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Beaven, Tita (2019). 'Your language development': harnessing openness to integrate independent language learning into the curriculum. In: Comas-Quinn, Anna; Beaven, Ana and Sawhill, Barbara eds. New case studies of openness in and beyond the language classroom. Research-publishing.net, pp. 145–156.

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Beaven, Tita (2018). ‘Dark reuse’: an empirical study of teachers’ OER engagement. Open Praxis, 10(4) pp. 377–391.

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Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando; Beaven, Tita and Fuertes Gutierrez, Mara eds. (2018). Innovative Language Teaching And Learning At University: Integrating Informal Learning Into Formal Language Education. Research-publishing.net.

Beaven, Tita and Simcott, Richard (2018). The polyglot community: an interview with Richard Simcott, by Tita Beaven. In: Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando; Beaven, Tita and Fuertes Gutiérrez, Mara eds. Innovative language teaching and learning at university: integrating informal learning into formal language education. UK: Research-publishing.net, pp. 109–118.

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Beaven, Tita; Fuertes Gutierrez, Mara and Motzo, Anna (2017). The Language Exchange Programme: plugging the gap in formal learning. In: Kan, Qian and Bax, Stephen eds. Beyond the language classroom: researching MOOCS and other innovations. Research-publishing.net, pp. 127–140.

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Beaven, Tita (2016). Is developing employability skills relevant to adult language students? In: Corradini, Erika; Borthwick, Kate and Gallagher-Brett, Angela eds. Employability for languages: a handbook. Research-publishing.net, pp. 133–138.

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Beaven, Tita (2015). OER (re)use and language teachers’ tacit professional knowledge: three vignettes. In: Borthwick, Kate; Corradini, Erika and Dickens, Alison eds. 10 years of the LLAS elearning symposium: case studies in good practice. Researchpublishing.net, pp. 77–88.

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Emke, Martina; Stickler, Ursula and the MoreDOTS project team (2015). Teaching and learning online – Developing your skills to develop others. In: Krings, Hans P. and Kühn, Bärbel eds. Fremdsprachliche Lernprozesse. Erträge des 4. Bremer Symposions zum Fremdsprachenlehren und -lernen an Hochschulen. Fremdsprachen in Lehre und Forschung (FLF), 48. Arbeitskreis der Sprachenzentren e.V., pp. 199–209.

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Beaven, Tita (2015). Open Educational Resources and Language Teachers' Professional Practice: A Case Study of Engagement With OER. EdD thesis The Open University.

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Beaven, Tita; Codreanu, Tatiana and Creuzé, Alix (2014). Motivation in a language MOOC: issues for course designers. In: Martín-Monje, Elena and Bárcena, Elena eds. Language MOOCs: Providing Learning, Transcending Boundaries. Berlin: De Gruyter Open, pp. 48–66.

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Beaven, Tita; Hauck, Mirjam; Comas-Quinn, Anna; Lewis, Tim and de los Arcos, Beatriz (2014). MOOCs: striking the right balance between facilitation and self-determination. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 10(1) pp. 31–43.

Beaven, Tita; Comas-Quinn, Anna; Hauck, Mirjam; de los Arcos, Beatriz and Lewis, Timothy (2013). The Open Translation MOOC: creating online communities to transcend linguistic barriers. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, article no. 18.

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Aguerre, Sandrine; Alder, Bill and Beaven, Tita (2013). ’4 profs, 4 pays’: lessons from a four-way tele-collaborative writing project. Francophonie(47), article no. 5.

Beaven, Tita (2013). Qualitative methods for researching teachers’ (re)use of OER. In: OER13: Creating a Virtuous Circle, 26-27 Mar 2013, University of Nottingham.

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Beaven, Tita; Comas-Quinn, Anna; de los Arcos, Bea; Hauck, Mirjam and Lewis, Timothy (2013). The Open Translation MOOC: creating online communities to transcend linguistic barriers. In: OER 13 Creating a virtuous circle, 26-27 Mar 2013, Nottingham.

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Alvarez, Inma; Beaven, Tita and Comas-Quinn, Anna (2013). Performing languages: an example of integrating open practices in staff development for language teachers. Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, 9(1) pp. 85–92.

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Beaven, Tita (2013). Use and Reuse of OER: professional conversations with language teachers. Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, 9(1) pp. 59–71.

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Beaven, Tita (2012). Vivre en Aquitaine: pedagogy, audience, design. The EuroCALL Review, 20(2) pp. 23–32.

Beaven, Tita ed. (2011). Mañana (libro del alumno). Sandy: Advanced Materials.

