Mr Graham Alsop
Principal Lecturer
Room: SB310
Telephone: (+44) 020 8547 7889
Ext: 62889
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Academic Qualifications: BA (Hons) Politics and Modern History (University of Manchester) , MSc (Econ) Political Theory (London School of Economics)
Research Group(s):
Learning Technology Research Group
Journal Papers
1. G. Alsop, C Tompsett, "From Effect to Effectiveness: the missing research questions" in 'Educational Technology and Society', (Special issue on Technology and Change in Educational Practice) 10(1) International Forum of Educational Technology and Society, pp. 241-259. ISBN/ISSN 1176-3647 (2007) abstract
2. G. Alsop, C Tompsett, "Making sense of ‘pure’ phenomenography in ICTE" in 'Association for Learning Technology Journal', 14(3) Routledge, September, pp. 241-259. ISBN/ISSN 1741-1629 (2006) abstract
3. L Stefani, G. Alsop, "Preventing Plagiarism" in 'Educational Developments', 6(3) (2005)
4. G. Alsop, L Stefani, "Tip Sites for Learning and Teaching: Small Group Teaching" in 'Educational Developments', 5(4) December, pp. 13-14. ISBN/ISSN 1469-3267 (2004)
5. G. Alsop, L Stefani, "Teaching Large Groups: Touring the Teaching and Learning Web Sites" in 'Educational Developments', 5(2) June, ISBN/ISSN 1469-3267 (2004)
6. C Tompsett, G. Alsop, "On reification: a reinterpretation of designed and emergent practice" in 'Association for Learning Technology Journal', 11(2) ISBN/ISSN 0968-7769 (2003)
7. G. Alsop, C Tompsett, "Grounded Theory as an approach to studying students' uses of learning management systems" in 'Association for Learning Technology Journal', 10(2) pp. 63-76. ISBN/ISSN 0968-7769 (2002) abstract
8. G. Alsop, C Tompsett, "Plagiarism: Online Tools to Relieve the Tedium of Detection" in 'Educational Developments', 2(3) August, ISBN/ISSN 1469-3267 (2001)
9. G. Alsop, "Finding Information on Educational Research" in 'Educational Developments', 1(2) November, ISBN/ISSN 1469-3267 (2000)
Chapters in Books
10. G. Alsop, C Tompsett, Chapter "Being Pragmatic: Experiencing Phenomenography in the context of Activity Theory" in 'Blue skies and pragmatism: learning technologies for the next decade. Editor: Cook, John', Research Proceedings of the 11th Association for L The Association for Learning Technology, pp. 124-140. ISBN/ISSN 0954587014 (2004) abstract
11. A. Stone, G. Alsop, C Tompsett, Chapter "Grounded Theory as a Means of User centred design and evaluation" in 'Mobile Learning', Comunications in the 21st Century Edited by Kristof Nyiri, Passagen Verlag, pp. 189-194. ISBN/ISSN 3851656032 (2003)
12. G. Alsop, C Tompsett, Chapter "A Grounded Theory Investigation of students' perceptions of learning management systems" in 'Proceedings of the 2001 9th International Symposium on Improving Student Learning', Edited by Rust, C., Oxonian Rewley Press Ltd, pp. 112-124. ISBN/ISSN 1 873576 68 4 (2002)
13. G. Alsop, C Tompsett, J Wisdom, Chapter "A study of human communication issues in interactive scholarly electronic journals" in 'Impact of electronic and multi-media journals on scholarly communication', Electronic libraries programme studies JISC, ISBN/ISSN 1900508451 (1997)
Conferences
14. G. Alsop, M. Kheir Abadi, "Does Grounded Theory provide a useful means of analysing data to inform an Activity Theory approach?", Nordic Conference on Activity Theory and the Fourth Finnish Conference on Cultural and Activity Research, May 23-25, (2010)
15. J. Orwell, G. Alsop, M. Kheir Abadi, "A Study On The Effectiveness Of Automatic Test Harnesses For Learning To Program (withdrawn)", 9th One-Day Conference on the Teaching of Programming at the University of Bath, (2009) abstract
16. G. Alsop, J. Annesley, Z. Cai, A. Campos, M. Colbert, D. Livingstone, J. Orwell, "ISSUES RAISED DEVELOPING AQURATE", Computer Assisted Assessment 12 International Conference, Loughborough University, (2008)
