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Theatre in the round: a study of the effectiveness of 360-degree video and VR to address critical questions in the teaching and learning of drama (2024)
Journal Article
Brown, A., Childs, M., & Youdale, J. (online). Theatre in the round: a study of the effectiveness of 360-degree video and VR to address critical questions in the teaching and learning of drama. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, https://doi.org/10.1080/14794713.2024.2434760

This research explored how 360-video when experienced through virtual reality (VR) might support higher education (HE) English Literature students to perceive critical issues in dramatic works. Previous research placed observers into dramatic action... Read More about Theatre in the round: a study of the effectiveness of 360-degree video and VR to address critical questions in the teaching and learning of drama.

The role of the facilitator in collective reflection on higher education teaching (2024)
Journal Article
Rattray, J., Reimann, N., Dragas, T., Rajab, T., & Murray, M. (online). The role of the facilitator in collective reflection on higher education teaching. International Journal for Academic Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2024.2423157

This paper arose from the authors’ experience of facilitating collective reflection on higher education teaching using the ‘intercultural teaching process recall’ (iTPR) method. Facilitators’ contributions to the iTPR sessions were analysed empirical... Read More about The role of the facilitator in collective reflection on higher education teaching.

Compassionate inquiry: digital storytelling and the ethics of care (2024)
Journal Article
Ward, S., Dragas, T., Mazzoli Smith, L., Ross, K., & Miao, Z. (online). Compassionate inquiry: digital storytelling and the ethics of care. Teaching in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2024.2394600

In this paper we identify the use of Digital Storytelling (DS) as a mode of pedagogy aligned with an ethics of care. We consider how DS, as summative assessment, may foreground care ethics such as attentiveness, responsiveness, and trust. Our interes... Read More about Compassionate inquiry: digital storytelling and the ethics of care.

Doctoral Colloquium—How Interactivity and Presence Affect Learning in Immersive Virtual Reality: A Mixed Methods Study Design (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fern, N., Cristea, A. I., Nolan, S., & Stewart, C. (2024, June). Doctoral Colloquium—How Interactivity and Presence Affect Learning in Immersive Virtual Reality: A Mixed Methods Study Design. Presented at 10th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

This doctoral colloquium paper describes a mixed-methods study to investigate the impact of high interactivity Immersive Virtual Reality (iVR) materials on learning in higher education. It is motivated by the changing landscape of iVR technology and... Read More about Doctoral Colloquium—How Interactivity and Presence Affect Learning in Immersive Virtual Reality: A Mixed Methods Study Design.

Personal Development of Doctoral Students (2024)
Journal Article
Riby, D. M., & Rees, S. (2024). Personal Development of Doctoral Students. Encyclopedia, 4(2), 743-752. https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia4020047

Definition: Personal development refers to the process of increasing one’s self-awareness, associated increases of self-esteem, increasing skills, and fulfilling one’s aspirations. The current paper reflects on these elements within the doctoral jour... Read More about Personal Development of Doctoral Students.

Escape Rooms as Tools for Learning Through Failure (2024)
Journal Article
Rawlinson, R. E., & Whitton, N. (2024). Escape Rooms as Tools for Learning Through Failure. The Electronic Journal of eLearning, 22(4), https://doi.org/10.34190/ejel.21.7.3182

The increasingly neoliberal course of Higher Education is linked to rises in student anxiety around assessment and increased fear of the consequences of failure. Making mistakes is an inevitable part of any learning process (and of li... Read More about Escape Rooms as Tools for Learning Through Failure.

Editorial- Launching Enhancing Learning & Teaching in Higher Education (ELTHE): a place to publish and share your own scholarly work and teaching innovations. (2024)
Journal Article
Roger, M., & Nolan, S. (2024). Editorial- Launching Enhancing Learning & Teaching in Higher Education (ELTHE): a place to publish and share your own scholarly work and teaching innovations. Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 1, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.62512/etlhe.13

Welcome to the first edition of Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (ELTHE). ETLHE offers an opportunity for those involved in universitylearning and teaching to disseminate their practice. It aims to publish accounts of scho... Read More about Editorial- Launching Enhancing Learning & Teaching in Higher Education (ELTHE): a place to publish and share your own scholarly work and teaching innovations..

