Jane Sinclair

Job Title

Professor (Teaching Focussed)

Department

Computer Science

Phone

024 7652 3986

J.E.Sinclair@warwick.ac.uk

Research Interests

Formal methods; computer security; computer science education.

Onah, Daniel F. O., Pang, Elaine L. L., Sinclair, Jane, Uhomoibhi, James, 2021. An innovative MOOC platform : the implications of self-directed learning abilities to improve motivation in learning and to support self-regulation. The International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 38 (3), pp. 283-298
Al-Fraihat, Dimah, Joy, Mike, Masa'deh, Ra'ed, Sinclair, Jane, 2020. Evaluating E-learning systems success : an empirical study. Computers in Human Behavior, 102, pp. 67-86
Sentance, Sue, Sinclair, Jane, Simmons, C., Csizmadia, A., 2018. Classroom-based research projects for computing teachers : facilitating professional learning. ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 18 (3)
Sinclair, Jane, Aho, Anne Maria, 2018. Virtual learning environments : adoption without progression. International Journal of Learning Technology (IJLT), 12 (4)
Kinnunen, Päivi, Butler, Matthew, Morgan, Michael, Nylen, Aletta, Peters, Anne-Kathrin, Sinclair, Jane, Kalvala, Sara, Pesonen, Erkki, 2018. Understanding initial undergraduate expectations and identity in computing studies. European Journal of Engineering Education, 43 (2), pp. 201-218
Sinclair, Jane, Aho, Anne-Maria, 2018. Experts on super innovators : understanding staff adoption of learning management systems. Higher Education Research and Development, 37 (1), pp. 158-172
Cosma, Georgina, Joy, Mike, Sinclair, Jane, Andreou, Margarita, Zhang, Dongyong, Cook, Beverley, Boyatt, Russell, 2017. Perceptual comparison of source-code plagiarism within studentsfrom UK, China, and South Cyprus higher education institutions. ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 17 (2), pp. 8:1-8:16
Onah, Daniel F. O., Sinclair, Jane, 2017. Assessing self-regulation of learning dimensions in a stand-alone MOOC platform. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, 7 (2)
Sinclair, Jane, Boyatt, Russell, Foss, Jonathan G. K., Rocks, Claire, 2016. A study of user participation across different delivery modes of a massive open online course. International journal of learning technology, 11 (2), pp. 93-113
Simon, X., Sheard, J., Morganti, M., Petersen, A., Settle, A., Sinclair, Jane, Cross, G., Riedesel, C., 2016. Negotiating the maze of academic integrity in computing education. Proceedings of the 2016 ITiCSE Working Group Reports, 2016, pp. 57-80
Sinclair, Jane, Kalvala, Sara, 2016. Student engagement in massive open online courses. International Journal of Learning Technology (IJLT), 11 (3)
Sinclair, Jane, Boyatt, Russell, Rocks, Claire, Joy, Mike, 2015. Massive open online courses : a review of usage and evaluation. International journal of learning technology, 10 (1), pp. 1-23
Onah, Daniel F. O., Sinclair, Jane, Boyatt, Russell, 2015. Forum posting habits and attainment in a dual-mode MOOC. International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education, 5 (2), pp. 2463-2470
King, Emma, Joy, Mike, Foss, Jonathan G. K., Sinclair, Jane, Sitthiworachart, Jirarat, 2014. Exploring the impact of a flexible, technology-enhanced teaching space on pedagogy. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 52 (5), pp. 522-535
Joy, Mike, Sinclair, Jane, Boyatt, Russell, Yau, Jane Yin-Kim, Cosma, Georgina, 2013. Student perspectives on source-code plagiarism. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 9 (1), pp. 3-19
Boyatt, Russell, Sinclair, Jane, 2013. Meeting learners' needs inside the educational cloud. International Journal of Learning Technology (IJLT), 8 (1), pp. 61-85
Sinclair, Jane, Joy, Mike, Yin-Kim Yau, Jane, Hagan, Stephen, 2013. A practice-oriented review of learning objects. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 6 (2), pp. 177-192
Joy, Mike, Foss, Jonathan G. K., King, Emma, Sinclair, Jane, Sitthiworachart, Jirarat, Davis, Rachel, 2013. Incorporating technologies into a flexible teaching space. British Journal of Educational Technology, 45 (2), pp. 272-284
Zhang, Dongyang, Joy, Mike, Cosma, Georgina, Boyatt, Russell, Sinclair, Jane, Yau, Jane Yin-Kim, 2013. Source-code plagiarism in universities : a comparative study of student perspectives in China and the UK. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 39 (6), pp. 743-458
Yau, Jane Yin-Kim, Joy, Mike, Sinclair, Jane, Hagan, S. J., 2012. Potential deployment of Java web-based learning objects from the public domain into mobile learning environments. International Journal of Science, Innovation and New Technology, Vol.1 (No.3)
Joy, Mike, Cosma, Georgina, Yau, Jane Yin-Kim, Sinclair, Jane, 2011. Source code plagiarism - a student perspective. IEEE Transactions on Education, 54 (1), pp. 125-132
Nurse, Jason R. C., Sinclair, Jane, 2010. An evaluation of BOF4WSS and the security negotiations model and tool used to support it. International Journal on Advances in Security, 3 (3-4), pp. 184-201
Nurse, Jason R. C., Sinclair, Jane, 2010. A thorough evaluation of the compatibility of an e-business security negotiations support tool. International Journal of Computer Science, 37 (4), pp. 376-387
Joy, Mike, Sinclair, Jane, Sun, Shanghua, Sitthiworachart, Jirarat, López-González, Javier, 2009. Categorising computer science education research. Education and Information Technologies, Vol.14 (No.2), pp. 105-126
Ismail, A., Joy, Mike, Sinclair, Jane, Hamzah, M. I., 2009. A metametadata architecture for pedagogic data description. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 3 (1), pp. 313-318
Nurse, Jason R. C., Sinclair, Jane, 2009. Securing e-Businesses that use web services - a guided tour through BOF4WSS. International Journal on Advances in Internet Technology, 2 (4), pp. 253-276
Reed, J. N., Roscoe, A. W., Sinclair, Jane, 2007. Responsiveness and stable revivals. Formal Aspects of Computing, Vol.19 (No.3), pp. 303-319

