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Alec Goodyear

Alec Goodyear

Senior Lecturer In Engineering Education

engineering-and-innovation

This person is listed in the Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) people directory at The Open University.

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Latest publications

Displaying 10 of 10 publications

  • Morris, C., Organ, S. and Goodyear, A., 2018, ‘Teaching in Context: Integrating Mathematical Thinking and Personal Development Planning into the Curriculum for Part-Time, Distance-Learning Engineering Students’, in EDEN 2018 ANNUAL Conference, 17-20 Jun 2018, Genoa, Italy., https://oro.open.ac.uk/55616/.
  • Morris, C. and Goodyear, A., 2018, ‘Implementing programme reform through a radical change in assessment practice’, in Lawrence, Jenny and Ellis, Sam eds. Supporting programme leaders and programme leadership. SEDA Specials (39). London: SEDA., https://oro.open.ac.uk/55144/.
  • Morris, C., Goodyear, A. and Organ, S., 2017, ‘Responding to the changing HE environment: developing a sustainable engineering curriculum for part-time distance learning students’, in New Approaches to Engineering Higher Education Conference, 22 May 2017, London, UK., https://oro.open.ac.uk/52767/.
  • Morris, C. and Goodyear, A., 2017, ‘Case Study 16: Transforming assessment practices in undergraduate engineering for distance-learning students’, in Elkington, Sam and Evans, Carol eds. Transforming Assessment in Higher Education: A Case Study Series. UK: Higher Education Academy, pp. 94–98., https://oro.open.ac.uk/52765/.
  • Endean, M., Goodyear, A., James, J., Kowal, J. and Williams, K., 2012, ‘The philosophy and pedagogy of practical work for engineering undergraduates and the potential for online practical activities to enhance their experience - An exploratory workshop’, in EE 2012 - International Conference on Innovation, Practice and Research in Engineering Education, Conference Proceedings, 18-20 Sep 2012, Coventry University., https://oro.open.ac.uk/40819/.
  • Verdonck, P., Šamara, V., Goodyear, A., Ferchichi, A., Van Besien, E., Baklanov, M. R. and Braithwaite, N., 2011, ‘Influence of the ion bombardment of O2 plasmas on low-k materials’, Thin Solid Films, 520(1), pp. 464–468., https://oro.open.ac.uk/29335/.
  • Nolle, L., Zellinka, I., Hopgood, A. A. and Goodyear, A., 2005, ‘Comparison of an self-organizing migration algorithm with simulated annealing and differential evolution for automated waveform tuning’, Advances in Engineering Software, 36(10), pp. 645–653., https://oro.open.ac.uk/15079/.
  • Verdonck, P., Goodyear, A. and Braithwaite, N. S. J., 2004, ‘The Influence of diffusion of fluorine compounds for silicon lateral etching’, Thin Solid Films, 459(1-2), pp. 141–144., https://oro.open.ac.uk/4936/.
  • Nolle, L., Goodyear, A., Hopgood, A., Picton, P. and Braithwaite, N., 2002, ‘Automated control of an actively compensated Langmuir probe system using simulated annealing’, Knowledge-Based Systems, 15(5-6), pp. 349–354., https://oro.open.ac.uk/4515/.
  • Beck, A. J., Candan, S., Short, R. D., Goodyear, A. and Braithwaite, N. S., 2001, ‘The Role of ions in the plasma polymerization of allylamine’, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 105(24), pp. 5730–5736., https://oro.open.ac.uk/4361/.