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Niall Winters

Honorary Norham Fellow | Kellogg College

niall.winters@education.ox.ac.uk

About me

From 2023, Niall is an Honorary Norham Fellow at the Department and a Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College. His main research interest is advancing knowledge of the complex development processes involved in designing socially-just technology innovations. This research agenda has been supported by over €7m in funding.

Niall was previously Professor of Education and Technology at the Department, co-convenor of the Critical Digital Education Research Group, and Director of the MSc Education (Digital and Social Change. Niall continues to supervise DPhil students but is no longer accepting new students.

Before joining the Department of Education in 2014, Niall was a Reader in Learning Technologies at the UCL (previously London) Knowledge Lab, UCL Institute of Education and Deputy Head of the Department of Culture, Communication and Media. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Trinity College Dublin.

Niall has been a visiting researcher at the Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon and MIT Media Lab Europe, a Fellow of the L’Institut d’études avancées de Paris, a member of the Visiting Faculty of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), Sciences Po, Paris, co-editor of the British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET), member of the ESRC Peer Review College, a Trustee (former Chair of the Board) of the Restart Project and has consulted for UNESCO, WHO, DFID and the NHS.

Research

Books

GENIETS, A., O’donovan, J., Hakimi, L., & WINTERS, N. (Eds.). (2021). Training for Community Health: Bridging the Global Health Care Gap. Oxford University Press. OUP.

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/training-for-community-health-9780198866244?cc=gb&lang=en&
Grabowski, B., & Winters, N. (2013). Introduction (pp. 213-216).

https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203075227-28
Luckin, R., Puntambekar, S., Goodyear, P., Grabowski, B., Underwood, J., & Winters, N. (2013). Handbook of design in educational technology (pp. 1-509).

https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203075227

Book chapters

Petrovai, K., Stylianides, G., & Winters, N. (2023). The relationship between knowledge exchange and teachers’ use of mobile technologies in the mathematics classroom. In International Encyclopedia of Education(Fourth Edition) (pp. 272-286). Elsevier.

https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-818630-5.04020-3
Winters, N., Geniets, A., & Lakati, A. (2022). A Systems-Thinking Approach to the Training and Supervision of Community Healthcare Workers in Kenya. In Systems Thinking for Global Health (pp. 77-85). Oxford University Press (OUP).

https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198799498.003.0006
Nagraj, S. (2021). Designing pedagogically-driven approaches to technology-enhanced learning for community health workers. In A. Geniets, J. O’Donovan, N. Winters, & L. Hakimi (Eds.), Training for Community Health: Bridging the Global Health Care Gap (pp. 87-98). Oxford University Press.

https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198866244.003.0006 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:394bf947-1ef0-40ef-9b91-7e8355634b80
O’Sullivan, K., Robson, J., Hannon, C., & Winters, N. (2018). Migrating Innovations Across National Boundaries Starting Early Access Interventions in the United Kingdom. In ACTIONABLE RESEARCH FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM IN CHINA AND BEYOND (pp. 88-108).
Winters, N. (2015). E-Learning for development: the role of the teacher. In A. Hwa & R. Mansell (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Digital Communication and Society. Wiley.
Mayhew, S., Unterhalter, E., Poole, N., Dasandi, N., & Winters, N. (2015). Case study on sexual and reproductive health and education: reflections on interlinkage and governance. In J. Waage & C. Yap (Eds.), Thinking Beyond Sectors for Sustainable Development (pp. 89-107). Ubiquity Press.
Unterhalter, E., Poole, N., & Winters, N. (2015). Education, information, and knowledge. In J. Waage & C. Yap (Eds.), Thinking Beyond Sectors for Sustainable Development (pp. 51-61). Ubiquity Press.
Winters, N. (2013). Mobile Learning in the Majority World: A Critique of the GSMA’s Position. In The SAGE Handbook of Digital Technology Research (pp. 402-411). SAGE Publications.

https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446282229.n27
Winters, N. (2013). An introduction to technology enhanced learning design in postgraduate medical education. In Handbook of Design in Educational Technology (pp. 301-309).

