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Donelan, Helen and Kear, Karen (2024). Online group projects in higher education: persistent challenges and implications for practice. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 36 pp. 435–468.

Kbaier, Dhouha; Lockett, Helen and Kear, Karen (2024). Lab-Assist: Enhancing STEM education through online laboratories with real-time support. The Envisioning Report for Empowering Universities 8; European Association of Distance Teaching Universities, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Kbaier, Dhouha; Kear, Karen; Lockett, Helen; Sykes, Peter and Long, Steve (2024). Enhancing Student Learning in OpenSTEM Labs Through Live Support: The Lab Assist Project. In: ICCSE 2023: Computer Science and Education. Educational Digitalization (Hong, W. and Kanaparan, G. eds.), Springer, pp. 327–339.

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Hilliard, Jake; Donelan, Helen; Heaney, Caroline; Kear, Karen and Wong, Patrick (2023). Using short questionnaires to support students' emotion awareness and regulation during an online group project. In: “Yes we can!” - Digital Education for Better Futures (EDEN 2023 Annual Conference), 18-20 Jun 2023, Dublin City University (DCU), Dublin, Ireland, Ubiquity Proceedings.

Kear, Karen; Rosewell, Jonathan and Donelan, Helen (2023). Active Participation in Synchronous Online Learning. In: EDEN 2023 Annual Conference, 18-20 Jun 2023, Dublin, Ireland.

Hackett, Phil; Wermelinger, Michel; Kear, Karen and Douce, Chris (2023). Using a Virtual Computing Lab to Teach Programming at a Distance. In: Proceedings of 7th Conference on Computing Education Practice (CEP '23), 6 Jan 2023, Durham, UK, ACM, pp. 5–8.

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Kear, Karen; Rosewell, Jonathan and Donelan, Helen (2022). Active participation in synchronous online tutorials. In: Innovating Higher Education Conference 2022, 19-21 Oct 2022, Athens.

Kear, Karen; Peoples, Cathryn; Donelan, Helen and Rosewell, Jon (2022). Active participation in synchronous online learning. In The sixth Envisioning Report for Empowering Universities EADTU, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Foster, Stephen; Whitelock, Denise; Cross, Simon and Kear, Karen (2022). To what extent can graphical feedback from a ‘rainbow diagram’ help students develop coherence in their academic writing? PRISM, 4(1) pp. 41–55.

Kear, Karen; Donelan, Helen; Rosewell, Jonathan; Mooney, Allan; Cuffe, Paige; Sheehy, Kieron; Amor, Kevin; Elder, Tracey; Edwards, Carol; Okada, Alexandra and King, David (2022). The role of active participation in online synchronous learning. In: ALT Annual Conference 2022, 6-8 Sep 2022, Manchester.

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Adeliyi, Adeola; Wermelinger, Michel; Kear, Karen and Rosewell, Jonathan (2021). Investigating Remote Pair Programming In Part-Time Distance Education. In: 3rd Conference on United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research, UKICER 2021, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, ACM, Glasgow, article no. 6.

Adeliyi, Adeola; Hughes, Janet; Kear, Karen; Law, Bobby; Murphy, Brendan; Rosewell, Jon; Walshe, Ann and Wermelinger, Michel (2021). Remote Pair Programming. In: SIGCSE'21 - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 13-20 Mar 2021, Virtual, ACM.

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Collins, Trevor; Berry, Elizabeth; Davies, Sarah-Jane and Kear, Karen (2020). eSTEeM Ten Years of Scholarship and Innovation: Marking the tenth anniversary of the OU Centre for STEM Pedagogy. The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

Hilliard, Jake; Kear, Karen; Donelan, Helen and Heaney, Caroline (2020). The impact of emotions on student participation in an assessed, online, collaborative activity. In: European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) Proceedings: Human and Artificial Intelligence for the Society of the Future, European Distance and E-Learning Network, Budapest, Hungary pp. 143–152.

Hilliard, Jake; Kear, Karen; Donelan, Helen and Heaney, Caroline (2020). Students’ experiences of anxiety in an assessed, online, collaborative project. Computers and Education, 143, article no. 103675.

Hilliard, Jake; Wong, Patrick; Kear, Karen; Donelan, Helen and Heaney, Caroline (2020). Using real time student feedback as an emotion awareness and regulation tool in an assessed, online, collaborative project. In: The 9th eSTEeM Annual Conference, 29-30 Apr 2020, Milton Keynes, England.

Hilliard, Jake; Kear, Karen; Donelan, Helen and Heaney, Caroline (2020). Tutors’ understanding of students’ emotional experiences in assessed, online, collaborative activities. In: CALRG Annual Conference 2020, 15-17 Jun 2020, Milton Keynes, UK.

