About
I have a first degree in Computational Science and a PhD from the Department of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh. My research focus is human-centred design of technologies for learning. My main current interest is 'citizen inquiry' - a fusion of citizen science and inquiry-based learning. I lead development of the nQuire platform, in collaboration with the BBC, to support mass participation in social science experiments. As Academic Lead for FutureLearn (www.futurelearn.com), I informed its social learning at massive scale, based on a pedagogy of 'learning as conversation'. I established the Innovating Pedagogyannual report series, to inform teachers and policy makers of new developments in teaching, learning and assessment for a digital world. Other current interests include blockchain for education, and strategies for digital transformation in higher education. My personal website is www.mikesharples.org
Biography
Mike Sharples is Emeritus Professor of Educational Technology in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK. His research involves human-centred design of new technologies and environments for learning. He inaugurated the mLearn conference series and was Founding President of the International Association for Mobile Learning. He is Associate Editor in Chief of IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. He established the Innovating Pedagogy report series and is author of over 300 books and papers in the areas of educational technology, science education, human-centred design of personal technologies, artificial intelligence and cognitive science.
Publications
2025
Xiao, Junhong; Bozkurt, Aras; Nichols, Mark; Pazurek, Angelica; Stracke, Christian M.; Bai, John Y. H.; Farrow, Robert; Mulligan, Dónal; Nerantzi, Chrissi; Sharma, Ramesh Chander; Singh, Lenandlar; Frumin, Isak; Swindell, Andrew; Honeychurch, Sarah; Bond, Melissa; Dron, Jon; Moore, Stephanie; Leng, Jing; van Tryon, Patricia J. Slagter; Garcia, Manuel; Terentev, Evgeniy; Tlili, Ahmed; Chiu, Thomas K. F.; Hodges, Charles B.; Jandrić, Petar; Sidorkin, Alexander; Crompton, Helen; Hrastinski, Stefan; Koutropoulos, Apostolos; Cukurova, Mutlu; Shea, Peter; Watson, Steven; Zhang, Kai; Lee, Kyungmee; Costello, Eamon; Sharples, Mike; Vorochkov, Anton; Alexander, Bryan; Bali, Maha; Moore, Robert L.; Zawacki-Richter, Olaf; Asino, Tutaleni Iita; Huijser, Henk; Zheng, Chanjin; Sani-Bozkurt, Sunagül; Duart, Josep M. and Themeli, Chryssa. (). Venturing into the Unknown: Critical Insights into Grey Areas and Pioneering Future Directions in Educational Generative AI Research. TechTrends (Early access).
2024
Bozkurt, Aras; Xiao, Junhong; Farrow, Robert; Bai, John Y. H.; Nerantzi, Chrissi; Moore, Stephanie; Dron, Jon; Stracke, Christian M.; Singh, Lenandlar; Crompton, Helen; Koutropoulos, Apostolos; Terentev, Evgenii; Pazurek, Angelica; Nichols, Mark; Sidorkin, Alexander M.; Costello, Eamon; Watson, Steven; Mulligan, Dónal; Honeychurch, Sarah; Hodges, Charles B.; Sharples, Mike; Swindell, Andrew; Frumin, Isak; Tlili, Ahmed; Slagter van Tryon, Patricia J.; Bond, Melissa; Bali, Maha; Leng, Jing; Zhang, Kai; Cukurova, Mutlu; Chiu, Thomas K. F.; Lee, Kyungmee; Hrastinski, Stefan; Garcia, Manuel B.; Sharma, Ramesh Chander; Alexander, Bryan; Zawacki-Richter, Olaf; Huijser, Henk; Jandrić, Petar; Zheng, Chanjin; Shea, Peter; Duart, Josep M.; Themeli, Chryssa; Vorochkov, Anton; Sani-Bozkurt, Sunagül; Moore, Robert L. and Asino, Tutaleni Iita. (). The Manifesto for Teaching and Learning in a Time of Generative AI: A Critical Collective Stance to Better Navigate the Future. Open Praxis, 16 (4) pp. 487-513.
2023
Sharples, Mike. (). Towards social generative AI for education: theory, practices and ethics. Learning: Research and Practice, 9 (2) pp. 159-167.
Sharples, Mike. (). John Clark's Latin Verse Machine:19th Century Computational Creativity. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 45 (1) pp. 31-42.
Castelló, Montserrat; Kruse, Otto; Rapp, Christian and Sharples, Mike (). Synchronous and Asynchronous Collaborative Writing: Theory, Research, and Practice. In: Kruse, Otto eds. Digital Writing Technologies in Higher Education Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 121-139.
2022
Sharples, Mike. (). Automated Essay Writing: An AIED Opinion. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 32 (4) pp. 1119-1126.
Smalley, Alexander; White, Mathew; Ripley, Rebecca; Atack, Timothy X; Lomas, Eliza; Sharples, Mike; Coates, Peter; Groom, Nick; Grand, Ann; Heneberry, Ailish; Fleming, Lora and Depledge, Michael. (). Forest 404: Using a BBC drama series to explore the impact of nature’s changing soundscapes on human wellbeing and behavior. Global Environmental Change.