https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203075227-36
Dray, S., Light, A., Evers, V., Dearden, A., Densmore, M., Kam, M., Marsden, G., Ramachandran, D., Sambasivan, N., Smyth, T., van Greunen, D., & Winters, N. (2012). Human Computer Interaction for Development: Changing HCI to Change the World. In J. Jacko (Ed.), Human Computer Interaction Handbook Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies, and Emerging Applications, Third Edition (pp. 1375-1399). CRC Press.
Dray, S., Light, A., Dearden, A., Evers, V., Densmore, M., Ramachandran, D., Kam, M., Marsden, G., Sambasivan, N., Smyth, T., van Greunen, D., & Winters, N. (2012). Human-Computer Interaction for Development: Changing Human-Computer Interaction to Change the World. In The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies, and Emerging Applications, Third Edition (pp. 1375-1399).

https://doi.org/10.1201/b11963-ch-62
Winters, N., Mor, Y., & Pratt, D. (2010). The distributed developmental network – d2n: a social configuration to support design pattern generation. In P. Goodyear & S. Retalis (Eds.), Technology enhanced learning: Design Patterns and Pattern Languages. Sense Publishers.
Pratt, D., Winters, N., Cerulli, M., & Leemkuil, H. (2009). A Patterns Approach to Connecting the Design and Deployment of Mathematical Games and Simulations. In Technology-Enhanced Learning (pp. 215-232). Springer Nature.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9827-7_13
Wali, E., Winters, N., & Oliver, M. (2009). Are they doing what they think they’re doing? Tracking and trianguating students’ learning activities and self reports. In G. Vavloula, N. Pachler, & A. Kukulska-Hulme (Eds.), Researching mobile learning: frameworks, tools and research designs. Peter Lang.
Gaspar, J., Winters, N., Grossmann, E., & Victor, J. (2007). Toward Robot Perception through Omnidirectional Vision. In Innovations in Intelligent Machines - 1 (pp. 223-270). Springer Nature.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72696-8_9
Winters, N. (2006). What is mobile learning?. In M. Sharples (Ed.), Big Issues in Mobile Learning: Report of a workshop by the Kaleidoscope Network of Excellence Mobile Learning Initiative. University of Nottingham.

Conference papers

McDermott, T., Robson, J., Winters, N., & Malmberg, L.-E. (2022). Mapping the Changing Landscape of Child-Computer Interaction Research Through Correlated Topic Modelling. 82-97.

https://doi.org/10.1145/3501712.3529735
Zhao, X., Zhang, J., Li, W., Kahn, K., Lu, Y., & Winters, N. (2021). Learners’ non-cognitive skills and behavioral patterns of programming: A sequential analysis. 168-172.

https://doi.org/10.1109/icalt52272.2021.00058
Kahn, K., & Winters, N. (2020, May 26). Constructionism and AI: A history and possible futures.

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Tuti, T., Paton, C., & Winters, N. (2020). Learning to represent healthcare providers knowledge of neonatal emergency care. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge, 320-329.

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Tuti, T., Paton, C., & Winters, N. (2019). Exploring the quality of skill-mastery prediction from Bayesian network learner models for smartphone-based paediatric care training in low-resource settings. Proceedings of World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning 2019, 29-36.

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Tuti, T., Paton, C., English, M., & Winters, N. (2019). Building a learner model for a smartphone-based clinical training intervention in a low-income context: a pilot study. 14th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2019, 11722, 55-68.

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Kahn, K., & Winters, N. (2018). AI programming by children. Constructionism 2018:Constructionism, Computational Thinking and Educational Innovation: Conference Proceedings, 322-331.

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Kahn, K., & Winters, N. (2017). Child-friendly programming interfaces to AI cloud services. EC-TEL 2017: Data Driven Approaches in Digital Education, 10474, 566-570.