AlFraihat, Dimah, Joy, Mike, Sinclair, Jane, 2018. A comprehensive model for evaluating E-learning systems success. In Distance Learning, Information Age Publishing, pp. 57-73
Onah, Daniel F. O., Sinclair, Jane, 2017. A multi-dimensional investigation of self-regulated learning in a blended classroom context : a case study on eLDa MOOC. In Auer, Michael E.; Guralnick, David; Uhomoibhi, James (eds.), Interactive Collaborative Learning, Springer International Publishing, pp. 63-85
Sinclair, Jane, Boyatt, Russell, Foss, Jonathan G. K., Rocks, Claire, 2014. A tale of two modes : initial reflections on an innovative MOOC. In Learning technology for education in cloud : MOOC and big data : Third international workshop, LTEC 2014, Santiago, Chile, September 2-5, 2014. Proceedings, Berlin ; London, Springer, pp. 49-60
Boyatt, Russell, Sinclair, Jane, 2012. Navigating the educational cloud. In Workshop on Learning Technology for Education in Cloud (LTEC'12), Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 179-191
Nurse, Jason R. C., Sinclair, Jane, 2011. A case study analysis of an e-business security negotiations support tool. In Ao, S. -L.; Gelman, L. (eds.), Electrical Engineering and Applied Computing, Springer, pp. 209-220
Nurse, Jason R. C., Sinclair, Jane, 2009. Supporting the comparison of business-level security requirements within cross-enterprise service development. In Abramowicz, W. (ed.), Business Information Systems, Springer-Verlag, pp. 61-72

