Nicola Whitton
I’m a Research Fellow at the Education and Social Research Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University. I am really interested in the potential of using online games for learning, teaching and assessment - particularly in Higher Education but also in the context of all sorts of adult learners.I’ve recently completed a PhD in the potential of collaborative computer games for learning in Higher Education at Napier University in Edinburgh, under the supervision of Dr Alison Crerar and Dr Sandra Cairncross.
My recent (since 1997) background has been in computing, human-computer interaction and e-learning and I have worked in various research, development and teaching roles at Napier University, Heriot-Watt University, MultiVerse (RIP) and Manchester Metropolitan University.
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I would love to hear from anyone else with similar interests in game-based learning, to find out what you are doing and what you are thinking about.
Email: n.whitton at mmu.ac.uk
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