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Ferguson, Rebecca; Childs, Mark; Okada, Alexandra; Sheehy, Kieron; Tatlow-Golden, Mimi and Childs, Anna (2020). Creating a Framework of fun and Learning: Using Balloons to Build Consensus. In: 14th European Conference on Games Based Learning - ECGBL 2020, 23-25 Sep 2020, Brighton (held virtually due to COVID).

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Childs, Mark and Childs, Anna (2019). Relating AND Acting: Learning, Embodiment AND Performance IN Virtual Worlds. In: Campbell, Lee ed. Leap into Action: Critical Performance Pedagogies in Art and Design Education. New York: Peter Lang, pp. 247–258.

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Childs, Mark; Childs, Anna; Jackson, Lizzie and Hall, Phil (2017). Grandfathers, cogs and gloop; learner choices for designs of companion agents. Higher Education Journal of Learning and Teaching, 9(1)

Childs, Anna (2015). Big loopholes lurk in African cybercrime law - where it even exists. The Conversation, London.

Childs, Anna (2015). On the whole, humanity's situation is getting better - but not fast enough. The Conversation, London.

Childs, Anna (2015). Open Doors: What value can an Open University bring to Higher Education in Development? In: International Conference on the Role of Higher Education in Development, 23-24 Jul 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Childs, Anna (2015). Why does so little foreign aid go to support universities? The Conversation, London.

Peachey, Anna (2015). How the Millennium Development Goals failed the world’s poorest children. The Conversation, London.

Peachey, Anna (2015). Getting children back to school is the next priority for Nepal earthquake recovery. The Conversation, London.

Peachey, Anna (2015). Moving global goals for education from quantity to quality after 2015. The Conversation, London.

Peachey, Anna (2015). Exploring the strengthening of higher education systems for massive numbers of students in Ghana. In: eLearning Africa: 10th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training, 20-22 May 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Peachey, Anna (2015). Will the Millennium Development Goals hit their targets? The Conversation, London.

Peachey, Anna (2014). Higher Education and Development: Tackling 21st Century Challenges: Conference report (WP1331). In: Higher Education and Development: Tackling 21st Century Challenges, 23-25 Jun 2014, Wilton Park, Steyning, West Sussex, UK.

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Peachey, Anna; Withnail, Greg and Braithwaite, Nick (2014). Experimentation not simulation: learning about physics in the virtual world. In: DeCoursey, Christina and Garrett, Shana eds. Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds. Oxford: Inter-Disiplinary Press, pp. 191–216.

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Peachey, Anna (2014). Towards meaningful strengthening of higher education systems for massive numbers of students in Ghana. In: UKFIET Forum on Higher Education and International Development, 24 Oct 2014, London, UK.

Peachey, Anna (2014). How educational technology can marry quality and quantity: (how educational technology can address the challenge of quality at scale). In: Abstracts of the Proceedings of Second International Conference on Information Technology for Development.

Schmeil, Andreas; Hasler, Béatrice; Peachey, Anna; de Freitas, Sara and Nehmzow, Claus (2013). Do virtual worlds support engaging social conferencing? In: Childs, Mark and Peachey, Anna eds. Understanding Learning in Virtual Worlds. Human–Computer Interaction Series. London: Springer-London, pp. 165–179.

Childs, Mark and Peachey, Anna eds. (2013). Understanding Learning in Virtual Worlds. Human Computer Interaction. London: Springer.

Childs, Mark and Peachey, Anna (2013). Love it or hate it: students’ responses to the experience of virtual worlds. In: Childs, Mark and Withnail, Greg eds. Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, pp. 27–46.

Peachey, Anna and Withnail, Greg (2013). A sociocultural perspective on negotiating digital identities in a community of learners. In: Warburton, Steve and Hatzipanagos, Stylianos eds. Digital Identity and Social Media. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, pp. 210–224.

