Publications

This is an (always incomplete) list of my publications:

Books

Dron, J. (2023), How Education Works: Teaching, Technology & Technique. AU Press.

Dron, J. & Anderson, T. (2014), Teaching Crowds: Learning & Social Media. AU Press.

Dron, J. (2007). Control and Constraint in E-Learning: Choosing When to Choose. Idea Group International.

Bastiaens, T., Dron, J., & Xin, C. (Eds.). (2009). Proceedings of E-Learn 2009. AACE.

Brusilovsky, J. Dron and J. Kurhila (eds.) (2006). Proceedings of Workshop on the Social Navigation and Community-Based Adaptation Technologies at the 4th International Conference on Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems, Dublin, Ireland, June 20th, 2006. http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~paws/SNC_BAT06/proceedings.html

PhD

Dron, J. (2002). Achieving Self-Organisation in Network-Based Learning Environments. PhD, University of Brighton, Brighton.

Journal papers

Book chapters

Dron, J (2023) On Being Written, in Dianne Conrad (ed), Open and Distance Learning Researchers Write their Process: Stories of Creativity from the Field. OUP.

Dron, J., & Anderson, T. (2022). Pedagogical Paradigms in Open and Distance Education. In Handbook of Open, Distance and Digital Education (pp. 1-17). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0351-9_9-1

Dron, J., & Anderson, T. (2022). Informal Learning in Digital Contexts. In Handbook of Open, Distance and Digital Education (pp. 1-17). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0351-9_84-1

Dron, J. (2019). Distributed Teaching. In Encyclopedia of Teacher Education. Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi:10.1007/978-981-13-1179-6_109-1

Dron, J. (2018). Independent Learning. In M. G. Moore & W. C. Diehl (Eds.), Handbook of Distance Education (4th ed., pp. 47-66). New York: Routledge. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315296135

Dron, J., & Ardito, G. (2018). Open Education Resources, Massive Open Online Courses, and Online Platforms for Distance and Flexible Learning. In J. Voogt, G. Knezek, R. Christensen, & K.-W. Lai (Eds.), Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education (pp. 1-18). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Dron, J., & Anderson, T. (2016). The Future of E-Learning. In C. Haythornewaite, R. Andrews, J. Fransman, E. Meyers (Eds.) The Sage Handbook of E-Learning Research. Sage. Preprint available

Dron, J., & Anderson, T. (2015). Learning and Teaching with Social Media. In Kinshuk & R. Huang (Eds.), Ubiquitous Learning Environments and Technologies (pp. 15-30). Springer.

Dron, J., & Anderson, T. (2014). Agoraphobia and the modern learner. In A. Littlejohn & C. Pegler (Eds.), Reusing Open Resources. Routledge.

Dron, J. (2014). Innovation and change: changing how we change. In T. Anderson & O. Zawacki-Richter (Eds.), Online Distance Education: towards a research agenda. Athabasca: AU Press.

Reiners, T., Wood, L., & Dron, J. (2014). From chaos towards sense: A Learner-centric Narrative Virtual Learning Space. In J. Bishop (Ed.), Gamification for Human Factors Integration: Social, Education, and Psychological Issues (pp. 242-258). Hershey, US: IGI.

Dron J. (2013) Social Navigation for Learning in Virtual Worlds In Hebbel-Seeger, A., Reiners, T., Schaffer, D. (Eds.) 3D Virtual Environments for Education and Business: Advantages and Prospects, NY: Springer

Dron, J. & Fadeeva, Z. (2011)  Summary, Reflections and Meditations, 3-LENSUS Handbook, London: Grosvenor House

Anderson, T., & Dron, J. (2009). How the Crowd Can Teach: Groups, Networks and Collectives in Social Software for E-Learning. In S. Warburton & S. Hatzipanagos (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Social Software. Hershey PA: IGI.

Anderson, T., & Dron, J. (2008). How the Crowd Can Teach: Groups, Networks and Collectives in Social Software for E-Learning. In S. Warburton & S. Hatzipanagos (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Social Software. Hershey PA: IGI.

Anderson, T., & Dron, J. (2011). Learning Technology Through Three Generations. In S. Horarik (Ed.).

