Prof John Richardson

John T. E. Richardson is emeritus professor in student learning at the UK Open University. He taught and researched in psychology at Brunel University from 1975 to 2001, when he moved to the Open University to take up a new chair in student learning and assessment in the Institute of Educational Technology. His main research interests were concerned with the relationship between students’ perceptions of their courses of study in higher education and the approaches to studying that they adopt on those courses. He was also responsible for institutional research on the evaluation of both courses and programmes of study at the Open University. In 2002-2003, he contributed to the report of the Student Feedback Project Steering Group to the Higher Education Funding Council for England on Collecting and Using Student Feedback on Quality and Standards of Learning and Teaching in HE, and in 2003-2005 he was part of a team based at the Open University that carried out a pilot study for the Funding Council towards the National Student Survey. He was a co-director of a project on the social and organisational mediation of university learning funded under Phase III of the Economic and Social Research Council’s Teaching and Learning Research Programme from 2004 to 2008. In 2008, he completed a literature review on the role of ethnicity and gender as predictors of degree attainment as part of the HEA/ECU Ethnicity, Gender and Degree Attainment Project and was a member of the team that produced a report for the Funding Council on league tables and their impact on higher education institutions. He retired from the Open University in July 2017.

2019

• Nguyen, Quan; Rienties, Bart and Richardson, John T. E.. (2019). Learning analytics to uncover inequality in behavioural engagement and academic attainment in a distance learning setting. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education (Early Access).

• Martins, Maria João; Reis Marques, Tiago; Laíns, Inês; Leal, Inês; Pessanha, Inês; Brochado, Bruno; Oliveira Santos, Manuel; Pinto Teixeira, Pedro; Fernandes, Diogo Hipólito; Silva, João Carlos; Sampaio, Filipa Almeida; Brandão, Mariana; Morais, Inês; Laranjinha, Inês; Teixeira, Nelson; Fernandes, Tiago; Carneiro, Diogo; Calvão, Joana; Pratas, Miguel; Palmela, Carolina; Lima, António; Pires, Guilherme; Reis, Joel; Raimundo, Miguel; Afonso, Raquel Rocha; Costa e Silva, Miguel; Quintas, Catarina; Rodrigues, Tiago M.; Coelho, Nuno Henriques; Ramos, Sónia Afonso; Policiano, Catarina; Rato, Catarina; Faria, Daniel Candeias; Lopes, Alice; Rodrigues, Joana Ramos; Ferreira, Afonso Nunes; Costeira, Filipa de Sousa; Marques, Renata; Cordeiro, Hugo and Richardson, John T. E.. (2019). The National Student Survey: validation in Portuguese medical students. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 44 (1) pp. 66-79.

2018

• Whitelock, D.; Twiner, A.; Richardson, J. T. E.; Field, D. and Pulman, S.. (2018). What does a "good" essay look like? Rainbow diagrams representing essay quality. In: International Technology Enhanced Assessment Conference (TEA 2017), 5-6 Oct 2017, Barcelona, Spain.

2017

• Whitelock, Denise; Twiner, Alison; Richardson, John T. E.; Field, Debora and Pulman, Stephen. (2017). What types of essay feedback influence implementation: Structure alone or structure and content?. In: The 2016 International Technology Enhanced Assessment Conference (TEA 2016), 5-6 Oct 2016, Tallinn, Estonia.

• Price, Linda; Svensson, Ingrid; Borell, Jonas and Richardson, John T. E.. (2017). The Role of Gender in Students' Ratings of Teaching Quality in Computer Science and Environmental Engineering. IEEE Transactions on Education, 60 (4) pp. 281-287.

2016

• Chakrabarty, Anup Kumar; Richardson, John T. E. and Sen, Malay Kumar. (2016). Validating the Course Experience Questionnaire in West Bengal higher secondary education. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 50 pp. 71-78.

• Price, Linda; Kirkwood, Adrian and Richardson, John T. E. (2016). Mind the gap: the chasm between research and practice in teaching and learning with technology. In: Case, Jennifer M. and Huisman, Jeroen eds. Researching Higher Education: International perspectives on theory, policy and practice London: Routledge, pp. 227-245.

