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Time, the Written Record, and Professional Practice: The Case of Contemporary Social Work by Lillis, Theresa, Leedham, Maria, Twiner, Alison

“…Drawing on a three-year ethnographically oriented study exploring contemporary professional social work writing, this article focuses on a key concern: the…”
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Interdisciplinary Working Methods: Reflections Based on Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) by Scanlon, Eileen, Anastopoulou, Stamatina, Conole, Grainne, Twiner, Alison

“…In this paper, we discuss the nature of interdisciplinarity and, in particular, the ways that interdisciplinary working is enacted in TEL Research. Following a…”
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Do Enhanced Communication Technologies Inhibit or Facilitate Self-regulated Learning? by BANYARD, PHILIP, UNDERWOOD, JEAN, TWINER, ALISON

“…The assumption tested here is whether the introduction of enhanced communication technologies in the form of high‐speed broadband connectivity has removed or…”
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Direct quotations in social work writing: multi-functionality and double voicing by Leedham, Maria, Lillis, Theresa, Twiner, Alison

“…Writing comprises a core area of social work as a substantial amount of time is spent on producing case notes, assessment reports, and other required…”
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The Introduction of Portfolios in Higher Education: a comparative study in the UK and the Netherlands by BEISHUIZEN, JOS, VAN BOXEL, PATRIS, BANYARD, PHILIP, TWINER, ALISON, VERMEIJ, HELLE, UNDERWOOD, JEAN

“…This article describes a comparative study of the introduction of student portfolios in two departments of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands…”
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Creating a corpus of sensitive and hard-to-access texts: Methodological challenges and ethical concerns in the building of the WiSP Corpus by Leedham, Maria, Lillis, Theresa, Twiner, Alison

“…Corpus linguistics is increasingly employed to explore large, publicly-available datasets such as newspaper texts, government speeches and online fora…”
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Inclusive disaster risk reduction education for Indonesian children by Sheehy, Kieron, Vackova, Petra, van Manen, Saskia, Saragih Turnip, Sherly, Rofiah, Khofidotur, Twiner, Alison

“…Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have a profoundly higher risk of death or injury than their peers when natural disasters occur…”
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Meaning making as an interactional accomplishment: A temporal analysis of intentionality and improvisation in classroom dialogue by Twiner, Alison, Littleton, Karen, Coffin, Caroline, Whitelock, Denise

“…•Recognising different meaning potentials can offer valuable learning opportunities.•Meaning-making trajectories are instantiated through dialogic…”
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Education for collective intelligence by Hogan, Michael J., Barton, Adam, Twiner, Alison, James, Cynthia, Ahmed, Farah, Casebourne, Imogen, Steed, Ian, Hamilton, Pamela, Shi, Shengpeng, Zhao, Yi, Harney, Owen M., Wegerif, Rupert

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A "Learning Revolution"? Investigating Pedagogic Practice around Interactive Whiteboards in British Primary Classrooms by Gillen, Julia, Staarman, Judith Kleine, Littleton, Karen, Mercer, Neil, Twiner, Alison

“…Interactive whiteboards have been rapidly introduced into all primary schools under UK Government initiatives. These large, touch-sensitive screens, which…”
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Multimodality, orchestration and participation in the context of classroom use of the interactive whiteboard: a discussion by Twiner, Alison, Coffin, Caroline, Littleton, Karen, Whitelock, Denise

“…This paper will offer a discussion of the literature concerning multimodality, orchestration and participation related to classroom use of the interactive…”
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Instruction as orchestration: multimodal connection building with the interactive whiteboard by Littleton, Karen, Twiner, Alison, Gillen, Julia

“…The interactive whiteboard (IWB), the first ICT tool primarily designed for whole-class interaction, is now in regular use in most British primary schools. In…”
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Reading the road: The influence of age and sex on child pedestrians' perceptions of road risk by Underwood, Jean, Dillon, Gayle, Farnsworth, Bill, Twiner, Alison

“…The United Kingdom has one of the highest records of child pedestrian accidents in the European Union, and statistics show boys are particularly vulnerable…”
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Overlooked issues of religious identity in the school dinners debate by Twiner, Alison, Cook, Guy, Gillen, Julia

“…The TV broadcast of Jamie's school dinners in 2005 prompted action throughout the UK to improve the standards of school meals. A public debate continues across…”
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Transition Between Educational Sectors and Discontinuities of ICT Resource and Pedagogy by Twiner, Alison, Banyard, Philip, Underwood, Jean

“…Technologically supported education has introduced benefits but also challenges to the transition across school levels of education. While resolving some…”
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Sociocultural Understandings of Technology-Mediated Educational Practices: Improvable Objects and Meaning-Making Trajectories in the ICT-Literate Classroom by Twiner, Alison Jane

“…Informed by sociocultural theory, this thesis addresses the gap between the view that teaching-and-learning should be an extended, integrated experience, and…”
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Using Netbooks to Support Mobile Learners' Investigations across Activities and Places by Gaved, Mark, Collins, Trevor, Mulholland, Paul, Kerawalla, Lucinda, Jones, Ann, Scanlon, Eileen, Littleton, Karen, Blake, Canan, Petrou, Marilena, Clough, Gill, Twiner, Alison

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Using netbooks to support mobile learners' investigations across activities and places by Gaved, Mark, Collins, Trevor, Mulholland, Paul, Kerawalla, Lucinda, Jones, Ann, Scanlon, Eileen, Littleton, Karen, Blake, Canan, Petrou, Marilena, Clough, Gill, Twiner, Alison

“…We explore how small-format laptops ('netbooks') have been used within evidence-based investigations undertaken by secondary school students, to what extent…”
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The Introduction of Portfolios in Higher Education : a comparative study in the UK and the Netherlands : Self-regulated learning in technology-enhanced learning environments: Studies in European higher education by BEISHUIZEN, Jos, VAN BOXEL, Patris, BANYARD, Philip, TWINER, Alison, VERMEIJ, Helle, UNDERWOOD, Jean

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A 'learning revolution'? Investigating pedagogic practice around interactive whiteboards in British primary classrooms 1 by Gillen, Julia, Staarman, Judith Kleine, Littleton, Karen, Mercer, Neil, Twiner 2, Alison

“…Interactive whiteboards have been rapidly introduced into all primary schools under UK Government initiatives. These large, touch-sensitive screens, which…”
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