Teaching and Learning - Presentations since 2008
Wray, D. (2008) ‘Interactive whiteboards: interactive pedagogies?’, invited paper presented at Cicero conference, University of Helsinki, Finland
Kostopoulou, A. & Wray, D. (2008) ‘Play and the Teaching of Reading: Beliefs and Practices’, paper presented at 2008 International Froebel Society Conference, Boston, USA
Medwell, J. & Wray, D. (2008) ‘Handwriting and composition: an update’, paper presented at 2008 United Kingdom Literacy Association conference, Liverpool Hope University
Medwell, J. & Wray, D. (2008) ‘Handwriting And Composition: Lessons from a study of 10-11 year old children’, paper presented at 2008 British Educational Research Association conference, Herriot Watt University, Edinburgh
Wray, D. (2009) ‘The Links Between Handwriting and Composing in Primary Aged Children’, paper presented at 2009 Reading Association of Ireland conference, St. Patrick’s College, Dublin
Wray, D. (2009) ‘Mobile learning devices: the view from young users’, paper presented at the 2009 Handheld Learning Conference, London
Janan, D., Wray, D. & Pope, M. (2009) ‘Paradigms in Readability Research’, paper presented at 2009 International Conference On Literature, Languages & Linguistics, Athens, Greece
Kostopoulou, A. & Wray, D. (2010) ‘Teaching Reading in a Period of Change: Early Years Teachers’ Views’, paper presented at 2010 International Conference on Education, Athens, Greece
Janan, D., Wray, D. & Pope, M. (2010) ‘Paradigms in Readability’, paper presented at 2010 International Conference for Academic Disciplines, Bad Hofgastein, Austria
Janan, D., Wray, D. and Pope, M. (2010) ‘Towards a New Model of Readability’, paper presented at 2010 British Educational Research Association conference, Warwick University
Kostopoulou, A. & Wray, D. (2011) ‘The Importance of the Environment in Teaching Reading: Beliefs and Practices’, paper presented at 2011 International Conference on Education, Athens, Greece
Janan, D. & Wray, D. (2011) ‘Readability: A New Model’. Paper presented at 2011 United Kingdom Literacy Association conference, Chester University.
Wray, D. (2011) ‘Learners’ use of mobile devices’. Keynote paper presented at 2011 Asian Literacy Conference, Penang, Malaysia.
Janan, D., and Wray, D. (2011) ‘A New Model of Readability’, paper presented at 2011 Asian Literacy Conference, Penang, Malaysia.
Wray, D. (2012) ‘Improving literacy: Evidence and strategies’, Keynote paper presented at National Literacy Event, Stirling, Scotland.
Janan, D. & Wray, D. (2012) ‘Readability: The limitations of an approach through formulae’, paper presented at 2012 British Educational Research Association conference, Manchester University.
Wray, D. (2012) ‘The International Baccalaureate Extended Essay experience and the impact on post-secondary research experiences’, paper presented at 2012 British Educational Research Association conference, Manchester University.
Wray, D. (2012) ‘Learning literacy: Learning with literacy’, Keynote paper presented at International LINUS (Literacy and Numeracy Screening) conference, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Wray, D. (2013) ‘Changing times: Changing literacies’, Keynote paper presented at 2013 conference of the Malaysian English Language Teaching Association, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Janan, D. & Wray, D. (2013) ‘Paradigm Shifts in Reading, Reading Comprehension and Readability’, paper presented at 2013 conference of the Malaysian English Language Teaching Association, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Wray, D. & Janan, D. (2013) ‘Text complexity: implications for practice’, paper presented at 2013 conference of the United Kingdom Literacy Association, Liverpool John Moores University
Janan, D. & Wray, D. (2013) ‘Chloe and her texts: a case study of complexity’, paper presented at 2013 conference of the United Kingdom Literacy Association, Liverpool John Moores University
Wray, D. (2013) ‘Higher order thinking in primary education’, keynote paper presented at British Council Special Interest Group meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Janan, D. & Wray, D. (2013) ‘Readability Revisited: Text and Reader Factors in Reading Success and Difficulty’, paper presented at Asian Conference on Language Learning, Osaka, Japan.
Wray, D. (2013) ‘Changing times: changing literacies’, invited paper presented as part of Academic Discourses series, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Tanjung Malim, Malaysia
Wray, D. (2013) ‘Getting published in high impact journals’, invited paper presented at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Wray, D. (2013) ‘Digital literacies’, invited paper presented at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Mozafari, P. & Wray, D. (2013) ‘A multiple-case study of the integration of ICT in Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Iranian Junior High Schools’, paper presented at European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (ECTEL), Paphos, Cyprus
Wray, D. & Hajar, A. (2013) ‘A Response to Calls for Moving Away from Language Learning Strategy Research’, paper presented at European Conference on Language Learning, Brighton, UK.
Wray, D. (2014) ‘Developing Literacy’, keynote paper presented at International Conference: A Child's World – Next Steps, University of Aberystwyth, UK.
Wray, D. & Janan, D. (2014) ‘Text complexity: a new look at an old problem’, paper presented at Educational Research conference, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK.
Janan, D. & Wray, D. (2014) ‘Reader, text and context: factors in text complexity’, paper presented at 2014 conference of the United Kingdom Literacy Association, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Xiao, L. & Wray, D. (2014) ‘Chinese learners of English at University: An exploration of affective experiences’, paper presented at International Conference on Motivational Dynamics and Second Language Acquisition, University of Nottingham
Janan, D., Wray, D. & Omar, S. (2014) ‘Choices of legibility elements in reading material chosen by primary school students’, paper presented at 5th Pacific-Rim Conference on Education, University of Taipei, Taiwan.
Xiao, L. & Wray, D. (2015) ‘An Exploration of One Learner's Affective Experiences and FLA Development from a DST Perspective’, paper presented at 7th IAFOR Asian Conference on Education, Kobe, Japan
Jawing, E. & Wray, D. (2015) ‘The reading strategies of ESL undergraduates in a British university’, paper presented at 2015 conference of the United Kingdom Literacy Association, University of Nottingham.
He, X. & Wray, D. (2015) ‘A Comparative Study of UK and Chinese Adolescents’ Perceptions of Digital Reading—A preliminary analysis of focus groups’, paper presented at 2015 conference of the United Kingdom Literacy Association, University of Nottingham.
Janan, D. & Wray, D. (2015) ‘Teachers’ awareness of readability and its implications for their text selection for students’, paper presented at 2015 conference of the United Kingdom Literacy Association, University of Nottingham.
He, X. & Wray, D. (2015) ‘What are new stories? Adolescents’ perception of reading in the digital age’, paper presented at 2015 European Reading conference, University of Klagenfurt, Austria.
Wray, D. (2015) ‘The iPad – just another learning tool or the key to iPadagogy?’ invited paper presented at research seminar, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Seminyih, Malaysia.