Dron, J. (2004). Self-Organized Networked Learning Environments. In M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology (Vol. I-V, pp. 2459-2463). Hershey PA: Idea Group Reference.

Dron, J. (2006). Evolving Learning Ecologies. In J.-P. Rennard (Ed.), Handbook of Nature Inspired Computing for Economy and Management Hershey, PA: Idea Group International.

Dron, J. (2008). Self-organization in Social Software for Learning. In M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology (2nd ed.). Hershey PA: IGI.

Dron, J. (2009). The Safety of Crowds. In M. Bhattacharya & P. Kommers (Eds.), The Connected Learning Space (pp. 29-40). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Dron, J. (2011). Social Navigation for Learning in Immersive Worlds. In A. Hebbel-Seeger, T. Reiners & D. Schäffer (Eds.), 3D Virtual Environments for Education and Business: Advantages and Prospects. New York: Springer.

Dron, J., & Anderson, T. (2009). How the crowd can teach. In S. Hatzipanagos & S. Warburton (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Social Software and Developing Community Ontologies (pp. 1-17). Hershey, PA: IGI Global Information Science.

Dron, J., & Fadeeva, Z. (2011). Summary, Reflections and Meditations. In A. Barton & J. Dlouha (Eds.), Multi-actor learning for sustainable regional development in Europe: a handbook of best practive. London, UK: Grosvenor House Publishing.

Dron, J., Mitchell, R., & Boyne, C. W. (2003). Evolving Learning in the Stuff Swamp. In N. Patel (Ed.), Adaptive Evolutionary Information Systems (pp. 211 – 228 ). Hershey, PA: Idea Group.

Dron, J., Rajapillai, V., & Singh, S. (2003). Planning and Developing Cross-Cultural Collaboration in Web-based ICT Education. In D. Brandt (Ed.), Navigating Innovations: Indo-European Cross-cultural Experiences (Vol. II, pp. 161). Delhi: India Research Press.

Dron, J., Seidel, C., & Litten, G. (2004). Getting the right blend: a blended- learning approach to Foundation Degree delivery. In L. Brennan & D. Gosling (Eds.), Making Foundation Degrees Work. London: SEEC.

Mansingh, A., Sekhon, H. S., Dron, J., & Rajapillai, V. (2003). Innovations in IT Education in India. In D. Brandt (Ed.), Navigating Innovations: Indo-European Cross-cultural Experiences (Vol. II, pp. 77). Delhi: India Research Press.

Conference proceedings

Dron, J., McGreal, R., Kumar, V., & Davies, J. (2022). Investigating the effects of computer-generated contextual landmarks on short-term recall of e-texts. In. Victoria, BC: OTESSA.

Dron, J. (2020). Joyful Online Assessment: Beyond High-stakes Testing. Innovate Learning Summit 2020 2020, 58-67. Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/218781

Dron, J. (2019). X-literacies: beyond digital literacy. E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2019, 989-1001. Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/212807

Ostashewski, N., Dron, J., & Howell, J. (2017). Supporting peer interactions in a MOOC: Utilizing social networking tools to personalize learning.

Huntrods, R., & Dron, J. (2017). Engagement with Robots: Building a Social, Self-paced, Online Robotics Course.

Dron, J. (2016). How to demotivate students. Proceedings from EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2016.

Dron, J. (2014). Ten Principles for Effective Tinkering. Proceedings from E-Learn World Conference on E-Learning 2014, New Orleans, USA.

Dron, J., & Anderson, T. (2014). Filling the Gaps With a Virtual Learning Commons at an Online University. Proceedings from European Conference on Social Media, Brighton, UK.

Dron, J., & Anderson, T. (2014). Learning with Strangers – The Value of Sets in Online Learning. Proceedings from 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, Barcelona.

Ostashewski, N., Reid, D., & Dron, J. (2013). Scaffolds not handcuffs: Bringing Social Media into the Instructional Design Mix. Paper presented at the EdMedia 2013, Victoria, BC.

Dron, J., & Anderson, T. (2013). Learning in a Distance Teaching Community: A Case Study. Paper presented at the SITE 2013, New Orleans.

McGreal, R., Dron, J., & Ellerman, E. (2013). Virtual Platforms at Athabasca University for Open Learning. Paper presented at the Eleventh Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Waikiki, Hawaii.

