Oli Howson

The Open University · Department of Computing and Communications

When redeveloping a level two Algorithms and Data Structures module the decision was made to centralise the learning material and assessments around Jupyter Notebooks. We shall explore the lessons learnt and advantages gained through an assessment process which now has development, assessment and marking all completed within the Jupyter Notebook in...

Looking at the alignment between Blooms' and Simpson's hierarchies and the competency framework developed as a rationale behind the Institute of Coding's accreditation framework.

We distinguish between cognitive competence, captured in Bloom et al.'s cognitive taxonomy, and operational competence, expressed in Simpson's hierarchy. We argue that the skills gap observed by employers can be addressed by designing computing degrees that focus on developing competence rather than on knowledge.

In recent years immersive Virtual Reality (iVR) and Augmented Reality (AR) have grown in popularity and their potential for technology-enhanced learning has been explored by researchers and practitioners. However, a clear picture of the effectiveness of these technologies as teaching tools has not yet been drawn and it is not yet clear what benefit...

A presentation given at #Exabytes 2019 - A look to the (virtual) future looking at what (some) of the literature says, sharing what is currently available and encouraging future collaborators. Particularly apt to share as those present on the day know the HDMI connection wouldn't work!

The author is the Head of ICT and Computer Studies within a South London Academy in which “approaches to learning are based on strategies that reflect students’ needs and play to their strengths.” (Taylor-Bennett, et al., 2012, p. 1). Through first-hand experience, the author has come to the conclusion that a traditional, lesson-by-lesson approach...

Following the Secretary of State for Education’s decision to revise the School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document with a view to introducing Performance Related Pay or PRP, Internet forums are awash with controversy. The principles and considerations are not new; some twelve years ago Burgess, et al. (2001, p. 2) discussed ‘an individual performa...

This dissertation has endeavoured to fulfil two requirements. Firstly, it has challenged the work of Joan Borysenko in ‘Fried’, who asserts that there are twelve apparently linear stages that sufferers move through on their progress towards burnout. Secondly it has aimed to identify both causational and decrementing factors towards burnout with the...