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Thomas, Pete; Waugh, Kevin and Smith, Neil (2012). Automatically assessing free-form diagrams in e-assessment systems. In: STEM Annual Conference 2012: Aiming for excellence in STEM learning and teaching, 12-13 Apr 2012, Imperial College London.

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Thomas, Pete; Waugh, Kevin and Smith, Neil (2011). Generalised diagramming tools with automatic marking. Innovation in Teaching and Learning in Information and Computer Sciences, 10(1) pp. 22–34.

Smith, Neil; Thomas, Pete and Waugh, Kevin (2010). Diagram interpretation and e-learning systems. In: Diagrammatic Representation and Inference: 6th International Conference, Diagrams 2010, Portland, OR, USA, August 9-11, 2010. Proceedings (Goel, Ashok K.; Jamnik, Mateja and Narayanan, N. Hari eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science,, Springer, Berlin, pp. 331–333.

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Thomas, Pete; King, David and Minocha, Shailey (2009). The effective use of a simple wiki to support collaborative learning activities. Computer Science Education, 19(4) pp. 293–313.

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Thomas, Pete; Waugh, Kevin and Smith, Neil (2009). Generalised diagram revision tools with automatic marking. In: 14th annual ACM SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education, 6-9 Jul 2009, Paris, France, pp. 318–322.

Thomas, Pete; Smith, Neil and Waugh, Kevin (2009). The role of labels in the automatic assessment of graph-based diagrams. In: 23rd ICDE World Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education, 7-10 Jun 2009, Open Universiteit Nederland, Maastricht.

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Thomas, Pete; Smith, Neil and Waugh, Kevin (2009). Automatically assessing diagrams. In: IADIS International Conference e-Learning, 17-20 Jun 2009, Algarve, Portugal.

Haley, Debra; Thomas, Pete; Petre, Marian and De Roeck, Anne (2009). Human fallibility: How well do human markers agree? In: The Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2009), 20-23 Jan 2009, Wellington, New Zealand.

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Thomas, Pete; King, David; Minocha, Shailey and Taylor, Josie (2008). Wikis supporting authentic, collaborative activities: lessons from distance education. In: Proceedings of the 15th Association for Learning Technology Conference (ALT-C 2008): Rethinking the digital divide, 9-11 Sep 2008, University of Leeds, England, UK, pp. 74–83.

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Thomas, Pete; Smith, Neil and Waugh, Kevin (2008). Automatically assessing graph-based diagrams. Learning, Media and Technology, 33(3) pp. 249–267.

Haley, Debra Trusso; Thomas, Pete; Petre, Marian and De Roeck, Anne (2008). Using a New Inter-rater Reliability Statistic. Technical Report 2008/15; Department of Computing, The Open University.

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Haley, Debra Trusso; Thomas, Pete; Petre, Marian and De Roeck, Anne (2008). EMMA - a Computer Assisted Assessment System based on Latent Semantic Analysis. Technical Report 2008/14; Department of Computing, The Open University.

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Thomas, Pete; Minocha, Shailey; King, David; Taylor, Josie; Sclater, Niall and Schencks, Mat (2008). Collaborative Learning in a Wiki Environment: Experiences from a Software Engineering Course. Technical Report 2008/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.

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Thomas, Pete; Smith, Neil and Waugh, Kevin (2008). Automatic assessment of sequence diagrams. In: 12th International CAA Conference: Research into e-Assessment, 8-9 Jul 2008, Loughborough University, UK.

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Thomas, Pete; Waugh, Kevin and Smith, Neil (2008). A revision tool for teaching and learning sequence diagrams. In: Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2008, 30 Jun - 4 Jul 2008, Vienna, Austria.

Haley, Debra; Thomas, Pete; De Roeck, Anne and Petre, Marian (2007). Seeing the whole picture: evaluating automated assessment systems. Innovation in Teaching And Learning in Information and Computer Sciences, 6(4) pp. 203–224.

Thomas, Pete and Minocha, Shailey (2007). Using a wiki to facilitate learning on a Requirements Engineering course. In: Higher Education Academy's eighth Annual Conference, 28-30 Aug 2007, University of Southampton.

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Thomas, Pete; Smith, Neil and Waugh, Kevin (2007). Learning and automatically assessing graph-based diagrams. In: ALT-C 2007: Beyond Control, Learning Technology for the social network generation, 4-6 Sep 2007, Nottingham, UK.