2015

• Whitelock, Denise; Twiner, Alison; Richardson, John T. E.; Field, Debora and Pulman, Stephen. (2015). OpenEssayist: a supply and demand learning analytics tool for drafting academic essays. In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge, ACM, 208-212.

• Whitelock, Denise; Twiner, Alison; Richardson, John T. E.; Field, Debra and Pulman, Stephen. (2015). Feedback on Academic Essay Writing through pre-Emptive Hints: Moving Towards "Advice for Action". In: EDEN RW8, 2014.

• Richardson, John T. E.; Alden Rivers, Bethany and Whitelock, Denise. (2015). The role of feedback in the under-attainment of ethnic minority students: evidence from distance education. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 40 (4) pp. 557-573.

2014

• Gijbels, David; Donche, Vincent; Richardson, John T. E. and Vermunt, Jan D. (2014). Learning patterns in higher education: dimensions and research perspectives. London: Routledge.

• Whitelock, Denise; Twiner, Alison; Richardson, John T. E.; Field, Debora and Pulman, Stephen. (2014). OpenEssayist: real-life testing of an automated feedback system for draft essay writing. In: #design4learning: from blended learning to learning analytics in HE, 26-27 Nov 2014, Milton Keynes, UK.

• Field, Debora; Richardson, John T. E.; Pulman, Stephen; Van Labeke, Nicolas and Whitelock, Denise. (2014). An exploration of the features of graded student essays using domain-independent natural language processing techniques. International Journal of e-Assessment.

• Alden, Bethany; Van Labeke, Nicolas; Field, Debora; Pulman, Stephen; Richardson, John T. E. and Whitelock, Denise. (2014). Using student experience as a model for designing an automatic feedback system for short essays. International Journal of e-Assessment.

• Alden Rivers, B and Richardson, J. T. E.. (2014). Unearthing learners’ beliefs about reflection to innovate business education for the 21st century. In: EDiNEB Conference Proceedings: Innovative Business Learning Design for 21st Century Learning., Kemmy Business School, Limerick.

• Alden Rivers, Bethany; Richardson, John T. E. and Price, Linda. (2014). Promoting reflection in asynchronous virtual learning spaces: tertiary distance tutors’ conceptions.. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 15 (3) pp. 215-231.

• Alden Rivers, Bethany; Whitelock, Denise; Richardson, John T. E.; Field, Debora and Pulman, Stephen (2014). Functional, frustrating and full of potential: learners' experiences of a prototype for automated essay feedback.. In: Kalz, Marco and Ras, Eric eds. Computer Assisted Assessment: Research into E-Assessment Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 40-52.

• Whitelock, Denise; Field, Debora; Pulman, Stephen; Richardson, John T. E. and Van Labeke, Nicolas. (2014). Designing and testing visual representations of draft essays for higher education students. In: 2nd International Workshop on Discourse-Centric Learning Analytics, 4th Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK2014).

2013

• Whitelock, Denise; Field, Debora; Pulman, Stephen; Richardson, John T. E. and Van Labeke, Nicolas. (2013). OpenEssayist: an automated feedback system that supports university students as they write summative essays. In: The 1st International Conference on Open Learning: Role, Challenges and Aspirations.

• Evans, Carol; Richardson, John T. E. and Waring, Michael. (2013). Field independence: Reviewing the evidence. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 83 pp. 210-224.

• Field, Debora; Pulman, Stephen; Van Labeke, Nicolas; Whitelock, Denise and Richardson, John T. E.. (2013). Did I really mean that? Applying automatic summarisation techniques to formative feedback. In: International Conference Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing, RANLP, 7-13 Sep 2013, Hissar, Bulgaria.

• Jelfs, Anne and Richardson, John T. E.. (2013). The use of digital technologies across the adult life span in distance education. British Journal of Educational Technology, 44 (2) pp. 338-351.

• Van Labeke, N.; Whitelock, D; Field, D.; Pulman, S. and Richardson, J. T. E.. (2013). What is my essay really saying? Using extractive summarization to motivate reflection and redrafting. In: AIED Workshop in Formative Feedback in Interactive Learning, 2013, Memphis, TN.