Dron, J (2012) Self-Paced and Social, Paper presented at the World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012, Montreal, Canada.

Dron, J (2012) Soft Technology Design, SLE Workshop 2012, Edmonton, Canada

Rahman, N., & Dron, J. (2012). Challenges and opportunities for learning analytics when formal teaching meets social spaces. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Dron, J., Anderson, T., & Siemens, G. (2011). Putting things in context: designing social media for education. (S. Greener & A. Rospligliosi, Eds.)European Conference on E-Learning 2011. Brighton, UK: ACI.

Dron, J., Reiners, T., & Gregory, S. (2011). Manifestations of hard and soft technologies in immersive spaces. Paper presented at the World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. http://www.editlib.org/p/39005

Dron, J. (2011). Analogue Literacies. Paper presented at the CODE/OUJ International Symposium 2011, Chiba, Japan.

Dron, J. (2009). Pedagogies as Educational Technologies. Paper presented at the E-Learn 2009, Vancouver

Dron, J., & Anderson, T. (2009). On the Design of Collective Applications. Paper presented at the Symposium on Social Intelligence and Networking, at Social Computing 2009, Vancouver.

Bhattacharya, M., & Dron, J. (2009). Mining Collective Intelligence for Creativity and Innovation: A Research proposal. Paper presented at the Ed-Media 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Dron, J. (2008). The trouble with tags: an approach to richer tagging for online learning. Paper presented at the E-Learn, Las Vegas.

Andone, D., Dron, J., & Pemberton, L. (2008). The Usability of DIMPLE – Digital Internet and Mobile Phone e-learning Environment. Paper presented at the E-Learn 2008, Las Vegas. (outstanding paper award)

Lee, S., & Dron, J. (2008). Giving Learners Control through Interaction Design. Paper presented at the E-Learn 2008.

Andone, D., Pemberton, D. L., & Dron, D. J. (2008, 11-14 June  2008). The Desirability of Digital Students. Paper presented at the EDEN Annual Conference 2008: New Learning Cultures, Lisbon, Portugal.

Andone, D., Dron, J., & Pemberton, L. (2007). Evaluation of the Digital Students and DIMPLE. Paper presented at the CELDA 2007, Algarve, Portugal. (best paper award)

Dron, J., & Bhattacharya, M. (2007). A Dialogue on E-Learning and Diversity: the Learning Management System vs the Personal Learning Environment. Paper presented at the E-Learn 2007, Quebec City, Canada.

Dron, J., & Anderson, T. (2007). Collectives, Networks and Groups in Social Software for E-Learning. Paper presented at the E-Learn 2007, Quebec City, Canada. (outstanding paper award)

Anderson, T., & Dron, J. (2007). Groups, Networks and Collectives in Social Software for e-Learning. Paper presented at the 6th European Conference on e-Learning, Copenhagen.

Hartnett, M., Bhattacharya, M., & Dron, J. (2007). Diversity in Online Learners: Searching for Differences that May Matter. Paper presented at the The 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Niigata, Japan.

Dron, J., & Bhattacharya, M. (2007). Lost in the Web 2.0 Jungle. Paper presented at the The 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Niigata, Japan.

Bhattacharya, M., & Dron, J. (2007). In Search of Quality Learning Technologies for Online Distributed Classrooms. Paper presented at the The 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Niigata, Japan.

Bhattacharya, M., & Dron, J. (2007). Cultivating the Web 2.0 Jungle. Paper presented at the The 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Niigata, Japan.

Andone, D., Dron, J., Pemberton, L., & Boyne, C. (2007). Digital Students and Social Software Paper presented at the Ed-Media 2007, Vancouver, Canada.

Dron, J. (2006). Any color you like, as long as it’s Blackboard. Paper presented at the E-Learn 2006, Hawaii.

Dron, J. (2006). The Pleasures and Perils of Social Software. Paper presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the ICS HE Academy, Dublin, Ireland.

Dron, J. (2006). Social Software and the Emergence of Control Paper presented at the ICALT 2006, Kerkrade, Netherlands. (best paper award)

Dron, J. (2006). Controlling Learning. Paper presented at the The Sixth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Kerkrade, Netherlands.