Haley, Debra Trusso; Thomas, Pete; Petre, Marian and De Roeck, Anne (2007). Seeing the Whole Picture: Comparing Computer Assisted Assessment Systems using LSA-based Systems as an Example. Technical Report 2007/07; Department of Computing, The Open University.

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Thomas, Pete G.; Smith, Neil and Waugh, Kevin G. (2007). Computer assisted assessment of diagrams. In: Proceedings of the 12th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education, 25-27 Jun 2007, Dundee, Scotland.

Hayes, Alan; Thomas, Pete; Smith, Neil and Waugh, Kevin (2007). A Developmental Framework for Computer-based Automated Assessment. Technical Report 2007/06; Department of Computing, The Open University.

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Minocha, S.; Thomas, P.; Sclater, N. and Hause, M. (2007). Collaborative requirements development in a wiki on a software engineering course. In: The Shock of the Old 2007: Shock of the Social (One-day Conference on Educational Technologies), 22 Mar 2007, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

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Minocha, Shailey and Thomas, Peter G. (2007). Collaborative learning in a wiki environment: experiences from a software engineering course. New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 13(2) pp. 187–209.

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Waugh, Kevin; Thomas, Pete and Smith, Neil (2007). Teaching and learning applications related to the automated interpretation of ERDs. In: Title, Publisher, pp. 39–47.

Thomas, Pete; Minocha, Shailey; King, David; Taylor, Josie; Sclater, Niall and Schenks, Mat (2007). Collaborative authoring and learning in a wiki environment. In: IADIS International Conference on e-Learning, 3-8 Jul 2007, Lisbon, Portugal.

Minocha, Shailey; Schenks, Mat; Sclater, Niall; Thomas, Pete and Hause, Martha (2007). Collaborative learning in a wiki environment: Case study of a requirements engineering course. In: European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) 2007 Annual Conference, 13-16 Jun 2007, Naples.

Thomas, Pete; Waugh, Kevin and Smith, Neil (2007). Tools for supporting the teaching and learning of data modelling. In: Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2007, 25 Jun 2007, Vancouver, Canada.

Haley, Debra; Thomas, Pete; De Roeck, Anne and Petre, Marian (2007). Measuring improvement in latent semantic analysis-based marking systems: using a computer to mark questions about HTML. In: ACM 9th International Australasian Computing Education Conference, 30 Jan - 02 Feb 2007, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

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Hayes, Alan; Thomas, Pete; Smith, Neil and Waugh, Kevin (2007). A framework for the automated assessment of consistency between code and design. In: Informatics Education Europe II, 29-30 Nov 2007, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Hayes, Alan; Thomas, Pete; Smith, Neil and Waugh, Kevin (2007). An investigation into the the automated assessment of the design-code interface. In: 12th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2007), 25-27 Jun 2007, Dundee.

Thomas, Pete (2006). A Revision Tool for Learning Data Modelling with Diagrams. Technical Report 2006/17; Department of Computing, The Open University.

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Thomas, Pete; Smith, Neil and Waugh, Kevin (2006). An approach to the automatic grading of imprecise diagrams. Technical Report 2006/16; Department of Computing, The Open University.

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Thomas, Pete; Waugh, Kevin and Smith, Neil (2006). Using patterns in the automatic marking of ER-Diagrams. In: 11th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 26-28 Jun 2006, Bologna, Italy.

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van der Linden, Janet; Laney, Robin and Thomas, Pete (2006). Traceability and AOSD - From Requirements to Aspects. In: Early Aspects, Conference for Aspect Oriented Software Development (AOSD'06), 20-24 Mar 2006, Bonn, Germany.

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Quinn, Brendan; Barroca, Leonor; Nuseibeh, Bashar; Fernandez-Ramil, Juan; Rapanotti, Lucia; Thomas, Pete and Wermelinger, Michel (2006). Learning software engineering at a distance. IEEE Software, 23(6) pp. 36–43.

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Sclater, Niall; Butcher, Philip; Thomas, Pete and Jordan, Sally (2006). Moodle: enhancing the assessment capabilities of the leading open source virtual learning environment. In: Proceedings of the 10th CAA International Computer Assisted Assessment Conference, 4-5 Jul 2006, Loughborough University, England.

Haley, Debra; Nuseibeh, Bashar; Thomas, Pete; Taylor, Josie and Lefrere, Paul (2005). The Learning Grid and E-Assessment using Latent Semantic Analysis. In: Ritrovato, P.; Allison, C.; Cerri, S.; Dimitrakos, T.; Gaeta, M. and Salerno, S. eds. Towards the Learning Grid: Advances in Human Learning Services. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, 127. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: IOS Press, pp. 197–202.

