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Rets, Irina; Rienties, Bart and Lewis, Tim (2023). Untangling the relationship between pre-service teachers’ development of intercultural effectiveness and their experiences in virtual exchange. ReCALL (Early Access).

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Boroowa, A. and Herodotou, C. (2022). Learning Analytics in Open and Distance Higher Education: The Case of the Open University UK. In: Prinsloo, P.; Slade, S. and Khalil, M. eds. Learning Analytics in Open and Distributed Learning. SpringerBriefs in Education. Singapore: Springer, pp. 46–62.

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Vogiatzis, Dimitrios; Charitonos, Koula; Giaxoglou, Korina and Lewis, Tim (2022). Can WhatsApp facilitate interaction? A case study of adult language learning. In: Rienties, Bart; Hampel, Regine; Scanlon, Eileen and Whitelock, Denise eds. Open World Learning: Research, Innovation and the Challenges of High-Quality Education. New York, USA: Routledge, pp. 44–62.

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Herodotou, Christothea; Maguire, Claire; McDowell, Nicola D.; Hlosta, Martin and Boroowa, Avinash (2021). The engagement of university teachers with predictive learning analytics. Computers & Education, 173, article no. 104285.

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Herodotou, Christothea; Boroowa, Avinash; Hlosta, Martin and Rienties, Bart (2020). What do distance learning students seek from student analytics? In: International Conference on Learning Sciences, 19-23 Jun 2020, Nashville, TN, USA.

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Herodotou, Christothea; Naydenova, Galina; Boroowa, Avinash; Gilmour, Alison and Rienties, Bart (2020). How Can Predictive Learning Analytics and Motivational Interventions Increase Student Retention and Enhance Administrative Support in Distance Education? Journal of Learning Analytics, 7(2) pp. 72–83.

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Clow, Doug; Coughlan, Tim; Cross, Simon; Edwards, Chris; Gaved, Mark; Herodotou, Christothea; Nguyen, Quan; Rienties, Bart; Thorne, Sam and Ullmann, Thomas (2019). Scholarly insight Winter 2019: a Data wrangler perspective. Open University, Milton Keynes.

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Herodotou, Christothea; Hlosta, Martin; Boroowa, Avinash; Rienties, Bart; Zdrahal, Zdenek and Mangafa, Chrysoula (2019). Empowering online teachers through predictive learning analytics. British Journal of Educational Technology, 50(6) pp. 3064–3079.

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Herodotou, Christothea; Rienties, Bart; Boroowa, Avinash; Zdrahal, Zdenek and Hlosta, Martin (2019). A large-scale implementation of Predictive Learning Analytics in Higher Education: the teachers' role and perspective. Educational Technology Research and Development, 67(5) pp. 1273–1306.

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Pucci, P.; Venalainen, E.; Alborelli, I.; Quagliata, L.; Mather, R.; Rigas, S.; Romero, I.; Wang, Y. and Crea, F. (2019). HORAS5 promotes cabazitaxel resistance in castration resistant prostate cancer via a BCL2A1-dependent survival mechanism. Annals of Oncology, 30(5) v798.

Nguyen, Quan; Thorne, Sam and Rienties, Bart (2018). How do students engage with computer-based assessments: impact of study breaks on intertemporal engagement and pass rates. Behaviormetrika, 45(2) pp. 597–614.

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Tzotzos, George; Iley, Jim N. and Moore, Elaine A. (2018). New insights on repellent recognition by Anopheles gambiae odorant-binding protein 1. PLoS ONE, 13(4), article no. e0194724.

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Gilmour, Alison; MacLeod, Lucy; Naydenova, Galina; Boroowa, Avinash; Ward, Rebecca and Herodotou, Christothea (2017). Predictive modelling and student retention: A collaborative enhancement project. In: 3rd International Enhancement in Higher Education Conference, 6-8 Jun 2017, Glasgow, UK.

Herodotou, Christothea; Gilmour, Alison; Boroowa, Avinash; Rienties, Bart; Zdrahal, Zdenek and Hlosta, Martin (2017). Predictive modelling for addressing students’ attrition in Higher Education: The case of OU Analyse. In: CALRG Annual Conference 2017, 14-16 Jun 2017, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

Herodotou, Christothea; Rienties, Bart; Boroowa, Avinash; Zdrahal, Zdenek; Hlosta, Martin and Naydenova, Galina (2017). Implementing predictive learning analytics on a large scale: the teacher's perspective. In: Proceedings of the Seventh International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference, ACM, NY, pp. 267–271.

