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  • Kbaier, D., Kane, A. and Kear, K., 2026, ‘Enhancing Student Learning in Online STEM Labs Through Live Support: The Lab Assist Project’, Education Sciences, 16(10), https://oro.open.ac.uk/112529/.
  • Buadu, Y., Kear, K. and Donelan, H., 2026, ‘Web Conferencing: The Technical and Social Challenges - Insights from a study of online learning’, in 38th Annual EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2025, 19-23 May 2025, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain., https://oro.open.ac.uk/110766/.
  • Hilliard, J., Kear, K. and Donelan, H., 2026, ‘Students’ use of digital technologies to support emotion regulation when learning online’, in 20th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2025. Two Decades of TEL. From Lessons Learnt to Challenges Ahead., 15-19 Sep 2025, Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham, UK., https://oro.open.ac.uk/106141/.
  • Hilliard, J., Kear, K., Donelan, H., Wong, P. and Heaney, C., 2025, ‘Supporting students’ emotion awareness and regulation during an online group project’, European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 27(2), https://oro.open.ac.uk/106638/.
  • Donelan, H., Kear, K., Rosewell, J., Okada, A., Sheehy, K., Amor, K., Edwards, C., Mooney, A., Cuffe, P. and Elder, T., 2025, ‘Synchronous online learning: why some students don’t actively participate’, Online Learning, 29(3), pp. 311–337., https://oro.open.ac.uk/104097/.
  • Donelan, H. and Kear, K., 2024, ‘Online group projects in higher education: persistent challenges and implications for practice’, Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 36 pp. 435–468., https://oro.open.ac.uk/88652/.
  • Kbaier, D., Lockett, H. and Kear, K., 2024, ‘Lab-Assist: Enhancing STEM education through online laboratories with real-time support’, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities, Maastricht, The Netherlands., https://oro.open.ac.uk/98249/.
  • Kbaier, D., Lockett, H., Kear, K., Long, S. and Sykes, P., 2024, ‘Real-time support in online STEM laboratories: Fostering engagement and inclusivity’, in i-HE2024: Innovating Higher Education Conference 2024, 23-25 Oct 2024, The Open University of Cyprus, Limassol, Cyprus., https://oro.open.ac.uk/102764/.
  • Sampene Buadu, Y., Kear, K. and Donelan, H., 2024, ‘Web Conferencing: The Technical and Social Challenges’, Proceedings of the International Conference on Networked Learning, 14(1), https://oro.open.ac.uk/100435/.
  • Kbaier, D., Kear, K., Lockett, H., Sykes, P. and Long, S., 2024, ‘Enhancing Student Learning in OpenSTEM Labs Through Live Support: The Lab Assist Project’, in 18th International conference on computer science and education (ICCSE 2023)), 01-07 Dec 2023, Sepang, Malaysia., https://oro.open.ac.uk/96415/.
  • Hilliard, J., Donelan, H., Heaney, C., Kear, K. and Wong, P., 2023, ‘Using short questionnaires to support students' emotion awareness and regulation during an online group project’, in “Yes we can!” - Digital Education for Better Futures (EDEN 2023 Annual Conference), 18-20 Jun 2023, Dublin City University (DCU), Dublin, Ireland., https://oro.open.ac.uk/94048/.
  • Kear, K., Rosewell, J. and Donelan, H., 2023, ‘Active Participation in Synchronous Online Learning’, in EDEN 2023 Annual Conference, 18-20 Jun 2023, Dublin, Ireland., https://oro.open.ac.uk/94259/.
  • Hackett, P., Wermelinger, M., Kear, K. and Douce, C., 2023, ‘Using a Virtual Computing Lab to Teach Programming at a Distance’, in Proceedings of 7th Conference on Computing Education Practice (CEP '23), 6 Jan 2023, Durham, UK., https://oro.open.ac.uk/86626/.
  • Kear, K., Rosewell, J. and Donelan, H., 2022, ‘Active participation in synchronous online tutorials’, in Innovating Higher Education Conference 2022, 19-21 Oct 2022, Athens., https://oro.open.ac.uk/94257/.
  • Kear, K., Peoples, C., Donelan, H. and Rosewell, J., 2022, ‘Active participation in synchronous online learning’, EADTU, Maastricht, The Netherlands., https://oro.open.ac.uk/84115/.
  • Kear, K., Donelan, H., Rosewell, J., Mooney, A., Cuffe, P., Sheehy, K., Amor, K., Elder, T., Edwards, C., Okada, A. and King, D., 2022, ‘The role of active participation in online synchronous learning’, in ALT Annual Conference 2022, 6-8 Sep 2022, Manchester., https://oro.open.ac.uk/94256/.
  • Foster, S., Whitelock, D., Cross, S. and Kear, K., 2022, ‘To what extent can graphical feedback from a ‘rainbow diagram’ help students develop coherence in their academic writing? PRISM, 4(1), pp’, 41–55., https://oro.open.ac.uk/79886/.
  • Adeliyi, A., Wermelinger, M., Kear, K. and Rosewell, J., 2021, ‘Investigating Remote Pair Programming In Part-Time Distance Education’, in 3rd Conference on United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research, UKICER 2021, 2-3 Sep 2021, Online., https://oro.open.ac.uk/79055/.
  • Adeliyi, A., Hughes, J., Kear, K., Law, B., Murphy, B., Rosewell, J., Walshe, A. and Wermelinger, M., 2021, ‘Remote Pair Programming’, in SIGCSE'21 - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 13-20 Mar 2021, Virtual., https://oro.open.ac.uk/74995/.
  • Collins, T., Berry, E., Davies, S. and Kear, K., 2020, ‘eSTEeM Ten Years of Scholarship and Innovation: Marking the tenth anniversary of the OU Centre for STEM Pedagogy’, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK., https://oro.open.ac.uk/74204/.