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2011

Derntl, M., Neumann-Heyer, S., Griffiths, D., & Oberhuemer, P. (2011). The Conceptual Structure of IMS Learning Design Does Not Impede Its Use for Authoring. Transactions on Learning Technology, (99), 1, 0. doi:10.1109/TLT.2011.25

Grant, S., & Sgouropoulou, C. (2011). What is a level of competence? In C. M. Stracke (Ed.), Competence Modelling for Human Resources Development and European Policies: Bridging Business, Education and Training.

Grant, S., Sgouropoulou, C., & Thanopoulos, C. (2011). A model for skills and competences and its application in the agricultural sector. Proceedings of MTSR. Springer.

Griffiths, David, Goddard, T., Johnson, M., Popat, K., Sharples, P., & Wilson, S. (2011). Bottling the magic dust: an infrastructure for mixed-mode teaching and learning. In D. Hernández Leo, C. Delgado Kloos, & J. I. Asensio-Pérez (Eds.), Proceedings of the Across Physical and Virtual Spaces (AcrossSpaces) Workshop in conjunction with ECT-TEL 2011 (pp. 21-25). EC-TEL. Retrieved from http://www.ec-tel.eu/files/AcrossSpaces_2011-proceedings-v2-20110921.pdf|
Hollins, P. (2011). Recognition of Variety Considering Learning with digital Games as Cybernetic Systems. International Journal of technology Enhanced Learning (IJTEL)3(5), 456-467.
Hollins, P., & Whitton, N. (2011). From the Games Industry –ten lessons for Games Based Learning. International Journal of Virtual and Personal learning Environments (IJVPLE)2(2), 73-82.

Johnson, M. (2011). Music, Memory and Cognition: A cybernetic Approach. Kybernetes, The international journal of cybernetics, systems and management sciences40(7/8), 1066-1077.

Johnson, M., & Smyth, K. (2011). Diversity, value and technology: exposing value pluralism in institutional strategy. Journal of Campus Wide Information Systems28(4), 211-220.

Johnson, M., Griffiths, D., & Wang, M. (2011). Positioning Theory , Roles and the Design and Implementation of Learning Technology.  Journal of Universal Computer Science 17(9), 1329-1346. Retrieved from http://www.jucs.org/jucs_17_9/positioning_theory_roles_and|

Kraan, W., & Yuan, L. (2011). Cloud Computing in Institutions (CETIS Briefing Paper No. 2011:B03)Management (p. 6). Retrieved from http://publications.cetis.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Cloud_Computing.pdf|

Millwood, R., & Powell, S. (2011). A cybernetic analysis of a university-wide curriculum innovation.  Journal of Campus-Wide Information Systems 28(4), 258 - 274. Retrieved from http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1065-0741&volume=28&issue=4&articleid=1949285&show=abstract|

Willett, T., Scott, R., Smothers, V., Ellaway, R., & Grant, S. (2011). Competencies, A proposed conceptualization for the standardized digital representation of. MedBiquitous Annual Conference. Baltimore, MD.

Wilson, S., Sharples, P., Griffiths, D., & Popat, K. (2011). Augmenting the VLE using widget technologies. International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning3(1), 4-20.

Yuan, L. (2011).  JISC Observatory Technology Forecast Literature Review (CETIS Briefing Paper No. 2011:B03) (p. 11). Retrieved from http://blog.observatory.jisc.ac.uk/2011/05/16/technology-forecasting-literature-review/#comment-33|

2010

Alario-Hoyos, C., & Wilson, S. (2010). Comparison of the main Alternatives to the Integration of External Tools in different Platforms. Proceedings of the International Conference of Education Research and Innovation, ICERI (pp. 3466-3476).

Hollins, P., & Hoel, T. (2010). Learning Technology Standards Adoption Process Improvement and Output Legitimacy. IEEE ICALT Conference. Tunisia. doi:ISBN/ISSN : 978-0-7695-4055-9

Hollins, P., & Perry, S. (2010). Placing the Student at the Heart of the Process: Using student lifecycle relationship management and service design techniques to enhance the student experience. Association of Learning Technologies Conference.

