School of Computer Science and Statistics
Drumsteps was a reasonably successful Windows based tool, developed in-house, for teaching about music using a graphical interface. This project would involve developing, and evaluating, a smartphone based application inspired by the original program.
In this educational tool the learner acts as the Minister for Transport and the challenge is to meet the national 2030 and 2050 carbon emission targets for the transport sector. The parameters in the simulation would include the options available to the Minister, how much do they cost, what reductions will they bring, how politically … Read more
Microworlds are a type of computer simulation which have proven to be very powerful tools with which to create effective learning experiences. (For example see one developed in a previous final year project how different Electoral Voting systems work.) The scientific method is central to how science progresses but is not well understood by many … Read more
Microworlds are a type of computer simulation which have proven to be very powerful tools with which to create effective learning experiences. (For example see one developed in a previous final year project how different Electoral Voting systems work.) How a country uses its land, be it for different types of agriculture, forestry, recreation, housing … Read more
Coastal areas are at high risk from storms and associated flooding and erosion. This risk is projected to increase due to climate change. At the same time, many coastal natural features act as natural buffers in that they either divert or reduce flood waters or the energy of waves travelling towards the coast. There are … Read more
This project will develop, and evaluate, an educational tool to teach about coastal vegetation. It will utilize publicly available GIS databases. The project will be co-supervised by Professor Iris Moller (Geography)
*If a MSc in Statistics and Sustainability student is interested in this project, a variant of this project would be to complete it on sustainability data sets. “Reproducibility, closely related to replicability and repeatability, is a major principle underpinning the scientific method. For the findings of a study to be reproducible means that results obtained … Read more
The massive step up in how Large Language Model can generate convincing and often accurate content based on simple prompts has come as an unanticipated challenge to itching and learning in universities. While the reaction to date has focussed on how to address the risks of LLM being used for plagiarism, less focus has been … Read more
I am happy to supervise student-led projects in the areas of: online learning or the use of technology (e.g., Gen AI or lecture capture) in Higher Education; data analysis or applied statistics in the areas of higher education or student support services; and, statistics/mathematics education in Higher Education. Students interested in the this project should … Read more
I am happy to discuss any project that falls within my research interests. These include Computing Education, Technology and Learning, and Gender and Computing.