Teaching

Modules

Most module teaching I've done at Oxford Brookes University has involved programming, multimedia, HCI, or supervision of project students. In Autumn 2009 I will be teaching on (and module leader for):

Resources

I also keep an Archive of Teaching Materials - materials I've created for use in my teaching. This includes such things as
I collect references on certain topics, including some articles that I've written, and links to other websites. Having reference collections makes it easier to answer queries of the form "Do you have any information about .... ?". Topics covered are:

Programming
Data Structures
Algorithms
Interface Design
Accessibility
Projects

Pedagogy

I'm very interested in the good teaching of computer science to best assist students in their learning, and in the past I've been active in the School of Technology's Learning and Teaching Group. Some talks I've given over the last few years include:

Computer-Assisted Feedback System
(Brookes Student Learning Experience Conference, July 2007)
What do students think of practicals?
(Oxford Brookes University, School of Technology Learning and Teaching Symposium, January 2006)
Experiences with MOSS: a tool for detecting plagiarism in code
(Oxford Brookes University, School of Technology Learning and Teaching Symposium, May 2005)
E-assessment experiences on an HCI module
(Oxford Brookes University, School of Technology Learning and Teaching Symposium, December 2004)
Practical Accessibility Tips
(Departmental Seminar, December 2004)
Signposts, Dialogues and Problem-solving
(Oxford Brookes University, School of Technology Learning and Teaching Symposium, June 2004)
Signposts and Dialogues
(The LTSN's 4th One Day Conference on the teaching of Programming, March 2004)
Difficulties with Learning to Program
(Departmental Seminar, July 2003)

The Dim and Distant Past

Before coming to Brookes, I was a lecturer at the University of Stirling for four and a half years, in the Department of Computing Science and Mathematics.

Before Stirling, I taught at several of the colleges of Oxford University for four years, namely