2021
Aristeidou, Maria; Sharples, Mike and Scanlon, Eileen (). Technologies for citizen inquiry: participatory research in online communities. In: Burns, Danny; Howard, Joanna and Ospina, Sonia M. eds. The SAGE Handbook of Participatory Research and Inquiry London: SAGE Publications, pp. 496-512.
Sharples, Mike (). Foreword to Mobile Education: Personalised Learning and Assessment in Remote Education: A Guide for Educators and Learners. In: McCartney, Kieran eds. Mobile Education: Personalised Learning and Assessment in Remote Education: A Guide for Educators and Learners Oxford, UK: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers, pp. xi-xiv.
Herodotou, Christothea; Scanlon, Eileen and Sharples, Mike. (). Methods of Promoting Learning and Data Quality in Citizen and Community Science. Frontiers in Climate.
2020
Scanlon, Eileen; Herodotou, Christothea; Sharples, Mike and McLeod, Kevin. (). nQuire: citizens acting as scientists in massive open online learning. In: L@S '20: Proceedings of the Seventh ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale, 12-14 Aug 2020, Virtual event, USA.
Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; Beirne, Elaine; Conole, Gráinne; Costello, Eamon; Coughlan, Tim; Ferguson, Rebecca; FitzGerald, Elizabeth; Gaved, Mark; Herodotou, Christothea; Holmes, Wayne; Mac Lochlainn, Conchur; Nic Giolla Mhichíl, Mairéad; Rienties, Bart; Sargent, Julia; Scanlon, Eileen; Sharples, Mike and Whitelock, Denise (). Innovating Pedagogy 2020: Open University Innovation Report 8. The Open University, Milton Keynes.
Herodotou, Christothea; Sharples, Mike and Scanlon, Eileen. (). Can technology empower the public to think scientifically? The case of nQuire. In: International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2020), 19-23 Jun 2020, Nashville, TN, USA.
Aristeidou, Maria; Scanlon, Eileen and Sharples, Mike. (). Learning outcomes in online citizen science communities designed for inquiry. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 10 (4) pp. 277-294.
2019
Herodotou, Christothea; Sharples, Mike; Gaved, Mark; Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; Rienties, Bart; Scanlon, Eileen and Whitelock, Denise. (). Innovative Pedagogies of the Future: An Evidence-Based Selection. Frontiers in Education.
Sharples, Mike; Aristeidou, Maria; Herodotou, Christothea; McLeod, Kevin and Scanlon, Eileen. (). Inquiry learning at scale: pedagogy-informed design of a platform for citizen inquiry. In: L@S 2019: Sixth ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale, 24-25 Jun 2019, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Cross, Simon; Sharples, Mike; Healing, Graham and Ellis, Jim. (). 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.
Sharples, Mike (). Practical Pedagogy: 40 New Ways to Teach and Learn. Abingdon: Routledge.
Ferguson, Rebecca; Coughlan, Tim; Egelandsdal, Kjetil; Gaved, Mark; Herodotou, Christothea; Hillaire, Garron; Jones, Derek; Jowers, Iestyn; Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; McAndrew, Patrick; Misiejuk, Kamila; Ness, Ingun Johanna; Rienties, Bart; Scanlon, Eileen; Sharples, Mike; Wasson, Barbara; Weller, Martin and Whitelock, Denise (). Innovating Pedagogy 2019: Open University Innovation Report 7. The Open University, Milton Keynes.
Priestnall, Gary; FitzGerald, Elizabeth; Meek, Sam; Sharples, Mike and Polmear, Gemma. (). Augmenting the landscape scene: students as participatory evaluators of mobile geospatial technologies. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 43 (2) pp. 131-154.
Sharples, Mike and Ferguson, Rebecca. (). Pedagogy-informed design of conversational learning at scale. In: EC-TEL 2019: 14th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, 16-19 Sep 2019, Delft, Netherlands.
Holmes, Wayne; Iniesto, Francisco; Sharples, Mike and Scanlon, Eileen. (). ETHICS in AIED: Who Cares? An EC-TEL workshop. In: EC-TEL 2019 Fourteenth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, 16-19 Sep 2019, Delft (Netherlands).
2018
Herodotou, Christothea; Aristeidou, Maria; Sharples, Mike and Scanlon, Eileen. (). Designing citizen science tools for learning: lessons learnt from the iterative development of nQuire. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning.
Ferguson, Rebecca; Herodotou, Christothea; Coughlan, Tim; Scanlon, Eileen and Sharples, Mike (). MOOC development: priority areas. In: Luckin, Rosemary eds. Enhancing Learning and Teaching with Technology: What the Research Says London: UCL IOE Press.
2017
Ferguson, Rebecca; Barzilai, Sarit; Ben-Zvi, Dani; Chinn, Clark A; Herodotou, Christothea; Hod, Yotam; Kali, Yael; Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; Kupermintz, Haggai; McAndrew, Patrick; Rienties, Bart; Sagy, Ornit; Scanlon, Eileen; Sharples, Mike; Weller, Martin and Whitelock, Denise (). Innovating Pedagogy 2017: Exploring new forms of teaching, learning and assessment, to guide educators and policy makers. Open University Innovation Report 6. The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
Aristeidou, Maria; Scanlon, Eileen and Sharples, Mike. (). Design Guidelines for Sensor-based Mobile Learning Applications. In: mLearn 2017 Proceedings of the 16th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning, ACM, New York, NY, USA.