• Van Labeke, Nicolas; Whitelock, Denise; Field, Debora; Pulman, Stephen and Richardson, John T. E.. (2013). OpenEssayist: extractive summarisation and formative assessment of free-text essays. In: 1st International Workshop on Discourse-Centric Learning Analytics, 8 Apr 2013, Leuven, Belgium.

2012

• Braun, Edith; Woodley, Alan; Richardson, John T. E. and Leidner, Bernhard. (2012). Self-rated competences questionnaires from a design perspective. Educational Research Review, 7 (1) pp. 1-18.

2011

• Price, Linda; Richardson, John T. E.; Robinson, Bernadette; Ding, Xia; Sun, Xiaoling and Han, Cuiling. (2011). Approaches to studying and perceptions of the academic environment among university students in China. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 31 (2) pp. 159-175.

• Ashby, Alison; Richardson, John T. E. and Woodley, Alan. (2011). National student feedback surveys in distance education: An investigation at the UK Open University. Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning, 26 (1) pp. 5-25.

2010

• Marschark, Marc; Richardson, John T. E.; Sapere, Patricia and Sarchet, Thomastine. (2010). Approaches to teaching in mainstream and separate postsecondary classrooms. American Annals of the Deaf, 155 (4) pp. 481-487.

• Erling, Elizabeth J. and Richardson, John T. E.. (2010). Measuring the academic skills of university students: evaluation of a diagnostic procedure. Assessing Writing, 15 (3) pp. 177-193.

• Jelfs, Anne and Richardson, John T. E.. (2010). Perceptions of academic quality and approaches to studying among disabled students and nondisabled students in distance education. Studies in Higher Education, 35 (5) pp. 593-607.

• Brennan, John; Edmunds, Robert; Houston, Muir; Jary, David; Lebeau, Yann; Osborne, Michael and Richardson, John T. E. (2010). Improving what is learned at university: An exploration of the social and organisational diversity of university education. London, UK: Routledge.

2009

• Jelfs, Anne; Richardson, John T. E. and Price, Linda. (2009). Student and tutor perceptions of effective tutoring in distance education. Distance Education, 30 (3) pp. 419-441.

• Edmunds, Robert and Richardson, John T. E.. (2009). Conceptions of learning, approaches to studying and personal development in UK higher education. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 79 (2) pp. 295-309.

2008

• Hosein, Anesa; Aczel, James; Clow, Doug and Richardson, John T. E.. (2008). Mathematical thinking of undergraduate students when using three types of software. In: The 11th International Congress on Mathematics Education, 06-13 Jul 2008, Monterrey, Mexico.

• Hosein, Anesa; Aczel, James; Clow, Doug and Richardson, John T. E.. (2008). Comparison of black-box, glass-box and open-box software for aiding conceptual understanding. In: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME 32), 17-21 Jul 2008, Morelia, Mexico.

• Godwin, Stephen J.; Thorpe, Mary S. and Richardson, John T. E.. (2008). The impact of computer-mediated interaction on distance learning. British Journal of Educational Technology, 39 (1) pp. 52-70.

• Locke, William; Verbik, Line; Richardson, John T. E. and King, Roger (2008). Counting What Is Measured or Measuring What Counts? League Tables and Their Impact On Higher Education Institutions in England. Higher Education Funding Council for England, Bristol, UK.

• Makoe, Mpine; Richardson, John T. E. and Price, Linda. (2008). Conceptions of learning in adult students embarking on distance education. Higher Education, 55 (3) pp. 303-320.

2007

• Hosein, Anesa; Aczel, James; Clow, Doug and Richardson, John T. E.. (2007). An Illustration of Students’ Engagement with Mathematical Software using Remote Observation. In: 31st Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 8-13 Jul 2007, Seoul.

• Hosein, Anesa; Aczel, James; Clow, Doug and Richardson, John T. E.. (2007). Technology - Empowering the Educational Researcher through Remote Observation. In: Computer Assisted Learning (CAL '07), 26-28 Mar 2007, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

• Price, Linda; Richardson, John T. E. and Jelfs, Anne. (2007). Face-to-face versus online tutoring support in distance education. Studies in Higher Education, 32 (1) pp. 1-20.

• Richardson, John T. E.; Slater, John B. and Wilson, Jane. (2007). The National Student Survey: development, findings and implications. Studies in Higher Education, 32 (5) pp. 557-580.

