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Dramatic Effect - enhancing nurse education through performance (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mahoney, C., Bastow, F., & Harper-McDonald, B. (2019, September). Dramatic Effect - enhancing nurse education through performance. Paper presented at RAISE Annual Conference, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Health and social care integration (HCI) is an important policy priority across the United Kingdom. HCI is a complex process, not least because it results in blurring and redefinition of professional roles. Because nurses are at the forefront of HCI... Read More about Dramatic Effect - enhancing nurse education through performance.

A book to bind us together: Staff–student collaboration on a new model of publication (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray, A. (2019, July). A book to bind us together: Staff–student collaboration on a new model of publication. Paper presented at Advance HE Learning & Teaching Annual Conference, 2019, Northumbria University

This presentation provides insights into a ground-breaking initiative in which academics worked with students to produce a new book, entitled “Innovation in Learning and Teaching”. The book has now been published in print and is available on Amazon (... Read More about A book to bind us together: Staff–student collaboration on a new model of publication.

No Alarms and No Surprises (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Garden, C. (2019, June). No Alarms and No Surprises. Presented at Learning and Teaching Conference, Edinburgh

In this presentation I will outline a number of case studies where I have learned from working with students from different learning backgrounds to develop my teaching ethos of ‘no alarms and no surprises’. I address the accessibility of ‘surprise’ t... Read More about No Alarms and No Surprises.

Gamification for Engagement: A Framework to Study and Apply Gamification (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Garden, C., & Rivera, E. (2019, June). Gamification for Engagement: A Framework to Study and Apply Gamification. Presented at ENU Research Conference 2019, Edinburgh

We will showcase research currently underway through a PhD studentship entitled ‘Does Gamification improve engagement with, and effectiveness of formative assessment?’. We first define gamification and explain the theoretical basis of the new Gamific... Read More about Gamification for Engagement: A Framework to Study and Apply Gamification.

Responding, Reframing, and Revising – Utilising Improvisation Principles in Critique and Problem Solving (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stefanie, R. (2019, June). Responding, Reframing, and Revising – Utilising Improvisation Principles in Critique and Problem Solving. Paper presented at Association for Popular Music Education Annual Conference, New York, USA

In comedic and dramatic performance improvisation is underpinned by the principle “yes… and”. The goal of an improviser is to accept and respond to an idea then adapt and develop a scene. To make the narrative work and performers look good an improvi... Read More about Responding, Reframing, and Revising – Utilising Improvisation Principles in Critique and Problem Solving.

Building on Intent – a Framework for Developing Vocal Musicianship (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stefanie, R. (2019, June). Building on Intent – a Framework for Developing Vocal Musicianship. Paper presented at Association for Popular Music Education Annual Conference, New York, USA

Voice can be an awkward instrument to teach. The research of pioneers such as MeriBeth Bunch, Ingo Titze, and Jo Estill has provided us with illuminating scientific insight in to the mechanics of vocal production. The science helps us understand what... Read More about Building on Intent – a Framework for Developing Vocal Musicianship.

Assessment as a locus for engagement: priorities and practicalities (2019)
Journal Article
Sambell, K., Brown, S., & Race, P. (2019). Assessment as a locus for engagement: priorities and practicalities. Giornale Italiano della Recerca Educativa, https://doi.org/10.7346/SIRD-1S2019-P45

This paper considers how assessment can productively act as a locus for engagement. It focuses on the important case being made by diverse global assessment experts who argue that we would do well to rethink assessment such that learning, rather than... Read More about Assessment as a locus for engagement: priorities and practicalities.

What’s in a word? Practices associated with ‘feedforward’ in higher education. (2019)
Journal Article
Reimann, N., Sadler, I., & Sambell, K. (2019). What’s in a word? Practices associated with ‘feedforward’ in higher education. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 44(8), 1279-1290. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2019.1600655

The term ‘feedforward’ is increasingly employed in higher education, and this paper focuses on the way in which it fits into contemporary debates about feedback and its impact on practitioners. Semi-structured interviews were used to investigate the... Read More about What’s in a word? Practices associated with ‘feedforward’ in higher education..

How do I get the grades creativity and conflicts of motivation risk and reward. (2019)
Book Chapter
Stefanie, R. (2019). How do I get the grades creativity and conflicts of motivation risk and reward. In Z. Moir, B. Powell, & G. D. Smith (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education: Perspectives and Practices (395-413). Bloomsbury Publishing

This chapter discusses the thought processes behind learning, teaching, and assessment (LTA) of creativity as a set of skills and processes. I utilize the work I have done in designing and delivering a module (course) that specifically tackles creati... Read More about How do I get the grades creativity and conflicts of motivation risk and reward..

