Terrie Lynn Thompson is a senior lecturer in Digital Media and Professional Education at the University of Stirling. Her research examines the digital mediation of work and learning, in both the global south and north; the innovative use of more-than-human theory and methods to understand the politics and ethics of what digital things do; changes to professional work-learning as AI and data systems change the distribution of labour; and data activism particularly as related to data-bodies and data about (female) bodies.
Research Mobilities in Primary Literacy Education
PI: Dr Terrie-Lynn Thompson
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Covid 19 Rapid Response: Co-design of a carer support app: connecting carers to help prevent infection and improve resilience
PI: Professor Liz Forbat
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Monograph
Burnett C, Adams G, Gillen J, Thompson TL, Čermáková A, Ben Shannon D & Shetty P (2024) Research Mobilities in Primary Literacy Education: Interrogating How Teachers Encounter Research in An Age of Evidence-Based Teaching. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003428985
Project Report
Engaging with Research: Briefing for Teachers
Burnett C, Adams G, Gillen J, Thompson TL, Černáková A, Shannon D & Shetty P (2024) Engaging with Research: Briefing for Teachers. Thompson T (Work Package Leader) ESRC. Sheffield Hallam University. https://doi.org/10.7190/shu-reports-24003
Presentation / Talk
Take your AI for coffee: Meeting our AI co-workers
Thompson T (2024) Take your AI for coffee: Meeting our AI co-workers. Scottish Professional Learning Institute, Scotland / online, 15.05.2024.
Project Report
How does research move to, among and around teachers? Briefing for Researchers
Burnett C, Adams G, Gillen J, Thompson TL, Čermáková A, Shannon D & Shetty P (2024) How does research move to, among and around teachers? Briefing for Researchers. Thompson T (Work Package Leader). Sheffield Hallam University. https://doi.org/10.7190/shu-reports-24004
Project Report
Burnett C, Adams G, Gillen J, Thompson TL, Čermáková A, Shannon D & Shetty P (2024) How does research about literacy education move to, among and around teachers? Briefing for Independent Consultants. Thompson TL (Work Package Leader). Sheffield Hallam University. https://doi.org/10.7190/shu-reports-24002
Project Report
Burnett C, Adams G, Gillen J, Thompson TL, Čermáková A, Shannon D & Shetty P (2024) How does research about literacy education move to, among and around teachers? Briefing for Teacher Educators. Thompson T (Work Package Leader). Sheffield Hallam University. https://doi.org/10.7190/shu-reports-24005
Project Report
Making connections between research and practice: Briefing for School/Trust Leaders
Burnett C, Adams G, Gillen J, Thompson TL, Čermaková A, Shannon D & Shetty P (2024) Making connections between research and practice: Briefing for School/Trust Leaders. Thompson T (Work Package Leader) ESRC. Sheffield Hallam University. https://doi.org/10.7190/shu-reports-24007
Project Report
Burnett C, Adams G, Gillen J, Thompson TL, Čermáková A, Shannon D & Shetty P (2024) How does research about literacy education move to, among and around teachers? Briefing for Policy Makers. Thompson TL (Work Package Leader). Sheffield Hallam University. https://doi.org/10.7190/shu-reports-24001
Project Report
Investigating research mobilities: A methods resource
Ĉermákóva A, Adams G, Burnett C, Gillen J, Thompson T, Shannon D, Shetty P & Vackova P (2024) Investigating research mobilities: A methods resource. ESRC. Sheffield Hallam University. https://doi.org/10.7190/shu-reports-24008
Article
Oosterhoff A, Thompson TL, Oenema-Mostert I & Minnaert A (2023) En/countering the doings of standards in early childhood education: drawing on Actor-Network Theory to trace enactments of and resistances to emerging sociomaterial policy assemblages. Journal of Education Policy, 38 (6), pp. 963-984. https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2022.2161639
Book Chapter
Researching with, on, in and through the postdigital: Accounting for more-than-humanness
Thompson T (2023) Researching with, on, in and through the postdigital: Accounting for more-than-humanness. In: Jandric P, MacKenzie A & Knox J (eds.) Postdigital research: Genealogies, challenges, and future perspectives. 1 ed. Postdigital Science and Education. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 231-247. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31299-1_13
Article
Returning the data gaze in higher education
Thompson TL & Prinsloo P (2023) Returning the data gaze in higher education. Learning, Media and Technology, 48 (1), pp. 153-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2022.2092130
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Thompson T (2023) Using more-than-human concepts and approaches to study the politics of AI: Automating decision making in education. Education & the Digital Transformation of Social Research: Methods, Challenges, Perspective, Zurich, 20.06.2023.
