In addition to the "technology" focus of the research group, we are also interested in the more generic aspects of education in the Computer Science context. Our work involves a variety of educational issues such as understanding student attitudes to e-assessment, group projects and plagairism. We seek to identify the best practice when applying educational theory and technology in learning environments.

As a part of this work we are interested in the development of learning objects and materials. We are interested in the best methodologies for developing learning materials and how to apply best educational practice. Our research is also concerned with the deployment and evaluation of learning materials in order to guide our development of learning technologies.

Mathematical and Applied Logic (MALog) Project

The MALog project is addressing the growing need for new learning materials and teaching resources for mathematical logic. Mathematical and applied logic knowledge and skills are used in a wide variety of computer science subjects and the MALog project is developing learning resources to support students in these areas. The MALog project is funded from the EU Lifelong Learning Programme and involves institutions throughout the EU: the University of Warwick, Tampere University of Applied Sciences, and the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest in Romania.

The main aim of the project is to produce sixty pedagogically high quality learning material units to help students develop their knowledge and skills in mathematical logic. The learning material will be targeted at the needs of both the educational and industrial learning environments. This learning material will include learning goals, detailed theory, visualisations and simulations, example problems and practice assignments. Once completed, the learning materials will be tested in real learning situations in several educational institutions across the EU.

The learning material being developed will be freely available on-line and will enable school children, technology students and technology professionals to further develop their mathematical skills. The material produced will be available in English, Finnish, Romanian, French and German.

Further information can be found on www.malog.org

Publications

Joy, M.S. and Cosma, G. and Yau, J.Y-K. and Sinclair, J.E. (2011) Source Code Plagiarism - a Student Perspective. IEEE Transactions on Education, 54 (1). pp. 125-132. ISSN 0018-9359 (BibTeX)

Yau, J.Y-K. and Joy, M.S. (2010) Context-based Recommendations of Java Learning Objects: a Case Study. IEEE Multidisciplinary Engineering Education Magazine, 5 (4). pp. 1-7. ISSN 1558-7908 [PDF] (BibTeX)

Beynon, W.M. (2009) Constructivist Computer Science Education Reconstructed. ITALICS e-Journal, 8 (2). pp. 73-90. (BibTeX)

Ismail, A. and Joy, M.S. and Sinclair, J.E. and Hamzah, M.I. (2009) A Metametadata Architecture for Pedagogic Data Description. Proceedings of World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET), 49. pp. 373-378. ISSN 2070-3740 [PDF] (BibTeX)

Joy, M.S. (2009) Undergraduate Computing Projects — an Investigation into the Student Experience. ITALICS, 8 (1). pp. 60-78. ISSN 1473-7507 [PDF] (BibTeX)

Joy, M.S. and Sinclair, J.E. and Sun, S. and Sitthiworachart, J. and López-González, J. (2009) Categorising Computer Science Education Research. Education and Information Technologies, 14 (2). pp. 105-126. ISSN 1360-2357 (BibTeX)

Cosma, G. (2008) An Approach To Source-code Plagiarism Detection And Investigation Using Latent Semantic Analysis. PhD thesis, University of Warwick. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Sitthiworachart, J. and Joy, M.S. and Sutinen, E. (2008) Success Factors for e-Assessment in Computer Science Education. In: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2008, 17-21 November 2008, Las Vegas, NV. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Ismail, A. and Joy, M.S. (2007) A Novel Approach for Metametadata Views in Learning Domains. In: ED-MEDIA - World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunication, 2007, Chesapeake, VA. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Cosma, G. and Joy, M.S. (2006) Source-code Plagiarism: a UK Academic Perspective. Technical Report. University of Warwick, Coventry. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Cosma, G. and Joy, M.S. (2006) Source-code Plagiarism: a UK Academic Perspective. In: 7th Annual Conference of the HEA Network for Information and Computer Sciences, 29-31 August 2006, Dublin, Eire. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Yang, S. and Joy, M.S. (2006) Approaches for Teaching Prolog to Beginners. In: 7th Annual Conference of the HEA Network for Information and Computer Sciences, 29-31 August 2006, Dublin, Eire. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Chow, A. and Joy, M.S. (2005) Shifting the Focus from Methodologies to Techniques. In: 6th Annual Conference of the HEA Network for Information and Computer Sciences, 20 Aug - 1 Sep 2005, York, UK. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Joy, M.S. (2005) Group Projects and Computer Science - a Case Study. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 42 (1). pp. 17-27. ISSN 1470-3297 [PDF] (BibTeX)

Rossano, V. and Joy, M.S. and Roselli, T. and Sutinen, E. (2005) A Taxonomy for Definitions and Applications of LOs: A Metaanalysis of ICALT Papers. Educational Technology and Society, 8 (4). pp. 148-160. ISSN 1436-4522 [PDF] (BibTeX)

Joy, M.S. (2004) Doctoral Study in Educational Technology. In: 4th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT2004), 30 Aug - 3 Sep 2004, Joensuu, Finland. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Yau, J.Y-K. and Joy, M.S. (2004) Adaptive Learning and Testing with Learning Objects. In: International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2004), 30 Nov - 3 Dec 2004, Melbourne, Australia. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Yau, J.Y-K. and Joy, M.S. (2004) Introducing Java: A Case for Fundamentals-first. In: International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications (EISTA 2004), 21-24 Jul 2004, Orlando, FL. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Visram, Z. and Joy, M.S. (2003) Group Assessment for Computer Science Projects. In: 4th Annual Conference of the LTSN Centre for Information and Computer Sciences, 26-28 August 2003, Galway, Eire. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Alexander, S. and Boyle, T. and Joy, M.S. (2001) Promoting Best Practice in Information and Computer Science Education Through the UK National Subject Centre. In: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA 2001), 25-30 Jun 2001, Tampere, Finland. [PDF] (BibTeX)

Joy, M.S. and Matthews, S.G. (1994) Some Experiences in Teaching Functional Programming. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 25 (2). pp. 165-172. (BibTeX)