Addressing discipline specificity in a multidisciplinary EAP classroom through data-driven learning (2024)
Journal Article
Therova, D., & McKay, A. (2024). Addressing discipline specificity in a multidisciplinary EAP classroom through data-driven learning. Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 1, 21-40. https://doi.org/10.62512/etlhe.9

Mastering academic writing is one of the challenges frequently experienced by university students across all levels and disciplines. As writing remains one of the most common ways of demonstrating knowledge in university settings, developing an appro... Read More about Addressing discipline specificity in a multidisciplinary EAP classroom through data-driven learning.

Academic Advising: Improving Current Practices (2024)
Journal Article
Zaher, A. (2024). Academic Advising: Improving Current Practices. Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 1, 41-51. https://doi.org/10.62512/etlhe.8

Academic advising is an essential element of a student’s experience and an integral part of a professor’s work. However, it does not always receive enough attention in higher education (HE) institutions even though it has proven to be crucial in enha... Read More about Academic Advising: Improving Current Practices.

Why Didn't the Pre-Arrival Intervention to Combat Maths Anxiety Work? (2023)
Journal Article
Mathias, J., & Staddon, R. V. (2023). Why Didn't the Pre-Arrival Intervention to Combat Maths Anxiety Work?. Journal of the Foundation Year Network, 6, 99-112

There has been a growing demand for advanced quantitative skills in UK workplaces in the last twenty years. In response to this, the foundation programme in this study mandates social science, business and biology students to complete a 30-credit mat... Read More about Why Didn't the Pre-Arrival Intervention to Combat Maths Anxiety Work?.

Enhancing student writing with do-it-yourself corpora on a PhD pre-sessional programme (2023)
Journal Article
Therova, D., & McKay, A. (in press). Enhancing student writing with do-it-yourself corpora on a PhD pre-sessional programme. Language Teaching Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688231221350

As an effective writing course should focus on disciplines and their unique characteristics, practitioners of English for academic purposes (EAP) are often faced with the challenge of addressing the different needs of learners from various fields of... Read More about Enhancing student writing with do-it-yourself corpora on a PhD pre-sessional programme.

Leading Innovation and Creativity in University Teaching: Implementing Change at the Programme Level (2022)
Book
Nolan, S., & Hutchinson, S. (Eds.). (2022). Leading Innovation and Creativity in University Teaching: Implementing Change at the Programme Level. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003190745

University teaching is increasingly required to be innovative yet safe, inclusive yet selective, and thought provoking yet metricised. In addition, higher education, like other aspects of society, has had to change rapidly in response to the Covid-19... Read More about Leading Innovation and Creativity in University Teaching: Implementing Change at the Programme Level.

Inconsistent Language Use in Online Resources Explaining the Mole Has Implications for Students’ Understanding (2022)
Journal Article
Rees, S. W., & Bruce, M. (2022). Inconsistent Language Use in Online Resources Explaining the Mole Has Implications for Students’ Understanding. Journal of Chemical Education, 99(7), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00199

The quantity amount of substance (symbol “n”) and its SI unit, the mole (symbol “mol”), are unfamiliar to novice chemistry students. Developing a good understanding of this quantity and its unit has previously been demonstrated to be problematic. In... Read More about Inconsistent Language Use in Online Resources Explaining the Mole Has Implications for Students’ Understanding.

Teaching for and with Creativity in Science (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rees, S. (2021, December). Teaching for and with Creativity in Science. Paper presented at Association of Science Education summer conference, online

The Creative Sciences (2021)
Journal Article
Rees, S., & Newton, D. (2021). The Creative Sciences. School science review, 382, 57-62

Creativity lies at the heart of science teaching and learning. However, stereotypically, creativity is more widely associated with the arts than the sciences. In this article, we challenge this perception and demonstrate how to teach for and with cre... Read More about The Creative Sciences.