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Why the Educational Metaverse Is Not All About Virtual Reality Apps (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gordon, N., Brayshaw, M., Kambili-Mzembe, F., & Al Jaber, T. Why the Educational Metaverse Is Not All About Virtual Reality Apps. Presented at Learning and Collaboration Technologies : 10th International Conference, LCT 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Copenhagan, Denmark

This paper explores how the Metaverse can be used in the context of learning and collaboration. In it we seek to dispel the story that the Metaverse is just another synonym for Virtual Reality and future technology. Instead we will argue that the Met... Read More about Why the Educational Metaverse Is Not All About Virtual Reality Apps.

Teaching students using Design-First Test-Driven Development (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dixon, J., Brayshaw, M., Gordon, N., Grey, S., Parker, D., & Tompsett, B. (2022, June). Teaching students using Design-First Test-Driven Development. Presented at INSPIRE XXVII: E-Learning for Sustainabilty and Education Beyond Pandemic, Online

This paper explores a test-driven approach to teaching within Higher Education. Test-driven here is derived from the Software Engineering approach, where the test cases for software are defined prior to the software being fully developed. The emphasi... Read More about Teaching students using Design-First Test-Driven Development.