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Geniets, A., & Winters, N. (2016, April 23). Practical Solutions: Providing Equitable Health Care Training for Vulnerable Populations Using Technology. Conference on Refugee Health, Green Templeton College, Oxford 23 April 2016.
Geniets, A., & Winters, N. (2016, February 29). mCHW – A mobile learning intervention for the training and supervision of CHWs in Kenya. Presentation at the Impact-Initiative Workshop on Disability, University of Cambridge, 29 February – 1 March 2016.
Geniets, A., & Winters, N. (2015, February 25). Gender, Health and Technology: Lessons from a mobile intervention for training community health workers, UNESCO Mobile learning week, Paris, 25 February 2015.
Geniets, A., Winters, N., Oliver, M., Lakati, A., & Mbae, S. (2015, January 27). A mobile intervention for training community health workers to assess the stages of child development, UCL mHealth Conference, London, 27 January 2015.
Langer, L., Winters, N., & Stewart, R. (2014). Mobile Learning for Development: Ready to Randomise?. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 479, 156-167.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13416-1_15
Langer, L., Stewart, R., & Winters, N. (2014, January 1). The impact of mobile technologies on education in low- and middle-income countries: A mixed-methods systematic review.
Underwood, J., Luckin, R., & Winters, N. (2014). MALL in the wild: Learners’ designs for scaffolding vocabulary learning trajectories. In S. Jager, L. Bradley, E. Meima, & S. Thouësny (Eds.), EUROCALL 2014.
Underwood, J., Luckin, R., & Winters, N. (2011). Retelling stories: Setting learner narratives in resource ecologies. Connecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice: CSCL 2011 Conf. Proc. - Short Papers and Posters, 9th International Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conf., 2, 611-615.
Underwood, J., Luckin, R., & Winters, N. (2011). miLexicon: Harnessing Resources for Personal and Collaborative Language Inquiry. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 126, 87-98.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20074-8_8
Winters, N. (2011, January 1). Veterinary training with mobile phones: a case study from Zanzibar. Proceedings of ELearning Africa 2010.
Winters, N., Mbindyo, C., & Matiang’i, M. (2011, January 1). The role of mobile learning in applied distance education. Proceedings of ELearning Africa 2011.
Winters, N., Short, N., Aanensen, D., & Hagner, A. (2010, January 1). Innovations in mobile phone applications for health and education in East Africa.
Ceriejo-Roibas, A., Dearden, A., Dray, S., Gray, P., Thomas, J., & Winters, N. (2009). Ethics, Roles and Relationships in Interaction Design in Developing Regions. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5727, 963-964.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03658-3_132
Winters, N. (2009, January 1). A framework for designing mobile learning experiences. Proceedings of Online Educa Berlin.
Winters, N., Wali, E., & Oliver, M. (2008). Mobile Learning across contexts: Methodological considerations. Proceedings of Mobile Learning 2008, 98-105.
Ananny, M., & Winters, N. (2007). Designing for Development: Understanding One Laptop Per Child in its Historical Context. 1-12.

https://doi.org/10.1109/ictd.2007.4937397
Winters, N. (2007). periLEARN: Contextualised mobile learning in the era of web 2.0. Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning, ML 2007 - Part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2007, 89-95.
Mor, Y., & Winters, N. (2007, January 1). Towards participatory design for m2o, In HCT4D – Designing human centred technologies for the developing world.
Winters, N., Walker, K., & Roussos, G. (2005). Facilitating learning in an intelligent environment. IEE Conference Publication, 2005-11059, 74-79.
Kanis, M., Winters, N., Agamanolis, S., Gavin, A., & Cullinan, C. (2005). Toward wearable social networking with iBand. 1521-1524.

https://doi.org/10.1145/1056808.1056956
Winters, N., Gaspar, J., Lacey, G., & Santos-Victor, J. (2000). Omni-directional vision for robot navigation. 21-28.

https://doi.org/10.1109/omnvis.2000.853799

Journal articles

Geniets, A., Omogi, J., Hakimi, L., Lakati, A., & Winters, N. (2025). Mitigating moral distress by enhancing healthcare workers’ understanding of challenges faced by carers of children with disabilities in low-resource settings in Kenya. Global Health Action, 18(1), 2452159.

