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Charania, Amina; Cross, Simon; Wolfenden, Freda; Sen, Sohini and Adinolfi, Lina (2024). Exploring teacher characteristics and participation in TPACK-related online teacher professional development in Assam, India. Computers and Education Open, 7, article no. 100227.

Goshtasbpour, Fereshte; Whitelock, Denise; Cross, Simon and Shakesheff, Kevin (2024). The Open University’s Reach, Methods and Mission: An Open Response to Supporting International Colleagues in the time of COVID-19. In: Xianrui, Fan ed. Towards Digital Education: Cutting-Edge Perspectives on Digital Transformation. Beijing, China: Open University of China Press (In Press), pp. 36–52.

Aristeidou, Maria; Cross, Simon; Rossade, Klaus-Dieter; Wood, Carlton; Rees, Terri and Paci, Patrizia (2024). Online exams in higher education: Exploring distance learning students' acceptance and satisfaction. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 40(1) pp. 342–359.

Whitelock, Denise; Goshtasbpour, Fereshte; Pitt, Rebecca; Ferguson, Rebecca and Cross, Simon (2024). [Editorial] Capacity building for digital education. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-learning, 39(2) pp. 105–111.

Cross, Simon (2024). Appropriations and subversions of digital badges for educational transformation: The imprint of place, examples from India, and an historical long-view. In: CIES 2024, 10-14 Mar 2024, Miami, USA.

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Herodotou, Christothea; Aristeidou, Maria; Gaved, Mark; Cross, Simon; Tessarolo, Felipe and Brasher, Andrew (2023). PVC-S Challenge Response. Summary report. QEI.

Cross, Simon; Tessarolo, Felipe and Brasher, Andrew (2023). First year student perspectives on their early study experiences of tutor support and teaching: Insight from seven cross-faculty focus-groups.

Aristeidou, Maria; Cross, Simon; Rossade, Klaus-Dieter and Wood, Carlton (2023). Students’ experiences of remote online exams at a distance learning university. In: EARLI 2023: The 20th Biennial EARLI Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, 22-26 Aug 2023, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Aristeidou, Maria; Cross, Simon; Rossade, Klaus-Dieter; Wood, Carlton and Paci, Patrizia (2023). Examining university student satisfaction and barriers to taking online remote exams. In: 9th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’23), UPV Press, València, Spain, pp. 1–8.

Goshtasbpour, Fereshte; Pitt, Beck; Cross, Simon; Ferguson, Rebecca and Whitelock, Denise (2023). Challenges for Innovation and Educational Change in Digital Education in Low Resourced Settings: A Kenyan Example. In: European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) 2023 Annual Conference, 18-20 Jun 2023, Dublin, Ireland.

Aristeidou, Maria; Cross, Simon; Rossade, Klaus-Dieter and Wood, Carlton (2023). Online remote exams in higher education: distance learning students' views. In: INTED 2023 Proceedings, 6-8 Mar 2023, Valencia, Spain, pp. 2556–2563.

Cross, Simon; Aristeidou, Maria; Rossade, Klaus-Dieter; Wood, Carlton and Brasher, Andrew (2023). The impact of online exams on the quality of distance learners' exam and exam revision experience: Perspectives from The Open University UK. Online Learning, 27(2) pp. 27–45.

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Goshtasbpour, Fereshte; Ferguson, Rebecca; Pitt, Rebecca; Cross, Simon and Whitelock, Denise (2022). Adapting OER: Addressing the Challenges of Reuse When Designing for HE Capacity Development. In: 21st European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL), 27-28 Oct 2022, Brighton, 21st European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL).

Cross, Simon; Charania, Amina; Wolfenden, Freda; Adinolfi, Lina; Sen, Sohini and Sarkar, Durba (2022). Digital Badges for TPD at scale in the Global South: a framework for implementation and field study in Assam, India.

Edwards, Chris; Whitelock, Denise; Cross, Simon and Wild, Fridolin (2022). Towards autonomous, confident academic writing : supporting students in developing their writing through a stand alone online tool. In: AHE2022, 22-24 Jun 2022, Manchester, UK.

Cross, Simon; Wolfenden, Freda and Adinolfi, Lina (2022). Spherical 360-degree video recording and viewing in educational research: a case-study from India. In: Sharpe, Rhona; Bennett, Sue and Varga-Atkins, Tünde eds. Handbook of Digital Higher Education. Elgar Handbooks in Education. Edward Elgar.

