Staff Profile

• Honorary Research Fellow (School of Education)

Research interests

Research interests include developing creative and multidisciplinary education in science and technology; public engagement in science and technology; use of technology, especially computers, in education.

Research collaborations

Jane has research collaborations with many groups within and beyond Glasgow Univeristy, including;

• Department of Electronics Engineering, Glasgow University
• Technology and Science Alliance/SETPOINT South Scotland
• Careers Scotland
• 4science
• Graphic Science
• Centre for Science Education, Sheffield Hallam University

Selected Publications: 

Article

MacBride, G., Hayward, E.L., Hayward, G., Spencer, E., Ekevall, E., Magill, J., Bryce, A.C., and Stimpson, B. (2010) Engineering the future: embedding engineering permanently across the school-university interface. IEEE Transactions in Education, 53 (1). pp. 120-127. ISSN 0018-9359 (doi:10.1109/TE.2009.2025368 )

Magill, J., and Roy, S. (2010) Chips for everyone: a multifaceted approach in electrical engineering outreach. IEEE Transactions on Education, 53 (1). pp. 114-119. ISSN 0018-9359 (doi:10.1109/TE.2009.2025267 )

Magill, J, Bahrami, F, Camrass, L, Mesure, S, and Skeef, E (2008) The Sound of Science. EPSRC Connect, 64 . p. 3. ISSN 1476-6485

Book

Magill, J., Bahrami, F., Camrass, L., Mesure, S., and Skeef, E. (2008) StreetVibe: Impressions And Evaluation Of The Research. University of Glasgow, Glasgow. ISBN 9870852618370

Magill, J., Gadd, K., Johnson, B., and Windale, M. (2008) Engineering Everywhere: A resource for 14-16 Science [DVD-ROM]. 4science. ISBN 9780955784149

Book Section

Magill, J. (2010) Chips for everyone: Exploring engineering engagement through practical interactive simulation. In: Filippoupoliti, A. (ed.) Science Exhibitions: Communication and Evaluation. Series: Science Exhibitions (2). Museums etc, Edinburgh, pp. 388-411. ISBN 9780956194381

Magill, J., Canavan, B., Devlin, A.M., Trinder, J., Magill, E., and Pomerantz, M. (2009) A fusion of mobile technology and Second Life^TM in a learning environment to support the transition from school to university. In: Creanor, L., Davis, H., McPherson, M. and Rennie, F. (eds.) Proceedings of Association for Learning Technology Conference (ALT-C 2009): "In Dreams Begins Responsibility" – Choice, Evidence and Change. ALT / Nuffield Press.

Windale, M., and Magill, Jane (2009) Engineering Everywhere. In: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association for Science Education. Association for Science Education, Reading, UK.

Magill, J. (2001) Example assessment analysis - electronic materials and devices. In: Bull, J. and McKenna, C (eds.) Blueprint for computer aided assessment. University of Luton, pp. 49-50. ISBN 1904020003

Research Report or Paper

Magill, J., and MacKinnon, A.L. (2011) The Cosmic Way. Project Report. Scottish Government. (Unpublished)

Magill, J., and Perry, N. (2011) Science and Creativity. Project Report. Scottish Government. (Unpublished)

Hayward, G., Hayward, L., Hedge, N., and Magill, J. (2010) P3A: Promotion of Engineering through Creation of a Structured School-University Interface. Project Report. EPSRC. (Unpublished)

Bahrami, F., Camrass, L., Magill, J., Mesure, S., and Skeef, E. (2009) Street Vibe: A festival of Engineering and Music. Project Report. EPSRC. (Unpublished)

Gadd, K., Jackson, R., Johnson, B., and Magill, J. (2009) Engineering the Curriculum: Introducing Engineering Concepts into Applied Science for Secondary Schools. Project Report. EPSRC. (Unpublished)

Magill, J., and Perry, N. (2009) Sounds like Science. Project Report. Scottish Government. (Unpublished)

Magill, J., Brindley, V., and Lally, V. (2008) Glasgow PETs: A University Public Engagement Team. Project Report. The Scottish Government. (Unpublished)

Magill, J., and Roy, S. (2008) Chips with Relish: Workshops in Semiconductor Technology. Project Report. EPSRC. (Unpublished)

Conference Proceedings

Devlin, A., Canavan, B., Magill, J., and Lally, V. (2012) Evaluation of the novel Inter-Life virtual world as an innovative technology to support transition to University. In: European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), 18--21 September 2012, University of Cadiz, Spain.

Devlin, A.M., Canavan, B., Magill, J., Parussel, K., and Lally, V. (2012) Evaluation of the Inter-Life virtual world as a creative technology to support the transition to university. In: British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference: New Technologies in Education, 4 – 6 September, 2012, University of Manchester, UK.

Devlin, A.M., Canavan, B., Magill, J., Parussel, K., and Lally, V. (2012) Inter-Life as a novel virtual world technology to support the transition into higher education. In: 5th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference: Empowering Student Learners in Higher Education, 17th April 2012, Glasgow, Scotland.

Ekevall, E., Hayward, E., Hayward, G., Magill, J., Spencer, E., MacBride, George, Bryce, A.C., and Stimpson, B.P. (2011) Engineering: young people want to be informed. In: Engineering Education: Inspiring the Next Generation of Engineers, 6-8 July 2010, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.

Devlin, A.M., Wilson, D., Magill, J., and Lally, V. (2009) Science education in Scotland: current policy and practice. In: Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA), 26-28 Nov 2009, Perth, Scotland..

Ekevall, E., Hayward, E.L., Hayward, G., MacBride, G., Magill, J., and Spencer, E. (2009) Engineering – what's that? In: SEFI Annual Conference 2009: 'Attracting Young People to Engineering: Engineering is Fun', 1-4 July 2009, Rotterdam, Netherlands. (Unpublished)

Lally, V., Magill, E., Magill, J., Canavan, B., Kolberg, M., Pomerantz, M., Sclater, M., Trinder, J., and Brindley, S. (2009) Inter-Life: Interoperability and Transition. In: CAL09 – Learning in Digital Worlds, Brighton, UK.

Exhibition

Magill, J., Camrass, L., and Roy, S. (2008) Chips with Flair: Taking Semiconductor Technology to New Audiences. [Exhibition]

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