Herodotou, Christothea; Sharples, Mike and Scanlon, Eileen (). Citizen Inquiry: Synthesising Science and Inquiry Learning. Abingdon: Routledge.
Herodotou, Christothea; Sharples, Mike and Scanlon, Eileen (). Introducing citizen inquiry. In: Herodotou, Christothea; Sharples, Mike and Scanlon, Eileen eds. Citizen Inquiry: Synthesising Science and Inquiry Learning Routledge.
Aristeidou, Maria; Scanlon, Eileen and Sharples, Mike (). Design processes of a citizen inquiry community. In: Herodotou, Christothea; Sharples, Mike and Scanlon, Eileen eds. Citizen Inquiry: Synthesising Science and Inquiry Learning Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 210-229.
Aristeidou, Maria; Scanlon, Eileen and Sharples, Mike. (). Profiles of engagement in online communities of citizen science participation. Computers in Human Behavior, 74 pp. 246-256.
Manathunga, Kalpani; Hernández-Leo, Davinia and Sharples, Mike (). A Social Learning Space Grid for MOOCs: Exploring a FutureLearn Case. In: Delgado Kloos, Carlos; Jermann, Patrick; Pérez-Sanagustín, Mar; Seaton, Daniel T. and White, Su eds. Digital Education: Out to the World and Back to the Campus Springer, pp. 243-253.
Sharples, Mike; Aristeidou, Maria; Villasclaras-Fernández, Eloy; Herodotou, Christothea and Scanlon, Eileen. (). The Sense-it App: A Smartphone Toolkit for Citizen Inquiry Learning. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 9 (2) pp. 16-38.
Chua, Shi-Min; Tagg, Caroline; Sharples, Mike and Rienties, Bart. (). Discussion Analytics: Identifying Conversations and Social Learners in FutureLearn MOOCs. In: FutureLearn data: what we currently have, what we are learning and how it is demonstrating learning in MOOCs, 13-17 Mar 2017, Vancouver.
Aristeidou, Maria; Scanlon, Eileen and Sharples, Mike. (). Science learning in online communities of scientific investigations: evidence and suggestions. In: American Educational Research Association Annual Conference 2017, 27 Apr - 01 May 2017, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Duval, Erik; Sharples, Mike and Sutherland, Rosamund (). Technology Enhanced Learning: Research Themes. Springer International Publishing.
Duval, Erik; Sharples, Mike and Sutherland, Rosamund (). Research Themes in Technology Enhanced Learning. In: Duval, Erik; Sharples, Mike and Sutherland, Rosamund eds. Technology Enhanced Learning: Research Themes Springer International Publishing, pp. 1-10.
Sharples, Mike and Spikol, Daniel (). Mobile learning. In: Duval, Erik; Sharples, Mike and Sutherland, Rosamund eds. Technology Enhanced Learning: Research Themes Springer International Publishing, pp. 89-96.
2016
Sharples, Mike. (). Digital education: Pedagogy online. Nature, 540 pp. 340.
Brusilovsky, Peter and Sharples, Mike. (). EIC Editorial. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 9 (4) pp. 300-300.
Sharples, Mike; de Roock, Roberto; Ferguson, Rebecca; Gaved, Mark; Herodotou, Christothea; Koh, Elizabeth; Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; Looi, Chee-Kit; McAndrew, Patrick; Rienties, Bart; Weller, Martin and Wong, Lung Hsiang (). Innovating Pedagogy 2016: Open University Innovation Report 5. The Open University.
Cross, Simon; Sharples, Mike and Healing, Graham. (). Learning with mobile devices: the changing place and space of distance learners' study. In: EDULEARN16 Proceedings, 5385-5393.
Sharples, M.; Adams, A.; Alozie, N.; Ferguson, R.; FitzGerald, E.; Gaved, M.; McAndrew, P.; Means, B.; Remold, J.; Rienties, B.; Roschelle, J.; Vogt, K.; Whitelock, D. and Yarnall, L.. (). 创新教学报告2015 —探索教学、学习与评价的新形式 [Innovating Pedagogy 2015]. 开放学习研究 [Open Learning] pp. 1-18.
Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes and Sharples, Mike (). Waypoints along learning journeys in a mobile world. In: Ng, Wan and Cumming, Therese M. eds. Sustaining Mobile Learning: Theory, Research and Practice Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 43-56.
Roschelle, Jeremy; Yarnall, Louise; Sharples, Mike and McAndrew, Patrick (). Future Research Directions for Innovating Pedagogy. In: Verbert, Katrien; Sharples, Mike and Klobučar, Tomaž eds. Adaptive and Adaptable Learning Cham: Springer, pp. 648-651.
Aristeidou, Maria; Scanlon, Eileen and Sharples, Mike. (). Engaging citizens in online communities of scientific investigations. In: Citizen Science Innovation in Open Science, Society and Policy, First ECSA Conference 2016, 19-21 May 2016, Berlin, Germany.
