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My current research interests include mobile learning and social and affective uses and also in how informal learning can be supported by technology, especially mobile devices and how this can support language learning. The most recent publication in this area is about the field trials that we conducted as part of an EU project entitled MASELTOV project. The title of the publication is "Supporting immigrant language learning on smartphones: a field trial." I am also interested in how technologies, including mobile technologies can support minority language learning, and have conducted a study about learning Welsh in this area - see the 2015 articles. I have also investigated supporting scientific inquiry learning - across different contexts, again including informal and semi-formal learning, as part of the Personal Inquiry project and have a long standing interest in citizen science, in particularly applied to Natural History. The PI project was the start of a series of further projects and developments leading to the development of the nQuire platform, in collaboration with the BBC, headed up by Mike Sharples, to support mass participation in social science experiments.
In terms of teaching I worked on "The critical researcher: educational technology in practice" a module in our MA on Open and Distance Education (MAODE) which started in April 2017, although, sadly, the MAODE is no longer running. Working on the module was exciting and had positive feedback from our students.
I co-edit the Journal of Interactive Media in Education. JIME (https://jime.open.ac.uk/ is a peer-reviewed open access online journal in educational technology - and you are strongly encourged to have a look at some of the exciting papers and themed collections that we have published in JIME. Please visit the site to have a look or if you are interested in publishing a paper in JIME.
I was a founding member of the Computers and Learning Research group which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2019. We celebrated the anniversary with a symposium and also produced a book shaped by the group's visions- see Ferguson, Jones and Scanlon (2019).
Biography
Ann Jones is a Reader in the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University. She has published extensively in educational technology. Her research interests include mobile learning; how informal learning (including language learning) can be supported by technology and research into social and affective use of computers. In this area she investigated the use of technology to support social and communication skills in different learner groups including children with emotional and behavioural difficulties and children in care.
She has worked on several funded projects bids. Recent projects include the FP7 funded MASELTOV project (2012-2015), the Open University Open Learning Network (funded by Hewlitt, 2009-2012) and the Personal Inquiry Project (2007-2010; UK Research Councils). She co-edits the Journal of Interactive Media in Education.
Jones, Ann; Scanlon, Eileen and Ferguson, Rebecca (). Introduction. In: Ferguson, Rebecca; Jones, Ann and Scanlon, Eileen eds. Educational Visions: Lessons from 40 years of innovation London: Ubiquity Press, pp. 1-12.
Jones, Ann; Rienties, Bart and Blake, Canan (). Evidence-based Learning: Foundations. In: Ferguson, Amy; Jones, Ann and Scanlon, Eileen eds. Educational Visions: The lessons from 40 years of innovation London: Ubiquity Press, pp. 93-108.
Jones, Ann; Scanlon, Eileen and Charitonos, Koula (). Learning across locations and settings. In: Luckin, Rosemary eds. Enhancing Learning and Teaching with Technology: What the Research Says UCL IOE Press.
Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; Gaved, Mark; Jones, Ann; Norris, Lucy and Peasgood, Alice. (). Mobile language learning experiences for migrants beyond the classroom. In: The Linguistic Integration of Adult Migrants / L’intégration linguistique des migrants adultes: Some lessons from research / Les enseignements de la recherche, De Gruyter Mouton, Berlin, 219-224.
Sharples, Mike; Scanlon, Eileen; Ainsworth, Shaaron; Anastopoulou, Stamatina; Collins, Trevor; Crook, Charles; Jones, Ann; Kerawalla, Lucinda; Littleton, Karen; Mulholland, Paul and O'Malley, Claire. (). Personal inquiry: orchestrating science investigations within and beyond the classroom. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 24 (2) pp. 308-341.
2014
Gaved, Mark; Luley, Patrick; Efremidis, Sofoklis; Georgiou, Iakovos; Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; Jones, Ann and Scanlon, Eileen. (). Challenges in context-aware mobile language learning: the MASELTOV approach. In: 13th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning 2014, 3-5 Nov 2014, Istanbul, Turkey.
Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; Gaved, Mark; Brasher, Andrew; Jones, Ann; Scanlon, Eileen and Paletta, Lucas. (). Designing for inclusion through incidental language learning. In: ICT for Language Learning (5th Edition), 15-16 Nov 2012, Florence, Italy.
Gaved, Mark; Collins, Trevor; Mulholland, Paul; Kerawalla, Lucinda; Jones, Ann; Scanlon, Eileen; Littleton, Karen; Blake, Canan; Petrou, Marilena; Clough, Gill and Twiner, Alison. (). Using netbooks to support mobile learners' investigations across activities and places. Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning, 25 (3) pp. 187-200.
Scanlon, Eileen; Kerawalla, Lucinda; Twiner, Alison; Mulholland, Paul; Collins, Trevor; Jones, Ann; Gaved, Mark; Littleton, Karen; Blake, Canan and Conole, Grainne. (). Personal Inquiry: scripting support for inquiry learning by participatory design. In: Computer-Based Learning in Science, 7-10 Jul 2010, Warsaw, Poland.
Kozinska, K.; Kursun, E.; Wilson, T.; McAndrew, P.; Scanlon, E. and Jones, A.. (). Are open educational resources the future of e-learning?. In: 3rd International Future-Learning Conference: Innovations in Learning for the Future, 10-14 May 2010, Istanbul, Turkey.
