Outputs (215)

A multi-institutional exploration of the social mobility potential of degree apprenticeships (2021)
Journal Article
Smith, S., Taylor-Smith, E., Fabian, K., Zarb, M., Paterson, J., Barr, M., & Berg, T. (2021). A multi-institutional exploration of the social mobility potential of degree apprenticeships. Journal of Education and Work, 34(4), 488-503. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2021.1946494

This mixed-method study at six universities asked degree apprentices about their trajectories into the apprenticeship, to better understand the social mobility potential of apprenticeships. The degree apprenticeship offers a route to a degree for app... Read More about A multi-institutional exploration of the social mobility potential of degree apprenticeships.

Curation and collaboration as activism: emerging critical practices of #FemEdTech (2022)
Journal Article
Beetham, H., Drumm, L., Bell, F., Mycroft, L., & Forsythe, G. (2022). Curation and collaboration as activism: emerging critical practices of #FemEdTech. Learning, Media and Technology, 47(1), 143-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2021.2018607

The inequities rooted in our education systems and wider societies have been thrown into relief by responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper presents four situational studies of the FemEdTech network, asking how we characterise activities of the... Read More about Curation and collaboration as activism: emerging critical practices of #FemEdTech.

Exploring feedback through forum theatre (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Drumm, L. (2019, January). Exploring feedback through forum theatre. Presented at SHIFT 2019: Annual Conference of Learning, Teaching & Assessment, University of Greenwich, London

Forum theatre was established by Boal (1985) as way to draw an audience into debates by using short plays as provocations. As this conference recognises, feedback should be a process of dialogue, consultation and mediation, but identifying how to man... Read More about Exploring feedback through forum theatre.

Forum Theatre Scripts 'Digital Education Dilemmas' (2019)
Digital Artefact
Drumm, L. (2019). Forum Theatre Scripts 'Digital Education Dilemmas'. [https://louisedrumm.com/2019/09/]

Scripts for an interactive workshop where participants are invited to join in with discussion, games and short improvisations. Originally used at Association for Learning Technology Annual Conference, September 2019 (Edinburgh). Abstract: There... Read More about Forum Theatre Scripts 'Digital Education Dilemmas'.

Computing students' attitudes to environmental sustainability education (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S., Egan, C., & Plum, K. (2021, June). Computing students' attitudes to environmental sustainability education. Paper presented at Horizons in STEM Higher Education, Online

Students have voiced concerns that their university courses do not equip them with sufficient information to understand the challenges of environmental sustainability. Although some universities (notably UWE and Keele, among others) have made signifi... Read More about Computing students' attitudes to environmental sustainability education.

Musical competency development in a laptop ensemble (2018)
Journal Article
Cheng, L. (2019). Musical competency development in a laptop ensemble. Research Studies in Music Education, 41(1), 117-131. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103x18773804

The laptop ensemble is a platform that has recently been made possible by computer technology that enables individuals to perform music collaboratively. Research in this area has largely focused on the performance aspects, with very few studies focus... Read More about Musical competency development in a laptop ensemble.

Educational affordances and learning design in music software development (2017)
Journal Article
Cheng, L., & Leong, S. (2017). Educational affordances and learning design in music software development. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 26(4), 395-407. https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939x.2016.1267037

Although music software has become increasingly affordable and widely adopted in today’s classrooms, concerns have been raised about a lack of consideration for users’ needs during the software development process. This paper examines intra- and inte... Read More about Educational affordances and learning design in music software development.

Effects of real-time visual feedback on pre-service teachers' singing: Effect of real-time visual feedback (2013)
Journal Article
Leong, S., & Cheng, L. (2014). Effects of real-time visual feedback on pre-service teachers' singing: Effect of real-time visual feedback. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 30(3), 285-296. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12046

This pilot study focuses on the use real-time visual feedback technology (VFT) in vocal training. The empirical research has two aims: to ascertain the effectiveness of the real-time visual feedback software ‘Sing & See’ in the vocal training of pre-... Read More about Effects of real-time visual feedback on pre-service teachers' singing: Effect of real-time visual feedback.

Digital Ensemble Skills in a Laptop Orchestra (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lee, C. (2018). Digital Ensemble Skills in a Laptop Orchestra. In Proceedings of the 2018 International Computer Music Conference (267-270)

The emerging practices and growing number of laptop orchestras associated with university music programs raise questions about the capability of the laptop orchestra to develop students' ensemble skills, and how skills development differs from other... Read More about Digital Ensemble Skills in a Laptop Orchestra.

Digital Musicianship Training for Classically Trained Music Students in a Laptop Orchestra (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cheng, L. (2016, May). Digital Musicianship Training for Classically Trained Music Students in a Laptop Orchestra. Presented at 22nd International Symposium on Electronic Art, Hong Kong

Laptop orchestra is a music platform that focuses on collaborative music making within a computer-mediated environment. It is usually formed by an interdisciplinary team with expertise in different disciplines such as music, composition, multimedia,... Read More about Digital Musicianship Training for Classically Trained Music Students in a Laptop Orchestra.