Cross, Simon; Wolfenden, Freda and Adinolfi, Lina (2022). Taking in the complete picture: framing the use of 360-degree video for teacher education practice and research. Teaching and Teacher Education, 111, article no. 103597.

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.

Edwards, Chris; Whitelock, Denise; Cross, Simon and Wild, Fridolin (2022). Developing automated ways to give essay writing feedback to students. In: INTED2022 Proceedings: 16th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (Chova, Luis Gómez; Martínez, Agustín López and Torres, Ignacio Candel eds.), INTED Proceedings, IATED Academy, Valencia, Spain, pp. 5446–5450.

Cross, Simon; Wolfenden, Freda; Charania, Amina; Adinolfi, Lina; Sen, Sohini and Sarkar, Durba (2022). Supporting practice-based teacher professional learning and assessment at scale in the Global South. In: INTED2022 Proceedings.

Chaudhari, Vasudha; Littlejohn, Allison and Cross, Simon (2022). Antecedents and consequences of uncertainties perceived by finance professionals. 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. 237–249.

Cross, Simon; Aristeidou, Maria; Rossade, Klaus-Dieter; Wood, Carlton and Brasher, Andrew (2022). The impact of online exams on the quality of distance learners' exam and exam revision experience? perspectives from The Open University UK. In: Innovating Higher Education Conference 2022, 19-21 Oct 2022, Athens, Greece.

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Charania, Amina; Wolfenden, Freda; Sarkar, Durba; Cross, Simon; Sen, Sohini and Adinolfi, Lina (2021). Teacher Motivation and Aspiration for Online Mentoring their Fellow Teachers in the COVID Lockdown Period. In: SITE Interactive 2021, 26-28 Oct 2021, Online.

Whitelock, Denise; Herodotou, Christothea; Cross, Simon and Scanlon, Eileen eds. (2021). Open Voices on Covid-19: Covid challenges and opportunities driving the research agenda. England: Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and E-learning.

Aristeidou, Maria and Cross, Simon (2021). Disrupted distance learning: the impact of Covid-19 on study habits of distance learning university students. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-learning, 36(3) pp. 263–282.

Aristeidou, Maria and Cross, Simon (2021). The impact of the Covid-19 disruption on distance learning higher education students and activities. In: Seventh International Conference on Higher Education Advances proceedings (HEAd'21), UPV Press, València, Spain, pp. 695–702.

Cross, Simon; Adinolfi, Lina; Charania, Amina; Wolfenden, Freda; Ramchand, Mythili; Sen, Sohini; Paltiwale, Sumegh; Coughlan, Emily; Shende, Satej; Sarkar, Durba; Chatterjee, Ananya and Balli, Omkar (2021). Teachers’ professional learning during and after Covid: A role for open digital badges.

Aristeidou, Maria and Cross, Simon (2021). The impact of Covid-19 disruption on the learning activities of OU students (Final Report).

Aristeidou, Maria; Cross, Simon and Rossade, Klaus-Dieter (2021). Online remote exams: Open University students’ views around the nuances and variants of online exams.

Whitelock, Denise; Herodotou, Christothea; Cross, Simon and Scanlon, Eileen (2021). [Editorial] Open voices on COVID-19: covid challenges and opportunities driving the research agenda. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 36(3) pp. 201–211.

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Wolfenden, Freda; Adinolfi, Lina and Cross, Simon (2020). Exploring open digital badges in teacher education: a case study from India. Journal of Learning for Development - JL4D, 7(1) pp. 108–115.

Cross, Simon; Adinolfi, Lina; Charania, Amina; Ramchand, Mythili; Wolfenden, Freda; Sen, Sohini; Paltiwale, Sumegh; Balli, Omkar and Chatterjee, Ananya (2020). Digital Badges for Teacher Professional Development in India: Interim Project Report.

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Cross, Simon; Sharples, Mike; Healing, Graham and Ellis, Jim (2019). Distance Learners’ Use of Handheld Technologies: Mobile Learning Activity, Changing Study Habits, and the ‘Place’ of Anywhere Learning. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 20(2) pp. 223–241.

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.