Aho, Anne-Maria, Sinclair, Jane, 2019. Co-creation workshops for work life oriented ICT education. LTEC 2019, Zamora, Spain, 15?18 July 2019, Published in Learning Technology for Education Challenges : 8th International Workshop, LTEC 2019, Zamora, Spain, July 15?18, 2019, Proceedings, pp. 302-312
Malmi, Lauri, Sheard, Judy, Kinnunen, Päivi, Simon,, Sinclair, Jane, 2019. Computing education theories : what are they and how are they used?. ICER '19 : fifteenth annual ACM International Computing Education Research (ICER) conference, Toronto ON, Canada, 12-14 Aug 2019, Published in ICER '19 : Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, pp. 187-197
Morgan, Michael, Butler, Matthew, Thota, Neena, Sinclair, Jane, 2018. How CS academics view student engagement. Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education 2018, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2-4 July 2018, Published in ITiCSE 2018 Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, pp. 284-289
Onah, Daniel F. O., Pang, Elaine L. L., Sinclair, Jane, 2018. A metacognitive instructional approach and self-reflection : reflective practice from a computer science perspective. 12th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, Spain, 5-7 Mar 2018, Published in INTED2018 Proceedings, pp. 9882-9888
Morgan, Michael, Butler, Matthew, Sinclair, Jane, Gonsalvez, Christabel, Thota, Neena, 2018. Contrasting CS student and academic perspectives and experiences of student engagement. 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2-4 July 2018, Published in Proceedings Companion of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, pp. 1-35
Sinclair, Jane, Aho, Anne-Maria, 2018. Try to See It My Way - How Students View the Use of Lecture Capture. LTEC 2018: Learning Technology for Education Challenges, ?ilina, Slovakia, 6-10 August 2018, pp. 142-154
Morgan, Michael, Sinclair, Jane, Butler, Matthew, Thota, Neena, Fraser, Janet, Cross, Gerry, Jackova, Jana, 2018. Understanding international benchmarks on student engagement : awareness and research alignment from a computer science perspective. 2017 ITiCSE Conference on Working Group Reports, Bologna, Italy, 3 - 5 Jul 2017, Published in ITiCSE-WGR '17 : Proceedings of the 2017 ITiCSE Conference on Working Group Reports, pp. 1-24
Onah, Daniel F. O., Pang, Elaine L. L., Sinclair, Jane, Uhomoibhi, James, 2018. Learning analytics for motivating self-regulated learning and fostering the improvement of digital MOOC resources. The 12th International Conference on Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning (IMCL2018), Ontario, Canada, 11?12 Oct 2018, Published in IMCL2019 Proceedings
Morgan, Michael, Butler, Matthew, Thota, Nina, Sinclair, Jane, 2018. How CS academics view student engagement. 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2-4 Jul 2018, Published in Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, pp. 284-289
Al-Fraihat, Dimah, Joy, Mike, Sinclair, Jane, 2017. Identifying success factors for e-learning in Higher Education. 12th International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL 2017), Orlando, Florida, 01-02 Jun 2017, Published in Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL 2017)
Aho , A.-M., Sinclair, Jane, 2017. Blended learning as a tool for work-life oriented master courses. 6th International Workshop on Learning Technology for Education in Cloud : 6th International Workshop, LTEC 2017, Beijing, China, August 21?24, 2017, Proceedings, Beijing, China, 21-24 Aug 2017, Published in Learning Technology for Education Challenges, pp. 110-121
Onah, Daniel F. O., Sinclair, Jane, 2017. A multi-dimensional investigation of self-regulated learning in a blended classroom context : a case study on eLDa MOOC. 19th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2016), Belfast, 21-23 Sep 2016, Published in Interactive Collaborative Learning. ICL 2016, pp. 63-85
Onah, Daniel F. O., Sinclair, Jane, 2016. An empirical investigation of students' perceptions of self-regulated learning in Online Blended Learning : a case study of a novel E-learning platform. 8th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN16), Barcelona, Spain, 4-6 Jul 2016, Published in EDULEARN16 Proceedings
Onah, Daniel F. O., Sinclair, Jane, 2016. Design Science MOOC : a framework of good practice pedagogy in a novel E-Learning platform eLDa. 28th Annual World Conference on Educational Media and Technology (EDMEDIA2016), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 28-30 Jun 2016, Published in Proceedings of 28th Annual World Conference on Educational Media and Technology (EDMEDIA2016), pp. 1-7
