Information and Communications Technologies in Education (ICTE)
The ICTE group has wide ranging research interests spanning all sectors of education and training and a wide range of technologies. Research interests include evaluation of student learning and metacognitive awareness, mainly in undergraduate science subjects. The group have considerable experience in the design, construction and evaluation (both technical and educational) of online learning environments and multimedia-enhanced-video conferencing. Over the last decade, the group has worked within the field of e Learning and has produced three fully online programmes. These programmes have been an overwhelming success for the University and have produced significant performance improvements compared to delivery using more traditional face-to-face delivery. Recent research has focused on games-based learning and informal learning environments.
Current research interests:
- games-based learning;
- informal learning environments;
- enabling technologies for content and knowledge management;
- personalised web environments (web 2.0);
- FLOSS (open source communities);
- virtual campuses;
- reflective practice within information systems;
- eLearning theory and practice;
- integrating eLearning into undergraduate and postgraduate programmes;
- eLearning cost-effectiveness;
- approaches to blended learning;
- application of games theory to e Learning practices;
- diagnostics for transition to University;
- dialogue analysis;
- mLearning;
- emergent semantics;
- interoperability.
Conference Announcement
We will be running the 4th European Conference on Games-based Learning at The Danish School of Education, University of Aarhus, Copenhagen, Denmark on 21-22 October 2010. Details of the Conference and the Call For Papers found shortly at the Conference Website .
Important dates
Abstract submission deadline: 1 April 2010
Notification of abstract acceptance: 8 April 2010
Full paper due for review: 20 May 2010
Notification of paper acceptance: 29 July 2010
Final paper due (with any changes): 26 August 2010