Rienties, Bart; Boroowa, Avinash; Cross, Simon; Farrington-Flint, Lee; Herodotou, Christothea; Prescott, Lynda; Mayles, Kevin; Olney, Tom; Toetenel, Lisette and Woodthorpe, John (2016). Reviewing three case-studies of learning analytics interventions at the open university UK. In: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, ACM, New York, pp. 534–535.

Law, Patrina; Perryman, Leigh-Anne and Law, Andrew (2015). Badging and employability at The Open University. European Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, Best of EDEN 2013-2014, article no. 704.

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Littlejohn, Allison; Sharples, Mike; Smidt, Samantha; Law, Andrew; Hollins, Paul and Tynan, Belinda (2015). The Open University Digital Think Tank: Position Paper. The Open University.

Law, Patrina and Law, Andrew (2014). Digital badging at The Open University: recognition for informal learning. In: The Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference 2014: 'New Technologies and the Future of Teaching and Learning ', 23-24 Oct 2014, Krakow, Poland.

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Brandon, Mark; Smith, Joe; Garrow, Kat and Law, Andrew (2013). Broadcasting environmental knowledge: Open University & BBC collaborations serving massive global audiences. In: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013., 9-13 Dec 2013, San Francisco.

Lane, Andrew and Law, Andrew (2013). Data, data everywhere, but ne’er time to think: identifying patterns in user behaviour across changing open media channels. In: OER13: Creating a Virtuous Circle, 26-27 Mar 2013, Nottingham.

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Law, Patrina; Perryman, Leigh-Anne and Law, Andrew (2013). Open educational resources for all? Comparing user motivations and characteristics across The Open University’s iTunes U channel and OpenLearn platform. In: Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference 2013, 23-25 Oct 2013, Paris, France, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU), pp. 204–219.

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Perryman, Leigh-Anne; Law, Patrina and Law, Andrew (2013). Developing sustainable business models for institutions’ provision of open educational resources: Learning from OpenLearn users’ motivations and experiences. In: Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference 2013, 23-25 Oct 2013, Paris, France, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU), pp. 270–286.

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Lane, Andy and Law, Andrew (2012). Open Engagement Through Open Media. Higher Education Academy.

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Lane, Andy and Law, Andrew (2012). Collaborating over rich media: The Open University and BBC partnership. In: Okada, Alexandra; Connolly, Teresa and Scott, Peter J. eds. Collaborative Learning 2.0: Open Educational Resources. IGI Global, pp. 357–368.

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Law, Patrina; McAndrew, Patrick; Law, Andrew; Warner, Kathy; Runyon, Jean; Lascu, David; Arundel, Anne and Muramatsu, Brandon (2012). A bridge to success. In: Cambridge 2012: Innovation and Impact – Openly Collaborating to Enhance Education, a joint meeting of OER12 and OpenCourseWare Consortium Global 2012, 16-18 Apr 2012, Cambridge, UK.

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Marr, Elizabeth and Streater, Kevin (2012). Growing your own graduates: opportunities and challenges for flexible higher education in the new funding environment. In: Higher education for the social good? The place of lifelong learning, UALL Annual Conference, 18-20 Mar 2012, Cambridge.

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Lane, Andrew and Law, Andrew (2011). Sharing and reusing rich media: lessons from The Open University. In: OCWC Global Conference,, 04-06 May 2011, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Parr, Sue M.; Streater, Kevin; Hinton, Jacky M.; Bromley, Kay S.; Rae, Simon A. and Palmer, Mark I. (2011). Developing professionalism in new IT graduates? Who needs it? In: Enhancing Employability of Computing Students, 16 Feb 2010, Derby, UK.

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Santos, Maria M.M.; Faria, Natália; Iley, Jim; Coles, Simon J.; Hursthouse, Michael B.; Martins, M. Luz and Moreira, Rui (2010). Reaction of Naphthoquinones with Substituted Nitromethanes. Facile Synthesis and antifungal activity of Naphtho[2,3-d]isoxazole-4,9-diones. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 20(1) pp. 193–195.