Comas-Quinn, Anna; Beaven, Mary; Pleines, Christine; Pulker, Helene and de los Arcos, Beatriz (2011). Languages Open Resources Online (LORO): fostering a culture of collaboration and sharing. The EuroCALL Review(18)

Stickler, Ursula; Ernest, Pauline; Beaven, Tita; Emke, Martina; Germain-Rutherford, Aline; Hampel, Regine; Hopkins, Joseph and Stanojewic, Mateusz-Milan (2010). Joining the DOTS. A collaborative approach to online teacher training. The EuroCALL Review, 16, http://www.eurocall-languages.org/review/16/index.html.

Beaven, Tita; Emke, Martina; Ernest, Pauline; Germain-Rutherford, Aline; Hampel, Regine; Hopkins, Joseph; Stanojevic, Mateusz Milan and Stickler, Ursula (2010). Needs and challenges for online language teachers - the ECML project DOTS. Teaching English with Technology: A Journal for Teachers of English, 10(2) pp. 5–20.

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Stickler, Ursula; Beaven, Tita; Emke, Martina; Ernest, Pauline; Germain-Rutherford, Aline; Hampel, Regine; Hopkins, Joseph and Stanojevic, Mateusz Milan (2010). From the editors: stepping stones to teaching lnguages with technology.

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Woodthorpe, John; Shaw, Jill; Hauck, Mirjam and Beaven, Tita (2009). What’s in it for me? The stick and the carrot as tools for developing academic communities. In: 7th International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications: EISTA 2009, 10-13 Jul 2009, Orlando, Florida, USA.

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Álvarez, Inma; Beaven, Tita and Garrido, Cecilia (2008). Strategies for acquiring intercultural communication. In: Hurd, Stella and Lewis, Timothy eds. Language Learning Strategies in Independent Settings. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters, pp. 179–195.

Beaven, Tita (2007). A life in the sun: Accounts of new lives abroad as intercultural narratives. Language and Intercultural Communication, 7(3) pp. 188–202.

Harper, Felicity; Smith, Pete and Beaven, Mary (2005). Developing competence in the language (1): reading and listening skills. In: Hurd, Stella and Murphy, Linda eds. Success With Languages. Routledge Study Guides. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 79–109.

Beaven, Tita (2004). Immigration in Spain: society, culture and the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language. Vida Hispánica, 29

Beaven, Tita and Álvarez, Inma (2004). Translation skills for intercultural purposes: An on-line course for non-specialist learners of Spanish. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 17(2) pp. 97–108.

Beaven, Tita (2002). The transitory, the fugitive, the contingent: Cristina Terzaghi’s mural in La Boca, Buenos Aires. In: Godsland, Shelley and White, Anne M. eds. Cultura Popular: Studies in Spanish and Latin American Popular Culture. Oxford, UK: Peter Lang.

Garrido, Cecilia and Beaven, Mary (2002). The European Framework of Reference for language teaching and learning: The OU experience. In: Council of Europe ed. Common European Framework of References for languages : Learning, Teaching, Assessment - Case studies. Strasbourg: Council of Europe.

Garrido, Cecilia and Beaven, Mary (2002). The European Framework underpinning the language teaching/learning process from curriculum design to the delivery of outcomes. In: Ruane, M ed. T'Qila: Today's Quality Issues in European Language Centres. CercleS Proceedings. Strasbourg: CercleS.

Beaven, Tita (2002). La enseñanza de ELE a personas adultas inmigrantes no alfabetizadas. In: Perez Gutierrez, M. and Coloma Maestre, J. eds. El Español, Lengua del Mestizaje y la Interculturalidad. Universidad de Murcia, pp. 180–190.

Álvarez, Inma and Beaven, Tita (2001). Destrezas interculturales en una comunidad virtual. El sitio A buen puerto de la Open University. In: Gimeno Sanz, A. M. ed. Tecnologías de la información y de las comunicaciones en la enseñanza de E/LE, 5-8 de septiembre de 2001. Universidad de Valencia, pp. 239–249.

Beaven, Tita and Garrido, Cecilia (2000). El español tuyo, el mío, el de aquél… ¿Cuál para nuestros estudiantes? In: Martín Zorraquino, M. A.; Pelegrín, C. D. and Ballesteros, M. P. eds. Qué español enseñar?: norma y variación lingüísticas en la enseñanza del español a extranjeros. Universidad de Zaragoza.

Beaven, Tita (1999). ”¡Pero si no se dice así!": Un estudio de las actitudes de los profesores de ELE hacia la enseñanza del español como "lengua mundial". In: Figueroa, M. F. ed. Nuevas perspectivas en la enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera: actas del X Congreso Internacional de ASELE, Cádiz, 22-25 de septiembre de 1999. Universidad de Cádiz, pp. 115–122.