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Thomas, Pete; Waugh, Kevin and Smith, Neil (2005). Experiments in the automatic marking of ER-Diagrams. In: 10th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 27-29 Jun 2005, Monte de Caparica, Portugal.

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Haley, Debra Trusso; Thomas, Pete; De Roeck, Anne and Petre, Marian (2005). A Research Taxonomy for Latent Semantic Analysis-Based Educational Applications. Technical Report 2005/09; Department of Computing, The Open University.

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Thomas, Pete (2004). Comparing machine graded diagrams with human markers: some observations. Technical Report 2004/27; Department of Computing, The Open University.

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Waugh, Kevin; Thomas, Pete and Smith, Neil (2004). Toward the automated assessment of entity-relationship diagrams. In: Second Workshop of the Learning and Teaching Support Network - Information and Computer Science) TLAD (Teaching, Learning and Assessment of Databases), 5 Jul 2004, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Thomas, Pete (2004). Drawing Diagrams in an Online Examination. Technical Report 2004/14; Department of Computing, The Open University.

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Laney, Robin C.; van der Linden, Janet and Thomas, Pete (2004). Evolution of aspects for legacy system security concerns. In: AOSD'04 International Conference on Aspect-Oriented Software Development, 22-26 Mar 2004, Lancaster, UK.

Thomas, Pete (2004). Grading Diagrams Automatically. Technical Report 2004/01; Department of Computing, The Open University.

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Waugh, Kevin; Thomas, Pete and Smith, Neil (2004). Interpreting imprecise diagrams. In: Blackwell, Alan; Marriott, Kim and Shimojima, Atsushi eds. Diagrammatic representation and inference: Third International Conference, Diagrams 2004, Cambridge, UK, March 22-24, 2004. Proceedings. Lecture notes in computer science (2980). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 239 -241.

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Flood, Raymond; Lockhart, Bob and Thomas, Pete (2004). Performance and support comparisons in online face-to-face courses. Journal of Informatics Education Research, 6(2) pp. 37–43.

Laney, Robin C.; van der Linden, Janet and Thomas, Pete (2003). Evolving Legacy System Security Concerns Using Aspects. Technical Report 2003/13; Department of Computing, The Open University.

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Thomas, Pete (2003). The evaluation of electronic marking of examinations. In: 8th Annual International Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Jul 2003, Thesaloniki, Greece.

Thomas, Pete; Price, Blaine; Paine, Carina and Richards, Michael (2002). Remote electronic examinations: student experiences. British Journal of Educational Technology, 33(5) pp. 537–549.

Paine, Carina and Thomas, Pete (2001). Observations of Study Time Behaviour Comparisons of 1998 data & 2000 data. Technical Report 2001/05; Department of Computing, The Open University.

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Thomas, Pete and Paine, Carina (2001). How Students learn to program: Observations of practical work based on tasks completed. Technical Report 2001/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.

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Thomas, Pete and Paine, Carina (2000). The Coach: Overview. Technical Report 2000/07; Department of Computing, The Open University.

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Thomas, Pete and Paine, Carina (2000). How students learn to program: observations of study time behaviour. Technical Report 2000/02; Department of Computing, The Open University.

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Thomas, Pete and Paine, Carina (2000). How students learn to program: Observations of practical work based on tasks completed. Technical Report 2000/03; Department of Computing, The Open University.

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Thomas, Pete; Carswell, Linda; Price, Blaine and Petre, Marian (1998). A Holistic approach to supporting distance learning using the Internet: transformation, not translation. Technical Report 1998/03; Department of Computing, The Open University.

Petre, Marian; Carswell, Linda; Price, Blaine and Thomas, Pete (1998). Innovations in large-scale supported distance teaching: transformation for the Internet, not just translation. Technical Report 1998/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.

Thomas, Pete (1998). Electronic Audio-Graphic Tutorials: A Teacher's Perspective. Technical Report 1998/12; Department of Computing, The Open University.

Thomas, Pete G.; MacGregor, Malcolm and Martin, Michael S. (1998). Observing Students as they learn to Program. Technical Report 1998/16; Department of Computing, The Open University.

Petre, Marian; Carswell, Linda; Price, Blaine and Thomas, Pete (1997). The MZX Trials: Update April 1997. Technical Report 1997/10; Department of Computing, The Open University.