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Hilliard, Jake; Kear, Karen; Donelan, Helen and Heaney, Caroline (2019). Exploring the emotions of distance learning students in an assessed, online, collaborative project. In: EDEN 2019 Annual Conference Proceedings: Connecting through Educational Technology to produce effective learning environments (Volungeviciene, Airina and Szűcs, András eds.), European Distance and E-learning Network, pp. 260–268.

Rosewell, Jonathan and Kear, Karen (2019). Changing pedagogies: The Open Networking Lab. The Envisioning Report for Empowering Universities 3; European Association of Distance Teaching Universities, Maastricht.

Kear, Karen; Smith, Andrew; Donelan, Helen; Mikroyannidis, Alexander; Jones, Allan; Rosewell, Jonathan; Wermelinger, Michel; Connolly, Teresa; Sanders, Chris; Peasgood, Alice; Williams, Judith; Moss, Nicky and Third, Allan (2019). An Open Networking Lab for practical open education. In: OER19: Recentering Open, 10-11 Apr 2019, National University of Ireland, Galway.

Hilliard, Jake; Kear, Karen; Donelan, Helen and Heaney, Caroline (2019). Emotion regulation strategies and goals of distance learning students in an assessed online collaborative project. In: 28th ICDE World Conference on Online Learning, 3-7 Nov 2019, Dublin, Ireland.

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Thomas, Elaine; Barroca, Leonor; Donelan, Helen; Kear, Karen; Jefferis, Helen and Rosewell, Jonathan (2018). Using OpenStudio in STEM learning - final report to eSTEeM, the OU centre for STEM pedagogy. eSTEeM - The OU centre for STEM pedagogy.

Mikroyannidis, Alexander; Kear, Karen; Smith, Andrew; Jones, Allan; Rosewell, Jonathan; Donelan, Helen; Wermelinger, Michel; Sanders, Chris; Third, Allan and Connolly, Teresa (2018). The Open Networking Lab: Hands-on Vocational Learning in Computer Networking. In: IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 3-6 Oct 2018, San Jose, California, USA.

Rosewell, Jonathan; Kear, Karen; Jones, Allan; Smith, Andrew; Donelan, Helen; Mikroyannidis, Alexander; Peasgood, Alice; Sanders, Chris; Third, Allan; Wermelinger, Michel; Moss, Nicky; Williams, Judith and Connolly, Teresa (2018). Open Networking Lab: online practical learning of computer networking. In: The Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference: Blended and online Learning: Changing the Educational Landscape, 10-12 Oct 2018, Aarhus University, Denmark.

Donelan, Helen and Kear, Karen (2018). Creating and collaborating: students’ and tutors’ perceptions of an online group project. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 19(2) pp. 38–54.

Kear, Karen and Rosewell, Jonathan (2018). Excellence in e-learning: the key challenges for universities. The Envisioning Report for Empowering Universities 2; European Association of Distance Teaching Universities, Maastricht.

Kear, Karen; Smith, Andrew; Mikroyannidis, Alex; Jones, Allan; Rosewell, Jon; Donelan, Helen; Wermelinger, Michel; Sanders, Chris; Third, Allan and Connolly, Teresa (2018). The Open Networking Lab: an open online course for experiential learning of computer networking. In: Association for Learning Technology (ALT) annual conference 2018, 11-13 Sep 2018, Manchester.

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Herring, Paul; Kear, Karen; Sheehy, Kieron and Jones, Roger (2017). A virtual tutor for children with autism. Journal of Enabling Technologies, 11(1) pp. 19–27.

Jansen, Darco; Rosewell, Jonathan and Kear, Karen (2017). Quality Frameworks for MOOCs. In: Jemni, Mohamed; Kinshuk and Khribi, Mohamed Koutheair eds. Open Education: from OERs to MOOCs. Lecture Notes in Educational Technology. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 261–281.

Rosewell, Jon; Kear, Karen; Williams, Keith; Rodrigo, Covadonga and Sánchez-Elvira, Angeles (2017). E-xcellence methodology: lessons learned over ten years of development and implementation. In: The Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference: Higher Education for the Future: Accelerating and Strengthening Innovation, 25-27 Oct 2017, The Open University, Milton Keynes.

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Barroca, Leonor and Kear, Karen (2016). Agile practices taught online at a distance. In: The Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference, 19-21 Oct 2016, Rome.

Kear, Karen and Donelan, Helen (2016). Assessing online collaborative work. In: ALT-C Annual Conference 2016, 6-8 Sep 2016, University of Warwick, UK.

Donelan, Helen and Kear, Karen (2016). Evaluating assessment strategies for online group work. In: Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference: Making Connections and Sharing Pedagogy, 30 Jun - 31 Jul 2016, Leicester, UK, Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference 2016.