Rogaten, Jekaterina; Rienties, Bart; Sharpe, Rhona; Cross, Simon; Whitelock, Denise; Lygo-Baker, Simon and Littlejohn, Allison (2019). Reviewing affective, behavioural, and cognitive learning gains in higher education. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 44(3) pp. 321–337.

Cross, Simon (2019). How handheld devices transform, augment and reinforce university students' study habits: emerging themes from a three-year study. In: EDULEARN19 Proceedings pp. 6028–6034.

Cross, Simon (2019). Using VLEs to offer higher education students choice and differentiation in learning activities: Micro-pathway Learning Design implementation and opportunities. In: European Conference on e-Learning, ACPI.

Cross, Simon; Adinolfi, Lina and Wolfenden, Freda (2019). TESS-India: An approach to supporting teacher development and improving classroom practice.

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Cross, Simon; Wolfenden, Freda and Adinolfi, Lina (2018). Transforming classroom observation and professional development with 360-degree video and mobile VR. In: 8th Annual mEducation Alliance Symposium, 6-8 Nov 2018, Washington DC, USA.

Weller, Martin; van Ameijde, Jitse and Cross, Simon (2018). Learning Design for Student Retention. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 6(2)

Ullmann, Thomas; Lay, Stephanie; Cross, Simon; Edwards, Chris; Gaved, Mark; Jones, Edwina; Hidalgo, Rafael; Evans, Gerald; Lowe, Sue; Calder, Kathleen; Clow, Doug; Coughlan, Tim; Herodotou, Christothea; Mangafa, Chrysoula and Rienties, Bart (2018). Scholarly insight Spring 2018: a Data wrangler perspective.

Ullmann, Thomas; Lay, Stephanie; Coughlan, Tim; Lister, Katharine; Cross, Simon; Rienties, Bart and Whitelock, Denise (2018). Understanding SEaM student comments from a Big(ger)Data perspective: what are students saying? In: CARLG 2018 Conference 18-19 June 2018 Conference Proceedings p. 39.

FitzGerald, Elizabeth; Kucirkova, Natalia; Jones, Ann; Cross, Simon; Ferguson, Rebecca; Herodotou, Christothea; Hillaire, Garron and Scanlon, Eileen (2018). Dimensions of personalisation in technology-enhanced learning: a framework and implications for design. British Journal of Educational Technology, 49(1) pp. 165–181.

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Cross, Simon; Rogaten, Jekaterina; Bektik, Duygu; Whitelock, Denise and Rienties, Bart (2017). How do students understand and interpret learning gains? Perspectives from in-depth interviews of UK distance learners. In: SRHE Conference, 6-8 Dec 2017, Newport, Wales, UK.

Rienties, Bart; Clow, Doug; Coughlan, Tim; Cross, Simon; Edwards, Chris; Gaved, Mark; Herodotou, Christothea; Hlosta, Martin; Jones, Jan; Rogaten, Jekaterina and Ullmann, Thomas (2017). Scholarly insight Autumn 2017:a Data wrangler perspective.

Wolfenden, Freda; Cross, Simon and Henry, Fiona (2017). MOOC adaptation and translation to improve equity in participation. Journal of Learning for Development - JL4D, 4(2)

Rienties, Bart; Rogaten, Jekaterina; Nguyen, Quan; Edwards, Chris; Gaved, Mark; Holt, Deborah; Herodotou, Christothea; Clow, Doug; Cross, Simon; Coughlan, Tim; Jones, Jan and Ullmann, Thomas (2017). Scholarly insight Spring 2017: A Data Wrangler Perspective.

Wolfenden, Freda; Adinolfi, Lina; Cross, Simon; Lee, Clare; Paranjpe, Sandhya and Safford, Kimberly (2017). Moving towards more participatory practice with Open Educational Resources: TESS-India Academic Review.

Bektik, Duygu; Cross, Simon; Holmes, Wayne; Aleksieva, Lyubka and Whitelock, Denise (2017). A European pilot study of a modular assessment system designed to authenticate the authorship of online learners. In: CALRG Annual Conference 2017, 14-16 Jun 2017, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

Cross, Simon and Whitelock, Denise (2017). Similarity and difference in fee-paying and no-fee learner expectations, interaction and reaction to learning in a massive open online course. Interactive Learning Environments, 25(4) pp. 439–451.

