Thinglink and the Laboratory: Interactive Simulations of Analytical Instrumentation for HE Science Curricula (2022)
Journal Article
Jeffery, A. J., Rogers, S. L., Pringle, J. K., Zholobenko, V. L., Jeffery, K. L., Wisniewski, K. D., …Emley, D. W. (2022). Thinglink and the Laboratory: Interactive Simulations of Analytical Instrumentation for HE Science Curricula. Journal of Chemical Education, 2277-2290. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c01067

Access to laboratory facilities and associated instrumentation represents a major barrier to learning in physical science education, due to constraints introduced by limited time and financial resources, cost 20 of acquisition, and health and safety... Read More about Thinglink and the Laboratory: Interactive Simulations of Analytical Instrumentation for HE Science Curricula.

Chinese Students’ Expectations Versus Reality When Studying on a UK-China Transnational Chemistry Degree Program (2019)
Journal Article
Cranwell, P. B., Edwards, M. G., Jane Haxton, K., Hyde, J., Page, E. M., Plana, D., …Wright, J. S. (2019). Chinese Students’ Expectations Versus Reality When Studying on a UK-China Transnational Chemistry Degree Program. New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.29311/ndtps.v0i14.3325

An extensive study has been conducted into the experiences of Chinese chemistry students studying on transnational education (TNE) programs at four UK institutions partnered with Chinese universities; in particular, student expectations regarding stu... Read More about Chinese Students’ Expectations Versus Reality When Studying on a UK-China Transnational Chemistry Degree Program.

International Group Work for Sustainable Chemistry (2019)
Journal Article
Haxton, K., & Darton, R. (2019). International Group Work for Sustainable Chemistry. New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, https://doi.org/10.29311/ndtps.v0i14.2821

As part of a transnational degree programme, students in the UK and China were linked together to carry out group work. This was enabled by having two versions of our FHEQ Level 4 Sustainable Chemistry module; in person for UK students, and by distan... Read More about International Group Work for Sustainable Chemistry.

ChemScapes: an Adaptable Chemistry Escape Room Challenge (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Haxton, K. (2019, August). ChemScapes: an Adaptable Chemistry Escape Room Challenge. Presented at ariety in Chemistry Education / Physics Higher Education Conference 2019, Bristol

Escape rooms are increasing in popularity and the basic premise lends itself well to outreach activities: complete tasks to obtain clues and escape the room. We have adapted the format for use in a laboratory setting, creating a set of challenges tha... Read More about ChemScapes: an Adaptable Chemistry Escape Room Challenge.

Undergraduate screencast presentations with self-, peer-, and tutor-assessment (2019)
Book Chapter
Haxton. (2019). Undergraduate screencast presentations with self-, peer-, and tutor-assessment. In Teaching Chemistry in Higher Education (265 - 282)

The aim of this work is to describe the use of screencast presentations with first year undergraduate chemistry students to enable presentations to take place without significant timetable demands. I also describe self- and peer- assessment protocols... Read More about Undergraduate screencast presentations with self-, peer-, and tutor-assessment.

Developing Scientific Reporting Skills of Early Undergraduate Chemistry Students (2019)
Book Chapter
Capel, N. J., Hancock, L. M., Haxton, K. J., Hollamby, M. J., Jones, R. H., Plana, D., & Mcgarvey, D. J. (2019). Developing Scientific Reporting Skills of Early Undergraduate Chemistry Students. In Teaching Chemistry in Higher Education: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Tina Overton (333 - 333 (348)). Creathach Press

Our aim is to initiate the development of selected generic skills of early undergraduate chemistry students by focussing on scientific reporting skills. To achieve this, we have developed an approach that draws upon chemistry journal articles as para... Read More about Developing Scientific Reporting Skills of Early Undergraduate Chemistry Students.

Learn to embrace the enabling power of tech (2018)
Journal Article
Haxton, K. (2018). Learn to embrace the enabling power of tech. Nature Reviews Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-018-0123

The role of technology in education is continually changing. As technology enables us to record whole lecture courses with ease, shift from pen and paper to electronic note taking, and engage in new and innovative ways, how do we embrace technology w... Read More about Learn to embrace the enabling power of tech.