Livingstone, D., & Hollins, P. (2010). Standards and Multi User Virtual Environments. Journal International Standardisation (JITSR)8(2), 45-59. doi:ISBN/ISSN : 10.4018/jitsr.2010070104

Najjar, J., Derntl, M., Klobučar, T., Simon, B., Totschnig, M., Grant, S., & Pawlowski, J. (2010). A Data Model for Describing and Exchanging Personal Achieved Learning Outcomes (PALO).  International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research 8(2). Retrieved from http://www.simongrant.org/pubs/JITSR/Najjar_et_al.html|

Neumann, S., Klebl, M., Griffiths, D., Hernández Leo, D., de la Fuente Valentín, L., Hummel, H., Brouns, F., et al. (2010). Report of the Results of an IMS Learning Design Expert Workshop. International Journal of Emerging Technologies5(1), 58-72. doi:10.3991/ijxx.vxnx.xxx

Pérez-Sanagustín, M., Cherian, R., Hernández-leo, D., Griffiths, D., & Blat, J. (2010). A tool for the auto-management of Units of Learning : the Linktool. In D. Griffiths & R. Koper (Eds.),  Rethinking Learning and Employment at a Time of Economic Uncertainty. Proceedings of the 6th TENCompetence Open workshop (pp. 1-7). Institute for Educational Cybernetics, The University of Bolton. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1820/3191|

Robertson, J., Campbell, L., Barker, P., Yuan, L., & MacNeill, S. (2010). One standard to rule them all? Descriptive choices for open education.  OpenCourseWare Consortium. Hanoi, Vietnam. Retrieved from http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/27539/|

Robertson, R. J., MacNeill, S., Barker, P., Campbell, L., & Yuan, L. (2010). Approaches to supporting Open Educational Resource projects. OpenCourseWare Consortium. Hanoi, Vietnam.

Sgouropoulou, C., & Grant, S. (2010). Enhancing European Learner Mobility , broadening European pathways : the metadata standards approach.  International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies (IJMSO) 5(4), 1-18. Retrieved from http://www.simongrant.org/pubs/IJMSO/SgGr2010.html|

Simon Grant, & Young, R. (2010). Concepts and Standardization in Areas Relating to Competence. International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research8(2). doi:10.4018/jitsr.2010070203

Wilson, S. (2010). Community-Driven Specifications. International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research8(2), 74-86. doi:10.4018/jitsr.2010070106

Yuan, L., Robertson, R. J., Campbell, L. M., & Pegler, C. (2010). Examining the sustainability issues in UKOER projects : Developing a sustainable OER ecosystem in HE.  Open ED (pp. 1-13). Barcelona: UOC, OU, BYU. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10609/5064|

Yuan, L., Wilson, S., & Campbell, L. M. (2010).  The Future of Interoperability and Standards in Education – System and Process (CETIS White Paper No. 2010:WP01) Text. Retrieved from http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/images/3/38/Fis_whitepaper_final_.pdf|

Yuan, L., Yu Ping, & Zhihui, W. (2010). The Sustainable Development of Open Educational Resources - An interview of Dr. Malcolm Read.  Open Education Research 16(2), 80. Retrieved from http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-JFJJ201003020.htm|


2009

Beauvoir, P., Griffiths, D., & Sharples, P. (2009). Learning Design Authoring Tools in the TENCompetence Project. In R. Koper (Ed.), Learning Network Services for Professional Development (pp. 379-387). Berlin: Springer.

Griffiths, D., & Koper, R. (Eds.). (2009). Rethinking Learning and Employment at a Time of Economic Uncertainty. Bolton: Institute for Educational Cybernetics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1820/3191|

Griffiths, D., Beauvoir, P., Liber, O., & Baxendale, M. B. (2009). From Reload to ReCourse : learning from IMS Learning Design implementations. Distance Education30(2).

Hollins, P., & Hoel, T. (2009). Could European eGovernment policy initiatives, in effect, be stifling the development of learning technologies? Proceedings of the ICALT Conference. Riga.

Hollins, P., & Robbins-Bell, S. (2009). The Educational Affordances of Multi User Environments. In D.Heider (Ed.), Living Virtually (pp. 257-271).

Johnson, M., & Sherlock, D. (2009). Learner reflexivity, technology and  ’making our way through the world. International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life Long Learning19(4-6), 352-365.