Wolfenden, Freda; Henry, Fiona and Cross, Simon (2017). Extending the MOOC footprint: supporting capacity building in India. In: Pan-Commonwealth Forum 8, 2016 Conference proceedings, Commonwealth of Learning and Open University of Malaysia, Vancouver, Canada.

Rienties, Bart; Cross, Simon; Marsh, Vicky and Ullmann, Thomas (2017). Making sense of learner and learning Big Data: reviewing 5 years of Data Wrangling at the Open University UK. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-learning, 32(3) pp. 279–293.

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Rienties, Bart; Edwards, Chris; Gaved, Mark; Marsh, Vicky; Herodotou, Christothea; Clow, Doug; Cross, Simon; Coughlan, Tim; Jones, Jan and Ullmann, Thomas (2016). Scholarly insight 2016: a Data wrangler perspective.

Rogaten, Jekaterina; Rienties, Bart; Whitelock, Denise; Cross, Simon; Littlejohn, Allison; Sharpe, Rhona; Lygo-Baker, Simon; Scott, Ian; Warburton, Stephen and Kinchin, Ian (2016). Multilevel modelling of learning gains: The impact of module particulars on students’ learning in Higher Education. In: SRHE International Annual Research Conference 2016, 7-9 Dec 2016, Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, South Wales, United Kingdom.

Cross, Simon; Sharples, Mike and Healing, Graham (2016). Learning with mobile devices: the changing place and space of distance learners' study. In: EDULEARN16 Proceedings, pp. 5385–5393.

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.

Rienties, Bart; Cross, Simon and Zdrahal, Zdenek (2016). Implementing a Learning Analytics Intervention and Evaluation Framework: what works? In: Kei Daniel, Ben and Butson, Russell eds. Big Data and Learning Analytics in Higher Education: Current Theory and Practice. Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 147–166.

Rienties, Bart; Boroowa, Avinash; Cross, Simon; Kubiak, Christopher and Mayles, Kevin (2016). Analytics4Action Evaluation Framework: A Review of Evidence-Based Learning Analytics Interventions at the Open University UK. Journal of Interactive Media in Education(1), article no. 2.

Cross, Simon; Whitelock, Denise and Mittelmeier, Jenna (2016). Does the Quality and Quantity of Exam Revision Impact on Student Satisfaction and Performance in the Exam Itself?: Perspectives from Undergraduate Distance Learners. In: EDULEARN16 Proceedings, IATED Academy, pp. 5052–5061.

Rogaten, Jekaterina; Rienties, Bart; Whitelock, Denise; Cross, Simon and Littlejohn, Allison (2016). A multi-level longitudinal analysis of 80,000 online learners: Affective-Behaviour-Cognition models of learning gains. In: Emerging Methodologies in Educational Research: Book of Abstracts, Maastricht University, Maastricht, p. 25.

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Cross, Simon; Sharples, Mike and Healing, Graham (2015). E-Pedagogy of Handheld Devices 2013 Survey: Patterns of student use for learning.

Brasher, Andrew and Cross, Simon (2015). Reflections on developing a tool for creating visual representations of learning designs: towards a visual language for learning designs. In: Maina, Marcelo; Craft, Brock and Mor, Yishay eds. The Art and Science of Learning Design. Technology Enhanced Learning (9). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, pp. 169–180.

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Cross, Simon; Whitelock, Denise and Galley, Rebecca (2014). The use, role and reception of open badges as a method for formative and summative reward in two Massive Open Online Courses. International Journal of e-Assessment, 4(1)

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Mwanza-Simwami, Daisy; Kirkwood, Adrian; Thomas, Rhodri; Woods, William and Cross, Simon (2013). Understanding mobile VLE usage in distance education: A pilot study. In: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2013, 24-27 Jun 2013, Victoria, Canada, 601 -610.

Cross, Simon (2013). Evaluation of the OLDS MOOC curriculum design course: participant perspectives, expectations and experiences.

Scanlon, Eileen; Sharples, Mike; Fenton-O'Creevy, Mark; Fleck, James; Cooban, Caroline; Ferguson, Rebecca; Cross, Simon and Waterhouse, Peter (2013). Beyond prototypes: Enabling innovation in technology-enhanced learning.

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Cross, Simon and Galley, Rebecca (2012). MOOC Badging and the Learning Arc.

