Insights from an expert in academic integrity, computer science and higher education
Insights from an expert in academic integrity, computer science and higher education
I recently joined Robert Clarke in speaking about contract cheating to a room full of academics and people from within the wider Computing industry. As well as looking at examples of contract cheating and the research involved, the talk also considered some of the implications for student employability. The presentation took place for the Wolverhampton …
The educational arena has been changing with the increased availability of courses offered through MOOCS, Massive Open Online Courses. I proposed some general information about the advantages of MOOCs, as part of an article on the Birmingham City University School of Computing, Telecommunications and Networks blog. But these large scale courses, usually delivered around the …
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Just ran through the LinkedIn Labs InMap Tool to see what my professional network looks like. (you can also view the larger full size image here) Unsurprisingly, it’s dominated by my current place of work, but it’s certainly interesting to see the different links between the people I know from different aspects of my career. …
At the 2013 HEA STEM Conference, we held an introductory meeting for the Special Interest Group in contract cheating. Although the group is primarily aimed at the Computing discipline, the group is not discipline specific and should be of interest to all areas. A short presentation was held to kick off the session and the …
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As part of a wider research project looking into Computing placements and employability, Nzinga Deenah and I conducted an investigation looking at the availability of resources online to support placement students across the sector. The argument was that by advertising these resources online, Higher Education Institutions were helping to promote and market their courses and …
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