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Dr Ian Watson

Assistant Professor

Department: Computer and Information Sciences

EE Ianwatson Staffprofile 255 I joined 51�� in 2000 having worked for several years as an IT consultant advising SMEs in the North East of England on suitable Enterprise and Management Information Systems, network implementation and software applications.

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Key Publications

Disruptors in Educational Technology: A Futurespective Case Study of UK Computing Academics, Crick, T., Prickett, T., Anderson, E., Watson, I., Chitare, N., Vasiliou, C. 17 Jul 2023, United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research (UKICER) conference 2023
Exploring computing students post-pandemic learning preferences with workshops: A UK institutional case study, Crick, T., Prickett, T., Vasiliou, C., Chitare, N., Watson, I. 30 Jun 2023, ITiCSE 2023, New York, US, ACM
Futurespective on Educational Technology Use in Computer Science Higher Education, Crick, T., Prickett, T., Watson, I., Anderson, E., Vasiliou, C., Chitare, N. 23 Jul 2023, United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research (UKICER) conference 2023
Detection of Stock Price Manipulation Using Kernel Based Principal Component Analysis and Multivariate Density Estimation, Rizvi, B., Belatreche, A., Bouridane, A., Watson, I. 5 Aug 2020, In: IEEE Access
Just Find It: The Mymo Approach to Recommend Running Shoes, Young, F., Coulby, G., Watson, I., Downs, C., Stuart, S., Godfrey, A. 24 Jun 2020, In: IEEE Access
A Case Study of Malaysian Academics and Their Experiences of Teaching a Western Programme of Study, Watson, I. 18 Mar 2018, North East Regional Learning and Teaching Conference 2016
Teaching instructivist educated digital natives using a constructivist learning theory in transnational education, Watson, I. Mar 2014, iConference Berlin 2014
Digital natives or digital tribes?, Watson, I. 2013, In: International Journal of Educational Research

Professional Activity

Publication Peer-review: SAGE (Publisher) 2017

Qualifications

Education PCAP December 31 2001
Information Systems MSc June 30 1997
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2003

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