https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2025.2452159 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3b9f9261-15d2-4738-ba7e-1352510782ff
Talks, I., Al Mobarak, B., Katona, C., Hunt, J., Winters, N., & Geniets, A. (2024). A mile in their shoes: understanding health-care journeys of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. International Journal of Migration Health and Social Care, 20(2), 305-319.

https://doi.org/10.1108/ijmhsc-06-2023-0060
Voss, M., Geniets, A., & Winters, N. (2024). Strategies for Digital Clinical Teaching During the COVID Pandemic: A Scoping Review. Medical Science Educator, 34(1), 219-235.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-023-01894-w
Gao, M., Zhang, J., Lu, Y., Kahn, K., & Winters, N. (2023). Grit and learning: Understanding the sequential learning behaviours in snap!. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 39(2), 603-616.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12766
O’Donovan, J., Kahn, K., MacRae, M., Namanda, A., Hamala, R., Kabali, K., Geniets, A., Lakati, A., Mbae, S., & Winters, N. (2022). Analysing 3429 digital supervisory interactions between Community Health Workers in Uganda and Kenya: the development, testing and validation of an open access predictive machine learning web app. Human Resources for Health, 20(1), 6.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-021-00699-5
Lynch, M., Yoo, J., Mukami, D., Arian, W., Bashford, T., Hobden, P., Luthra, P., Patel, M., Ralph, N., Winters, N., McGrath, L., & Simms, B. (2022). Principles to guide the effective use of technology to support capacity development in global health partnerships. BMJ Global Health, 6(Suppl 6), e006783.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006783
Wanyama, C., Nagraj, S., Muinga, N., Tuti, T., Edgcombe, H., Geniets, A., Winters, N., English, M., Rossner, J., & Paton, C. (2022). Lessons from the design, development and implementation of a three-dimensional (3D) neonatal resuscitation training smartphone application: Life-saving Instruction for Emergencies (LIFE app). Advances in Simulation, 7(1).

https://doi.org/10.1186/s41077-021-00197-7 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d07f7801-6e63-4cb5-8b20-ade6cae96dd0
Winters, N. (2022). Foreword 1. Agile Learning Environments Amid Disruption: Evaluating Academic Innovations in Higher Education During COVID-19, vii - viii.
Denton-Calabrese, T., Mustain, P., Geniets, A., Hakimi, L., & Winters, N. (2021). Empowerment beyond skills: Computing and the enhancement of self-concept in the go_girl code+create program. Computers & Education, 175, 104321.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2021.104321
O’Donovan, J., Nakku, D., Nyanzi, D., Nakasagga, E., Hamala, R., Namanda, A., Kabali, K., Winters, N., Chadha, S., & Bhutta, M. (2021). Training, supervision and performance of Community Health Workers in the delivery of ear and hearing care to 321 community members in rural Uganda. Clinical Otolaryngology, 46(6), 1193-1199.

https://doi.org/10.1111/coa.13815
Kahn, K., & Winters, N. (2021). Learning by enhancing half-baked AI projects. KI - Künstliche Intelligenz, 35(2), 201-205.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13218-021-00732-8 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2ea78aab-3468-4ef7-8d4c-58b5877f1d2e
Kahn, K., & Winters, N. (2021). Constructionism and AI: a history and possible futures. British Journal of Educational Technology, 52(3 ), 1130-1142.