Thomas, Elaine; Barroca, Leonor; Donelan, Helen; Kear, Karen; Jefferis, Helen and Rosewell, Jon (2016). Online conversations around digital artefacts: the studio approach to learning in STEM subjects. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Networked Learning 2016 (Cranmer, S.; de Laat, M.; Ryberg, T. and Sime, J. A. eds.), pp. 172–180.

Kear, Karen; Rosewell, Jon; Williams, Keith; Ossiannilsson, Ebba; Rodrigo, Covadonga; Sánchez-Elvira Paniagua, Ángeles; Santamaría Lancho, Miguel; Vyt, André and Mellar, Harvey (2016). Quality Assessment for E-learning: a Benchmarking Approach (Third edition). Maastricht: European Association of Distance Teaching Universities.

Kear, Karen; Jones, Allan; Holden, Georgina and Curcher, Mark (2016). Social technologies for online learning: theoretical and contextual issues. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 31(1) pp. 42–53.

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Holt, Victoria; Ramage, Magnus; Kear, Karen and Heap, Nicholas (2015). The usage of best practices and procedures in the database community. Information Systems, 49 pp. 163–181.

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Kear, Karen; Donelan, Helen and Williams, Judith (2014). Using wikis for online group projects: student and tutor perspectives. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 15(4) pp. 70–90.

Kear, Karen; Chetwynd, Frances and Jefferis, Helen (2014). Social presence in online learning communities: the role of personal profiles. Research in Learning Technology, 22, article no. 19710.

Thomas, Elaine; Rosewell, Jon; Kear, Karen and Donelan, Helen (2014). Learning and peer feedback in shared online spaces. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Networked Learning 2014, pp. 382–385.

Kear, Karen; Williams, Keith and Rosewell, Jonathan (2014). Excellence in e-learning: a quality enhancement approach. In: Changing the Trajectory - Quality for Opening up Education, pp. 25–32.

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Martin, Ian; Kear, Karen; Simpkins, Neil and Busvine, John (2013). Social negotiations in web usability engineering. In: Garcia-Ruiz, Miguel A. ed. Cases on Usability Engineering: Design and Development of Digital Products. IGI Global, pp. 26–56.

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Kear, Karen; Rosewell, Jonathan and Williams, Keith (2012). Social networking and open educational resources: updating quality assurance for e-learning excellence. In: EADTU 25th Anniversity Conference: The Role of Open and Flexible Education in European Higher Education Systems for 2020: New Models, New Markets, New Media, 27-28 Sep 2012, Paphos, Cyprus.

Rosewell, Jonathan; Kear, Karen and Williams, Keith (2012). Next steps for excellence in the quality of e-learning. In: ALT-C 2012: A Confrontation with Reality, 11-13 Sep 2012, Manchester, UK.

Williams, Keith; Kear, Karen and Rosewell, Jon (2012). Quality Assessment for E-learning: a Benchmarking Approach (2nd ed.). Heerlen, The Netherlands: European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU).

Kear, Karen; Chetwynd, Frances; Williams, Judith and Donelan, Helen (2012). Web conferencing for synchronous online tutorials: perspectives of tutors using a new medium. Computers & Education, 58(3) pp. 953–963.

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Kear, Karen and Jones, Allan (2011). Social networking for online learning. In: Alta 2011 (Advanced learning Technologies and Applications, 2011), 27 Oct 2011, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Williams, Keith; Kear, Karen; Rosewell, Jonathan and Ferreira, Giselle (2011). Incorporating quality assurance criteria for OER and Social Networking in the E-xcellence QA methodology. In: 24th ICDE World Conference “Expanding Horizons – New Approaches to Open and Distance Learning”, 2-5 Oct 2011, Bali, Indonesia.

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Kear, Karen (2010). Online and Social Networking Communities: A Best Practice Guide for Educators. The Open and Flexible Learning Series. New York and Abingdon: Routledge.

Kear, Karen (2010). Social presence in online learning communities. In: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Networked Learning 2010, 3-4 May 2010, Aalborg, Denmark.

Herring, Paul; Sheehy, Kieron; Jones, Roger and Kear, Karen (2010). Designing a virtual teacher for non-verbal children with autism: Pedagogical affordances and the influence of teacher voice. In: 4th International Wireless Ready Symposium, Digital Asia: Language\Technology & Community, JALT, 19 Feb 2010, Nagoya, Japan.

Donelan, Helen; Kear, Karen and Ramage, Magnus eds. (2010). Online communication and collaboration: A Reader. Abingdon: Routledge.

Kear, Karen (2010). Collaboration via online discussion forums: issues and approaches. In: Donelan, Helen; Kear, Karen and Ramage, Magnus eds. Online Communication and Collaboration: A Reader. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, pp. 30–33.

