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Recent publications
Minocha, Shailey and Hardy, Christopher Leslie (2011). Designing navigation and wayfinding in 3D virtual learning spaces. In: OzCHI 2011 Design, Culture and Interaction, 28 Nov - 02 Dec 2011, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (forthcoming).
Rapanotti, Lucia; Minocha, Shailey; Barroca, Leonor; Boulos, Maged N. Kamel and Morse, David R. (2011). 3D virtual worlds in higher education. In: Olofsson, Anders D. and Lindberg, J. Ola eds. Informed Design of Educational Technologies in Higher Education: Enhanced Learning and Teaching. IGI Global, pp. 212–240.
Award
My paper entitled 'An empirically-grounded study on the effective use of social software in education' published in Education + Training, Volume: 51 Issue: 5/6 Page: 381 - 394, 2009 has been the Highly Commended Award Winner at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2010.
Virtual worlds research featured in a recent report and newsletter
Eduserv-funded Virtual World Watch Report
The report Virtual World Watch Report of Spring 2010 profiles the virtual worlds projects in UK higher and further education. It features our Second Life initiatives at The Open University, UK. A summary of the report and the full report are available on the Virtual World Watch project website.
Presentations
India HCI Conference, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, 22-24 March 2010
Ethics in Usability Engineering, Industry presentation, Resources [pdf]
Open-CETL Conference, Open University, 15-16 December 2009
Poster presentation: Bringing educators and students into Second Life: Design of socialisation and skills development activities [pdf]
Research Paper presentation: Designing Learning Activities in Second Life for Student Engagement [pdf]
Digital Britain Event, London Technology Network, 2 December 2009
Social Networking and Second Life: The Future of Business [pdf]
Conference: Learning Web 2.0 Conference, Brunel University, West London, UK, 6-7 July 2009
Event website: http://elearning2-0.ning.com/
Investigating the use of Social Software tools by students in Further and Higher Education: A Case Study Methodology [pdf]
Seminar: Researching Student Learning in a Digital Age, 7 May 2009
Researching the use of Social Software tools by students in Further and Higher Education at the Seminar organised at the Open University, UK as a part of an ESRC-funded project: Digital Literacies in Higher Education. The presentation relates to our recently completed JISC-funded Social Software project: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/projects/socialsoftware08
e-learning Community Event: JISC projects at the Open University, 28th April 2009
JISC bids: An Academic Perspective, Transcript [pdf], Presentation [pdf]
Effective use of social software to support student learning and engagement, Transcript [pdf]