Scanlon, Eileen; Kerawalla, Lucinda; Gaved, Mark; Jones, Ann; Collins, Trevor; Mulholland, Paul; Blake, Canan; Petrou, Marilena and Littleton, Karen. (). The challenge of supporting networked personal inquiry learning across contexts. In: The 7th International Conference on Networked Learning 2010, 3-4 May 2010, Aalborg, Denmark.
Collins, Trevor; Gaved, Mark; Mulholland, Paul; Kerawalla, Cindy; Twiner, Alison; Scanlon, Eileen; Jones, Ann; Littleton, Karen; Conole, Grainne and Blake, Canan. (). Supporting location-based inquiry learning across school, field and home contexts. In: Proceedings of the MLearn 2008 Conference, 7-10 Oct 2008, Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire, UK.
Scanlon, Eileen; Jones, Ann; Collins, Trevor; Conole, Grainne; Gaved, Mark; Kerawalla, Lucinda; Littleton, Karen; Mulholland, Paul; Twiner, Alison and Blake, Canan. (). Investigating personal inquiry: An activity theory approach. In: Proceedings of mLearn, 8-10 Oct 2008, Wolverhampton, UK.
2007
Jones, Ann and Issroff, Kim (). Learning Technologies: Affective and Social Issues. In: Conole, Grainne and Oliver, Martin eds. Contemporary Perspectives On E-learning Research Oxon, UK: Routledge, pp. 190-202.
Marshall, Christine; Issroff, Kim; Scanlon, Eileen; Blake, Canan; Holliman, Richard; Smidt, Samantha; Clough, Gill; Banks, Frank; Jones, Ann; Roche, Nel and Waycott, Jenny. (). Investigating mobile science learning in workplace settings. In: CAL07: Development, Disruption and Debate - D3, 26-28 Mar 2007, Dublin, Ireland.
Scanlon, Eileen; Banks, Frank; Blake, Canan; Clough, Gill; Jones, Ann; Holliman, Richard; Issroff, Kim; Marshall, Christine; Roche, Nel; Smidt, Samantha and Waycott, Jenny. (). PDAS as workplace tools for science teachers. In: IADIS International Conference - Mobile Learning 2007, 5-7 Jul 2007, Lisbon, Portugal.
Oliver, Martin; Harvey, Jen; Conole, Grainne and Jones, Ann (). Evaluation. In: Conole, Grainne and Oliver, Martin eds. Contemporary perspectives in e-learning research; themes, methods and impact on practice Abingdon, Oxon: RoutledgeFalmer, pp. 203-216.
Collins, Trevor; Potter, Stephen and Jones, Ann (). Research presentations. In: Potter, Stephen eds. Doing Postgraduate Research (2nd ed) London: Sage Publications Ltd, pp. 228-250.
Twining, Peter; Evans, Diane; Cook, Deirdre; Ralston, John; Selwood, Ian; Jones, Ann; Underwood, Jean; Scanlon, Eileen; Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; Dillon, Gayle; McAndrew, Patrick and Sheehy, Kieron. (). Should there be a future for Tablet PCs in schools?. Journal of Interactive Media in Education.
Blake, Canan Tosunoglu; Davies, C.; Jones, A.; Morris, E. and Scanlon, E.. (). Evaluating complex digital resources. ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 11 (1) pp. 4-16.
Jones, Ann; Scanlon, Eileen; Blake, Canan; Butcher, Philip; Greenberg, Joel; Murphy, Pat and Ross, Shelagh. (). Evaluating CAL at the Open University: 15 years on. Computers and Education, 26 (1-3) pp. 5-15.
Jones, Ann (). Constructivist learning theories and IT. In: Heap, Nicholas; Thomas, Ray; Einon, Geoffrey; Mason, Robin and Mackay, Hugh eds. Information Technology and Society London: Sage, pp. 249-265.
Jones, A. and McMahon, H. (). The use of the computer as a therapeutic tool for children. In: Foot, H. C.; Howe, C. J.; Anderson, A.; Tolmie, A. and Warden, D. A. eds. Group and Interactive Learning Southampton: WIT Press, pp. 87-92.
Preece, Jenny and Jones, Ann (). Packages-learning at a distance. In: Taylor, C. A. eds. Science Education and Information Transfer Oxford: Pergamon Press, pp. 117-136.
Preece, Jenny and Jones, Ann (). Transfer with computer technology. In: Taylor, C. A. eds. Science Education and Information Transfer Oxford: Pergamon Press, pp. 93-108.
Jones, Ann (). Beginners’ mental models of a programming language. In: Jones, Ann; Scanlon, Eileen and O'Shea, Tim eds. The Computer Revolution in Education: New Technologies in Distance Education Brighton: Harvester Press, pp. 198-213.
Scanlon, Eileen; Jones, Ann and O'Shea, Tim (). Evaluating Computer-assisted learning at the British Open University. In: Jones, Ann; Scanlon, Eileen and O'Shea, Tim eds. The Computer Revolution in Education: New Technologies in Distance Education Brighton UK: Harvester Press, pp. 263-276.