Johnson, M., Griffiths, D., & Hanslot, Z. (2009). Positioning Learning Design: Learner Experience and the challenges of transforming teaching practice.  Rethinking Learning and Employment at a Time of Economic Uncertainty (p. 104). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1820/3191|

Simon Grant. (2009). LEAP2A : A specification for e-portfolio portability and interoperability. Association for Learning Technology Newsletter, (16). doi:ISSN 1748-3603

Simon Grant. (2009).  Electronic portfolios: personal information, personal development and personal values. Oxford, UK: Chandos Publishing. Retrieved from http://www.woodheadpublishing.com/en/book.aspx?bookID=1804&ChandosTitle=1|

Wilson, S. (2009). Presence in Social Networks. In S. Hatzipanagos & S. Warburton (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Social Software and Developing Community Ontologies (pp. 493-511). doi:10.4018/978-1-60566-208-4.ch032

Wilson, S., & Velayutham, K. (2009). Creating an innovation-oriented technology strategy. On the Horizon17(3), 245-255. doi:10.1108/10748120910993277

Wilson, S., Sharples, P., Griffiths, D., & Popat, K. (2009). Moodle Wave: Reinventing the VLE using Widget technologies.  Mash-Up Personal Learning Environments (MUPPLE’09) (Vol. 1, pp. 47-58). Retrieved from http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/Publications/CEUR-WS/Vol-506|


2008

Griffiths, D, Beauvoir, P., & Sharples, P. (2008). Advances in Editors for IMS LD in the TENCompetence Project. Proceedings of the 2008 Eighth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (pp. 1045–1047).

Griffiths, David, & Liber, O. (2008). Opportunities, Achievements, and Prospects for Use of IMS LD. In L. Lockyer, S. Bennett, S. Agostinho, & B. Harper (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Learning Design and Learning Objects: Issues, Applications, and Technologies (pp. 87-112). IGI Global.

Hollins, P., & Robbins-Bell, S. (2008). The Educational Affordances of Multi User Virtual Environments (MUVE). Researching Learning In Virtual Environments (p. 172). doi:ISBN/ISSN: 97818487310U4

Johnson, M. (2008). Persona, Identity and Competence: issues of control in teaching and learning with personal technology. International Journal of Learning Technology3(4), 388 - 403.

Johnson, M., & Liber, O. (2008). The Personal Learning Environment and the human condition: from theory to teaching practice. Interactive Learning Environments16, 3-15.

Liber, O., & Johnson, M. (2008). Personal Learning Environments Special Issue Editorial. Interactive Learning Environments16(1), 1-2. doi:10.1080/10494820701772645

Powell, S. (2008). Undergraduate Student as Action-researcher: Work-Focused Learning. Proceedings of the University Vocational Awards Council Annual Conference.

Powell, S., Millwood, R., & Tindal, I. (2008). learning : a Pattern Language approach 1 Introduction 2 Ultraversity Programme Design. Technology Support for Self-Organised Learners (TSSOL) (pp. 84-105). Salzburg.

Powell, S., Tindal, I., & Millwood, R. (2008). Personalized learning and the Ultraversity experience. Interactive Learning Environments16(1), 63-81. doi:10.1080/10494820701772710

Pérez-Sanagustín, M. del M., Santos, P., Sayago, S., Blat, J., & Griffiths, D. (2008). Dialogic learning and interactive groups: an IMS LD template integrated in runtime systems. International Journal of Emerging Technologies3(Special Issue: Infrastructures for Lifelong Competence Development: The 4th TENCompetence Open Workshop in Madrid 2008), 38-45.

Sharples, Paul, Griffiths, D., & Wilson, S. (2008). Using Widgets to Provide Portable Services for IMS Learning Design. In R. Koper & K. Stefanov (Eds.),  Proceedings of the TENCompetence International Workshop on Stimulating Personal Development and Knowledge Sharing (pp. 57-60). Retrieved from http://dspace.ou.nl/handle/1820/196|

Whitton, N., & Hollins, P. (2008). Collaborative virtual Gaming Worlds in Higher Education. Association of Learning Technologists Journal16(3), 221- 229.

Wilson, S. (2008). Patterns of Personal Learning Environments. Interactive Learning Environments16(1), 17-34. Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group. doi:10.1080/10494820701772660

Wilson, S., Sharples, P., & Griffiths, D. (2008). Distributing education services to personal and institutional systems using Widgets. In F. Wild, M. Kalz, & M. Palmér (Eds.),  Mash-Up Personal Learning Environments (MUPPLE’08) (pp. 25-32). Maastricht: CEUR Workshop Proceedings. Retrieved from http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-388/|

Yuan, L., MacNeil, S., & Kraan, W. (2008).  Open Educational Resources – Opportunities and Challenges for Higher Education Context (pp. 1-34). Retrieved from http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/images/0/0b/OER_Briefing_Paper.pdf|