• Jelfs, Anne; McDonald, Janet; Price, Linda; Richardson, John T. E. and Cannell, Pete (2007). 'Am I still doing a good job?': Conceptions of tutoring in distance education. In: Rust, Chris eds. Improving Student Learning Through Teaching Oxford, UK: Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development.

• Little, Brenda; Locke, William; Parker, Jan and Richardson, John (2007). Excellence in teaching and learning: A review of the literature for the Higher Education Academy. Higher Education Academy, UK.

2005

• Norton, Lin; Richardson, John T. E.; Hartley, James; Newstead, Stephen and Mayes, Jenny. (2005). Teachers’ beliefs and intentions concerning teaching in higher education. Higher Education, 50 (4) pp. 537-571.

2004

• Price, Linda and Richardson, John T. E. (2004). Why is it difficult to improve student learning?. In: Rust, Chris eds. Improving Student Learning: Theory, Research and Scholarship Oxford, UK: Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development.

• Lawless, Clive and Richardson, John T. E.. (2004). Monitoring the experiences of graduates in distance education. Studies in Higher Education, 29 (3) pp. 353-374.

2003

• Price, Linda and Richardson, John T. E. (2003). Meeting the Challenge of Diversity: a cautionary tale about learning styles. In: Rust, C. eds. Proceedings of the 2002 10th International Symposium of Improving Student Learning, Improving Student Learning Theory and Practice - 10 Years On Oxford, UK: The Oxford Centre for Staff & Learning Development, pp. 285-295.

• Brennan, J.; Brighton, R.; Moon, N.; Richardson, J.; Rindl, J. and Williams, R. (2003). Collecting and Using Student Feedback on Quality and Standards of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (Report No. RD08/03). Higher Education Funding Council for England.

2002

• Lawless, Clive and Richardson, John T. E.. (2002). Approaches to studying and perceptions of academic quality in distance education. Higher Education, 44 (2) pp. 257-282.

2000

• Marschark, Marc; Richtsmeier, Lynda M.; Richardson, John T. E.; Crovitz, Herbert F. and Henry, Jacqueline. (2000). Intellectual and emotional functioning in college students following mild traumatic brain injury in childhood and adolescence. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 15 (6) pp. 1227-1245.

• Mazuro, C.; Norton, L.; Hartley, J.; Newstead, S. and Richardson, J. T. E.. (2000). Practising what you preach? Lecturers’ and students’ perceptions of teaching styles. Psychology Teaching Review, 9 pp. 91-102.

• Barnett, Matthew P.; Newman, Howard W.; Richardson, John T. E.; Thompson, Pamela and Upton, Dominic. (2000). The constituent structure of autobiographical memory: Autobiographical fluency in people with chronic epilepsy. Memory, 8 (6) pp. 413-424.

• Dye, L. and Richardson, J. T. E. (2000). Women, cognition and the menstrual cycle. In: Sherr, L. and St. Lawrence, J. S. eds. Women, Health and the Mind Chichester: Wiley.

1998

• Canellopoulou, Mary and Richardson, John T. E.. (1998). The role of executive function in imagery mnemonics: evidence from multiple sclerosis. Neuropsychologia, 36 (11) pp. 1181-1188.

• Hambleton, Ian R.; Foster, William H. and Richardson, John T. E.. (1998). Improving student learning using the personalised system of instruction. Higher Education, 35 (2) pp. 187-203.

1997

• Caplan, Paula J.; Crawford, Mary; Hyde, Janet Shibley and Richardson, John T. E. (1997). Gender Differences in Human Cognition. Oxford University Press.

• Hayes, Kay; King, Estelle and Richardson, John T. E.. (1997). Mature Students in Higher Education: III. Approaches to studying in Access students. Studies in Higher Education, 22 (1) pp. 19-31.

1996

• Richardson, John T. E. (1996). Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for Psychology and the Social Sciences. Leicester: BPS Books.

1995

• Hayes, Kay and Richardson, John E.. (1995). Gender, subject and context as determinants of approaches to studying in higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 20 (2) pp. 215-221.

