Statistical Assessment of Peer Opinions in Higher Education Rankings: The Case of U.S. Engineering Graduate Programs (2019)
Journal Article
Ghaisi, A., Fountas, G., Anastasopoulos, P., & Mannering, F. (2019). Statistical Assessment of Peer Opinions in Higher Education Rankings: The Case of U.S. Engineering Graduate Programs. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 11(3), 481-492. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-09-2018-0196

Unlike many other quantitative characteristics used to determine higher education rankings, opinion-based peer assessment scores, and the factors that may influence them, are not well understood. Using peer scores of U.S. colleges of engineering as r... Read More about Statistical Assessment of Peer Opinions in Higher Education Rankings: The Case of U.S. Engineering Graduate Programs.

Who Is (Likely) Peer-Reviewing Your Papers? A Partial Insight into the World’s Top Reviewers (2019)
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., D'Amico, B., & Rye, T. (2019). Who Is (Likely) Peer-Reviewing Your Papers? A Partial Insight into the World’s Top Reviewers. Publications, 7(1), 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/publications7010015

Scientific publishing is experiencing unprecedented growth in terms of outputs across all fields. Inevitably this creates pressure throughout the system on a number of entities. One key element is represented by peer-reviewers, whose demand increases... Read More about Who Is (Likely) Peer-Reviewing Your Papers? A Partial Insight into the World’s Top Reviewers.

In search of intellectual stimulation: understanding the relationship between motivation, deep learning and stimulation in the HE classroom (2017)
Journal Article
Chowdhry, S., & Osowska, R. (2017). In search of intellectual stimulation: understanding the relationship between motivation, deep learning and stimulation in the HE classroom. Journal of Today's Ideas - Tomorrow's Technologies, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.15415/jotitt.2017.51001

One of the key educational notions measured in the National Student Survey (NSS) is intellectual stimulation. This study aimed to find out Higher Education (HE) engineering students' views of intellectual stimulation with a focus on its measurement a... Read More about In search of intellectual stimulation: understanding the relationship between motivation, deep learning and stimulation in the HE classroom.

Evaluation of Assessment Method to Incorporate Graduate Attributes in Building Surveying Module (2016)
Journal Article
Chowdhry, S., & Garnier, C. (2016). Evaluation of Assessment Method to Incorporate Graduate Attributes in Building Surveying Module. Journal of Today's Ideas - Tomorrow's Technologies, 4(2), 118-171. https://doi.org/10.15415/jotitt.2016.42008

This study aims at finding out whether an alternate assessment strategy in Sustainable Developments module to improve the student's employability skills and qualities. The exploratory studies, quantitative and qualitative questions acted as a data ga... Read More about Evaluation of Assessment Method to Incorporate Graduate Attributes in Building Surveying Module.

The cultural dimension of industrial ecology education: success story of a sustainable integrated curriculum in Chía, Colombia (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pomponi, F., Medina Campos, L., & Moncaster, A. (2016, May). The cultural dimension of industrial ecology education: success story of a sustainable integrated curriculum in Chía, Colombia. Presented at ISIE Americas 2016 - Industrial Ecology and Green Transformation

Industrial ecology higher education courses and degrees are gaining momentum across the world. However, much can also be done at earlier educational stages to create future generations for which industrial ecology will be an embedded and natural conc... Read More about The cultural dimension of industrial ecology education: success story of a sustainable integrated curriculum in Chía, Colombia.

The Engineering Peer Tutors (2015)
Journal Article
Durkacz, K., Balfour, A., Spittal, D., Rogoz, M., & Csek, L. (2015). The Engineering Peer Tutors. Edinburgh Napier University Teaching Fellows Journal, Spring, 21

Use of Microsoft-Excel environment for effective teaching delivery of a course In heat transfer. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muneer, T., Gul, M. S., Gago, E. J., & Kotak, Y. (2015, August). Use of Microsoft-Excel environment for effective teaching delivery of a course In heat transfer. Paper presented at International Conference on Computing in Mechanical Engineering,

The Effective Use Of Computer Assisted Learning For Teaching Thermo-Fluid Engineering Modules. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muneer, T., Gul, M. S., Gago, E. J., & Kotak, Y. (2015, August). The Effective Use Of Computer Assisted Learning For Teaching Thermo-Fluid Engineering Modules. Paper presented at International Conference on Computing in Mechanical Engineering,

Experiences of using Audio Feedback in Engineering Mathematics Modules. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Durkacz, K., & Mowat, E. (2015, June). Experiences of using Audio Feedback in Engineering Mathematics Modules. Presented at Barriers and Enablers to Learning Maths: Enhancing Learning and Teaching for All Learners

The main purpose of the Engineering Mathematics modules at Edinburgh Napier University is to explain the underpinning mathematical techniques, in areas such as calculus, series and vectors, which are required by the engineering modules. These modules... Read More about Experiences of using Audio Feedback in Engineering Mathematics Modules..