17. G. Alsop, J. Annesley, A. Campos, M. Colbert, D. Livingstone, J. Orwell, "AQuRate Demonstration", IMS TestFest QTI Meeting, September, (2008)
18. G. Alsop, J. Annesley, Z. Cai, A. Campos, M. Colbert, D. Livingstone, J. Orwell, "AQuRate Demonstration", The AQuRate, Minibix and AsDel Dissemination Workshop, February, Cambridge, (2008)
19. G. Alsop, C Tompsett, "Testing Wenger’s concept of a ‘community of practice’ – what can we throw away?", ALT-C 2005, (2005) abstract
20. C Tompsett, G. Alsop, "Efficacy, Effectiveness and Efficiency in the 'Educationcare System'", Technology and Change in Educational Practice, London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education, UK, (2005)
21. G. Alsop, C Tompsett, "Should the use of Different Research Models for Networked Learning lead to different results?", Networked Learning 2004, April, Lancaster, (2004) abstract download html
22. G. Alsop, C Tompsett, T Linsey, "Action Research on the Carpe Diem Model", ALT-C 2004, Exeter, UK, (2004) abstract
23. G. Alsop, C Tompsett, "Research in Learning Technology: Building Consensus in Research?", ALT-C 2003, Sheffield, (2003)
24. G. Alsop, C Tompsett, "Interface Design in Learning Management Systems", ALT-C 2001, (2002)
25. G Conole, A Ravenscroft, J Cook, G. Alsop, C Tompsett, M Oliver, "Perspectives on learning technology research", Ideas in Cyberspace 2002, Higham, (2002)
26. A. Stone, G. Alsop, C Tompsett, "Grounded Theory as a Means of User-Centred Design and Evaluation of Mobile Learning Systems", The Social Science of Mobile Learning, Hungary, (2002)
27. A. Stone, G. Alsop, J.H. Briggs, C Tompsett, "M-learning as a means of supporting learners: tomorrow's technologies are already here, how can we most effectively use them in the e-learning age?", Networked Learning 2002, Shefield, (2002) abstract
28. A. Stone, G. Alsop, J.H. Briggs, C Tompsett, "M-Learning and E-Learning: a Review of Work Undertaken by the Learning Technology Research Group", MLearn 2002, Birmingham, ISBN/ISSN 1463-9408 (2002) abstract
29. R. Roberts, G. Alsop, "Public Services: E-Governance and E-Health – What are we really talking about? ‘A Cure All for all Ills?'", International Federation for Information Processing, Towards the Information Society (Eds J.L. Monteiro Kluwer Academic Publishers, October, Lisbon, pp. 513-524. ISBN/ISSN 1-4020-7239-2 (2002) abstract
30. G. Alsop, C Tompsett, "Implementing Blackboard in the Faculty", ODL Workshop, Bilbao, (2001)
31. G. Alsop, C Tompsett, "Maximising the benefits of the internet, intranets and extranets", Central Banking, Cambridge, (2001)
32. G. Alsop, C Tompsett, "Interface Design in Learning Management Systems", ALT-C 2001, (2001)
33. G. Alsop, C Tompsett, "Interface Design in Learning Management Systems", ALT-C, Association for Learning Technology, (2001)
34. G. Alsop, C Wills, "Technology and Democracy: A Panacea for Government?", IEEE Eurocon, Bratislava, pp. 243-246. ISBN/ISSN 0780364902 (2001)
Presentations
35. G. Alsop, Z. Cai, A. Campos, J. Annesley, M. Colbert, D. Livingstone, J. Orwell, "AQuRate Presentation", JISC CETIS Assessment SIG meeting, Glasgow, (2007)
Academic
36. FETLAR, "Finding Electronic Teaching, Learning and Assessment Resources", Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Open Educational Resources Programme, D. Livingstone and G. Alsop, Value £250000, Duration 12 months (2009) Project WebPage
37. MathQurate, "Authoring Maths Questions in QTI", Joint Information Systems Committee, Unknown Programme, D. Livingstone, G. Alsop and J. Orwell, Value £15000, Duration 6 months (2008)