Sentance, Sue, Sinclair, Jane, Simmons, Carl?, Csizmadia, Andrew, 2016. Teacher research projects in computing. WiPSCE '16 The 11th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, Münster, Germany, 13-15 Oct 2016, Published in Proceedings of the 11th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, pp. 110-111
Onah, Daniel F. O., Sinclair, Jane, 2016. Exploring learners' strategies of self-regulated learning abilities in a novel MOOC Platform : eLDa. 23rd Annual Conference of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT2016), University of Warwick, United Kingdom, 6?8 Sep 2016
Onah, Daniel F. O., Sinclair, Jane, Pang, Elaine L. L., Jantjies, Mmaki, 2016. Exploring the multi-dimensional attainment of self-regulatory learning skills in educational contexts : a comparative study. 8th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN16), Barcelona, Spain, 4-6 July 2016, Published in EDULEARN16 Proceedings, pp. 1-10
Al-Zaidi, Maram S., Joy, Mike, Sinclair, Jane, 2016. Micro note-taking on smartphone : the learner experience. Eighth International Conference on Mobile, Hybrid, and On-line Learning (eLmL 2016), Venice, Italy, 24-28 Apr 2016, pp. 1-6
Sinclair, Jane, Aho, Anne-Maria, 2016. Investigating the experience of Moodle adoption through expert voices. The 5th International conference on Learning Technology for Education in Cloud (LTEC 2016), Hagen, Germany, 25-28 Jul 2016, Published in Learning Technology for Education in Cloud ? The Changing Face of Education, pp. 90-102
Butler, Matthew, Sinclair, Jane, Morgan, Michael, Kalvala, Sara, 2015. Comparing international indicators of student engagement for computer science. ACSW '16, Canberra, Australia, 2-5 Feb 2016, Published in Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Science Week Multiconference
Onah, Daniel F. O., Sinclair, Jane, 2015. Measuring self-regulated learning in a novel e-learning platform: eLDa. Koli Calling: International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli, Finland, 19-22 Nov 2015, Published in Proceedings of the 15th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, pp. 167-168
Sinclair, Jane, Butler, Matthew, Morgan, Michael, Kalvala, Sara, 2015. Measures of student engagement in Computer Science. ITICSE '15, Vilnius, Lithuania, 4-8 Jul 2015, Published in ITiCSE '15 Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, pp. 242-247
Onah, Daniel F. O., Sinclair, Jane, 2015. Massive open online courses : an adaptive learning framework. 9th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Madrid, Spain, 2-4 Mar 2015, Published in INTED2015 Proceedings, pp. 1258-1266
Onah, Daniel F. O., Sinclair, Jane, 2015. Learners expectations and motivations using content analysis in a MOOC. EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 22 Jun 2015, Published in EdMedia 2015 - World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, pp. 185-194
Sinclair, Jane, Kalvala, Sara, 2015. Engagement measures in massive open online courses. 4th International Workshop, LTEC 2015, Maribor, Slovenia, 24-28 Aug 2015, Published in Learning Technology for Education in Cloud : 4th International Workshop, LTEC 2015, Maribor, Slovenia, August 24-28, 2015, Proceedings, pp. 3-15
Onah, Daniel F. O., Sinclair, Jane, 2015. Collaborative filtering recommendation system : a framework in massive open online courses. 9th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Madrid, Spain, 2-4 Mar 2015, Published in INTED2015 Proceedings, pp. 1249-1257
Onah, Daniel F. O., Sinclair, Jane, 2015. Learning as a perspective of reflective practice in computer science. 22nd Annual Conference of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT2015), Manchester, United Kingdom, 8?10 Sep 2015
Sinclair, Jane, Kalvala, Sara, 2015. Exploring societal factors affecting the experience and engagement of first year female computer science undergraduates. Koli Calling : International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli, Finland, 19-22 Nov 2015, Published in Koli Calling '15 Proceedings of the 15th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research, pp. 107-116
Onah, Daniel F. O., Sinclair, Jane, Boyatt, Russell, 2014. Exploring the use of MOOC discussion forums. London International Conference on Education (LICE-2014), London, 10-12 Nov 2014, Published in Proceedings of London International Conference on Education, pp. 1-4
Al-Zaidi, Maram S., Joy, Mike, Sinclair, Jane, 2014. Micro notes application for education : a proposed mobile micro note-taking architecture. 13th European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL 2014), Copenhagen, Denmark, 30-31 Oct 2014, Published in Proceedings 13th European Conference on e-Learning, pp. 618-623