Kear, Karen; Woodthorpe, John; Robertson, Sandy and Hutchison, Mike (2010). From forums to wikis: perspectives on tools for collaboration. The Internet and Higher Education, 13(4) pp. 218–225.

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Kear, Karen and Woodthorpe, John (2009). Using wikis for collaborative learning of technology. In: 7th International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications: EISTA 2009, 10-13 Jul 2009, Orlando, Florida, USA.

Donelan, Helen; Herman, Clem; Kear, Karen and Kirkup, Gill (2009). Online participation: Shaping the networks of professional women. In: Dumova, Tatyana and Fiordo, Richard eds. Handbook of Research on Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software: Concepts and Trends, Volume 2. UK: Information Science Reference, pp. 270–280.

Donelan, Helen; Herman, Clem; Kear, Karen and Kirkup, Gill (2009). Patterns of online networking for women’s career development. Gender in Management: An International Journal, 24(2) pp. 92–111.

Chetwynd, Francis; Donelan, Helen; Heath, Hazel; Kear, Karen and Williams, Judith (2009). The use of synchronous online tutorials to provide numeracy support for technology students. In: CETL-MSOR Conference 2009, 7-8 Sep 2009, The Open University, Milton Keynes.

Ferreira, Giselle; Fisher, Wendy; Kear, Karen and Rosewell, Jonathan (2009). Exploring Web 2.0 to support online learning communities: where technology meets pedagogy. In: Interactive Computer Aided Learning (ICL) International Conference, 26-28 Sep 2009, Villach, Austria.

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Minocha, Shailey; Kear, Karen; Mount, Nick and Priestnall, Gary (2008). Design of learning spaces in 3D virtual environments. In: Researching Learning in Virtual Environments International Conference (RELIVE08), 20-21 Nov 2008, Open University, Milton Keynes.

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Kear, Karen Lesley (2007). Investigating design features of a computer-mediated communication system. PhD thesis The Open University.

Kear, Karen (2007). Communication aspects of virtual learning environments: perspectives of early adopters. In: ED-MEDIA 2007, 25-29 Jun 2007, Vancouver, Canada.

Kear, K.L. and Heap, N.W. (2007). ‘Sorting the wheat from the chaff’: investigating overload in educational discussion systems. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 23(3) pp. 235–247.

Donelan, Helen; Herman, Clem; Kear, Karen; Kirkup, Gill and Whitelegg, Liz (2007). Women's experiences of online networking for career progression in science, engineering and technology. In: 3rd Christina Conference on Women's Studies, 8-10 Mar 2007, Helsinki, Finland.

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Kear, Karen; Woodthorpe, John and Moss, Nicky (2006). E-learning for Networked Living. In: EADTU (European Association of Distance Teaching Universities) Annual Conference 2006, 23-24 Nov 2006, Tallin, Estonia.

Bissell, Christopher and Kear, Karen (2006). Networked Living: a new approach to teaching introductory ICT. In: SEFI 34th Annual Conference: Engineering Education and Active Students, 28 Jun - 1 Jul 2006, Uppsala, Sweden.

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Kear, Karen and Heap, Nicholas (2005). Overcoming overload in educational discussion systems. In: CAL '05 'Virtual Learning?', 4-6 Apr 2005, Bristol, UK.

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Heap, Nick W.; Kear, Karen L. and Bissell, Chris C. (2004). An overview of ICT-based assessment for engineering education. European Journal of Engineering Education, 29(2) pp. 241–250.

Kear, Karen (2004). Peer learning using asynchronous discussion systems in distance education. Open Learning, 19(2) pp. 151–164.

Kear, Karen; Williams, Judith; Seaton, Richard and Einon, Geoffrey (2004). Using information and communication technology in a modular distance learning course. European Journal of Engineering Education, 29(1) pp. 17–25.

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Kear, Karen (2003). What do learners want from computer mediated communication systems? In: CSCL 2003: International Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning, 14-18 Jun 2003, Bergen, Norway.

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Kear, Karen; Monk, John and Herman, Clem (2002). Cyborgs in groups. In: ALT-C 2002: learning technologies for communication, 9-11 Sep 2002, Sunderland, UK.

Kear, Karen (2002). Using asynchronous discussion tools in engineering education. In: e-Technologies in engineering education: learning outcomes providing future possibilities: a United Engineering Foundation Conference, 11-16 Aug 2006, Davos, Switzerland.

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Kear, Karen (2001). Following the thread in computer conferences. Computers and Education, 37(1) pp. 81–99.

Kear, Karen (2001). 'Hope this helps': peer learning via CMC [poster presentation]. In: European Perspectives on Computer-supported Collaborative Learning, Proceedings of the first European conference on computer-supported collaborative learning, 22-24 Mar 2001, Maastricht, Netherlands.

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