A model of sustainable ecosystem for software development, software business and music education (2013)
Thesis
Cheng, L. (2013). A model of sustainable ecosystem for software development, software business and music education. (Thesis). The Education University of Hong Kong. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2792659

This interdisciplinary study addresses the issue of creating a sustainable ecosystem consisting of the ecologies of software development, software business and music education. These are three key areas contributing to the end users’ applications of... Read More about A model of sustainable ecosystem for software development, software business and music education.

Teaching Live Coding of Electronic Dance Music: A Case Study (2018)
Journal Article
Cheng, L. (2018). Teaching Live Coding of Electronic Dance Music: A Case Study. Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.12801/1947-5403.2018.10.01.10

Live coding is a relatively new performance practice that emphasizes the expressive possibilities afforded by computer programming. Live coding has often been associated with contemporary musical styles such as electronic dance music (EDM), which fav... Read More about Teaching Live Coding of Electronic Dance Music: A Case Study.

Degree Apprentices’ Lockdown Survey: Reflections on working and studying from home (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor-Smith, E., & Fabian, K. (2021). Degree Apprentices’ Lockdown Survey: Reflections on working and studying from home. In SRHE International Conference on Research into Higher Education

During the first UK lockdown period, degree apprentices in two universities in Scotland were invited to complete a short qualitative survey with their reflections on starting to work and study from home. They were encouraged to complete the survey o... Read More about Degree Apprentices’ Lockdown Survey: Reflections on working and studying from home.

How are we positioning degree apprenticeships? Analysis of adverts (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fabian, K., Taylor-Smith, E., & Smith, S. (2021). How are we positioning degree apprenticeships? Analysis of adverts. In SRHE International Conference on Research into Higher Education

Degree apprentices are recruited by employers, rather than universities, reflecting their status as paid employees, first and foremost. This study analysed job adverts for IT degree apprenticeship roles to investigate the: skills, attributes, and qua... Read More about How are we positioning degree apprenticeships? Analysis of adverts.

Investing in degree apprenticeships: Analysing experiences through Conservation of Resources Theory (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, S., & Bratton, A. (2023, December). Investing in degree apprenticeships: Analysing experiences through Conservation of Resources Theory. Presented at 2023 SRHE International Research Conference, Birmingham, UK

Degree apprentices have reported finding work-life-study balance challenging. This study uses the Theory of Conservation of Resources (COR) to investigate the resources invested and gained by apprentices in the achievement of their goal of a degree w... Read More about Investing in degree apprenticeships: Analysing experiences through Conservation of Resources Theory.

Tertiary Education in a Warming World (2022)
Report
Kelly, O., Illingworth, S., Butera, F., Steinberger, J., Blaise, M., Dawson, V., …Cowman, S. (2022). Tertiary Education in a Warming World. Worldwide Universities Network

Higher education institutes have a critical role to play in driving the scientific, political, technological, and cultural change needed to avoid the worst-case climate change scenarios, and in advancing the societal adaptive capacities needed to mee... Read More about Tertiary Education in a Warming World.

Science Communication Through Poetry (2022)
Book
Illingworth, S. (2022). Science Communication Through Poetry. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96829-8

Science Communication Through Poetry aims to explore how we might communicate science effectively both to and with non-scientific audiences across the spectrum of science communication, from dissemination to dialogue, via the medium of poetry. It has... Read More about Science Communication Through Poetry.

Identifying factors influencing study skills engagement and participation for online learners in higher education during Covid-19 (2022)
Journal Article
Fabian, K., Smith, S., Taylor-Smith, E., & Meharg, D. (2022). Identifying factors influencing study skills engagement and participation for online learners in higher education during Covid-19. British Journal of Educational Technology, 53(6), 1915-1936. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.13221

The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted education across the world as campuses closed to restrict the spread of the virus. UK universities swiftly migrated to online delivery. The experiences of students and staff during this transition can inform our return... Read More about Identifying factors influencing study skills engagement and participation for online learners in higher education during Covid-19.

The practice of apprenticeships as work-integrated learning (2023)
Book Chapter
Smith, S., Taylor-Smith, E., Fabian, K., & Klotz, D. (2023). The practice of apprenticeships as work-integrated learning. In K. E. Zegwaard, & T. J. Pretti (Eds.), In The Routledge International Handbook of Work-Integrated Learning (207-217). (3rd Edition). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003156420

The term ‘apprentice’ is used to describe an employee who is learning in order to fulfill a future job role, with this learning largely encompassing on-the-job training and learning by doing (Fuller & Unwin, 1998). Conventionally, apprenticeships wer... Read More about The practice of apprenticeships as work-integrated learning.

Education in a warming world: Trends, opportunities and pitfalls for institutes of higher education (2022)
Journal Article
Kelly, O., Illingworth, S., Butera, F., Dawson, V., White, P., Blaise, M., Martens, P., Schuitema, G., Huynen, M., Bailey, S., & Cowman, S. (2022). Education in a warming world: Trends, opportunities and pitfalls for institutes of higher education. Frontiers in Sustainability, 3, Article 920375. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsus.2022.920375

Higher education institutes (HEI) face considerable challenges in navigating how to respond to the escalating and intertwined socio-ecological sustainability crises. Many dedicated individuals working in the sector are already driving meaningful acti... Read More about Education in a warming world: Trends, opportunities and pitfalls for institutes of higher education.