2015
Sharples, Mike; Adams, Anne; Alozie, N; Ferguson, Rebecca; FitzGerald, Elizabeth; Gaved, Mark; McAndrew, Patrick; Means, B; Remold, J; Rienties, Bart; Roschelle, J; Vogt, K; Whitelock, Denise and Yarnall, L (). Innovating Pedagogy 2015: Open University Innovation Report 4. The Open University.
Littlejohn, Allison; Sharples, Mike; Smidt, Samantha; Law, Andrew; Hollins, Paul and Tynan, Belinda (). The Open University Digital Think Tank: Position Paper. The Open University.
Aristeidou, Maria; Scanlon, Eileen and Sharples, Mike. (). Weather-it: evolution of an online community for citizen inquiry. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Knowledge Technologies and Data-driven Business, i-Know 2015, ACM.
Sharples, Mike; Aristeidou, Maria; Villasclaras-Fernández, Eloy; Herodotou, Christothea and Scanlon, Eileen. (). Sense-it: A Smartphone Toolkit for Citizen Inquiry Learning. In: The Mobile Learning Voyage – From Small Ripples to Massive Open Waters, 366-377.
Sharples, Mike (). Seamless learning despite context. In: Wong, Lung-Hsiang; Milrad, Marcelo and Specht, Marcus eds. Seamless Learning in the Age of Mobile Connectivity Singapore: Springer, pp. 41-55.
Aristeidou, Maria; Scanlon, Eileen and Sharples, Mike (). Weather-it missions: a social network analysis perspective of an online citizen inquiry community. In: Conole, G.; Klobučar, T.; Rensing, C.; Konert, J. and Lavoué, E. eds. Design for Teaching and Learning in a Networked World, Proceedings of 10th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2015, Toledo, Spain, September 15-18 Springer, pp. 3-16.
Cross, Simon; Sharples, Mike and Healing, Graham (). E-Pedagogy of Handheld Devices 2013 Survey: Patterns of student use for learning. The Open University, UK.
Sharples, Mike. (). Seeding, wonder rooms and curatorial inquiry: New forms of museum communication and learning. In: Proceedings of ‘Museum Communication: Practices and Perspectives’, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen, 26-30.
Ferguson, Rebecca; Sharples, Mike and Beale, Russell (). MOOCs 2030: a future for massive open online learning. In: Bonk, Curtis J.; Lee, Mimi M.; Reeves, Thomas C. and Reynolds, Thomas H. eds. MOOCs and Open Education around the World Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 315-326.
Sharples, Mike; Delgado Kloos, Carlos; Dimitriadis, Yannis; Garlatti, Serge and Specht, Marcus. (). Mobile and Accessible Learning for MOOCs. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 1 (4) pp. 1-8.
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.
de Waard, Inge; Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes and Sharples, Mike. (). Investigating Self-Directed Learning Dimensions: Adapting the Bouchard Framework. In: Design for Teaching and Learning in a Networked World, Springer, 395-400.
de Waard, Inge; Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes and Sharples, Mike. (). Self-Directed Learning in Trial FutureLearn courses. In: Proceedings Papers, EMOOCS, 234-243.
Roy, Anupama and Sharples, Mike. (). Mobile Game Based Learning: Can it enhance learning of marginalized peer educators?. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 7 (1) pp. 1-13.
Sharples, Mike (). A Challenge to Enhance the System of Education—a Comment from a Researcher Perspective. In: Eberle, Julia; Lund, Kristine; Tchounikine, Pierre and Fischer, Frank eds. Grand Challenge Problems in Technology‐Enhanced Learning II: MOOCs and Beyond Springer International Publishing, pp. 63-70.
Ferguson, Rebecca; Sharples, Mike and Beale, Russell. (). MOOCs 2030：大规模开放学习的未来展望. Journal of Beijing Open University pp. 19-24.
2014
Aristeidou, Maria; Scanlon, Eileen and Sharples, Mike. (). Inquiring Rock Hunters. In: Open Learning and Teaching in Educational Communities, Springer International Publishing, 546-547.
Herodotou, Christothea; Villasclaras Fernandez, Eloy and Sharples, Mike (). The design and evaluation of a sensor-based mobile application for citizen inquiry science investigations. In: Rensing, Christoph; de Freitas, Sara; Ley, Tobias and Muñoz-Merino, Pedro J. eds. Open Learning and Teaching in Educational Communities: 9th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2014, Graz, Austria, September 16-19, 2014, Proceedings SpringerInternational Publishing, pp. 434-439.
Kong, Siu Cheung; Chan, Tak-Wai; Griffin, Patrick; Hoppe, Ulrich; Huang, Ronghuai.; Kinshuk, ; Looi, Chee Kit; Milrad, Marcelo; Norris, Cathleeen; Nussbaum, Miguel; Sharples, Mike; So, Wing Muui Winnie; Soloway, Elliot and Yu, Shengquan. (). E-learning in school education in the coming 10 years for developing 21st century skills: critical research issues and policy implications. Educational Technology and Society, 17 (1) pp. 70-78.
