Publications

Here are my publications, in all formats.

Book chapter:

Littlejohn, A., Cook, J., Campbell, L., Sclater, N., Currier, S., Davis, H. (2006). Managing Educational Resources. In: Conole, G. and Oliver, M., eds. (2006). Contemporary perspectives on e-learning research. Routledge (Open and Flexible Learning Series). p.134-146. https://www.routledge.com/Contemporary-Perspectives-in-E-Learning-Research-Themes-Methods-and-Impact/Conole-Oliver/p/book/9780203966266 [chapter available on request].

Peer reviewed publications:

Journals:

Currier, S., Barton, J., O’Beirne, R., Ryan, B. (2004). Quality assurance for digital learning object repositories: issues for the metadata creation process. ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, Vol. 12, issue 1 (Jan. 2004). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0968776042000211494

Currier, S. (2002). Libraries and e-learning: be inspired by INSPIRAL. LIR – Library and Information Research, Vol. 26, no. 82 (2002). https://www.lirgjournal.org.uk/index.php/lir/article/view/126

Conference papers:

Currier, S., Campbell, L., Barker, P., Syrotiuk, N. (2013). The Learning Registry: social networking for open educational resources? Proceedings of OER13 – Creating a Virtuous Circle, Nottingham, England. http://publications.cetis.org.uk/2013/770

Jones, R. & Currier, S. (2013). The Jorum Paradata Enhancement Project: Integrating Discovery and Usage Analytics for Open Educational Resources. Open Repositories 2013, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada. https://or2013.net/sessions/jorum-paradata-enhancement-project-integrating-discovery-and-usage-analytics-open-education/index.html

Currier, S., Carter, J., Syrotiuk, N., Gupta, B. (2012). Capturing Conversations, Context and Curricula: The JLeRN Experiment and the Learning Registry. Cambridge 2012: Innovation and Impact – Openly Collaborating to Enhance Education, a joint meeting of OER12 and OpenCourseWare Consortium Global 2012. Conference Proceedings, p. 61-67. https://oerknowledgecloud.org/sites/oerknowledgecloud.org/files/Conference_Proceedings_Cambridge_2012.pdf

Russell, C., Noble, S., Carter, J., Currier, S., Wiseman, R. (2011). Real world, real stories: teaching quantitative methods with real life data. EDULEARN11 Proceedings: 3rd International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Barcelona, Spain. 4-6 July, 2011, pp. 5748-5754. http://library.iated.org/view/RUSSELL2011REA

Currier, S., MacNeill, S., Corley, L., Campbell, L., Beetham, H. (2006). Vocabularies for describing pedagogical approach in e-learning: A scoping study. Proceedings of the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Oct. 2006. ISSN 1939-1366. http://dcpapers.dublincore.org/pubs/article/view/847/843 

Currier, S., Revie, C., Tennis, J. (2004). Who says words are neutral and value free?: user-centred design of a web-based library for human services educators. Law, C., Wong, Y.C., Fung, J.Y.C. (2004). Proceedings of HUSITA7 – The 7th International Conference of Human Services Information Technology Applications. https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/2710 [full paper available on request].

Barton, J., Currier, S., & Hey, J. (2003). Building quality assurance into metadata creation: an analysis based on the learning objects and e-prints communities of practice. DC-2003 Proceedings of the International DCMI Metadata Conference and Workshop, September 28-October 2, 2003, Seattle, Washington USA. https://dcpapers.dublincore.org/pubs/article/view/732

Currier, S. & Barton, J. (2003). Quality assurance for digital learning object repositories: how should metadata be created? Cook, J. and McConnell, D. (Eds.) (2003). Communities of Practice. ALT-C 2003 Research Proceedings. Held 8-10 September, 2003. http://oldsite.alt.ac.uk/altc2003/abstracts/research/3/rp10-100.htm

Currier, S. & Campbell, L. (2002). Evaluating learning resources for reusability: the “DNER & Learning Objects” study. Williamson, A. et al, (Eds) (2002). Winds of Change in the Sea of Learning: Proceedings of the 19th ASCILITE, Auckland, New Zealand, 8-11 December 2002. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Evaluating-learning-resources-for-reusability%3A-the-Currier-Campbell/42423162160cdd33399d72c2d812fc420a99f2ce

Currier, S. & Campbell, L. (2002). Learning technologies critical success factors for e-learning implementation: educational technology interoperability standards. McPherson, M., Henderson, L., Kinshuk, (Eds) (2002). Critical Success Factors in Implementing eLearning: Proceedings of the Workshop on the Changing Face of HE in the 21st Century, at ICCE2002, Auckland, New Zealand. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1186337 [IEEE sign-in required; paper available on request].

