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Overview

Mike Sharples is affiliated with The Open University in the United Kingdom. Their research predominantly falls within the field of Computer Science, with a significant focus on applications, information systems, developmental and educational psychology, artificial intelligence, and education. This multidisciplinary approach reflects a broad engagement with both technical and human-centric aspects of these domains.

Their main research topics include:

  • Online Learning and Analytics
  • Digital Education and Society
  • Educational Games and Gamification
  • Teaching and Learning Programming
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Digital Humanities and Scholarship
  • Topic Modeling

Sharples has contributed to a number of peer-reviewed papers published in respected venues. Significant recent publications include:

  • Innovating Pedagogy 2020: Open University Innovation Report 8, 2020, Dublin City University Open Access Institutional Repository (Dublin City University)
  • Automated Essay Writing: An AIED Opinion, 2022, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • Towards social generative AI for education: theory, practices and ethics, 2023, Learning Research and Practice
  • The Manifesto for Teaching and Learning in a Time of Generative AI: A Critical Collective Stance to Better Navigate the Future, 2024, Open Praxis
  • Learning outcomes in online citizen science communities designed for inquiry, 2020, International Journal of Science Education Part B

The venues where Sharples frequently publishes reflect a diverse set of academic forums, including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Dublin City University Open Access Institutional Repository (Dublin City University)
  • International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • Learning Research and Practice
  • Open Praxis

Collaboration is evident in Sharples's work, with frequent coauthors including Eamon Costello, Eileen Scanlon, Christothea Herodotou, Aras Bozkurt, and Junhong Xiao. These partnerships indicate active engagement in interdisciplinary and cooperative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • The design of personal mobile technologies for lifelong learning

    Mike Sharples

  • Mobile technologies and learning

    Laura Naismith;Peter Lonsdale;Giasemi N. Vavoula;Mike Sharples

  • Towards a Theory of Mobile Learning

    Mike Sharples;Josie Taylor;Giasemi Vavoula

  • Literature Review in Mobile Technologies and Learning

    Laura Naismith;Mike Sharples;Giasemi Vavoula;Peter Lonsdale

  • Mobile learning: small devices, big issues

    Mike Sharples;Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sánchez;Marcelo Milrad;Giasemi N. Vavoula

  • A Theory of Learning for the Mobile Age

    Mike Sharples;Josie Taylor;Giasemi N. Vavoula

  • Innovating Pedagogy 2015: Open University Innovation Report 4

    Mike Sharples;Anne Adams;N Alozie;Rebecca Ferguson

  • How We Write: Writing as Creative Design

    Mike Sharples

  • One-to-one technology-enhanced learning: An opportunity for global research collaboration

    Tak-Wai Chan;Jeremy Roschelle;Sherry Hsi;Kinshuk Kinshuk

  • The Blockchain and Kudos: A Distributed System for Educational Record, Reputation and Reward

    Mike Sharples;John Domingue

  • Innovating Pedagogy 2016: Open University Innovation Report 5

    Mike Sharples;Roberto de Roock;Rebecca Ferguson;Mark Gaved

  • The Design and Implementation of a Mobile Learning Resource

    Mike Sharples;Dan Corlett;Oliver Westmancott

  • Innovation in Mobile Learning: A European Perspective

    Agnes Kukulska-Hulme;Mike Sharples;Marcelo Milrad;Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sanchez

  • Disruptive devices: mobile technology for conversational learning

    Mike Sharples

  • WP 4 - GUIDELINES FOR LEARNING/TEACHING/TUTORING IN A MOBILE ENVIRONMENT

    Claire O'Malley;Giasemi Vavoula;Jp Glew;Josie Taylor

  • Big Issues in Mobile Learning

    Mike Sharples

  • Evaluation of a Mobile Learning Organiser for University Students

    Daniel Corlett;Michael Sharples;Susan Bull;Tony Chan

  • Innovating Pedagogy 2014

    Mike Sharples;Anne Adams;Rebecca Ferguson;Mark Gaved

  • MEXICA: A computer model of a cognitive account of creative writing

    Rafael PÉrez Ý PÉrez;Mike Sharples

  • Myartspace: Design and evaluation of support for learning with multimedia phones between classrooms and museums

    Giasemi Vavoula;Mike Sharples;Paul Rudman;Julia Meek

  • A theory of learning for the mobile age: learning through conversation and exploration across contexts

    Mike Sharples;Josie Taylor;Giasemi Vavoula

Frequent Co-Authors

Eileen Scanlon
Eileen Scanlon The Open University
Peter Brusilovsky
Peter Brusilovsky University of Pittsburgh
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme The Open University
Bart Rienties
Bart Rienties The Open University
Chris Baber
Chris Baber University of Birmingham
Martin Weller
Martin Weller The Open University
Claire O'Malley
Claire O'Malley Teesside University
Marcus Specht
Marcus Specht Delft University of Technology
Karen Littleton
Karen Littleton The Open University
Jeremy Roschelle
Jeremy Roschelle Digital Promise

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