of the parts that led to the whole. Tools for explaining this essentially dynamic...
AnnAnn and AnnAnn.Net : Tools for Teaching Programming (2007)
Hooper, Clare, Carr, Leslie, Davis, Hugh, Millard, David, White, Su, Wills, Gary
It is difficult for a student to learn about programs and to understand the rational that went into the development of the parts that led to the whole. Tools for explaining this essentially dynamic...
Wang, Chu, Davis, Hugh, Dickens, Kate, Wills, Gary, White, Su
In this paper we present a new approach to enabling pedagogically sound reuse and re-purposing of online learning objects in a community of practice. The lack of specific software for non-technical...
Wang, Chu, Davis, Hugh, Dickens, Kate, Wills, Gary, White, Su
In this paper we present a new approach to enabling pedagogically sound reuse and re-purposing of online learning objects in a community of practice. The lack of specific software for non-technical...
Organizational Management of e-Learning in Universities – Significant Issues (2007)
Educational technology in higher education has not managed to match the ubiquity of technology in everyday life. Is this because higher education institutions are inherently resistant to change? The...
Organizational Management of e-Learning in Universities – Significant Issues (2007)
Educational technology in higher education has not managed to match the ubiquity of technology in everyday life. Is this because higher education institutions are inherently resistant to change? The...
Higher Education and Learning Technologies an Organisational Perspective (2006)
The uptake and diffusion of the use of learning technologies in UK Higher Education is an instance of the adoption of change. There has been considerable research into the ways in which the uptake...
A Research-Led Curriculum in Multimedia: Learning about Convergence (2005)
Traditional teaching methods have acknowledged limitations. Lectures may be used to transmit information efficiently, but often fail to motivate students to engage with the subject. Coursework...
Computer Geek versus Computer Chic: IT Career and IT Education (2005)
Pau, Reena, Argles, David, White, Su, Lovegrove, Gillian
The number of women in the UK IT Industry is now down to 20% (SSDA 2004)A: a worrying fact since the IT Industry is currently facing a skills shortage . A contributing factor to this is the declining...
A Research-Led Curriculum in Multimedia: Learning about Convergence (2005)
Traditional teaching methods have acknowledged limitations. Lectures may be used to transmit information efficiently, but often fail to motivate students to engage with the subject. Coursework...
Computer Geek versus Computer Chic: IT Career and IT Education (2005)
Pau, Reena, Argles, David, White, Su, Lovegrove, Gillian
The number of women in the UK IT Industry is now down to 20% (SSDA 2004)A: a worrying fact since the IT Industry is currently facing a skills shortage . A contributing factor to this is the declining...
Designing the infrastructure for a National Item Bank Service (2005)
Sclater, Niall, Boyle, Eddie, Bull, Joanna, Church, Clive, Craven, Patrick, Cross, Rowin, ...
This is a conference paper.
Like all faculty we still puzzle as to why able students who arrive at university with good-quality academic qualifications continue to struggle during their early years in computer science, despite...
McDowell, Liz, White, Su, Davis, Hugh C
Assessment in engineering disciplines is typically oriented to demonstrating competence in specific tasks. Even where assessments are intended to have a formative component, little priority may be...
Like all faculty we still puzzle as to why able students who arrive at university with good-quality academic qualifications continue to struggle during their early years in computer science, despite...
McDowell, Liz, White, Su, Davis, Hugh C
Assessment in engineering disciplines is typically oriented to demonstrating competence in specific tasks. Even where assessments are intended to have a formative component, little priority may be...
Using a personal response system for promoting student interaction (2003)
D'Inverno, Ray A, Davis, Hugh C, White, Su
We first descibe the introduction of an electronic feedback system in a large lecture class in Engineering Mathematics designed to promote greater student interaction. We then look at the experience...
The uptake and diffusion of the use of Learning Technologies in UK Higher Education is an instance of the adoption of change. There has been considerable research into the ways in which the uptake...
Using a personal response system for promoting student interaction (2003)
D'Inverno, Ray A, Davis, Hugh C, White, Su
We first descibe the introduction of an electronic feedback system in a large lecture class in Engineering Mathematics designed to promote greater student interaction. We then look at the experience...
The uptake and diffusion of the use of Learning Technologies in UK Higher Education is an instance of the adoption of change. There has been considerable research into the ways in which the uptake...
Using a personal response system for promoting student interaction (2003)
D'Inverno, Ray, Davis, Hugh, White, Su
We first descibe the introduction of an electronic feedback system in a large lecture class in Engineering Mathematics designed to promote greater student interaction. We then look at the experience...
Rethinking Assessment Through Learning Technologies (2002)
Bull, Joanna, Danson, Myles, Conole, Grainne, Davis, Hugh, White, Su, Sclater, Niall
This paper describes a range of computer assisted assessment (CAA) research and development activities and discusses how CAA is enabling a rethinking of broader learning, teaching and assessment...
Rethinking Assessment Through Learning Technologies (2002)
Bull, Joanna, Danson, Myles, Conole, Grainne, Davis, Hugh, White, Su, Sclater, Niall
This paper describes a range of computer assisted assessment (CAA) research and development activities and discusses how CAA is enabling a rethinking of broader learning, teaching and assessment...
Changing perceptions in language learning and testing (2001)
Beverly, J., Beverly, E., Clarke, M., White, Su
This is a conference paper.
Wellington, Sean, White, Su, Davis, Hugh C.
This is a conference paper.
Microcosm is an open hypertext system designed to facilitate a resource-based approach to learning and teaching. In spite of winning accolades the system never established itself as a mainstream...
S J Wellington, S J Wellington, Su White, Su White, H C Davis, H C Davis
e3an1 is a HEFCE funded collaborative project to develop a network of expertise in assessment issues within electrical and electronic engineering (EEE). A major focus of this project is the...
Quality assurance and learning technologies:intersecting agendas in UK higher education (2000)
This paper looks at developments in the use of learning technologies in UK higher education, particularly in recent years. It examines the agenda items for learning and teaching associated with the...
Quality assurance and learning technologies:intersecting agendas in UK higher education (2000)
This paper looks at developments in the use of learning technologies in UK higher education, particularly in recent years. It examines the agenda items for learning and teaching associated with the...
This is a conference paper.
Creating Large-Scale Test Banks: A Briefing for (2000)
Participative Discussion Of, Su White, Hugh Davis
This participative discussion will focus on the methodologies to be used for the production of a large-scale data bank of questions for use in all forms of assessment in higher education. This paper...