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Aronowsky, Audrey; Sanzenbacher, Beth; Childs, Mark; Peachey, Anna; Villanosa, Krystal; Thompson, Johanna and Angielczyk, Kenneth D. (2013). Promoting embodied learning through virtual and real world gaming experiences. In: Proceedings GLS 9.0 Games + Learning + Society Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, June 12 - 14, 2013 (Williams, Caroline C.; Ochsner, Amanda; Dietmeier, Jeremy and Steinkuehler, Constance eds.), ETC Press, pp. 68–74.

Ferguson, Rebecca; Gillen, Julia; Peachey, Anna and Twining, Peter (2013). The strength of cohesive ties: discursive construction of an online learning community. In: Childs, Mark and Peachey, Anna eds. Understanding Learning in Virtual Worlds. Human-Computer Interaction Series. London: Springer, pp. 83–100.

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Gillen, Julia; Ferguson, Rebecca; Clough, Gill; Peachey, Anna and Twining, Peter (2012). Seeking planning permission to build a Gothic cathedral in a virtual world: exploring the schommunity. In: Merchant, Guy; Gillen, Julia; Marsh, Jackie and Davies, Julia eds. Virtual Literacies: Interactive Spaces for Children and Young People. Routledge Research in Education. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 190–207.

Gillen, Julia; Ferguson, Rebecca; Peachey, Anna and Twining, Peter (2012). Distributed cognition in a virtual world. Language and Education, 26(2) pp. 151–167.

Peachey, Anna; Withnail, Greg and Braithwaite, N St.J (2012). Experimentation not simulation: Learning about physics in the virtual world. In: The Second Global Conference on Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds, 12-13 Mar 2012, Prague, Czech Republic.

Peachey, Anna and Herman, Clem (2011). Presence for professional development: students in the virtual world. Learning Technology, 13(4) pp. 11–14.

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Peachey, Anna (2011). Managing responsibility for student identities in a virtual world. In: Researching Learning in Immersive Virtual Environments (ReLIVE 2011), 21-22 Sep 2011, Milton Keynes, UK.

Peachey, Anna; Livingstone, Daniel and Withnail, Greg (2011). Developing a mashup for virtual world and VLE content: SLOODLE at The Open University. In: Conference Proceedings & Book of Abstracts, pp. 15–16.

Childs, Mark and Peachey, Anna (2011). Love it or hate it: students' responses to the experience of virtual worlds. In: Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds: Opening an Undiscovered Country.

Ferguson, Rebecca; Gillen, Julia; Peachey, Anna and Twining, Peter (2011). The strength of cohesive ties: discursive construction of an online learning community. In: Researching Learning in Immersive Virtual Environments (ReLIVE 2011), 21-22 Sep 2011, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

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Peachey, Anna and Childs, Mark eds. (2011). Reinventing Ourselves: Contemporary Concepts of Identity in Virtual Worlds. Springer Series in Immersive Environments. London: Springer.

Peachey, Anna and Childs, Mark (2011). Virtual worlds and identity. In: Peachey, Anna and Childs, Mark eds. Reinventing Ourselves: Contemporary Concepts of Identity in Virtual Worlds. Springer Series in Immersive Environments. London: Springer, pp. 1–12.

Schmeil, Andreas; Hasler, Beatrice; Peachey, Anna; de Freitas, Sara and Nehmzow, Claus (2011). Social cnferencing in a virtual world: the innovative approach of The Virtual World Conference. In: Researching Learning in Immersive Virtual Environments: Conference Proceedings, Open University, pp. 154–164.

Schmeil, Andreas; Hasler, Béatrice S.; de Freitas, Sara; Peachey, Anna and Nehmzow, Claus (2011). Social conferencing in a virtual world: the innovative approach of the virtual world conference. In: Proceedings of the Researching Learning in Immersive Virtual Enviornments Conference, pp. 154–163.