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McCabe, C., Patel, K., Fletcher, S., Winters, N., Sheaf, G., Varley, J., & McCann, M. (2021). Online interprofessional education related to chronic illness for health professionals: a scoping review. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 35(3), 444-453.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2020.1749575
Winters, N., & Patel, K. (2021). Can a reconceptualization of online training be part of the solution to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic?. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 35(2), 161-163.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2021.1892615
Ng’ang’a, T., Paton, C., & Winters, N. (2021). The counterintuitive self-regulated learning behaviours of healthcare providers from low-income settings. Computers & Education, 166.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2021.104136 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:fa712eab-69c9-4523-887d-bf07b047f541
O’Donovan, J., Thompson, A., Stiles, C., Opintan, J., Kabali, K., Willis, I., Mutimba, M., Nalweyiso, E., Mugabi, H., Kateete, D., Ameniko, M., Govina, G., Weberman, R., O’Neil, E., Winters, N., & Mutreja, A. (2020). Participatory approaches, local stakeholders and cultural relevance facilitate an impactful community-based project in Uganda. Health Promotion International, 35(6), 1353-1368.

https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daz127
Tuti, T., Winters, N., Edgcombe, H., Muinga, N., Wanyama, C., English, M., & Paton, C. (2020). Evaluation of adaptive feedback in a smartphone-based game on health care providers’ learning gain: randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(7).

https://doi.org/10.2196/17100 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:78e87940-a300-4891-9910-f0287a6ef9c4
O’Donovan, J., Namanda, A., Hamala, R., Winters, N., & Bhutta, M. (2020). Exploring perceptions, barriers, and enablers for delivery of primary ear and hearing care by Community Health Workers: A photovoice study in Mukono District, Uganda. BMC International Journal for Health Equity, 19.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-020-01158-8 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:007e9274-ac8a-4961-9967-1a1edb86acf2
Winters, N., Venkatapuram, S., Geniets, A.-K., & Wynne-Bannister, E. (2020). Prioritarian principles for digital health in low resource settings. Journal of Medical Ethics, 46(4), 259-264.

https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2019-105468 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:91642a5e-3ce7-479d-bb2b-26fb1535cde1
Hennessy, S., Mavrikis, M., Girvan, C., Price, S., & Winters, N. (2020). Editorial. British Journal of Educational Technology, 51(1), 5-9.

https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12897
Winters, N., Eynon, R., Geniets, A., Robson, J., & Kahn, K. (2019). Can we avoid digital structural violence in future learning systems?. Learning, Media and Technology, 45(11), 17-30.

https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2020.1708099 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3cdaab06-65cf-407b-8ea6-49480011b406
O’Donovan, J., Hamala, R., Namanda, A., Musoke, D., Ssemugabo, C., & Winters, N. (2019). ’We are the people whose opinions don’t matter’. A photovoice study exploring challenges faced by community health workers in Uganda. Global Public Health, 15(3), 384-401.

https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2019.1663233 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:682324e1-571f-4084-8a6d-0eac83a433a9
Winters, N., Langer, L., Nduku, P., Robson, J., O’Donovan, J., Maulik, P., Paton, C., Geniets, A., Peiris, D., & Nagraj, S. (2019). Using mobile technologies to support the training of community health workers in low-income and middle-income countries: mapping the evidence. BMJ Global Health, 4(4).

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Tuti, T., Winters, N., Muinga, N., Wanyama, C., English, M., & Paton, C. (2019). Evaluation of adaptive feedback in a smartphone-based serious game on health care providers’ knowledge gain in neonatal emergency care: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 8(7).

https://doi.org/10.2196/13034 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a4503064-7043-4e7f-b893-342bb5c8b2d6
Henry, J., Oliver, M., & Winters, N. (2019). Global-local divides and ontological politics: feminist STS perspectives on mobile learning for community health workers in Kenya. Learning, Media and Technology, 44(33), 235-251.

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O’Sullivan, K., Bird, N., Robson, J., & Winters, N. (2019). Academic identity, confidence and belonging: the role of contextualised admissions and foundation years in higher education. British Educational Research Journal, 45(3), 554-575.

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O’Donovan, J., Verkerk, M., Winters, N., Chadha, S., & Bhutta, M. (2019). The role of community health workers in addressing the global burden of ear disease and hearing loss: a systematic scoping review of the literature. BMJ Global Health, 4(2).

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O’Sullivan, K., Byrne, D., Robson, J., & Winters, N. (2019). Who goes to college via access routes? A comparative study of widening participation admission in selective universities in Ireland and England. Social Inclusion, 7(1), 38-51.

