About Vic Lally
I’m a writer, researcher and academic whose main interest is human learning: its ‘design’, philosophy and ethics, as well as the cultural and political contexts of learning. I’m particularly interested in collaborative learning as a way of supporting human creativity and development.
I have researched and co-developed many collaborative designs, including projects for the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC, UK) and Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE, England). I am based at the University of Glasgow, UK, where I am Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Research and Teaching in STEM Education (though these are my personal pages, not university ones).
My research activities are in the fields of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL), Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) and learning in three-dimensional and mobile environments. I have written over 100 papers and articles, and been Director/co-director of 17 national and international projects, as well as editing/co-authoring 4 books.
My current research interests are focused on:
- Innovative approaches to educational and social justice interventions using advanced technologies for learning
- Meeting economic and social needs with advanced learning technologies
- Developing communities for learning and social development with advanced technologies
- Ethical aspects of technology enhanced learning
- Developing virtual environments to support and enhance psychological well-being
- Advanced research methodologies for investigating learning, communities,
- Strategic international and interdisciplinary working in Europe, China, Asia and Africa
- Working in a wide range of subject contexts including sciences, mathematics and applied computing
I have worked extensively in China and Europe, and am currently developing a collaborative professional development programme with colleagues in South Africa and Malawi. My latest project, ‘Inter-Life’ (ESRC/EPSRC – 2008-2011 under the Technology Enhanced Learning Programme) is a key investigation of the learning of life transition skills by young people, using highly innovative three-dimensional online tools and environments, and a range of analytical techniques that I have researched and developed in an extensive programme.
I am presently adding recent conference papers, selected papers from my journal publications, book chapters, and recent projects (see links above). These sections are ‘a work in progress’ but I am getting them up-to-date as quickly as possible. I am also adding entries from the WorldCat catalogue, Google Books links and University of Glasgow ‘e-print’ links to downloadable articles so that you can locate and read items as easily as possible.
Recent Research Activities
Research Monograph
Lally, V., Sharples, M., Bertram, N., Masters, S., Norton, B., Tracy, F. (2010) Mobile, Ubiquitous and Immersive Technology Enhanced Learning: an ethical perspective. ESRC/EPSRC: London ISBN 978-0-85473-911-0
Research Proposal
Advanced Research Methodologies in Virtual Environments (ARMIVE) has been submitted to the European Research Council Advanced Grants Scheme (see ARMIVE page for details)
Research Conferences
Lally, V., Sclater, M. (2010) Inter-Life: Community, Identity and Transition through Creative Engagement. European Conference on Educational Research, Network 16: ICT in Education and Training, Session 16 SES 03 B, ICT in Adult Education (Paper) [25 08 2010] ECER 2010 summary available at: http://www.eera.de/ecer-programmes/conference/ecer-2010/contribution/1723-2/?no_cache=1&cHash=2e9a1dc1cd. Paper available here. ECER 2010 presentation available here
Bowskill, N., Brindley, S., Cutts, Q., Lally, V. & Draper, S. (2010). Shared Thinking as a Community Model of Induction and Transition. Global Learn 2010. Penang, Malaysia.
Bowskill, N., Cutts, Q., Brindley, S., Lally, V. & Draper, S. (2010). “Am I Alone in Thinking..?” Overcoming student concerns and isolation using a Shared Thinking approach for FIMS Induction. 3rd Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference. University of Glasgow.
Bowskill, N., Draper, S., Cutts, Q., Lally, V. & Brindley, S. (2011). Shared Thinking and Interactionist Pedagogy. Society of Australasian Social Psychologists 41st Annual Conference. Manly, Australia.
Bowskill, N., Lally, V., Cutts, Q., Brindley, S. & Draper, S. (2011). Collective Reflection and Shared Thinking 8th Enhancement Themes Conference: Graduates for the 21st Century: Integrating the Enhancement Themes. Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.
Devlin AM, Lally V, Sclater M, Parussel K: “The Development of Life Transition Skills in Inter-Life: A Novel, 3-dimensional Virtual Learning Environment.” Presented at the 9th international conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL), University of Hong Kong, China, July 4-8, 2011. In Spada, H., Stahl, G., Miyake, N., Law, N. (Eds.) (2011) Connecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice: CSCL 2011 Conference Proceedings. Volume II – pp 874-875. © International Society of the Learning Sciences. Available online at: http://www.isls.org/cscl2011/doc/CSCL2011ProceedingsVol2.pdf.
Research Seminars/Talks
Ethical Challenges and Prospect. Brave New Worlds – The Ethics of Education in Popular Digital Technologies’
Wednesday 27 October 2010, Caledonian Room, Room H113, William Harley Building
Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow, G4 0BA
Research Report
Lowden, K., Hall, S., Lally, V. & Mancy, R. (2011) SSERC’s Support for Science Education in Scotland through CPD. External Evaluation Final Report – February 2011. SSERC (Scottish Schools Education Research Centre) ISBN 978-0-9531776-5-3
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Last update 17 April 2011 01.44 (ARMIVE Project page updated)