Peachey, Anna and Withnail, Greg (2011). It's behind you (oh no it isn't!): Learning about digital authenticity from pantomimes in Second Life. In: 1st Global Conference on Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds, 20-22 Mar 2011, Prague, Czech Republic.

Peachey, Anna; Livingstone, Daniel and Walshe, Sarah (2010). Blueprint for a mashup: corporate education in Moodle, Sloodle and Second Life. In: Ritke-Jones, William ed. Handbook of Research on Virtual Environments for Corporate Education, Volume 3. London: IGI Global, pp. 1933–1948.

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Peachey, Anna (2010). Living in immaterial worlds: Who are we when we teach and learn in virtual worlds? In: Sheehy, Kieron; Ferguson, Rebecca and Clough, Gill eds. Virtual Worlds: Controversies at the Frontier of Education. Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World. Hauppage, NY: Nova Science, pp. 33–51.

Childs, Mark and Peachey, Anna (2010). Fur and loathing in Second Life: students' concerns and resistance to learning in virtual worlds. In: 5th Plymouth e-Learning Conference: Learning without Limits: Facing the Challenges: Conference Proceedings and Book of Abstracts (Wheeler, Steve ed.), p. 20.

Peachey, Anna (2010). The third place in Second Life: real life community in a virtual world. In: Peachey, Anna; Gillen, Julia; Livingstone, Daniel and Smith-Robbins, Sarah eds. Researching Learning in Virtual Worlds. Human-Computer Interaction Series. London: Springer London, pp. 91–110.

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Peachey, Anna; Gillen, Julia; Livingstone, Daniel and Smith-Robbins, Sarah eds. (2010). Researching Learning in Virtual Worlds. Human–Computer Interaction Series. London: Springer-Verlag London.

Broadribb, Stephanie; Peachey, Anna; Carter, Christopher and Westrapp, Francine (2009). Second Life in the Open University: how the virtual world can facilitate learning for staff and students. In: Wankel, Charles and Kingsley, Jan eds. Higher Education: Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds. International Perspectives on Education and Society (12). Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing, pp. 203–220.

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Gillen, Julia; Twining, Peter; Ferguson, Rebecca; Butters, Oliver; Clough, Gill; Gaved, Mark; Peachey, Anna; Seamans, Dan and Sheehy, Kieron (2009). A learning community for teens on a virtual island - The Schome Park Teen Second Life Pilot project. eLearning Papers, 2009(15) www.elearningpapers.eu.

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Twining, Peter and Peachey, Anna (2009). Open virtual worlds as pedagogical research tools: learning from the Schome Park Programme. In: Tatnall, Arthur and Jones, Anthony eds. Education and Technology for a Better World: 9th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2009, Bento Gonçalves, Brazil, July 27-31, 2009, Proceedings. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (302). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer, pp. 263–272.

Peachey, Anna (2008). First reflections, Second Life, Third Place: community building in virtual worlds. In: ReLIVE08 Researching Learning in Virtual Environments: Conference Proceedings, Open University, pp. 246–257.

Peachey, Anna; Gillen, Julia and Ferguson, Rebecca (2008). Fluid leadership in a multi-user virtual environment educational project with teenagers: Schome Park. In: Ecologies of Diversities: The Developmental and Historical Interarticulation of Human Mediational Forms: Meeting of the International Society for Cultural and Activity Research, 8-13 Sep 2008, San Diego, CA, USA.

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Peachey, Anna and Yanacopulos, Helen (2008). Integrating Second Life in humanitarian and development training. In: SLEDcc 2008 Second Life Education Community Conference, part of the Official Second Life Community Convention 2008, 5-7 Sep 2008, Tampa, FL, USA.

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Peachey, Anna and Walshe, Sarah (2008). The Management Challenge Online: e-learning in practice. International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning, 1(1) pp. 27–33.

Bennett, Jacquie and Peachey, Anna (2007). Mashing the MUVE - a mashup model for collaborative learning in multi-user virtual environments. In: Proceedings of the ICL2007, IAOE.