Publications

Visual Research Methods in Education

The VLL has commissioned and published this report, from Sarah Moore, Paola Signorini and Jackie Goode. The report provides an overview of theoretical and methodological issues, methods, visual approaches, ethical issues and further resources related to visual research methods in education.

The full report can be downloaded here.

List of previous publications

Ainsworth, S.E & Loizou, A. (2003) The effects of self-explaining when learning with text or diagrams. Cognitive Science, 27, 669-681.

Ball, J. K. & Boneham, S. P. (2001). Molecular biology: theory and techniques. ISD Inform Volume 6, p9.

Ball, J. K., Boneham S. P. & Tarr, A. W (2004) Visualising molecular microbiology. Education & Training Group session (invited speaker). Proceedings of the 155th Meeting of the Society for General Microbiology, p9

Benyon, D., Crerar, A. and Wilkinson, S. (2001), Individual Differences and Inclusive Design, in C. Stephandis (Ed.) User Interfaces for All, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
TouchStone (2003) Licensed to the University of Sheffield Medical School

Chapple, M & Aston E. S, (2004) Practice Learning Teams: A partnership approach to supporting students' clinical learning, Nurse Education in Practice (accepted for publication).

Chapple, M. (2004) Promoting key skills development through the use of portfolios: Developing the model, Nurse Education Tomorrow Conference, University of Durham

Coyle, D. (2004); The Teaching Observatory: exploring zones of interactivity in Holmberg,B; Shelley, M; White,C (Eds) Languages and Distance Education: Evolution and Change MultiLingual Matters, Clevedon.

Coyle, D. The Teaching-Learning Observatory: exploring the role of interactive technology in a multi-layered teaching, training, learning and research environment. Paper presented at the AILA conference, 2002

Hicks, M., Nichols, S. & O’Malley, C. (2004) Comparing the roles of 3D visualisations in audio and audiovisual collaborations. Virtual Reality

Joyes, G. (2003) Developing critical thinking through on-line collaborative learning, Ed-Media 2003 conference, Oahu http://www.aace.org/DL/index.cfm

Joyes, G. (2003) Researching the student experience for an on-line course: A video ethnographic approach. Innovations in HE conference, Kiev

Lester, E., Schofield, D. & Chapman, P. Quantifying good group practice and a comparison of self and peer assessment with a group of chemical engineering students. Volume 1, International Engineering Education Conference, EE2004, Wolverhampton.

T. Murray, S. Blessing & S.E. Ainsworth (2003) Tools for Advanced Technology Learning Environments. Amsterdam: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Priestnall, G. (2004) Augmenting reality? The use of 3D modelling and visualisation to enhance Geography fieldwork, Geographical Information Science Research UK

Priestnall, G., Skinner, K., and Thorne, C. R (2003) Interactive mapping for communicating the results of a fluvial audit Presentation and abstract, River Restoration Centre Annual Network Conference April 2003

Schofield, D., Lester, E. & Wilson J. A. Virtual reality interactive learning environments. Volume 2, International Engineering Education Conference, EE2004, Wolverhampton

Schofield, D. and Lester, E., VIRILE: Virtual Reality Interactive Laboratory Experiments, The YANCE Conference, University of Sheffield, 2003.

Tromp, J. and Schofield, D., Practical Experiences Of Building Virtual Reality Training Systems, Proceedings of Designing and Evaluating Virtual Reality Systems Symposium, University of Nottingham, 2004

Vavoula, G.N., Lefrere, P., O’Malley, C., Taylor, J. & Sharples, M. (2004) Producing guidelines for learning, teaching and tutoring in a mobile environment. Second IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education (WMTE2004), Taiwan, 2004

Wharrad, H. Chapple, M. & Rice, N, (2003) Predictors of success on a Bachelor of Nursing Course, Nurse Education Today, 23, 246 – 254

Wharrad HJ & Leeder D (2003) Experiences with re-usable learning objects: process and evaluation. Paper presented at Association for Learning Technology conference