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Adaptive learning in computing for non-native speakers. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Rimbaud, Y., McEwan, T., Lawson, A., & Cairncross, S. (2014). Adaptive learning in computing for non-native speakers. In 2014 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings (1-4). https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2014.7044142

A significant proportion of e-Learning resources for engineering and computing education appear to be exclusively in English, requiring many learners to adapt themselves to learning within an English language context. Adaptive learning has a role to... Read More about Adaptive learning in computing for non-native speakers..

Designing Coordinated Multiple Views of Information Space. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
McEwan, T., Igoniderigha, N., & Benyon, D. (2014). Designing Coordinated Multiple Views of Information Space. . https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/hci2014.9

Information visualisation has long been recognized as a powerful aid to understanding: what Stuart Card has called ‘the amplification of cognition’. Research and development in information visualisation has been undertaken from many different perspec... Read More about Designing Coordinated Multiple Views of Information Space..

Commercial Competency and computing students: using the Skills Framework for the Information Age in higher education. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
McEwan, T. (2013). Commercial Competency and computing students: using the Skills Framework for the Information Age in higher education. In Frontiers in Education Conference, 2013 IEEE (286-292). https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2013.6684833

Commercial acumen has emerged recently as a third aspect of employability which employers expect from computing graduates, in addition to technical capability and "soft skills" (or similar terms like transferable skills). Our experience has been that... Read More about Commercial Competency and computing students: using the Skills Framework for the Information Age in higher education..

Young people’s perceptions of computing careers. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
McEwan, T., & McConnell, A. (2013). Young people’s perceptions of computing careers. In Frontiers in Education Conference, 2013 IEEE (1597-1603). https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2013.6685108

Recruitment into computing-related undergraduate degree courses is challenging in several countries. This is despite employers reporting skills shortages, and the sector generally offering better salaries than for graduates of more popular courses. T... Read More about Young people’s perceptions of computing careers..

Workshop on engaging the human-computer interaction community with public policymaking internationally. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Lazar, J., Barbosa, S., Gulliksen, J., McEwan, T., Normand, L. M., Palanque, P., …Wulf, V. (2013). Workshop on engaging the human-computer interaction community with public policymaking internationally. In CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '13) (3279-3282). https://doi.org/10.1145/2468356.2479666

There is an increasing interest in the intersection of human-computer interaction and public policy. This day-long workshop will examine successes and challenges related to public policy and human computer interaction, in order to provide a forum to... Read More about Workshop on engaging the human-computer interaction community with public policymaking internationally..

Constructive scaffolding for accessible PBL. (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Davison, B., & McEwan, T. (2012). Constructive scaffolding for accessible PBL. . https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2012.6462395

We reflect on the success of embedding legal, social, ethical and professional issues (LSEPI) into computing courses while at the same time encouraging a "growth mindset" in our students. We review the only compulsory course for our first year comput... Read More about Constructive scaffolding for accessible PBL..

Digital Markets and UX: Case Studies in SFIA in Higher Education. (2012)
Conference Proceeding
McEwan, T. (2012). Digital Markets and UX: Case Studies in SFIA in Higher Education.

Two case studies are combined here, to illustrate generic challenges in embedding Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) competency statements in higher education, in particular where learners’ intended job roles lack formal codification. Th... Read More about Digital Markets and UX: Case Studies in SFIA in Higher Education..

Hallelujah! using topical examples to Illustrate ethical and business Issues for engineers. (2010)
Conference Proceeding
McEwan, T., & Cairncross, S. (2010). Hallelujah! using topical examples to Illustrate ethical and business Issues for engineers. In Proceedings of FIE 2010 (S3E-1). https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2010.5673348

Technically-oriented undergraduate students are often reluctant to engage with “Legal, Social, Ethical and Professional Issues”. In particular many learners appear to have an increasingly cavalier attitude to intellectual property in digital media. M... Read More about Hallelujah! using topical examples to Illustrate ethical and business Issues for engineers..

Play up, play up and play the game. (2009)
Journal Article
McEwan, T. (2009). Play up, play up and play the game. Interfaces / the British HCI Group newsletter, 7

The rules of the game are changing – we now have rules! In many walks of life, competency frameworks are emerging to define and compare roles (meeting legal requirements such as gender pay equality), and individuals are to be benchmarked against role... Read More about Play up, play up and play the game..