Andone, D., J. Dron, C. Boyne and L. Pemberton. 2006. Digital Students Across Europe. In ED-MEDIA 2006, Florida, USA: AACE.

Dron, J. 2006, ‘On the stupidity of mobs’, In WBC 2006, San Sebastian: IADIS.

Dron, J. 2005, ‘Discovering the complex effects of navigation cues in an e-learning environment’, E-Learn 2005, AACE, Vancouver.

Dron, J. 2005, ‘A Succession of Eyes: Building an E-learning City’, E-Learn 2005, AACE, Vancouver.

Dron, J. 2005, ‘Control, Termites and E-learning’, Web Based Communities 2005, Carvoiero, Portugal.

Andone, D., Boyne, C.W., Dron, J. & Pemberton, L. 2005, ‘Digital students and their use of eLearning environments’, IADIS International Conference WWW/Internet 2005, IADIS, Lisbon, Portugal.

Andone, D., Boyne, C.W., Dron, J. & Pemberton, L. 2005, ‘What is it to be a digital student in a British university?’ ICALT 2005, IEEE, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Dron, J. 2004, ‘A loophole in Moore’s law of transactional distance’, ICALT 2004. Joensuu, Finland, IEEE.

Dron, J. 2004, ‘Termites in the Schoolhouse: Stigmergy and Transactional Distance in an E-learning Environment’, Ed-Media 2004. Lugano, Switzerland, AACE.

Dron, J. 2003, ‘The Blog and the Borg: a Collective Approach to E-Learning’, in E-Learn 2003, AACE, Phoenix, Arizona.

Dron, J. 2003, ‘Sidewalks on the Information Superhighway’, in E-Learn 2003, AACE, Phoenix, Arizona.

Dron, J. & Masthoff, J. 2003, ‘Online Formal Course Meetings’, in 4th Annual LTSN-ICS Conference, Galway.

Dron, J., Mitchell, R. & Boyne, C. W. 2002, ‘Evaluating assessment using n-dimensional filtering’, in E-Learn 2002, AACE, Montreal, pp.268-274.

Dron, J. 2002, ‘CoFIND – Sharing to Learn’, in 3rd Annual LTSN-ICS Conference, ed. McAllister, G., LTSN-ICS, Loughborough, p. 99.

Dron, J., Boyne, C. & Mitchell, R. 2001, ‘Footpaths in the Stuff Swamp’, in WebNet 2001, AACE, Orlando, Florida.

Dron, J., Mitchell, R. & Boyne, C. W. 2001, ‘Getting out of the Stuff Swamp Alive’, in UKAIS, eds. Roberts, M., Moulton, M., Hand, S. & Adams, C., Zeus Press, Portsmouth, pp. 341-350.

Dron, J., Mitchell, R., Boyne, C. & Siviter, P. 2000, ‘Towards a Self-Organising Learning Environment’, in WWW9, Foretec Seminars Inc, Amsterdam, pp. 118-119.

Dron, J., Mitchell, R., Boyne, C. & Siviter, P. 2000, ‘Website Evaluation System: Collaboratively Discovering what makes a Website Good’, in WebNet 2000, ed. Gordon Davies & Charles Owen, AACE, San Antonio, Texas, pp. 685-686.

Dron, J., Mitchell, R., Boyne, C. & Siviter, P. 2000, ‘CoFIND: steps towards a self-organising learning environment’, in WebNet 2000, ed. Gordon Davies & Charles Owen, AACE, San Antonio, Texas, pp. 146-151.

Dron, J., Mitchell, R., Boyne, C. & Siviter, P. 2000, ‘Darwin among the indices: a report on COFIND, a self-organising resource base’, in Sixth International ISKO Conference, eds. Beghtol, C., Howarth, L. C. & Williamson, N. J., Ergon, Toronto, pp. 136-142.

Dron, J., Mitchell, R., Siviter, P. & Boyne, C. 1999, ‘CoFIND- an experiment in n-dimensional collaborative filtering’, in WebNet 99, ed. Paul de Bra & John Legget, AACE, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. 301-306. (top paper award)

Dron, J. & Siviter, P. 1997, ‘A Case Study in the Re-implementation of a Toolbook CAL Package using WWW’, in CAL 97, ed. Baggott, L., University of Exeter.