Ferguson, Rebecca and Sharples, Mike. (). Innovative pedagogy at massive scale: teaching and learning in MOOCs. In: Open Learning and Teaching in Educational Communities: 9th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2014, Graz, Austria, September 16-19, 2014, Proceedings, Springer International Publishing, 98-111.
Hoare, Derek J.; Van Labeke, Nicolas; McCormack, Abby; Sereda, Magdalena; Smith, Sandra; Al Taher, Hala; Kowalkowski, Victoria L.; Sharples, Mike and Hall, Deborah A.. (). Gameplay as a source of intrinsic motivation in a randomized controlled trial of auditory training. PLoS ONE.
Sharples, Mike and Pea, Roy (). Mobile learning. In: Sawyer, R. Keith eds. The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences (Second edition) New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 501-521.
Herodotou, Christothea; Villasclaras-Fernandez, Eloy and Sharples, Mike. (). Scaffolding citizen inquiry science learning through the nQuire toolkit.. In: EARLI SIG 20: Computer Supported Inquiry Learning, 18-20 Aug 2014, Malmö University, Sweden.
Sharples, Mike; Adams, Anne; Ferguson, Rebecca; Gaved, Mark; McAndrew, Patrick; Rienties, Bart; Weller, Martin and Whitelock, Denise (). Innovating Pedagogy 2014: Open University Innovation Report 3. The Open University, Milton Keynes.
2013
Sharples, Mike. (). Shared orchestration within and beyond the classroom. Computers and Education, 69 pp. 504-506.
Aristeidou, Maria; Scanlon, Eileen and Sharples, Mike. (). A design-based study of Citizen Inquiry for geology. In: EC-TEL 2013 Eighth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, 17-21 Sep 2013, Paphos (Cyprus).
Villasclaras Fernandez, Eloy; Sharples, Mike; Kelley, Simon and Scanlon, Eileen. (). nQuire for the OpenScience Lab: supporting communities of inquiry learning. In: Scaling up Learning for Sustained Impact, Springer, 585-588.
Villasclaras Fernandez, Eloy; Sharples, Mike; Kelley, Simon and Scanlon, Eileen. (). Supporting citizen inquiry: an investigation of Moon rock. In: Scaling up Learning for Sustained Impact, Springer, 383-395.
Sharples, Mike; FitzGerald, Elizabeth; Mulholland, Paul and Jones, Robert (). Weaving location and narrative for mobile guides. In: Schrøder, Kim and Drotner, Kirsten eds. Museum Communication and Social Media: The Connected Museum New York: Routledge.
Milrad, Marcelo; Wong, Lung-Hsiang; Sharples, Mike; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Looi, Chee-Kit and Ogata, Hiroaki (). Seamless learning: an international perspective on next-generation technology-enhanced learning. In: Berge, Zane L. and Muilenburg, Lin Y. eds. Handbook of Mobile Learning Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 95-108.
Meek, Sam; Fitzgerald, Elizabeth; Sharples, Mike and Priestnall, Gary (). Learning on field trips with mobile technology. In: Kinuthia, Wanjira and Marshall, Stewart eds. On the Move: Mobile Learning for Development Charlotte, NC.: Information Age Publishing Inc..
Meek, Sam; Priestnall, Gary; Sharples, Mike and Goulding, James. (). Mobile capture of remote points of interest using line of sight modelling. Computers and Geosciences, 52 pp. 334-344.
Barthel, Ralph; Ainsworth, Shaaron and Sharples, Mike. (). Collaborative knowledge building with shared video representations. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 71 (1) pp. 59-75.
Sharples, Mike. (). Mobile learning: research, practice and challenges. Distance Education in China, 3 (5) pp. 5-11.
Sharples, Mike and Specht, Marcus. (). Guest Editorial Preface. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 5 (4) pp. iv-vi.
Scanlon, Eileen; Sharples, Mike; Fenton-O'Creevy, Mark; Fleck, James; Cooban, Caroline; Ferguson, Rebecca; Cross, Simon and Waterhouse, Peter (). Beyond prototypes: Enabling innovation in technology-enhanced learning. Open University, Milton Keynes.
Sharples, Mike; McAndrew, Patrick; Weller, Martin; Ferguson, Rebecca; FitzGerald, Elizabeth; Hirst, Tony and Gaved, Mark (). Innovating Pedagogy 2013: Open University Innovation Report 2. The Open University, Milton Keynes.
2012
Sharples, Mike; McAndrew, Patrick; Weller, Martin; Ferguson, Rebecca; Hirst, Tony; Mor, Yishay; Gaved, Mark and Whitelock, Denise (). Innovating Pedagogy 2012: Open University Innovation Report 1. The Open University.
Littleton, Karen; Scanlon, Eileen and Sharples, Mike (). Orchestrating Inquiry Learning. Abingdon: Routledge.
McCabe, Scott; Sharples, Mike and Foster, Clare. (). Stakeholder engagement in the design of scenarios of technology-enhanced tourism services. Tourism Management Perspectives pp. 36-44.