Currier, S. (2002). Integrating information resources and online learning in the UK. Proceedings, International Conference on Computers in Education, Dec. 3-6, 2002, Auckland, New Zealand. [available on request].

Oliver, M., Conole, G., Cook, J., Ravenscroft, A., Currier, S. (2002). Multiple perspectives and theoretical dialogue in learning technology. Williamson, A. et al, (Eds) (2002). Proceedings of the 19th ASCILITE, Auckland, New Zealand, 8-11 December 2002. [available on request].

Currier, S. (2002). INSPIRAL: digital library services and online learning environments: issues for integration. Brophy, P., Fisher, S. & Clarke, Z., (Eds) (2002). Libraries Without Walls 4: The Delivery of Library Services to Distant Users: Proceedings of an International Conference held on 14-18 September 2001. [available on request].

Technical briefings, guidelines and reports:

Currier, S. (2011). Open Science Project Final Report. Commissioned by the JISC Research Communications Strategy Project at the Centre for Research Communications – University of Nottingham. http://crc.nottingham.ac.uk/projects/rcs/OpenScience_Report-Sarah_Currier.pdf

Currier, S. (2011). Open Science and Research Communications [Briefing Paper]. Commissioned by the JISC Research Communications Strategy Project at the Centre for Research Communications – University of Nottingham. http://crc.nottingham.ac.uk/projects/rcs/OpenScience_Briefing.pdf

Currier, S., Campbell, L., Barker, P., Young, R., Robertson, J. (2009). SQA Metadata Management Guidelines: Metadata Application Profiles, Metadata Creation Workflows, Metadata Management Resourcing. Commissioned by SQA from JISC CETIS and Sarah Currier Consultancy. [Internal SQA document – can supply on request].

Campbell, L., Barker, P., Young, R., Robertson, J., Currier, S. (2009). SQA Metadata Application Profile Review. Commissioned by SQA from JISC CETIS and Sarah Currier Consultancy. [Internal SQA document – can supply on request].

Currier, S. (2008). Dublin Core Education Application Profile [working drafts and supplementary materials]. DC-Education Working Group.

McGill, L., Currier, S., Duncan, C., Douglas, P. (2008). Good Intentions: Improving the Evidence Base in Support of Sharing Learning Materials [including Business Cases Supplement]. (JISC Report, Dec. 2008). http://ie-repository.jisc.ac.uk/265/

Currier, S. (2007). Assessment item banks and repositories. (A JISC CETIS Paper). http://publications.cetis.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Assessment-item-banks-and-repositories.pdf

Currier, S. et al. (2006). JISC Pedagogical Vocabularies Project. [Reports: 1 (Vocabularies Review), 2 (Technologies Review), 3 (Priorities, Issues and Recommendations to JISC)]. [available on request].

Wilson, S. & Currier, S. (2005). What is IMS Content Packaging? CETIS Standards Briefings Series. http://publications.cetis.org.uk/2005/206 [Also co-authored What is IMS Learning Design? http://publications.cetis.org.uk/2005/241, and commissioned and edited What is IMS Simple Sequencing? http://publications.cetis.org.uk/2005/214, and What is ADL SCORM? http://publications.cetis.org.uk/2005/235).

Currier, S. (2001). SeSDL Taxonomy Evaluation Report. [available on request].

Currier, S., Brown, S. & Ekmekcioglu, C. (2001). INSPIRAL Final Report.

Other published contributions:

Currier, S. (2018). Unlocking the power of big data. Impact, July 2018, p.53. Science Impact Ltd. https://impact.pub/July2018digitaledition/

Lee, A., Hobson, J., Bienkowski, M., Currier, S., Midgley, S., Campbell, L., Novoselova, T. (2012). Towards Networked Knowledge: The Learning Registry, an Infrastructure for Sharing Online Learning Resources. Educational Technology, Vol. 52, no.6 (Nov.-Dec. 2012). [available on request].

Currier, S. (2009). SWORD: Cutting Through the Red Tape to Populate Learning Materials Repositories. JISC e-Learning Focus Website (January 2009). http://www.elearning.ac.uk/features/sword/view.html

Currier, S. (2008). Metadata for Learning Resources: An Update on Standards Activity for 2008. Ariadne, Issue 55 (April 2008). http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue55/currier/

Currier, S. (2002). Classification schemes in art libraries in the United Kingdom. Art Libraries Journal, Vol. 27, no. 1. [available on request].

Currier, S. & Wake, S. (2001). Negotiating Subject Access: Resource Discovery on the Web. Library and Information Briefings (LIBS), Issue 97, May 2002. London, South Bank University.

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