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O’Donovan, J., Stiles, C., Sekimpi, D., Ddumba, I., Winters, N., & O’Neil, E. (2018). Potential challenges of implementing the Community Health Extension Worker programme in Uganda. BMJ Global Health, 3(4).

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Winters, N., Langer, L., & Geniets, A.-K. (2018). Scoping review assessing the evidence used to support the adoption of mobile health (mHealth) technologies for the education and training of community health workers (CHWs) in low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Open, 8(7).

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O’Donovan, J., O’Donovan, C., Kuhn, I., & Winters, N. (2018). Ongoing training of community health workers in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic scoping review of the literature. BMJ Open, 8(4).

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021467 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a973e452-b46f-47a3-be8a-43b9c4fe80e1
O’Sullivan, K., Robson, J., & Winters, N. (2018). ‘I feel like I have a disadvantage’: how socio-economically disadvantaged students make the decision to study at a prestigious university. Studies in Higher Education, 44(9), 1676-1690.

https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2018.1460591 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:90de5e88-f41a-4c5e-9f3b-e6741af72c08
Winters, N., O’Donovan, J., & Geniets, A.-K. (2018). A new era for community health in countries of low and middle income?. Lancet Global Health, 6(5), e489 - e490.

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Winters, N., Langer, L., & Geniets, A.-K. (2017). Physical, psychological, sexual, and systemic abuse of children with disabilities in East Africa: Mapping the evidence. PLoS One, 12(9), e0184541.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184541 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:e1134a89-d1b3-4792-9ea0-94192e06d6aa
Winters, N., Oliver, M., & Langer, L. (2016). Can mobile health training meet the challenge of ‘measuring better’?. Comparative Education, 53(1), 115-131.

https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2017.1254983 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d88624b2-4059-4050-ac28-32b939c6fe53
Vu Henry, J., Winters, N., Lakati, A., Oliver, M., Geniets, A.-K., Mbae, S., & Wanjiru, H. (2016). Enhancing the supervision of community health workers with WhatsApp mobile messaging: qualitative findings from 2 low-resource settings in Kenya. Global Health : Science and Practice Journal, 4(2), 311-325.

https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00386 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b12b67c0-d13c-4610-893a-94d47bfc41d0
Herodotou, C., Winters, N., & Kambouri, M. (2015). An Iterative, Multidisciplinary Approach to Studying Digital Play Motivation. Games and Culture, 10(3), 249-268.

https://doi.org/10.1177/1555412014557633
Oliver, M., Geniets, A.-K., Winters, N., Rega, I., & Mbae, S. (2015). What do community health workers have to say about their work, and how can this inform improved programme design? A case study with CHWs within Kenya. Global Health Action, 8(1), 27168.

https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.27168 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:e286bdab-a64d-400d-a645-c0e21baf4ccf
Oliver, M., Geniets, A., Winters, N., Rega, I., & Mbae, S. (2015). What do community health workers have to say about their work, and how can this inform improved programme design? A case study with CHWs within Kenya. Glob Health Action, 8, 27168.

https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.27168
Oliver, M., Geniets, A., Winters, N., Rega, I., & Mbae, S. (2015). What do community health workers have to say about their work, and how can this inform improved programme design? A case study with CHWs within Kenya. Global Health Action, 8, 27168.

https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.27168
Herodotou, C., Kambouri, M., & Winters, N. (2014). Dispelling the myth of the socio-emotionally dissatisfied gamer. Computers in Human Behavior, 32, 23-31.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.054
Mor, Y., Warburton, S., & Winters, N. (2012). Participatory pattern workshops: a methodology for open learning design inquiry. Research in Learning Technology, 20(sup1), 19197 - 163.

https://doi.org/10.3402/rlt.v20i0.19197
Herodotou, C., Winters, N., & Kambouri, M. (2012). A Motivationally Oriented Approach to Understanding Game Appropriation. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 28(1), 34-47.