Sharples, Mike; Meek, Sam and Priestnall, Gary. (). Zapp: learning about the distant landscape. In: 11th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning (mLearn 2012), 15-18 Oct 2012, Helsinki, Finland.
Fisher, Tony; Sharples, Mike; Pemberton, Richard; Ogata, Hiroaki; Uosaki, Noriko; Edmonds, Phil; Hull, Anthony and Tschorn, Patrick. (). Incidental second language vocabulary learning from reading novels: a comparison of three mobile modes. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 4 (4) pp. 47-61.
Mulholland, Paul; Anastopoulou, Stamatina; Collins, Trevor; Feisst, Markus; Gaved, Mark; Kerawalla, Lucinda; Paxton, Mark; Scanlon, Eileen; Sharples, Mike and Wright, Michael. (). nQuire: technological support for personal inquiry learning. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 5 (2) pp. 157-169.
Lally, Vic; Sharples, Mike; Tracey, Frances; Bertram, Neil and Masters, Sherriden. (). Researching the ethical dimensions of mobile, ubiquitous,and immersive technology enhanced learning (MUITEL) in informal settings: a thematic review and dialogue. Interactive Learning Environments, 20 (3) pp. 217-238.
Littleton, Karen; Sharples, Mike and Scanlon, Eileen (). Editorial introduction: orchestrating inquiry learning. In: Littleton, Karen; Scanlon, Eileen and Sharples, Mike eds. Orchestrating Inquiry Learning Oxford: Routledge, pp. 1-6.
Anastopoulou, Stamatina; Sharples, Mike; Ainsworth, Shaaron; Crook, Charles; O'Malley, Claire and Wright, Michael. (). Creating personal meaning through technology-supported science inquiry learning across formal and informal settings. International Journal of Science Education, 34 (2) pp. 251-273.
2011
Sharples, Mike and Anastopoulou, Stamatina (). Designing orchestration for inquiry learning. In: Littleton, Karen; Scanlon, Eileen and Sharples, Mike eds. Orchestrating Inquiry Learning Routledge, pp. 69-85.
FitzGerald, Elizabeth; Sharples, Mike; Jones, Robert and Priestnall, Gary. (). Guidelines for the design of location-based audio for mobile learning. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 3 (4) pp. 70-85.
Anastopoulou, Stamatina; Sharples, Mike and Baber, Chris. (). An evaluation of multimodal interactions with technology while learning science concepts. British Journal of Educational Technology, 42 (2) pp. 266-290.
Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; Sharples, Mike; Milrad, Marcelo; Arnedillo-Sánchez, Inmaculada and Vavoula, Giasemi (). The genesis and development of mobile learning in Europe. In: Parsons, David eds. Combining E-Learning and M-Learning: New Applications of Blended Educational Resources Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global), pp. 151-177.
Mwanza-Simwami, Daisy; Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; Clough, Gill; Whitelock, Denise; Ferguson, Rebecca and Sharples, Mike. (). Methods and models of next generation technology enhanced learning - White Paper. In: Alpine Rendezvous 2011, 28-29 Mar 2011, La Clusaz, France.
Sharples, Mike; Collins, Trevor; Feißt, Markus; Gaved, Mark; Mulholland, Paul; Paxton, Mark and Wright, Michael. (). A “laboratory of knowledge-making” for personal inquiry learning. In: 15th International Conference, AIED 2011, 28 Jun - 01 Jul 2011, Auckland, New Zealand.
Manches, A.; Sharples, M. and Crook, C.. (). Technology in context: summary findings from the Capital Project. In: CAL 2011, 13-15 Apr 2011, Manchester.
Sweeney, Thomas; Sharples, Mike and Pemberton, Richard. (). Toponimo: A Geosocial Pervasive Game for English Second Language Learning. In: Proceedings of the 10th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning (mLearn 2011), 18-21 Oct 2011, Beijing, China.
2010
Scanlon, Eileen; Littleton, Karen; Anastopoulou, Stamatina; Sharples, Mike and Ainsworth, Shaaron (). Personal Inquiry and groupwork: issues for computer-supported inquiry learning. In: Dimitracopoulou, Angelique; O'Malley, Claire; Suthers, Daniel and Reimann, Peter eds. Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Practices - CSCL2009 Community Events Proceedings ISLS.
FitzGerald, Elizabeth; Sharples, Mike; Jones, Robert and Priestnall, Gary. (). Guidelines for the design of location-based audio for mobile learning. In: Proceedings of the mLearn 2010 Conference, 19-22 Oct 2010, Valetta, Malta.
Priestnall, Gary; Brown, Elizabeth; Sharples, Mike and Polmear, Gemma (). Augmenting the field experience: a student-led comparison of techniques and technologies. In: Brown, Elizabeth eds. Education in the wild: contextual and location-based mobile learning in action. A report from the STELLAR Alpine Rendez-Vous workshop series. Nottingham, UK: Learning Sciences Research Institute, University of Nottingham, pp. 43-46.
Brown, Elizabeth; Börner, Dirk; Sharples, Mike; Glahn, Christian; de Jong, Tim and Specht, Marcus (). Location-based and contextual mobile learning. A STELLAR Small-Scale Study. STELLAR European Network of Excellence in TEL (EU).
