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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.

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.

The Importance of Authenticity in Cyber Security Training and Education (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macfarlane, R., & Mata de Acuna, J. (2019, November). The Importance of Authenticity in Cyber Security Training and Education. Presented at JISC Security Conference, Newcastle, England

The knowledge gap between academy and industry is a challenging issue that educators face every day. In the field of cyber security, it is important that students understand the need of adapting and acquiring new skills that allow them to put their t... Read More about The Importance of Authenticity in Cyber Security Training and Education.

An alternative to the peer review workshop (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bishop, D. (2019, November). An alternative to the peer review workshop. Paper presented at National Association of Writers in Education 2019 Conference, York, United Kingdom

The peer review workshop has been called ‘the signature pedagogy’ of creative writing as an academic discipline. This presentation offers an alternative to that model. David Bishop reveals how the Edinburgh Napier University MA, a genre fiction-focus... Read More about An alternative to the peer review workshop.

Teaching Across Time and Space: How University Educators Relate With, and Through, Technology (2020)
Book Chapter
Drumm, L. (2020). Teaching Across Time and Space: How University Educators Relate With, and Through, Technology. In F. Soares, A. P. Lopes, K. Brown, & A. Uukkivi (Eds.), Developing Technology Mediation in Learning Environments (23-42). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1591-4.ch002

Technology can be used to bring people closer together yet can also come between them and push them apart. In an age where discourse around our relationship with technology is becoming more widely discussed as problematic, what are the experiences of... Read More about Teaching Across Time and Space: How University Educators Relate With, and Through, Technology.

Post-Experience Learning (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McLean, L. (2020, May). Post-Experience Learning. Paper presented at Chartered Association of Business Schools - Learning, teaching and Student Experience Conference, Belfast

This research explores the nature and context of students’ participation in post-experience education, with a focus on the experiences of those engaging in a Masters level, professionally accredited qualification. This study presents a single open fr... Read More about Post-Experience Learning.

Contemporary Workplace Ethics (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
McLean, L. Contemporary Workplace Ethics

Series of reflective Learning Papers on Leadership and People Practice published by The Business School at Edinburgh Napier University. Renowned for its close ties with practitioners, the Human Resource Management Subject Area at The Business School... Read More about Contemporary Workplace Ethics.

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.

Dramatic Effect: Enhancing Nurse Education Through Performance (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hoyle, L., Bastow, F., Mahoney, C., Kyle, R., & Veitch, L. (2017, December). Dramatic Effect: Enhancing Nurse Education Through Performance

Health and social care education programmes use the ‘professional world’ to enhance authentic learning. This real-word learning is one of the most powerful pedagogical experiences a student can have. Authentic learning employs innovative and motivati... Read More about Dramatic Effect: Enhancing Nurse Education Through Performance.

Assessment App
Digital Artefact
Cochrane, R. Assessment App. [Concept storyboard artwork]

Digital Assessment system

Creative Assessment (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R. (2020, November). Creative Assessment. Presented at Edinburgh College Research, Innovation & Improvement Project Forum, Online

This paper focuses on students’ use of a novel programme-focused feedback tool we have developed and utilised across Product Design at Edinburgh Napier University. In the context of the creative industries feedback needs to become a shared responsibi... Read More about Creative Assessment.

Dog filters & flower crowns: Using Snapchat as a Pedagogical Tool in Higher Education (2020)
Journal Article
Kerr, G., & Faulkner, S. (2020). Dog filters & flower crowns: Using Snapchat as a Pedagogical Tool in Higher Education. Journal of Social Media for Learning, 1(1), 147-157. https://doi.org/10.24377/LJMU.jsml.vol1article393

Academics overwhelmingly value social media as a tool for enhancing student learning (Moran et al, 2011). Generally, academics use information technologies and social media to engage with students in a top-down fashion i.e. it is the norm to use what... Read More about Dog filters & flower crowns: Using Snapchat as a Pedagogical Tool in Higher Education.

Western Leveraged Pedagogy of Central and Eastern Europe: Discourses of Homophobia, Tolerance, and Nationhood (2013)
Journal Article
Kulpa, R. (2014). Western Leveraged Pedagogy of Central and Eastern Europe: Discourses of Homophobia, Tolerance, and Nationhood. Gender, Place and Culture, 21(4), 431-448. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2013.793656

This article focuses on the relations between the two geo-temporal categories – Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and West/Europe – in discussions about sexual politics, homophobia, tolerance, and nationhood. It contributes to the existing literature... Read More about Western Leveraged Pedagogy of Central and Eastern Europe: Discourses of Homophobia, Tolerance, and Nationhood.

Engaging Parents with Sex and Relationship Education: A UK Primary School Case Study (2016)
Journal Article
Alldred, P., Fox, N., & Kulpa, R. (2016). Engaging Parents with Sex and Relationship Education: A UK Primary School Case Study. Health Education Journal, 75(7), 855-868. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896916634114

Objective: To assess an intervention to familiarise parents with children’s books for use in primary (5–11 years) sex and relationship education (SRE) classes. Method: Case study of a 7-week programme in one London primary school, using ethnographic... Read More about Engaging Parents with Sex and Relationship Education: A UK Primary School Case Study.

Decolonizing Queer Epistemologies: Section Introduction (2016)
Book Chapter
Kulpa, R., & Silva, J. M. (2016). Decolonizing Queer Epistemologies: Section Introduction. In G. Brown, & K. Browne (Eds.), The Routledge Research Companion to Geographies of Sex and Sexualities (139-142). London: Routledge

Considering Generic Study Skills and the roles of Academic Advisers (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Richards, K., & Pilcher, N. (2021, January). Considering Generic Study Skills and the roles of Academic Advisers. Presented at ScotHELD Winter 2021 Conference, Online

In this short session we draw on work we have done over a number of years but primarily on a recent paper published in Teaching in Higher Education entitled ‘Study Skills: neoliberalism’s perfect Tinkerbell.’ We outline our own roles in the UK and Au... Read More about Considering Generic Study Skills and the roles of Academic Advisers.

Gamification for student engagement: a framework (2021)
Journal Article
Rivera, E. S., & Garden, C. L. P. (2021). Gamification for student engagement: a framework. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 45(7), 999-1012. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877x.2021.1875201

Gamification, the application of game elements to non-game situations, has gained traction in education as a mechanism for improving motivation and/or learning outcomes. Although it is widely accepted that gamification enhances these aspects of engag... Read More about Gamification for student engagement: a framework.

Daydream@Creative Leadership (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R. (2021, March). Daydream@Creative Leadership. Presented at Creativity in Leadership and Learning, Online

In August 2021 secondary schools across Scotland will pilot the new Creative Thinking qualification. This will be resourced and supported by Daydream Believers. You are invited to be part of this exciting opportunity and help put creative thinking at... Read More about Daydream@Creative Leadership.