Khristin Fabian
khristin fabian

Dr Khristin Fabian

Lecturer

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  K.Fabian@napier.ac.uk

   

Biography

Dr. Khristin Fabian is a Research Fellow in the School of Computing and a member of the Centre for Higher Education Research (previously Centre for Computing Education Research). Concurrent with her research work, she is also Senior Learning Technologist and Lecturer at UHI Perth.

Khristin has 20 years of experience working in the educational sector as researcher, learning technologist and lecturer. Her educational research experience includes working on government funded projects in the Philippines, evaluation of technology enhanced learning and more recently, student transitions and work-based learning.

Khristin's is actively involved in investigating various facets of Graduate Apprenticeship delivery and the Associate Student Project. She is a Fellow of Higher Education Academy, a Microsoft Certified Educator and a Certified Member of Association for Learning Technology with a specialism in Educational Technology Research.

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Conference Organising Activity

  • Conference Committee, ALT Annual Conference 2022
  • Conference Committee, ALT Annual Conference 2019
  • Conference Committee, Annual European Conference on e-Learning

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Fellow of Royal Statistical Society
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Certified Member of Association for Learning Technology

 

Reviewing

  • Review of Education (Reviewer)
  • Educational Technology Research and Development (Reviewer)
  • Research in Learning Technology (Reviewer)
  • Journal of Computers in Education (Reviewer)

 

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Exploring women's motivations to study computer science

Conference Proceeding
Smith, S., Sobolewska, E., Bhardwaj, J., & Fabian, K. (2019)
Exploring women's motivations to study computer science. In Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education 2018 Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2018.8658768
This paper presents a study exploring women's decisions, influencers and early experiences of computing to better understand how women's motivations and prior experience affec...

Student engagement in mobile learning activities: breakdowns and breakthroughs

Conference Proceeding
Fabian, K. (2019)
Student engagement in mobile learning activities: breakdowns and breakthroughs. In Proceedings of the Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, (2818-2825
The ubiquity of mobile devices together with the potential to bridge classroom learning to real-world has added a new angle to contextualising mathematics learning. The goal o...

Enhancing learning confidence for direct entry computing students

Presentation / Conference
Fabian, K., Taylor-Smith, E., Meharg, D., & Varey, A. (2018, December)
Enhancing learning confidence for direct entry computing students. Paper presented at The Changing Shape of Higher Education: Can excellence and inclusion cohabit?, Newport, UK
Previous studies have shown that students who transfer into university from college (direct entrants) face several challenges when they enter university. In response, the Asso...

Delivering HE and FE: A user evaluation of virtual learning environments in a networked institution.

Presentation / Conference
Clayes, E., & Fabian, K. (2018, September)
Delivering HE and FE: A user evaluation of virtual learning environments in a networked institution
No abstract available.

Using mobile technologies for mathematics: effects on student attitudes and achievement

Journal Article
Fabian, K., Topping, K. J., & Barron, I. G. (2018)
Using mobile technologies for mathematics: effects on student attitudes and achievement. Educational Technology Research and Development, 66(5), 1119-1139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-018-9580-3
The ubiquity of mobile devices together with its potential to bridge classroom learning to real-world has added a new angle to contextualising mathematics learning. This study...

Flipped Classroom Model: Effects on Performance, Attitudes and Perceptions in High School Algebra

Conference Proceeding
Esperanza, P., Fabian, K., & Toto, C. (2016)
Flipped Classroom Model: Effects on Performance, Attitudes and Perceptions in High School Algebra. In K. Verbert, M. Sharples, & T. Klobučar (Eds.), Adaptive and Adaptable Learning. EC-TEL 2016, 85-97. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-45153-4_7
In this study, we evaluated student perceptions of the flipped classroom model and its effects to students’ performance and attitudes to mathematics. A randomized controlled t...

Maths and Mobile Technologies: Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Conference Proceeding
Fabian, K. (2015)
Maths and Mobile Technologies: Student Attitudes and Perceptions. In Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Elearning, 696
Approaches that advocate the contextualized teaching of mathematics have been around for years but the ubiquity of mobile devices together with the potential to bridge classro...

Mobile technology and mathematics: effects on students’ attitudes, engagement, and achievement

Journal Article
Fabian, K., Topping, K. J., & Barron, I. G. (2016)
Mobile technology and mathematics: effects on students’ attitudes, engagement, and achievement. Journal of Computers in Education, 3(1), 77-104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40692-015-0048-8
There is an increasing uptake on the use of mobile technologies for learning, but its use with mathematics has not yet been reviewed. It is the purpose of this paper to synthe...

Issues and recommendations arising from the use of tablets in learning and teaching activities

Presentation / Conference
Fabian, K., & Maclean, D. (2014, September)
Issues and recommendations arising from the use of tablets in learning and teaching activities. Presented at Scottish Learning Festival, Glasgow

Keep taking the tablets? Assessing the use of tablet devices in learning and teaching activities in the Further Education sector

Journal Article
Fabian, K., & MacLean, D. (2014)
Keep taking the tablets? Assessing the use of tablet devices in learning and teaching activities in the Further Education sector. Research in Learning Technology, 22, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3402/rlt.v22.22648
This article summarises the methodology and outcomes of an interventionist/action research project to assess the benefits, and potential pitfalls, of the use of mobile devices...

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