Monica Ward
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Monica Ward is the Assistant Head for Teaching Excellence in the School of Computing. She has extensive experience in teaching and assessment a range of subjects from technical to transversal skills modules. She is a pioneer of the use of technology in education and she advocates a co-creation and culturally-responsive approach with academics and students.
Her research interest include:
- Computer Assisted Language Learning (with a special focus on Less Commonly Taught Languages and Endangered Languages)
- Computer Science Education
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- Educational Technologies
- Human Factors in Computing
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Ward M.;Mozgovoy M.;Purgina M. (2019) 'Can wordbricks make learning Irish more engaging for students?'. International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 9 (2):20-39. [DOI] | |
| 2018 | Ward M. (2018) 'Qualitative research in less commonly taught and endangered language CALL'. Language Learning and Technology, 22 (2):116-132. [DOI] | |
| 2004 | Ward M. (2004) 'The additional uses of CALL in the endangered language context'. ReCALL, 16 (2):345-359. [DOI] | |
| 2003 | Ward M.;Genabith J. (2003) 'CALL for endangered languages: Challenges and rewards'. International Journal of Phytoremediation, 21 (1):233-258. [DOI] | |
| 2002 | Ward M. (2002) 'Reusable XML technologies and the development of language learning materials'. ReCALL, 14 (2):285-294. [DOI] |
Conference Publication
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Ward M.;Abubacker N. (2018) 21st Saudi Computer Society National Computer Conference, NCC 2018 Effective Utilisation of VLE with Joint Multinational Postgraduate Programme [DOI] | |
| 2017 | Purgina, M;Mozgovoy, M;Ward, M (2017) PROCEEDINGS OF THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SUPPORTED EDUCATION (CSEDU), VOL 1 Learning Language Grammar with Interactive Exercises in the Classroom and Beyond [DOI] | |
| 2016 | Ward, M (2016) EDULEARN16: 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION AND NEW LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES UNDERGRADUATE TRANSITION PROBLEMS AND HOW TO ADDRESS THEM | |
| 2016 | Ward, Monica and Costello, Eamon (2016) Global Learn Education Reform with Technology-Difficult but Worth the Effort? | |
| 2016 | Ward, M (2016) 2016 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SYSTEM INTERACTIONS (HSI) Using Animated Visualisation in Computer Assisted Language Learning | |
| 2016 | Ward M. (2016) Proceedings - 2016 9th International Conference on Human System Interactions, HSI 2016 Using animated visualisation in Computer Assisted Language Learning [DOI] | |
| 2015 | Ward, M (2015) EDULEARN15: 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION AND NEW LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES LIGHT-TOUCH GAMIFICATION FOR MATHS IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL | |
| 2014 | Ward, M (2014) EDULEARN14: 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION AND NEW LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES USING A VARIETY OF TECHNOLOGIES TO TEACH COMPUTER HARDWARE | |
| 2014 | Maritxalar, M;Donnchadha, EU;Foster, J;Ward, M (2014) HUMAN LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE AND LINGUISTICS Quizzes on Tap: Exporting a Test Generation System from One Less-Resourced Language to Another [DOI] | |
| 2014 | Maritxalar M.;Uí Donnchadha E.;Foster J.;Ward M. (2014) Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Quizzes on tap: Exporting a test generation system from one less-resourced language to another [DOI] | |
| 2002 | Ward M. (2002) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation, LREC 2002 Issues in the design, construction and use of Language Resources (LR) for endangered languages (ELs) |
Conference Contribution
Book Review
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ward, M (2016) Endangered languages and new technologies. NEW YORK: BREV [DOI] |
Review Articles
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Ward M. (2006) Using software design methods in CALL. REV [DOI] |
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Committees
Research Interests
I am interested in CALL, Computer Science Education, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Educational Technologies, Computer Assisted Learning and Human Factors in Computing.
- CALL
- CALL for Minorty and Endangered Languages
- CALL for Irish
- CALL for Nawat
- NLP techniques in CALL
- CALL normalisation
- Software Engineering and CALL
- CALL in non-traditional contexts
- Computer Science Education
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- Innovative approaches to assessment (Interactive Oral assessment)
- Students as Partners in Assessment
- Peer review and feedback
- Challenge Based Learning
- Educational Technologies
- Virtual Learning Environments
- Online learning
- Tools (e.g. boards)
- CAL
- CAI/CAL (Computer Assisted Instruction/Computer Assisted Learning)
- CAL in the primary school context (maths)
- CAL in the university context
- Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
- HCI for children
- HCI in the Primary School
- User Modelling
- User-Centered Design
- Language, Socio-Cultural Factors and Learning
- Socio-cultural factors and Irish
- Socio-cultural factors and Endangered Languages