https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2011.566108
Underwood, J., Luckin, R., & Winters, N. (2012). Managing resource ecologies for mobile, personal and collaborative self-directed language learning. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 34, 226-229.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.02.045
Herodotou, C., Kambouri, M., & Winters, N. (2011). The role of trait emotional intelligence in gamers’ preferences for play and frequency of gaming. Computers in Human Behavior, 27(5), 1815-1819.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2011.04.001
Winters, N., & Mor, Y. (2009). Dealing with abstraction: Case study generalisation as a method for eliciting design patterns. Computers in Human Behavior, 25(5), 1079-1088.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2009.01.007
Winters, N., & Toyama, K. (2009). Human-Computer Interaction for Development: Mapping the Terrain. Information Technologies and International Development 5(4).
Mor, Y., & Winters, N. (2008). Participatory design in open education: a workshop model for developing a pattern language. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2008(1), art. - 12.

https://doi.org/10.5334/2008-13
Wali, E., Winters, N., & Oliver, M. (2008). Maintaining, changing and crossing contexts: an activity theoretic reinterpretation of mobile learning. Research in Learning Technology, 16(1).

https://doi.org/10.3402/rlt.v16i1.10884
Winters, N., & Mor, Y. (2008). IDR: A participatory methodology for interdisciplinary design in technology enhanced learning. Computers & Education, 50(2), 579-600.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2007.09.015
Mor, Y., & Winters, N. (2007). Design approaches in technology-enhanced learning. Interactive Learning Environments, 15(1), 61-75.

https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820601044236
Winters, N., & Santos-Victor, J. (2002). Information Sampling for vision-based robot navigation. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 41(2-3), 145-159.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0921-8890(02)00278-6
Winters, N., & Santos-Victor, J. (2001). Visual Attention-based Robot Navigation using Information Sampling. 1670-1675.

https://doi.org/10.1109/iros.2001.977218
Gaspar, J., Winters, N., & Santos-Victor, J. (2000). Vision-based navigation and environmental representations with an omnidirectional camera. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 16(6), 890-898.

https://doi.org/10.1109/70.897802

Reports

Conrads, J., Rasmussen, M., Winters, N., Geniets, A., & Langer, L. (2017). Digital education policies in Europe and beyond: Key design principles for more effective policies (C. Redecker, P. Kampylis, M. Bacigalupo, & Y. Punie, Eds.). Publications Office of the European Union.

https://doi.org/10.2760/462941 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:cb05ad8b-3f93-47ef-a626-3caace5e4c00
Winters, N., Sharples, M., Shuler, C., Vosloo, S., & West, M. (2013). The future of mobile learning: Implications for policymakers and planners. UNESCO.
Winters, N., Price, N., Oliver, M., & Pelletier, C. (2012). A scoping exercise to explore the use of Web 2.0 and mobile technologies to support faculty development in postgraduate medical education across LP/LEP networks in London. London Deanery.

Current Doctoral Students

Doctoral Applications

Niall welcomes doctoral applications from students interested in the following research areas:

The design and development of mobile-based training interventions for healthcare workers in the Global South (with a specific focus on child development, disability or mental health but other areas would be considered)
Evaluating the role of technology for postgraduate medical training in the UK and the Global South
The application of theories of social justice in ICT for Development (ICT4D)
The role of technology in supporting social inclusion in (in)formal education and training in the UK

