Fitting the Needs of an Industry: An Examination of Games Design, Development, and Art Courses in the UK

Barry Ip

ACM Transactions on Computing Education Vol. 12, No. 2 (April 2012)

There have been growing criticisms in recent years among the computer and video games community on the apparent lack of graduates capable of meeting the industry's employment needs. Following the sharp rise in the number of computer and video games...

inPractice: A Practical Nursing Package for Clinical Decisions

Barry Ip; Annlouise Cavanna; Beverley Corbett

Association for Learning Technology Journal Vol. 13, No. 1 (March 2005) pp. 67–79

This paper examines the recent development of a computer-assisted learning program--in Practice--at the School of Health Science, in the University of Wales Swansea. The project, which began in 2001, was developed in close collaboration with The...

Retention and Application of Information Technology Skills among Nursing and Midwifery Students

Barry Ip; Steve Jones; Gabriel Jacobs

Innovations in Education and Teaching International Vol. 44, No. 2 (May 2007) pp. 199–210

Pre-registration nursing and midwifery students are under considerable pressure to acquire the necessary information technology (IT) skills by the time they embark on a professional nursing career. There is a multitude of research findings detailing ...

Gaming frequency and academic performance

Barry Ip; Gabriel Jacobs; Alan Watkins

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 24, No. 4 (Jan 01, 2008)

There are numerous claims that playing computer and video games may be educationally beneficial, but there has been little formal investigation into whether or not the frequency of exposure to such games actually affects academic performance. This...

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Gaming Frequency and Academic Performance

Barry Ip; Gabriel Jacobs; Alan Watkins

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 24, No. 4 (2008) pp. 355–373

There are numerous claims that playing computer and video games may be educationally beneficial, but there has been little formal investigation into whether or not the frequency of exposure to such games actually affects academic performance. This...

Evaluating coursework in computer games degrees: Students and assessors as virtual characters

Barry Ip; Martin Capey; Andrew Baker; John Carroll; John Carroll

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 25, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2009)

This paper explores a relatively new area in the design and development of assessment procedures for the evaluation of coursework and student performance on computer and video games degrees. Emphasis is placed on an assessment which involves the...