Publications
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2010

Sheehy, K., Ferguson, R. M., and Clough, G. eds. (2010). Virtual Worlds: Controversies at the Frontier of Education. Hauppauge, N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers.

Clough, G. and Ferguson, R. M. (2010). Virtual worlds are authentic sites for learning. In: Sheehy, K. Ferguson, R. M. and Clough, G. eds. Virtual Worlds: Controversies at the Frontier of Education. Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World. Hauppauge, N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers.

Clough, G. (2010). Geolearners: Location-based informal learning with mobile and social technologies. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 3(1), pp. 33–44.

Clough, G., Conole, G. C., and Scanlon, E. (2010). Using participatory evaluation to support collaboration in an interdisciplinary context. In: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Networked Learning 2010, 3-4 May, 2010, Aalborg, Denmark.

Ferguson, R. M., Sheehy, K., and Clough, G. (2010). Introduction: challenging education in virtual worlds. In: Sheehy, K., Ferguson, R. M. and Clough, G. eds. Virtual Worlds: Controversies at the Frontier of Education. Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World. Hauppauge, N.Y: Nova Science Publishers.

Ferguson, R. M., Clough, G., and Hosein, A. (2010). Shifting themes, shifting roles: the development of research blogs. In: 'Into Something Rich and Strange' - Making Sense of the Sea-Change. The 17th Association for Learning Technology Conference (ALT-C 2010), 7-9 September 2010, Nottingham, UK.

2009
Clough, G. (2009). Geolearners: Informal Learning with Mobile and Social Technologies. PhD Thesis

Clough, G., Conole, G. C., and Scanlon, E. (2009). Behavioural finance and immersive games: a pan-European framework for design and evaluation. In: Same places, different spaces - Proceedings ascilite Auckland 2009, 6-9 December 2009, Auckland, New Zealand.

Clough, G., Jones, A. C., McAndrew, P. and Scanlon, E. (2009). Informal learning evidence in online communities of mobile device enthusiasts. In: Ally, Mohamed ed. Mobile Learning: Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training. Issues in Distance Education. Athabasca University Press, pp. 99–112.

Gillen, J.,Twining, P., Ferguson, R. M., Butters, O., Clough, G., Gaved, M., Peachey, A., Seamans, D., and Sheehy, K. (2009). A learning community for teens on a virtual island - The Schome Park Teen Second Life Pilot project. eLearning Papers, 2009(15), www.elearningpapers.eu

Papers published in 2008

Sheehy, K., Ferguson, R. M. and Clough, G. (2008). Learning in the Panopticon: ethical and social issues in building a virtual educational environment. International Journal of Social Science. Special Edition: Virtual Reality in Distance Education, 2(2), pp. 25–32.

Papers published in 2007

Clough, G., Jones, A. C, McAndrew, P. and Scanlon, E. (2007). Informal learning with PDAs and smartphones. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 24(5), pp. 359–371.

Ferguson, R. M., Clough, G. and Hosein, A. (2007). Postgraduate blogs: beyond the ordinary research journal. In: Research Proceedings of the 14th Association for Learning Technology Conference (ALT-C 2007) Beyond control: learning technology for the social network generation, 4-6 Sep 2007, Nottingham, UK.