Presentation / Talk
Researching with, on, in and through the postdigital: New presences and absences
Thompson T (2022) Researching with, on, in and through the postdigital: New presences and absences. Carnet Users Conference 2022 Opening Up in a Closed World: Scientific Research Section, Sibenik, Croatia, 26.10.2022.
Article
Burnett C, Gillen J, Guest I, Maxwell B & Thompson TL (2022) How does research reach teachers? An agenda for investigating research mobilities in primary literacy education. Literacy. https://doi.org/10.1111/lit.12289
Book Review
Thompson TL (2022) Review of Lesley Gourlay (2021). Posthumanism and the Digital University: Texts, Bodies and Materialities: London: Bloomsbury. 191 pp. ISBN 9781350038172 (Hardcover). Postdigital Science and Education, 4, pp. 612-617. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-021-00244-6
Article
Oosterhoff A, Thompson TL, Oenema-Mostert I & Minnaert A (2021) Meeting ontologies: actor-network theory as part of a methodologically heterogeneous research project. Studies in Continuing Education, 43 (3), pp. 377-392. https://doi.org/10.1080/0158037X.2021.1929144
Book Chapter
Thompson TL & Graham B (2021) A more-than-human approach to researching AI at work: Alternative narratives for human and AI co-workers. In: Bonderup Dohn N, Jørgen Hansen J, Børsen Hansen S, Ryberg T & de Laat M (eds.) Conceptualizing and innovating education and work with networked learning. Research in Networked Learning. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, pp. 171-187. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85241-2_10
Keynote
Take your AI for coffee: Critically knowing AI co-workers
Thompson T (2021) Take your AI for coffee: Critically knowing AI co-workers. Empowering Learners for the Age of AI Conference, Australia / online, 07.12.2021.
Returning the data gaze: Data activism in higher education and beyond
Thompson T (2021) Returning the data gaze: Data activism in higher education and beyond. The Digitisation of Higher Education: New Information Flows, Power Asymmetries and Implications for Surveillance and Privacy Workshop, Stirling, 06.10.2021. https://escalate.projects.uvt.ro/2-returning-the-data-gaze-data-activism-in-he-and-beyond/
Preprint / Working Paper
Returning the Data Gaze in Higher Education
Thompson TL & Prinsloo P (2021) Returning the Data Gaze in Higher Education. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Article
Data-bodies and data activism: Presencing women in digital heritage research
Thompson T (2020) Data-bodies and data activism: Presencing women in digital heritage research. Big Data and Society, 7 (2). https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951720965613
Conference Paper (published)
Thompson T & Graham B (2020) More-than-human approach to researching AI at work: Alternative narratives for AI and networked learning. In: De Laat M, Ryberg T, Bonderup Dohn N, Hansen SB & Hansen JJ (eds.) NETWORKED LEARNING 2020: Proceedings for the 12th International Conference on Networked Learning. Networked Learning Conference Proceedings, 12. Twelfth International Conference on Networked Learning 2020, Online, 18.05.2020-20.05.2020. Kolding, Denmark: Aalborg University, pp. 293-300.
Article
Interviews with digital objects: A special issue on speaking with the digital 249-254.
Adams C & Thompson T (2020) Interviews with digital objects: A special issue on speaking with the digital 249-254.. Explorations in Media Ecology, 19 (3), pp. 249-254. https://doi.org/10.1386/eme_00044_2
Article
Accountabilities of posthuman research
Thompson TL & Adams C (2020) Accountabilities of posthuman research. Explorations in Media Ecology, 19 (3), pp. 337-349. https://doi.org/10.1386/eme_00050_7
Conference Paper (published)
Thompson T, Oosterhoff A, Oenema-Mostert I & Minnaert A (2019) Meeting ontologies. In: 4th ProPEL International Conference, Australia, 08.12.2019.
Presentation / Talk
Attuning to digital things: Re-thinking professional and research practices
Thompson T (2019) Attuning to digital things: Re-thinking professional and research practices. 2-day series of talks, University of Tromso: Arctic University of Norway, 20.05.2019.