Sharples, Mike and Roschelle, Jeremy. (). Guest Editorial: Special section on Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies for Learning. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 3 (1) pp. 4-6.
Wichmann, Astrid; Hoppe, Ulrich H.; Spikol, Daniel; Milrad, Marcelo; Anastopoulou, Stamatina; Sharples, Mike; Pea, Roy; Maldonado, Heidy and de Jong, Ton. (). Three perspectives on technology support in inquiry learning: personal inquiry, mobile collaboratories and emerging learning objects. In: 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: Learning in the Disciplines, 29 Jun - 2 Jul 2010, Chicago, IL, USA.
Niramitranon, Jeff; Sharples, Mike; Greenhalgh, Chris and Lin, Chiu-Pin. (). Orchestrating learning in a one-to-one technology classroom. In: The 6th IEEE International Conference on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies in Education (WMUTE 2010), 12-16 Apr 2010, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Anastopoulou, Stamatina; Yang, Yang; Paxton, Mark; Sharples, Mike; Crook, Charles; Ainsworth, Shaaron and O'Malley, Claire. (). Maintaining continuity of inquiry learning experiences across contexts: teacher’s management strategies and the role of technology. In: Sustaining TEL: From Innovation to Learning and Practice. Proceedings of 5th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, 28 Sep - 1 Oct 2010, Barcelona, Spain.
Bligh, Brett and Sharples, Mike. (). The Affordances of Presentations in Multi-Display Learning Spaces for Supporting Small Group Discussion. In: Sustaining TEL: From Innovation to Learning and Practice. Proceedings of 5th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, 28 Sep - 1 Oct 2010, Barcelona, Spain.
Feißt, M.; Paxton, M. and Sharples, M.. (). Field trip data collection: Online data update versus synchronisation. In: Proceedings of mLearn 2010, World Conference on Mobile and contextual Learning, 19-22 Oct 2010, Valetta, Malta. University of Malta.
Barthel, Ralph; Ainsworth, Sshaaron and Sharples, Mike (). Negotiating perspective in social video environments. In: Drotner, Kirsten and Schrøder, Kim Christian eds. Digital Content Creation: Perceptions, Practices and Perspectives New York, USA: Peter Lang Publishing Group, pp. 211-226.
Sharples, Mike; Taylor, Josie and Vavoula, Giasemi (). A theory of learning for the mobile age: learning through conversation and exploration across contexts. In: Bachmair, Ben eds. Medienbildung in neuen Kulturräumen: die deutschprachige und britische Diskussion Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 87-99.
Niramitranon, Jitti; Sharples, Mike and Greenhalgh, Chris (). Orchestrating learning in a one-to-one technology classroom. In: Khine, Myint Swe and Saleh, Issa M. eds. New Science of Learning: Cognition, Computers and Collaboration in Education New York, USA: Springer, pp. 451-468.
Brown, Elizabeth; Sharples, Mike; Wishart, Jocelyn; Tangney, Brendan; Taylor, Jacqui; Beddall-Hill, Nicola L.; Glahn, Christian; Börner, Dirk; Clough, Gill; Wijers, Monica; Jonker, Vincent; Cook, John and Lyons, Leilah (). Reflecting back, looking forward: the challenges for location-based learning. In: Brown, Elizabeth eds. Education in the Wild: Contextual and Location-Based Mobile Learning in Action. A Report from the STELLAR Alpine Rendez-Vous Workshop Series Nottingham, UK: Learning Sciences Research Institute, University of Nottingham, pp. 52-53.
2009
Pearshouse, Ian; Bligh, Brett; Brown, Elizabeth; Lewthwaite, Sarah; Graber, Rebecca; Hartnell-Young, Elizabeth and Sharples, Mike (). A study of effective evaluation models and practices for technology supported physical learning spaces (JELS). JISC.
Vavoula, Giasemi and Sharples, Mike. (). Meeting the challenges in evaluating mobile learning: a 3-level evaluation framework. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 1 (2) pp. 54-75.
Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; Sharples, Mike; Milrad, Marcelo; Arnedillo-Sánchez, Inmaculada and Vavoula, Giasemi. (). Innovation in Mobile Learning: A European Perspective. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 1 (1) pp. 13-35.
Sharples, M.; Graber, R.; Harrison, C. and Logan, K.. (). E-safety and Web 2.0 for children aged 11–16. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 25 (1) pp. 70-84.
Priestnall, Gary; Brown, Elizabeth; Sharples, Mike and Polmear, Gemma. (). A student-led comparison of techniques for augmenting the field experience. In: mLearn 2009 Conference, 26-30 Oct 2009, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Vavoula, Giasemi; Sharples, Mike; Rudman, Paul; Meek, Julia and Lonsdale, Peter. (). Myartspace: Design and evaluation of support for learning with multimedia phones between classrooms and museums. Computers and Education, 53 (2) pp. 286-299.
Vavoula, Giasemi and Sharples, Mike. (). Lifelong learning organisers: requirements for tools for supporting episodic and semantic learning. Educational Technology & Society, 12 (3) pp. 82-97.
