Professor Sam Nolan's Outputs (12)

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.

Building bridges or barriers? A critical examination of the playfulness of serious play (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nolan, S., & Whitton, N. (2019, December). Building bridges or barriers? A critical examination of the playfulness of serious play. Paper presented at ociety for Research into Higher Education 2019 Conference, Celtic Mannor Resort, Newport, Wales

Curiosity Leads: Recognising and Rewarding the Impact of SoTL in Research-Led Universities (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nolan, S. (2019, December). Curiosity Leads: Recognising and Rewarding the Impact of SoTL in Research-Led Universities. Paper presented at International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA

Working with students as partners to enhance the Transition into HE (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nolan, S. (2017, December). Working with students as partners to enhance the Transition into HE. Paper presented at Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship Conference 2017, University of Sheffield, UK

Technology to Sustainably Support Laboratory Learning: Two Perspectives on Screen Experiments (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nolan, S., & Hatherly, P. (2013, December). Technology to Sustainably Support Laboratory Learning: Two Perspectives on Screen Experiments. Paper presented at Institute of Physics, Higher Education Group Meeting, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Event-sequence time series analysis in ground-based gamma-ray astronomy. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
de Almeida, U. B., Chadwick, P., Daniel, M., Nolan, S., & McComb, L. (2009, December). Event-sequence time series analysis in ground-based gamma-ray astronomy. Presented at High energy gamma-ray astronomy: 4th International Meeting on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Heidelberg

The recent, extreme episodes of variability detected from Blazars by the leading atmospheric Čerenkov experiments motivate the development and application of specialized statistical techniques that enable the study of this rich data set to its furthe... Read More about Event-sequence time series analysis in ground-based gamma-ray astronomy..

Active atmospheric calibration for HESS applied to PKS 2155-304 (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brown, A., Chadwick, P., Dickinson, H., Hadjichristidis, C., Latham, I., Le Gallou, R., Masterson, C., McComb, T., Nolan, S., Noutsos, A., Orford, K., Rayner, S., Spangler, D., & Collaboration, H. (2005, December). Active atmospheric calibration for HESS applied to PKS 2155-304. Presented at Proceedings of the 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Vol 4: OG 2.1, 2.2 \& 2.3 Forsch Zentrum Karsruhe Inst Kernphys; Univ Karlsruhe; Inst Expt Kemphys; Tata Inst Fundamental Res; Int Union Pure \& Appl Phys

Atmospheric monitoring for the HESS Cherenkov telescope array by transmissometer and LIDAR (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brown, A., Chadwick, P., Dickinson, H., Hadjichristidis, C., Latham, I., Le Gallou, R., McComb, T., Nolan, S., Noutsos, A., Orford, K., Osborne, J., Rayner, S., Spangler, D., & Collaboration, H. (2005, December). Atmospheric monitoring for the HESS Cherenkov telescope array by transmissometer and LIDAR. Presented at PROCEEDINGS OF THE 29TH INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, VOL 5: OG 2.5, 2.6 \& 2.7 Forsch Zentrum Karsruhe Inst Kernphys; Univ Karlsruhe; Inst Expt Kemphys; Tata Inst Fundamental Res; Int Union Pure \& Appl Phys

Simultaneous X-ray and VHE gamma-ray observations of microquasars (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chadwick, P., Dickinson, H., Latham, I., Nolan, S., Osborne, J., & Collaboration, H. (2005, December). Simultaneous X-ray and VHE gamma-ray observations of microquasars. Presented at Proceedings of the 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Vol 4: OG 2.1, 2.2 \& 2.3 Forsch Zentrum Karsruhe Inst Kernphys; Univ Karlsruhe; Inst Expt Kemphys; Tata Inst Fundamental Res; Int Union Pure \& Appl Phys, HOMI BHABHA MARG, NAVY NAGAR, COLABA, MUMBAI, MH-400005, INDIA

Atmospheric sensing for the H.E.S.S. array (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aye, K.-M., Brown, A., Chadwick, P., Hadjichristidis, C., Latham, I., Le Gallou, R., Mc Comb, T., Nolan, S., Noutsos, A., Orford, K., Osborne, J., Rayner, S., & Collaboration, H. (2005, February). Atmospheric sensing for the H.E.S.S. array. Presented at 2nd International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany

Several atmospheric monitoring instruments have been installed at the H.E.S.S. gamma‐ray observatory in Namibia. Firstly, Heitronics KT19 infrared radiometers, aligned paraxially with the H.E.S.S. telescopes, measure the infrared radiation of the wat... Read More about Atmospheric sensing for the H.E.S.S. array.

VHE observations of high energy peak BL Lacs (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chadwick, P., Daniel, M., McComb, T., McKenny, J., Nolan, S., Orford, K., Osborne, J., & Rayner, S. (2001, December). VHE observations of high energy peak BL Lacs. Presented at HIGH ENERGY GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY Max Planck Inst Kernphys; DFG; Int Union Pure \& Appl Phys, 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, STE 1NO1, MELVILLE, NY 11747-4501 USA

VHE gamma rays from binary systems (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chadwick, P., Chaty, S., Daniel, M., Haswell, C., Kolb, U., McComb, T., McKenny, J., Nolan, S., Norton, A., Orford, K., Osborne, J., & Rayner, S. (2001, December). VHE gamma rays from binary systems. Presented at HIGH ENERGY GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY Max Planck Inst Kernphys; DFG; Int Union Pure \& Appl Phys, 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, STE 1NO1, MELVILLE, NY 11747-4501 USA