38. AQuRate, "AQuRate: A QTI Authoring Tool", Joint Information Systems Committee, E-learning Tools for Learners and Teachers (Round 2) with Centre for Applied Research In Educational Technologies (CARET), University of Cambridge, G. Alsop, D. Livingstone, J. Orwell and M. Colbert, Value £99473, Duration 13 months (2007) Details Project WebPage
39. "E-Learning for E-Business", Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), New Technology Institute with CISCO, Microsoft, Kingston College, Carshalton College, West Thames College, South Thames College, Richmond College, Richmond Adult and Community College, Merton College, A Harris, G. Alsop and P Wallin, Value £1300000, Duration 36 months (2002) Project WebPage
40. "History 2000 Resource Based Learning", Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning (FDTL) with London Guildhall University (London Metropolitan Univeraity), S Carter and G. Alsop, Duration 12 months (1997)
41. "A study of human communication issues in interactive scholarly electronic journals", Joint Information Systems Committee, eLib with London Guildhall University (London Metropolitan University), A. Adamu, G. Alsop and C Tompsett, Duration 4 months (1997) Project WebPage
42. "DeLiberations", Joint Information Systems Committee, eLib with London Guildhall University (London Metropolitan Univeraity), A. Adamu and G. Alsop, Value £100000, Duration 36 months (1996) Project WebPage
Industrial
43. KTP007595, "The OTHER Media Ltd", DBERR, Knowledge Transfer Partnership with The Other Media Ltd, G. Alsop, J.H. Briggs and V Page, Value £118684, Duration 24 months (2009)
44. "Learning Fax", Industry, University Award with British Telecom, J Wisdom and G. Alsop, Value £50000, Duration 12 months (1998) Project WebPage
European
45. NetPro, "Innovative integration of PBL and network technology", EU, Leonardo DaVinci Programme with University of York, University of Genoa , SCIENTER, University of Trento , Technical University of Sofia , Employers' Association Allianssi , EVITech, Espoo - Vantaa Institute of Technology , HCI Prod, C. Hutchison and G. Alsop, Value £303000, Duration 36 months (2001) Project WebPage
Internal
46. "Distance Learning - Construction Management", Kingston University, Human Resource Strategy, E Ryan and G. Alsop, Duration 8 months (2004)
47. "Integrating Vendor and Academic Qualifications", Kingston University, Human Resource Strategy, G. Alsop, T. Ellis and P Wallin, Value £9500, Duration 5 months (2004)
48. "Upskilling Staff's Microsoft Office Skills", Kingston University, Human Resource Strategy, G. Alsop and P Wallin, Value £2500, Duration 5 months (2004)
49. "Supporting Work-based Learning in the Faculty", Kingston University, Human Resource Strategy, G. Alsop and S. Marks, Value £3500, Duration 5 months (2004)
50. "Learning Technology Course for Associate College Staff", Kingston University, Human Resource Strategy, G. Alsop and S. Marks, Value £2209, Duration 5 months (2004)
51. "Learning in the Workplace", Kingston University, Learning Technology Centre, G. Alsop, C Tompsett and S. Marks, Value £5000, Duration 9 months (2002)
52. "New Technology Staff Exchange", Kingston University, Human Resource Strategy, G. Alsop and S. Marks, Value £3700, Duration 9 months (2002)
53. "Educational Technology Unit Secondments", Kingston University, Teaching and Learning Development Unit, G. Alsop and C. Hutchison, Value £120000, Duration 36 months (2000) Details Project WebPage
Current Students
1. M. Kheir Abadi; PhD (Full Time)
Supervision Team: Mr Graham Alsop (DoS), Dr S. Khaddaj
2. V. Moumtzi; MSc by Research (Examination)
Supervision Team: Mr Graham Alsop, Mr C Wills (DoS)
Invited/Keynote Speaker
54. University of Vienna - Learning Management Systems and their Implementation
Journal Reviewing
55. ALT-J
56. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
Professional Body
57. IEEE Learning Technology Task Force, Member
58. Staff and Educational Development Association, Member