1994

• Meyer, J. H. F.; Dunne, T. T. and Richardson, John T. E.. (1994). A gender comparison of contextualised study behaviour in higher education. Higher Education, 27 (4) pp. 469-485.

1993

• Carroll, B.; Richardson, J. T. E. and Thompson, P.. (1993). Olfactory Information Processing and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Brain and Cognition, 22 (2) pp. 230-243.

• Longoni, A. M.; Richardson, J. T. E. and Aiello, A.. (1993). Articulatory rehearsal and phonological storage in working memory. Memory & Cognition, 21 (1) pp. 11-22.

• Burton, E.; Remington, B; Richardson, J. T. E.; Riddoch, J.; Williamson, J. and Kaminska, Z.. (1993). Increasing the perceived relevance of cognitive psychology. Psychology Teaching Review, 2 pp. 30-38.

1990

• Hampson, Peter J.; Marks, David F. and Richardson, J. T. E. (1990). Imagery: Current Developments. London: Routledge.

• Prescott, J. Helen; Richardson, John T. E. and Gillespie, Christopher R.. (1990). Cognitive function in diabetes mellitus: The effects of duration of illness and glycaemic control. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 29 (2) pp. 167-175.

1989

• Murray, Linda A. and Richardson, John T. E. (1989). Intelligent Systems in a Human Context: Development, Implications, and Applications. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

1988

• Denis, M.; Engelkamp, Johannes and Richardson, John (1988). Cognitive and Neuropsychological Approaches to Mental Imagery. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff.

• Barry, C. and Richardson, J. T. E. (1988). Accounts of oral reading in deep dyslexia. In: Whitaker, H. A. eds. Phonological Processes and Brain Mechanisms New York: Springer-Verlag.

• Denis, M.; Engelkamp, J. and Richardson, J. T. E.. (1988). European contributions to research on imagery and cognition. In: Cognitive and Neuropsychological Approaches to Mental Imagery, Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht.

1987

• Pollard, P. and Richardson, J. T.. (1987). On the probability of making Type I errors. Psychological Bulletin, 102 (1) pp. 159-163.

• Richardson, John T. E.; Eysenck, Michael W. and Warren Piper, David (1987). Student Learning: Research in Education and Cognitive Psychology. Guildford: SRHE & Open University Press..

1986

• Russell, D. G.; Marks, D. F. and Richardson, J. T. E. (1986). Imagery 2: Proceedings of the 2nd International Imagery Conference. Dunedin: Human Performance Associates.

1985

• Jaques, David and Richardson, John (1985). The Future for Higher Education. Guildford: SRHE & NFER-Nelson.

• Mayromatis, A. and Richardson, J. T. E.. (1985). The nature and function of hypnagogic imagery. In: Imagery 1: Proceedings of the 1st International Imagery Conference, Human Performance Associates, Dunedin.

1984

• Mayromatis, A. and Richardson, J. T. E. (1984). Hypnagogic imagery. In: Sheikh, A. eds. International Review of Mental Imagery New York: Human Sciences Press.

• Frith, C. D.; Richardson, J. T. E.; Samuel, M.; Crow, T. J. and McKenna, P. J.. (1984). The effects of intravenous diazepam and hyoscine upon human memory. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A, 36 (1) pp. 133-144.

• Murray, L. A. and Richardson, J. T. E. (1984). Intelligent Knowledge-Based Systems: UK Social Science Inputs. Economic & Social Research Council.

1980

• Chew, E. I. and Richardson, J. T. E.. (1980). The relationship between perceptual and memorial psychophysics. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 16 (1) pp. 25-26.

• Ghiaci, Golshad and Richardson, John T. E.. (1980). The Effects of Dramatic Play upon Cognitive Structure and Development. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 136 (1) pp. 77-83.

1979

• Owens, A. C. and Richardson, J. T. E.. (1979). Mental imagery and pictorial memory. British Journal of Psychology, 70 (4) pp. 497-505.

• Gralton, M. A.; Hayes, Y. A. and Richardson, J. T. E.. (1979). Introversion-extraversion and mental imagery. Journal of Mental Imagery, 3 pp. 1-10.

Completed

Supportive Automated Feedback for Short Essay Answers

2012 - 2014

Awards

Fellow

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