Cross, Simon; Galley, Rebecca; Brasher, Andrew and Weller, Martin (2012). OULDI-JISC Project Evaluation Report: the impact of new curriculum design tools and approaches on institutional process and design cultures.

Whitelock, Denise and Cross, Simon (2012). Authentic assessment: What does it mean and how is it instantiated by a group of distance learning academics? International Journal of e-Assessment, 2(1) Article 9.

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Whitelock, Denise and Cross, Simon (2011). Academics understanding of authentic assessment. In: 2011 International Computer Assisted Assessment (CAA) Conference, Research into e-Assessment, 5/6 Jul 2011, Southampton.

Whitelock, Denise and Cross, Simon (2011). Assessment benchmarking: accumulating and accelerating institutional know - how for best practice. International Journal of e-Assessment, 1(1) pp. 1–10.

Aczel, James; Cross, Simon; Meiszner, Andreas; Hardy, Pascale; McAndrew, Patrick and Clow, Doug (2011). Some issues affecting the sustainability of open learning courses. In: EDEN 2011 Annual Conference: Learning and Sustainability: The New Ecosystem of Innovation and Knowledge, 19-22 Jun 2011, Dublin, Ireland.

Whitelock, Denise and Cross, Simon (2011). 99 Measures of Assessment Processes and Practice for use in Benchmarking and Reviewing Teaching and Learning.

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Cross, Simon and Whitelock, Denise (2010). Benchmarking assessment: breaking down barriers and building institutional understanding. In: 2010 International Computer Assisted Assessment (CAA) Conference, 20-21 Jul 2010, Southampton, UK.

Jones, Chris; Ramanau, Ruslan; Cross, Simon and Healing, Graham (2010). Net generation or Digital Natives: Is there a distinct new generation entering university? Computers & Education, 54(3) pp. 722–732.

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Jones, Chris and Cross, Simon (2009). Is there a net generation coming to university? In: ALT-C 2009 “In Dreams Begins Responsibility”: Choice, Evidence and Change, 8-10 Sep 2009, Manchester, UK.

Conole, Grainne; Wilson, Tina; McAndrew, Patrick; Culver, Juliette; Brasher, Andrew and Cross, Simon (2009). New methods and approaches to the design and evaluation of open educational resources. In: EDEN Annual Conference 2009, 10-13 Jun 2009, Gdansk, Poland.

Cross, Simon; Clark, Paul and Brasher, Andrew (2009). Preliminary findings from a series of staff surveys on perceptions, attitudes and practices of learning design. In: ALT-C 2009 “In Dreams Begins Responsibility”: Choice, Evidence and Change, 8-10 Sep 2009, Manchester, UK.

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Conole, Grainne; Culver, Juliette; Williams, Perry; Cross, Simon; Clark, Paul and Brasher, Andrew (2008). Cloudworks: social networking for learning design. In: ASCILITE 2008 conference: Hello! Where are you in the landscape of educational technology?, 30 Nov - 3 Dec 2008, Melbourne, Australia.

Conole, Grainne; Brasher, Andrew; Cross, Simon; Weller, Martin; Nixon, Stewart; Clark, Paul and Petit, John (2008). A new methodology for learning design. In: Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA), 30 Jun - 4 Jul 2008, Vienna.

Cross, Simon; Conole, Grainne; Clark, Paul; Brasher, Andrew and Weller, Martin (2008). Mapping a landscape of learning design: Identifying key trends in current practice at the Open University. In: 2008 European LAMS Conference, 25-27 Jun 2008, Cadiz, Spain.

Conole, Grainne; Brasher, Andrew; Cross, Simon; Weller, Martin; Clark, Paul and Culver, Juliette (2008). Visualising learning design to foster and support good practice and creativity. Educational Media International, 45(3) pp. 177–194.

Brasher, Andrew; Conole, Gráinne; Cross, Simon; Weller, Martin; Clark, Paul and White, Juliette (2008). CompendiumLD – a tool for effective, efficient and creative learning design. In: Proceedings of the 2008 European LAMS Conference: Practical Benefits of Learning Design, 25-27 Jun 2008, Cadiz, Spain.

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Cross, Simon (2007). The experience of Owenite socialism and anti-socialism in Halifax, 1829-1845. Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society, 15 pp. 91–111.

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