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Jones, Raymond C.F.; Iley, James N.; Sanchis-Amat, Maria; Zhan, Xiaohui and Elsegood, Mark R.J. (2009). A catalytic dipolar cycloaddition route to pyrroloimidazoles. Tetrahedron Letters, 50(26) pp. 3577–3579.

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Jones, Raymond C.F.; Yau, Sze Chak; Iley, James N.; Smith, Janet E.; Dickson, James; Elsegood, Mark R.J.; McKee, Vickie and Coles, Simon J. (2009). Synthesis of the Pyoverdin Chromophore by a Biomimetic Oxidative Cyclization. Organic Letters, 11(7) pp. 1519–1522.

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Perry, M. J.; Mendes, E.; Simplício, A. L.; Coelho, A.; Iley, J.; Moreira, R. and Francisco, A. P. (2009). Dopamine- and tyramine-based derivatives of triazenes. Activation by tyrosinase and implications for prodrug design. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 44(8) pp. 3228–3234.

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Perry, Maria de Jesus; Carvalho, Emília; Rosa, Eduarda and Iley, Jim (2009). Towards an efficient prodrug of the alkylating metabolite monomethyltriazene: Synthesis and stability of N-acylamino acid derivatives of triazenes. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 44(3) pp. 1049–1056.

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Jones, Raymond C.F.; Berthelot, Didier J.C. and Iley, James N. (2007). An alkylation route to carbo- and heteroaromatic amino acids. Arkivoc(11) pp. 73–84.

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Jones, Raymond C.F.; Hollis, Stephen J. and Iley, James N. (2007). Intermolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of azomethine imines. Arkivoc(5) pp. 152–166.

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Mulchande, Jalmira; Martins, Luísa; Moreira, Rui; Archer, Margarida; Oliveira, Tania F. and Iley, Jim (2007). The efficiency of C-4 substituents in activating the -lactam scaffold towards serine proteases and hydroxide ion. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 5 pp. 2617–2626.

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Norberto, F.P.; Santos, S.P.; Iley, J.; Silva, D.B. and Corte Real, M. (2007). Kinetics and Mechanism of Hydrolysis of Benzimidazolylcarbamates. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, 18(1) pp. 171–178.

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Araujo, M. E. M.; Norberto, F.; Pamplona, T. and Iley, J. (2006). Mechanism of hydrolysis of substituted N-thiazolylcarbamate esters in OH- solutions. Journal of Chemical Research, 2006(10) pp. 664–667.

Whitelock, Denise M; Mackenzie, Don; Whitehouse, Christine; Ruedel, Cornelia and Rae, Simon (2006). Identifying innovative and effective practice in e-assessment: findings from seventeen UK case studies. In: Danson, Myles ed. Proceedings of the 10th CAA International Computer Assisted Assessment Conference. Loughborough, UK: Professional Development, Loughborough University, pp. 505–511.

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Fraser, Sandy; Lewis, Vicky; Ding, Sharon; Kellett, Mary and Robinson, Chris eds. (2004). Doing Research with Children and Young People. London, UK: Sage.

Lewis, Vicky; Kellett, Mary; Robinson, Chris; Fraser, Sandy and Ding, Sharon eds. (2004). The Reality of Research with Children and Young People. London, UK: Sage.

Kellett, Mary and Ding, Sharon (2004). Middle childhood. In: Fraser, Sandy; Lewis, Vicky; Ding, Sharon; Kellett, Mary and Robinson, Chris eds. Doing Research with Children and Young People. London, UK: Sage, pp. 161–175.

Jones, Raymond C. F.; Iley, James N. and Lory, Pedro M. J. (2002). Synthesis of some new 2-heterosubstituted 4,5-dihydroimidazoles. Arkivoc(6) pp. 152–163.

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Woodman, Mark; Law, Andrew; Holland, Simon and Griffiths, Rob (1997). The Object Shop – Using CD-ROM Multimedia To Introduce Object Concepts. In: SIGCSE 97: Proceedings of the twenty-eighth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education (Miller, James E. ed.), ACM, New York, pp. 345–349.

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Mitchell, C. and Widdowson, M. (1991). A geological map of the southern Deccan Traps, India and its structural implications. Journal of the Geological Society, 148(3) pp. 495–505.