Mike Sharples
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Mike Sharples | |
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Born | Sale, England | 14 December 1952
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Occupation | Technologist |
Known for | human-centred design, evaluation of technologies of learning, application of studies of human cognition and social interaction to the design of novel interactive systems |
Michael (Mike) Sharples (born 14 December 1952 in Sale, UK) is a British academic working in Educational technology. He is a Professor of Educational Technology at The Open University.[1]
Background
Sharples graduated from St. Andrews University in 1976 with a BSc. Hons in Computational Science, then moved to the Dept of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh as a post graduate student. His PhD thesis was on the topic of Cognition, Computers and Creative Writing.[citation needed]
Career
Sharples held various academic appointments before becoming director for the centre for educational technology and distance learning at the University of Birmingham, UK,[citation needed] and later professor of learning sciences and Director of Learning Sciences Research Institute at the University of Nottingham.[citation needed]
Research
Sharples' research focus is on adapting and developing new technology and socio-technical systems to facilitate learning, such as the use of mobile devices.
Books
- Sharples, M. (1985) Cognition, Computers and Creative Writing, Chichester: Ellis Horwood.
- Sharples, M., Hogg, D., Hutchison, C., Torrance, S., Young, D. (1989) Computers and Thought: a Practical Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. MIT Press. 406 pp.
- Sharples, M. (ed.)(1993) Computer Supported Collaborative Writing. Springer-Verlag.
- Sharples, M. & van der Geest, T. (eds.)(1996) The New Writing Environment: Writers at Work in a World of Technology. Springer-Verlag.
- Sharples, M. (1999) How We Write: Writing as Creative Design. London: Routledge.
- Littleton, K., Scanlon, E. & Sharples, M. (eds.)(2012) Orchestrating Inquiry Learning. Routledge. ISBN 0415601134.