Win/Win: The Engineering Peer Tutors. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Durkacz, K. (2015, June). Win/Win: The Engineering Peer Tutors. Paper presented at Edinburgh Napier LTA Staff Conference June 2015

Dan Ridley-Ellis (2014)
Journal Article
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2014). Dan Ridley-Ellis. The Networker,

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A study of the impact of technology-enhanced learning on student academic performance. (2014)
Journal Article
Chowdhry, S., Sieler, K., & Alwis, L. (2014). A study of the impact of technology-enhanced learning on student academic performance. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 2,

In university education a lot of emphasis is placed on the use of the virtual learning environment (VLE) in teaching to enhance the student learning experience. As a result, the academic staff is encouraged to use VLEs in different ways, including as... Read More about A study of the impact of technology-enhanced learning on student academic performance..

The Engineering Peer Tutors. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Durkacz, K. (2014, September). The Engineering Peer Tutors. Paper presented at SEBE LTA conference

The Use Of Mobile Devices By Uclan GB-ACE Students As An Aid To Learning (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pye, C., & Smith, A. (2014, July). The Use Of Mobile Devices By Uclan GB-ACE Students As An Aid To Learning. Poster presented at UCLan Learning and Teaching Conference

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Stand-up comedy for researchers (2014)
Book Chapter
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2014). Stand-up comedy for researchers. In I. Daly, & A. Brophy Haney (Eds.), 53 interesting ways to communicate your research (57-58). The Professional and Higher Partnership Ltd

Effective researchers need both to conduct high-quality research and to communicate it - to subject specialists, researchers in other fields, research participants, business, government, the third sector, or the public, not to mention potential emplo... Read More about Stand-up comedy for researchers.

Sharing Assessment across Institutions and VLEs. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Milne, S., McVey, M., Barr, N., Davis, M., Mason, J., Greenhalgh, R., Barnes, S., Durkacz, K., & Fletcher, L. (2013, September). Sharing Assessment across Institutions and VLEs. Paper presented at CETL-MSOR Conference 2013

IMS Question and Test Interoperability version 2.1 (QTI 2.1) provides
a flexible and powerful way of specifying computer delivered assessment
questions and tests in an XML format that can be used by different
delivery systems, including Moodle. Th... Read More about Sharing Assessment across Institutions and VLEs..

Audio Feedback: it’s good and it works! (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Durkacz, K. (2013, September). Audio Feedback: it’s good and it works!. Paper presented at SEBE LTA Conference

Investigating gaps in higher civil engineering education regarding students’ level of knowledge and understanding of basic structural concepts (2013)
Thesis
Tsechelidou, E. Investigating gaps in higher civil engineering education regarding students’ level of knowledge and understanding of basic structural concepts. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6076

A key issue for young graduates of civil engineering is their ability to obtain the necessary knowledge and understanding of the basic concepts of civil engineering, which are necessary to work with success in real projects. The literature review ind... Read More about Investigating gaps in higher civil engineering education regarding students’ level of knowledge and understanding of basic structural concepts.

Public feedback - but personal feedforward? (2012)
Journal Article
Cowan, J., & Chiu, Y.-C. J. (2012). Public feedback - but personal feedforward?. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 4,

Academic feedback is taken here as the reporting to student writers of the strengths and weaknesses of their submitted draft work, while academic feedforward refers to constructive advice regarding possible strengthening of students’ next work. Both... Read More about Public feedback - but personal feedforward?.

The learner’s role in assessing higher level abilities (2012)
Journal Article
Cowan, J., & Cherry, D. (2012). The learner’s role in assessing higher level abilities. Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 6, 12-22

This paper responds to the vision of a new assessment culture, which will be a meaningful integration of teaching, learning and assessment. It reviews the advice in the literature about assessment, and from there identifies principles for the assessm... Read More about The learner’s role in assessing higher level abilities.