Patrick R. Brundell

Research Fellow and Phd student

School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, University Park, NOTTINGHAM NG7 2RD, UK
Email: prb@psychology.nottingham.ac.uk
Tel : +44 (0) 115 951 5281
Fax : +44 (0) 115 951 5324

• Research projects
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Research Interests

I am primarily interested in the use of multimedia technology to support teaching and learning, the theoretical aspects of communication media use and design and the design of tools and methods to evaluate interactive technologies.

I have worked with Prof Claire O' Malley for a number of years in the School of Psychology and also collaborated with colleagues from the Learning Sciences Research Institute,the Visual Learning Lab and the Mixed Reality Laboratory

Current Research Project

'Understanding new forms of digital record for e-Social Science' (2005-2008) - a 'node' of the ESRC 'National Centre for e-Social Science' based in Manchester, with colleagues in Computer Science (Mixed Reality Laboratory), English, and Psychology.

Recent Research Projects

MOBILearn was a European research and development project exploring context-sensitive approaches to informal, problem-based and workplace learning using advanced mobile technologies.  It was funded under the EU 5^th Framework Information Society Technologies Programme. 

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SHAPE (Situating Hybrid Assemblies in Public Environments) was a European research and development project aimed at designing and evaluating mixed reality installations for collaborative exploration and learning in public contexts such as museums and galleries. Three different public exhibitions have been developed and evaluated in museums in Stockholm (Technical Museum), Nottingham (Castle) and Limerick (Hunt Museum).  The University of Nottingham (Mixed Reality Lab) was the lead partner.  Both concern the use of tracking, mobile and wireless technologies to support collaborative learning.

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Eye-2-Eye was a 3-year European research and development project focusing on the development of evaluation methods, guidelines and cost-benefit analysis tools for assessing fitness-for-purpose of person-to-person communication technologies, including audio, video, avatar and multimedia conferencing tools for fixed and mobile networks.  A major goal of the project was to carry out an extensive series of experiments in the laboratory and field in order to produce empirical data on the impact of different technical factors affecting quality of service on human communication (task performance, attitudes, communicative processes).  The project was funded under the EU 5^th Framework IST Programme and finished in March 2003.

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Created: 1999. Last Modified: 7th August 2008