Barthel, Ralph; Sharples, Mike and Ainsworth, Shaaron. (). Narrative creation from online video as knowledge representation. In: Artificial Intelligence in Education: Building Learning Systems that Care: From Knowledge Representation to Affective Modelling, 6-10 Jul 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Anastopoulou, Stamatina; Sharples, Mike; Ainsworth, Shaaron and Crook, Charles. (). Personal Inquiry: linking the cultures of home and school with technology mediated science inquiry. In: Mobile learning cultures across education, work and leisure. Proceedings of the 3rd WLE Mobile Learning Symposium, 27 Mar 2009, London, England.
Niramitranon, Jitti; Sharples, Mike and Greenhalgh, Chris. (). Orchestrating collaborative Learning in a 1:1 technology classroom. In: Artificual Intelligence in Education: Building Learning Systems that Care: From Knowledge Representation to Affective Modelling, 6-10 Jul 2009, Brighton, UK.
Anastopoulou, Stamatina; Sharples, Mike; Wright, Michael; Ainsworth, Shaaron; Crook, Charles; Norton, Bronya and O'Malley, Claire. (). Personal Inquiry: lessons learned. In: mLearn 2009 Conference, 26-30 Oct 2009, Orlando, FL, US.
Handley, Zöe; Sharples, Mike and Moore, Dave. (). Training novel phonemic contrasts: a comparison of identification and oddity discrimination training. In: Speech and Language Technology in Education (SLaTE) 2009, 3-5 Sep 2009, Wroxall, England.
Sharples, Mike. (). Towards an interdisciplinary design science of learning. In: Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning EC-TEL 2009, 29 Sep - 2 Oct 2009, Nice, France.
Fisher, T.; Pemberton, R.; Sharples, M.; Ogata, H.; Uosaki, N.; Edmonds, P.; Hull, A. and Tschorn, P. (). Mobile learning of vocabulary from reading novels: a comparison of three modes. In: mLearn 2009: 8th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning, 28-30 Oct 2009, Orlando, FL, USA.
Roy, Anupama; Evans, Catrin; Sharples, Mike and Benford, Steve. (). Mobile game based learning for peer educators of males having sex with males community in India. In: Proceedings of 8th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning (mLearn 2009), 28-30 Oct 2009, Orlando, Florida.
Sharples, Mike; Amedillo Sanchez, Inmaculada; Milrad, Marcelo and Vavoula, Giasemi (). Mobile learning: small devices, big issues. In: Balacheff, N.; Ludvigsen, S.; Jong, T. de and Barnes, S. eds. Technology Enhanced Learning: Principles and Products Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, pp. 233-249.
Sharples, Mike (). Methods for evaluating mobile learning. In: Vavoula, Giasemi; Pachler, Norbert and Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes eds. Researching Mobile Learning: Frameworks, Tools and Research Designs Oxford, UK: Peter Lang Publishing Group, pp. 17-39.
2008
Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; Sharples, Mike; Milrad, Marcelo; Arnedillo-Sánchez, Inmaculada and Vavoula, Giasemi. (). Innovazione nel mobile learning. Tecnologie Didattiche, 44 (2) pp. 4-21.
Anastopoulou, Stamatina; Sharples, Mike; Wright, Michael; Martin, Hazel; Ainsworth, Shaaron; Benford, Steve; Crook, Charles; Greenhalgh, Chris and O'Malley, Claire. (). Learning 21st century science in context with mobile technologies. In: Proceedings of the mLearn 2008 Conference, 7-10 Oct 2008, Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire, UK.
Vavoula, Glasemi N. and Sharples, Mike. (). Challenges in evaluating mobile learning. In: Proceedings of MLearn 2008: The bridge from text to context, 7-10 Oct 2008, Shropshire, UK.
Rudman, Paul; Sharples, Mike; Lonsdale, Peter; Vavoula, Giasemi and Meek, Julia (). Cross-context learning. In: Tallon, Loic and Walker, Kevin eds. Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience: Handheld Guides and Other Media Lanham MD, USA: Alta Mira Press, pp. 147-166.
2007
Sharples, Mike; Taylor, Josie and Vavoula, Giasemi (). A theory of learning for the mobile age. In: Andrews, Richard and Haythornthwaite, Caroline eds. The Sage Handbook of E-learning Research London, UK: Sage, pp. 221-247.
Sharples, Mike and Domingue, John. The Blockchain and Kudos: A Distributed System for Educational Record, Reputation and Reward. In: Adaptive and Adaptable Learning: Proceedings of 11th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL 2015), Lyon, France, 13 - 16 September 2016, Springer, Switzerland, 490-496.
Media appearances
Everything you need to know about MOOCs
An article explaining MOOCs and how they can be developed includes comment from Mike Sharples who says “because your MOOC can be accessed by people from other organisations your training methods could have a worldwide reach.
HR Magazine | 14th July 2016
No room for sloppiness in online classroom
The Conversation | 16th January 2014
Online learning pioneer slams ban on Iranian, Cuban, Sudanese students
Interview in 'Online learning pioneer slams ban on Iranian, Cuban, Sudanese students'
The Conversation | 20th March 2014