Past Doctoral Students

Jade Vu Henry (PhD 2018, co-supervised with Martin Oliver, UCL IOE)Theorising the Design-Reality Gap in ICT: Matters of Care in Mobile Learning for Kenyan Community Health Workers
Laurenz Langer (PhD 2018, co-supervised with Ruth Stewart, UCL IOE/University of Johannesburg) Rethinking mobile learning for development: Using the Capability Approach and a mixed-methods systematic review to conceptualise the application of mobile technologies as an educational tool in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Michael Sean Gallagher (PhD 2016, co-supervised with John Potter, UCL IOE) Charting Trajectories on the Peripheries of Community Practice: Mobile Learning for the Humanities in South Korea
Ronda Zelezny-Green (PhD 2017, co-supervised with Dorothea Kleine, Royal Holloway) The Role of Girls’ Mobile Phone Use to Increase Access to Educational Content After School: A Capabilities-Based Evaluation in Nairobi
Damien Darcy (PhD, 2016) Learning Design in Hybrid Spaces: Challenges for Teachers and Learners
Saima Rana (PhD 2011, co-supervised with Martin Oliver, UCL IOE) ICT and Educational Purpose in the English Secondary School: Using Bell’s Cultural Contradictions to Challenge Techno-economic Justifications of ICT Use
Kevin Walker (PhD 2010, co-supervised with Richard Noss, UCL IOE) Designing for meaning making in museums: Visitor-constructed trails using mobile digital technologies
Christothea Herodotou (PhD 2009, co-supervised with Maria Kambouri, UCL IOE) Game appropriation: Where does the gamer fit?
Esra Wali (PhD 2008, co-supervised with Martin Oliver, UCL IOE) Reinterpreting mobile learning: An activity-theoretic analysis of portable devices in higher education

Funded Research Projects

LIFE: Life-saving Instruction for Emergencies

Wellcome Trust

2024-2024
Development of an AI application & training module for frontline health care (Onyx Project)

Wellcome Trust

2019-2019
Building an Evidence Network for Community Health Worker Training

HEFCE GCRF

2018-2018
Intelligent support to improve health care training in the developing world

Social Science Division GCRF Incubator programme

2017-2018
eCraft2Learn

European Union’s Horizon 2020 Coordination & Research and Innovation Action

2017-2018
GoGirl: Code and Create

IT Innovation Challenges Fund; Goldman Sachs Gives

2015-2019
Mobile learning for development, HEIF, September 2009

Budget: £20,000 (PI)

July 2010
CoMo: Supporting collaborative group work using mobile phones

Centre for Distance Education. Budget: £20,000 (PI)

(2007-2008)
Learning patterns for the design and deployment of mathematical games, EU Kaleidoscope Network of Excellence

LKL budget: £39,644 (Project Co-director)

2006
ReMATH: Representing Mathematics with Digital Media

Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP) funded by the EU under the FP6-2004-IST-4. LKL budget: £182,626, (Co-I, LKL with C. Morgan)

2006-2008
CoMo: Supporting collaborative group work using mobile phones

Centre for Distance Education. Budget: £20,000 (PI)

(2007-2008)
GoGirl: code + create, Oxford University IT Innovation Seed

£90,000 (CI) (with A. Geniets
The design and evaluation of a mobile learning intervention for the training and supervision of community health workers, ESRC-DFID

Budget: £496,197 (PI) (with Martin Oliver and Amref Health Africa)

Oct 2012 – Sept 2015
The professional development of postgraduate medical trainers’ technology enhanced learning design expertise, HEIF

Budget: £32,174 (PI) (with S. Price, C. Pelletier and C. O’Keeffe)

Feb 2013 – Jan 15
An investigation of mobile learning for formative assessment and reflective practice in postgraduate medical education, HEA

Budget: £7,000 (PI)

June 2012-May 2013
Peer learning and knowledge sharing for distance learning students using mobile phones, CDE

Budget: £4,980(PI)

March 2011 – August 2011
Mobile learning for development, HEIF, September 2009

Budget: £20,000 (PI)

July 2010
Mobile phones for development: Supporting veterinary training of distance learners in Tanzania, CDE

Budget: £4,990 (PI)

July 2009 – August 2010
Learning patterns for the design and deployment of mathematical games, EU Kaleidoscope Network of Excellence

LKL budget: £39,644 (Project Co-director)

2006
ReMATH: Representing Mathematics with Digital Media

Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP) funded by the EU under the FP6-2004-IST-4. LKL budget: £182,626, (Co-I, LKL with C. Morgan)

2006-2008
CoMo: Supporting collaborative group work using mobile phones

Centre for Distance Education. Budget: £20,000 (PI)

(2007-2008)