Keynote
Women and data: Data activism as research method and impact
Thompson T (2019) Women and data: Data activism as research method and impact. Digital Heritage in a World of Big Data, Stirling, 14.05.2019.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Data and data analytics: New accountabilities and ethics for care work with older people
Gibson G & Thompson TL (2018) Data and data analytics: New accountabilities and ethics for care work with older people. 2nd Digital Health & Wellbeing Conference 2018, 01.05.2018-03.05.2018.
Article
The making of mobilities in online work-learning practices
Thompson TL (2018) The making of mobilities in online work-learning practices. New Media and Society, 20 (3), pp. 1031-1046. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444816678946
Article
Learning analytics: challenges and limitations
Wilson A, Watson C, Thompson TL, Drew V & Doyle S (2017) Learning analytics: challenges and limitations. Teaching in Higher Education, 22 (8), pp. 991-1007. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2017.1332026
Article
Small data, online learning and assessment practices in higher education: a case study of failure?
Watson C, Wilson A, Drew V & Thompson TL (2017) Small data, online learning and assessment practices in higher education: a case study of failure?. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 42 (7), pp. 1030-1045. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2016.1223834
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Thompson TL (2017) Datafication of professional practices: A posthuman exploration of new accountabilities and fluencies. 10th International conference on Research, Work and Learning (RWL), 06.12.2017-08.12.2017.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Doing media research in a posthuman world: Interviewing objects
Adams C, Thompson TL, Buterman J, Coleman K, Couteret L & Lemermeyer G (2017) Doing media research in a posthuman world: Interviewing objects. 18th Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association, 22.06.2017-25.06.2017.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Oosterhoff A, Thompson T, Minnaert A & Oenema-Mostert I (2017) ‘It’s not a paper kid’: An ANT analysis of tensions and contradictory practices in early childhood education. 3rd International ProPEL Conference 2017, 14.06.2017-16.06.2017.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Digital data andprofessional practices: A posthuman exploration of new responsibilities and tensions
Thompson TL (2017) Digital data and professional practices: A posthuman exploration of new responsibilities and tensions. 3rd International ProPEL Conference 2017, 14.06.2017-16.06.2017.
Article
Big data and learning analytics: Singular or plural?
Wilson A, Thompson TL, Watson C, Drew V & Doyle S (2017) Big data and learning analytics: Singular or plural?. First Monday, 22 (4). http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/6872/6089#author
Article
Digital doings: curating work–learning practices and ecologies
Thompson TL (2016) Digital doings: curating work–learning practices and ecologies. Learning, Media and Technology, 41 (3), pp. 480-500. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2015.1064957
Authored Book
Researching a posthuman world: Interviews with digital objects
Adams C & Thompson TL (2016) Researching a posthuman world: Interviews with digital objects. London: Palgrave MacMilllan. http://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9781137571618; https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57162-5
Article
Criticality and the exercise of politeness in online spaces for professional learning
Watson C, Wilson A, Drew V & Thompson TL (2016) Criticality and the exercise of politeness in online spaces for professional learning. Internet and Higher Education, 31, pp. 43-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2016.06.002
Conference Paper (published)
The making of mobilities in online work-learning practices
Thompson TL (2016) The making of mobilities in online work-learning practices. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Networked Learning. 10th International Conference on Networked Learning, 09.05.2016-11.05.2016. Lancaster.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Making different connections differently. The role of critical colleagues in online modules.
Thompson T (2015) Making different connections differently. The role of critical colleagues in online modules.. Scottish Educational Research Conference, Aberdeen, 2015-2015.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Thompson TL & Adams C (2015) Interviewing the digital materialities of posthuman inquiry: Decoding the encoding of research practices. 9th International Conference on Researching Work and Learning, 09.12.2015-11.12.2015.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Digital doings on the move: Curating work-learning practices and ecologies
Thompson TL (2015) Digital doings on the move: Curating work-learning practices and ecologies. 9th International Conference on Researching Work and Learning, 09.12.2015-11.12.2015.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Making different connections differently. The role of critical colleagues in online modules
Thompson TL & Doyle S (2015) Making different connections differently. The role of critical colleagues in online modules. Scottish Educational Research Association 40th Annual Conference, 18.11.2015-20.11.2015.
