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Research Projects and Funding
2010 - 2013
Co-investigator: European Commission (EC) funding for the EGOV4U 'E-government for you' project. This project is part of the EC's Competitiveness and Innovation Programme; collaboration with Dublin City Council, Local councils Association in Malta, Milton Keynes Council, Reykjavik (Iceland) council and Rijeka (Croatia) council. Please see the Project Portal, and Open University's project website for Work Package 7 of the project.
| 2009 - 2010 | |
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Lead Investigator: Role of an eductaor in social software initiatives; Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology, Innovation Fund, The Open University, UK |
2008 - 2009 |
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Lead Investigator: JISC Learning and Teaching Innovation grant: Design of Learning Spaces in 3D Virtual Environments; collaboration with Nottingham University Project website: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearningltig/delve.aspx |
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Lead Investigator: JISC e-learning project A study into the effective use of social software by Further Education and Higher Education in the UK to support student learning and engagement Project website: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/projects/socialsoftware08.aspx |
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Teaching Fellowship: COLMSCT (Centre for Open Learning in Maths, Science, Computing and Technology)-CETL (Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning): Investigating 3D Multi-user Virtual Environments for their Pedagogical Effectiveness Project website: http://tinyurl.com/dykxod |
| 2007 - 2008 | |
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Lead Investigator: Pedagogical Effectiveness of Podcasts in Computer Science Education; Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology, Innovation Fund, The Open University, UK |
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Lead Investigator: Developing Reflective Practice in Post-graduate Professional Courses; funded by the PBPL (Professional-based Practice Learning)-CETL (Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning), The Open University, UK |
| 2006 - 2007 | |
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Lead Investigator: Role of blogs in Learning and Teaching; jointly funded by the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Programme of the Open University and the Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology Innovation Fund |
| 2006 - 2009 | |
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Co-investigator: NHS Service Delivery and Organisation R&D Programme (SDO/130/2006): Patients, Professionals and the Internet: Renegotiating the Healthcare Encounter: collaboration with Glasgow University and Manchester University Project website: http://www.bewebhealthy.com/ |
| 2003 - 2004 | |
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BT Research Fellowship: Social, organisational and cultural attractors in (B2C) E-commerce environments (B2C is the acronym for Business-to-Customer), BT Plc, UK |
| 2002 - 2004 | |
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Principal Investigator: EPSRC Fast Stream grant (GR/R60867/01): Exploring Exceptions in User-centred Requirements and User Interface Designs |
| 2001 - 2002 | |
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BT Research Fellowship: Maximising Usability of E-business Sites for Effective Customer Relationship Management, BT Plc, UK |