Putting theory into practice: gamification for student engagement (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Garden, C., & Rivera, E. (2018). Putting theory into practice: gamification for student engagement. In EDULEARN18 Proceedings (4563-4570). https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2018.1138

Gamification is the use of game design elements in a non-game contexts [1]. It is an intervention that has been used in a business setting for a number of years and is now becoming more and more applied in higher education [2]. We present the practic... Read More about Putting theory into practice: gamification for student engagement.

Theory and Games: Developing a method for gamifying Higher Education (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, E. S., & Garden, C. L. P. (2018). Theory and Games: Developing a method for gamifying Higher Education. In EDULEARN18 Proceedings

Gamification, the use of game attributes in non-game context, is used in the private sector as well as education[1]. Research into Gamified Learning (GL) often focuses on case studies of impact or value [2], and can suffer from a lack of parsimony. T... Read More about Theory and Games: Developing a method for gamifying Higher Education.

Editorial: Special Issue on Mobile Mixed Reality (2018)
Journal Article
Cochrane, T., Smart, F., & Narayan, V. (2018). Editorial: Special Issue on Mobile Mixed Reality. Research in Learning Technology, 26, https://doi.org/10.25304/rlt.v26.2195

This special collection of Research In Learning Technology explores the state of the art of mobile mixed reality (MMR) in education. The special collection includes eight articles that cover; a systematic review of MMR in healthcare higher education,... Read More about Editorial: Special Issue on Mobile Mixed Reality.

An alternative to the peer review workshop for creative writing (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bishop, D. (2018, October). An alternative to the peer review workshop for creative writing. Paper presented at Creative Writing Studies Conference 2018

David Bishop presents an alternative to the workshop model, reprogramming the simulator of creative writing to avoid no-win scenarios. He examines how the Edinburgh Napier University program, a genre fiction-focused creative writing program in Scotla... Read More about An alternative to the peer review workshop for creative writing.

Surveying Friendship. What the Quantitative Data Tell Us About Friendship among LGBT Communities (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kulpa, R. (2018, October). Surveying Friendship. What the Quantitative Data Tell Us About Friendship among LGBT Communities. Paper presented at Queering Friendship: Citizenship, Care and Choice (‘Intimate’ Project), University of Lisbon, Lisbon, PT

2018, Surveying Friendship. What the Quantitative Data Tell Us About Friendship among LGBT Communities. To: Queering Friendship: Citizenship, Care and Choice (‘Intimate’ Project), University of Lisbon.

https://www.ces.uc.pt/intimate/index.php?id=1... Read More about Surveying Friendship. What the Quantitative Data Tell Us About Friendship among LGBT Communities.

Cross Campus Shared Reading – Staff / Student Collaboration under Scrutiny (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray, A. (2018, September). Cross Campus Shared Reading – Staff / Student Collaboration under Scrutiny. Paper presented at RAISE Conference 2018: Working better together: collaborations in student engagement, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK

No abstract available.

Professionalism and affective learning for new prison officers: learning values, attitudes and behaviours in training at the Scottish Prison Service (2018)
Book Chapter
Morrison, K. (2018). Professionalism and affective learning for new prison officers: learning values, attitudes and behaviours in training at the Scottish Prison Service. In S. Loo (Ed.), Multiple Dimensions of Teaching and Learning for Occupational Practice. Routledge

This paper argues that, as the Scottish Prison Service moves towards professionalisation, the ‘ethical’ component of an officer’s work increases in importance, and that learning in the ‘affective domain’ (that which addresses values, attitudes, and b... Read More about Professionalism and affective learning for new prison officers: learning values, attitudes and behaviours in training at the Scottish Prison Service.

Feedback Stamp (2018)
Physical Artefact
Cochrane, R., & Firth, R. Feedback Stamp. [Wooden Stamp]

Simple feedback stamp to provide incremental feedback on work-in-progress in the art design context.

Social media in nursing and midwifery education: a mixed study systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S., Jolliffe, S., Stanmore, E., Renwick, L., & Booth, R. (2018). Social media in nursing and midwifery education: a mixed study systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13799

Aim
To synthesize evidence on the effectiveness of social media in nursing and midwifery education.

Background
Social media are being explored to see if these online tools can support teaching, learning and assessment.

Design
A mixed study s... Read More about Social media in nursing and midwifery education: a mixed study systematic review.