Claire O’Malley BA PhD CPsychol AFBPsS

Claire O’Malley

BA PhD CPsychol AFBPsS

Projects and Grants

My research interests are in the application of psychological theories and methods to the design and use of computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environments:
basic research on the development of collaboration in children and on understanding the processes involved in effective collaborative learning
designing CSCL environments that are underpinned by the psychology of learning and evaluating their educational effectiveness
basic studies of human communication (verbal and nonverbal)
applied studies of the impact of different media (eg video links) on communication processes and collaborative task performance
location-aware ubiquitous computing, mobile learning and tangible technologies for learning.
Much of my research is in collaboration with colleagues from computer science and engineering in the interdisciplinary Mixed Reality Lab (MRL) and the Learning Sciences Research Institute (LSRI), and the new Horizon Digital Economy research Institute at the University of Nottingham.

Professor of Learning Science

School of Psychology

Dean of the Graduate School

University of Nottingham