Onah, Daniel F. O., Sinclair, Jane, Boyatt, Russell, Foss, Jonathan G. K., 2014. Massive open online courses : learner participation. 7th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Seville, Spain, 17-19 Nov 2014, Published in ICERI2014 Proceedings, pp. 2348-2356
Onah, Daniel F. O., Sinclair, Jane, Boyatt, Russell, 2014. Dropout rates of massive open online courses : behavioural patterns. 6th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Barcelona, Spain, 7-9 Jul 2014, Published in EDULEARN14 Proceedings, pp. 5825-5834
Boyatt, Russell, Joy, Mike, Rocks, Claire, Sinclair, Jane, 2013. What (use) is a MOOC?. Learning Technology for Education in Cloud (LTEC 2013), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 9-13 Sept 2013, Published in The 2nd international workshop on learning technology for education in cloud, pp. 133-145
Al-Zaidi, Maram S., Joy, Mike, Sinclair, Jane, 2013. Exploring the use of micro note-taking with social interaction features for education. 5th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Barcelona, Spain, 1-3 July 2013, Published in EDULEARN13 Proceedings, pp. 6098-6106
Nurse, Jason R. C., Sinclair, Jane, 2012. Towards a model to support the reconciliation of security actions across enterprises. 2nd Workshop on Socio-Technical Aspects in Security and Trust (STAST), Cambridge, MA, USA, 29 June 2012, Published in 2012 Workshop on Socio-Technical Aspects in Security and Trust (STAST), pp. 11-18
Joy, Mike, Sinclair, Jane, Boyatt, Russell, Yau, Jane Yin-Kim, Cosma, Georgina, 2012. Student perspectives on plagiarism in computing. 5th International Plagiarism Conference, Newcastle, UK, 16-18 July 2012
Nurse, Jason R. C., Sinclair, Jane, 2010. Evaluating the compatibility of a tool to support e-businesses' security negotiations. International Conference of Information Security and Internet Engineering, under World Congress on Engineering (WCE 2010), London, UK, 30 June - 2 July, 2010, Published in Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering 2010, pp. 438-443
Ismail, Amirah, Joy, Mike, Sinclair, Jane, Hamzah, Mohd. Isa, 2010. A structured model metametadata technique to enhance semantic searching in metadata repository. 4th International Conference on Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management (KGCM 2010), Orlando, Florida, 29 June - 2 July 2010
Nurse, Jason R. C., Sinclair, Jane, 2010. A solution model and tool for supporting the negotiation of security decisions in e-business collaborations. 5th International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services (ICIW 2010), Barcelona, Spain, 9-15 May, 2010, Published in Fifth International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services (ICIW), pp. 13-18
Hudnott, Elizabeth, Sinclair, Jane, Darwen, Hugh, 2010. Efficient multiple simultaneous assignment of database tables. 9th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Engineering and Data Bases (AIKED 2010), Cambridge, UK, 20-22 Feb 2010, Published in Proceeding AIKED'10 Proceedings of the 9th WSEAS international conference on Artificial intelligence, knowledge engineering and data bases, pp. 286-291
Nurse, Jason R. C., Sinclair, Jane, 2009. BOF4WSS: a business-oriented framework for enhancing web services security for e-business. 4th International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services, Venice, Italy, 24-28 May 2009, Published in ICIW 2009. Fourth International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Service, pp. 286-291
Joy, Mike, Cosma, Georgina, Sinclair, Jane, Yau, Jane Yin-Kim, 2009. A taxonomy of plagiarism in computer science. International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN09), Barcelona, Spain, 6-8 Jul 2009, Published in EDULEARN09 Proceedings, pp. 3372-3379
Boyatt, Russell, Sinclair, Jane, 2008. Experiences of teaching a lightweight formal method. Formal Methods in Computer Science Education, Budapest, Hungary, 29 Mar-6 Apr 2008

Nurse, Jason R. C., Sinclair, Jane, 2009. BOF4WSS : a business-oriented framework for enhancing web services security for e-business. University of Warwick. Department of Computer Science
Boyatt, Russell, Sinclair, Jane, 2007. Investigating post-completion errors with the alloy analyzer. University of Warwick. Department of Computer Science

Title	Funder	Award start	Award end
Formal analysis of component interaction in web service choreography	Royal Society	01 Jul 2011	16 Jul 2011
Ingres PhD Studentship Agreement - Adrian Hudnott	Ingres Europe Limited	01 Oct 2007	30 Sept 2010