Pen Lister

• PhD MSc MA NCIS FHEA MBCS
• Independent Researcher/Maker Educator at Penworks Research & University of Malta

This paper attempts to build a case for adopting the model of the Fediverse to archive digital citizen-generated urban memory. Examining literature from several relevant fields of debate acts as a pragmatic foundation for reasoning to then outline potential core technical functionality for provision of such an archive, using the Mastodon app as an...

This paper discusses the practicality, successes and possible failures of the Malta Networked Learning (NL) Forum held in May 2021. The forum was held in a hybrid synchronous face-to-face and virtual context, with a wide range of international participants, planned at short notice due to continuing uncertainty of Covid-19 restrictions. The paper ou...

INTRODUCTION This paper concerns the ways we each find our selves in our cities, how we find selfhood and community in the changing fluid spaces of cultural ebb and flow that constitute contemporary urban landscapes. Technologically infused infrastructures of buildings, transport and communication together with time based obligations of work and re...

This paper critically reflects on future-present learning in place situated in the context of postdigital learning at the scale of the city. Acknowledging a high level of uncertainty, it is argued here that we must re-imagine and investigate alternative visions of what might be possible or desirable to implement a smarter, more effective and effici...

This paper concerns the ways we each find our selves in our cities, how we find selfhood and community in the changing fluid spaces of cultural ebb and flow that constitute contemporary urban landscapes. Technologically infused infrastructures of buildings, transport and communication together with time based obligations of work and recreation inte...

Recommended citation: Lister, P. (2024, January 15). Considering User Experience in Smarter Hybrid Distance Learning. SocarXiv preprint. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/b9d8s This paper discusses user experience and smarter hybrid distance learning, considering academic staff and students in higher education. Multiple challenges are faced when ada...

A paper examining the concept of urban civic memory archives utilising the model of the interoperable Fediverse. Debate draws on a range of disciplines and reflects on human-centred urban living, cultures and lost histories, systems thinking, datafied processes and lives lived in modern smart future city spaces. Mindful of recent increasing interes...

This paper revisits issues arising from prior research carried out by the author examining citizen informal learning through interactions with the real world via augmented reality interfaces triggering place based knowledge. Topics discussed in this paper were not part of the research yet deserve further discussion in that context. Two areas are of...

This paper explores potential ways of evaluating the implicit learning that may be present in autonomous smart learning activities and environments, reflecting on prior phenomenographic research into smart learning activities positioned as local journeys in urban connected public spaces. Implicit learning is considered as intrinsic motivation, valu...

This paper discusses ways of experiencing digital technology and digital interactions in ‘smart learning journey’ activities. Smart learning journeys can be considered as ad-hoc smart learning environments outside in the real world, offering a wide range of opportunity for empowering local populace engagement in issues relevant to a neighbourhood a...

This paper discusses the practicality, successes and possible failures of the Malta Networked Learning (NL) Forum held in May 2021. The forum was held in a hybrid synchronous face-to-face and virtual context, with a wide range of international participants, planned at short notice due to continuing uncertainty of Covid-19 restrictions. The paper ou...

This study investigates smart learning conceptualised as real world journeys formed of a series of geo-spatially relevant points of interest related to a topic of learning, with digital interactions providing access to context-aware content. Using free mobile apps to provide digital augmentation and interactions, two smart learning journeys were im...

This paper discusses the uses and applications of the Pedagogy of Experience Complexity for Smart Learning (PECSL), a four-tier model of considerations for the design and development of smart learning activities. Using existing mobile apps and relevant activities as illustrative examples, the PECSL is applied to indicate concepts and mechanisms by...

This paper responds to participant interview comments made in the author’s research into experiencing smart learning from pedagogical analysis perspectives. Interviewees remarked on what was supposed to be learned as oppose to what they might have actually been interested in, motivated by or simply doing in the smart learning journey activities bei...

The Pedagogy of Experience Complexity for Smart Learning (PECSL) is a four-tier model of considerations for the design and development of learning activities situated in real world hyperlocal locations, mediated by smart enough technologies. Learner experience is placed at the centre of learning design, focusing on the complex interrelated experien...

This paper contributes to a pedagogical model for smart learning by establishing a framework of some considerations based on learner experience of smart learning journeys. Phenomenography is used to investigate variation of learner experience in smart learning journeys. Learners participate in ‘Literary London’, situated in London, UK, and 'Malta D...

This paper discusses how smart learning in urban environments can mediate citizen digital skills and competences learning initiatives supported by standards such as the European Commission citizen Digital Competences Framework [8], thus helping a broad range of urban populations to gain essential knowledge and skills for navigating the digitised se...

This chapter discusses the recent conceptual developments about CyberParks and their educational potential. Key learning characteristics and pedagogical principles will be identified through a review of learning theories and studies from cognitive neuroscience. Relevant pedagogical models are reviewed to develop one that describes learning in Cyber...

Abstract This paper takes the form of a discussion relating to a smarter knowledge commons, having come about due to implications arising from research into the development of a pragmatic pedagogical ‘guide to learning’ for smart learning environments. The paper does not discuss any research findings (which have not yet been established), but rathe...

NB this is a pre-publication last draft. Some changes will be made to the final published version Measurement and analysis of individually interpreted learning experiences can build a knowledge picture of how learners perceive immersive technology-mediated learning in smart cities. Comparison of these learning experiences with theoretical factors...

Presentation Slides used in the conference to present the conference paper of the same title.

A look at the changing landscape of higher education in a post information revolution society, reviewing literature and thinking, with implications for policy and practice.

MA Dissertation 2013, PDF generated from submitted artefact website available at http://webteach.penworks.net/maresearch

Higher education staff face a paradigm shift in the transformation of learning and teaching fit for purpose in the 21st century. The experiences of developing the eMatrix – a multi-purpose web platform for learning and teaching through informal and formal learning offers one solution as a possible way forward. Proceedings of ePIC 2014, the 12th In...