Article
Actor Network Theory and adult education
Thompson TL (2015) Actor Network Theory and adult education. Lifelong Learning in Europe, (1/2015). http://www.elmmagazine.eu/articles/actor-network-theory-and-adult-education
Conference Paper (unpublished)
The making of mobilities: Co-authoring presences and absences in online work-learning practices
Thompson T (2015) The making of mobilities: Co-authoring presences and absences in online work-learning practices. Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC), 04.2015-04.2015.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Opening critical spaces for professional learning: Online pedagogy and assessment
Thompson T, Watson C, Drew V, Doyle S, Smith S & Wilson A (2015) Opening critical spaces for professional learning: Online pedagogy and assessment. University of Stirling Learning and Teaching Conference, 04.2015-04.2015.
Conference Paper (published)
Mobile work-learning: Spatial re-orderings and digital fluencies
Thompson T (2014) Mobile work-learning: Spatial re-orderings and digital fluencies. In: Bayne S, Jones C, de Laat M, Ryberg T & Sinclair C (eds.) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Networked Learning. 9th International Conference on Networked Learning, Edinburgh, 07.04.2014-09.04.2014. Lancaster: Networked Learning Conference, pp. 541-546. http://www.networkedlearningconference.org.uk/past/nlc2014/abstracts/pdf/thompson2.pdf
Project Report
Report on the Digital and Youth Learning unConference and Scholar Knowledge Exchange
Thompson T & Vetter T (2014) Report on the Digital and Youth Learning unConference and Scholar Knowledge Exchange. IDRC. Canada. http://hdl.handle.net/10625/53740
Manual / Guide
Thompson T & Crichton S (2014) The unConference Toolkit. [Online Toolkit]. Okanagan, BC, Canada: University of British Columbia.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Decoding the materialities and mobilities of professional learning practices
Thompson T (2014) Decoding the materialities and mobilities of professional learning practices. 2nd International ProPEL (Professional Practice, Education and Learning) Conference, Stirling, 06.2014-06.2014.
Conference Paper (published)
Adams C & Thompson T (2014) Interviewing the digital materialities of posthuman inquiry: Decoding the encoding of research practices. In: Bayne S, Jones C, de Laat M, Ryberg T & Sinclair C (eds.) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Networked Learning 2014. 9th International Conference on Networked Learning, Edinburgh, 07.04.2014-09.04.2014. Lancaster: Networked Learning Conference. https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fss/organisations/netlc/past/nlc2014/abstracts/pdf/adams.pdf
Conference Paper (published)
The uncodings of ANT: Mobilities of digital data
Thompson T (2014) The uncodings of ANT: Mobilities of digital data. In: Bayne S, Jones C, de Laat M, Ryberg T & Sinclair C (eds.) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Networked Learning 2014. 9th International Conference on Networked Learning, Edinburgh, 07.04.2014-09.04.2014. Lancaster: Networked Learning Conference, pp. 431-433. https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fss/organisations/netlc/past/nlc2014/abstracts/pdf/thompson.pdf
Book Chapter
Thompson TL (2013) Exegetical Commentary [on "Weaving and anchoring the arts into curriculum: The evolving curriculum processes" by See, T L, & Ponnusamy, L D]. In: Lum C (ed.) Contextualized Practices in Arts Education: An International Dialogue on Singapore. Education Innovation Series. Singapore: Springer Singapore, pp. 251-255. https://www.springer.com/gb/book/9789814560542
Article
Speaking with things: Encoded researchers, social data, and other posthuman concoctions
Thompson TL & Adams C (2013) Speaking with things: Encoded researchers, social data, and other posthuman concoctions. Distinktion: Scandinavian Journal of Social Theory, 14 (3), pp. 342-361. https://doi.org/10.1080/1600910X.2013.838182
Authored Book
Introduction to Research: Demystifying the process
MacDonald CJ, Stodel E, Thompson TL, Archibald D & Sun R (2013) Introduction to Research: Demystifying the process. eBook ed. Ottawa, Canada: CollaLearning Corp. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Research-Demystifying-Process-ebook/dp/B00EO5MGCC
Conference Paper (unpublished)
The materiality of pedagogy: Theoretical contributions and conundrums of Actor Network Theory
Thompson T (2013) The materiality of pedagogy: Theoretical contributions and conundrums of Actor Network Theory. Policies, practices, knowledges and other “things” in education: A panel on socio-material approaches to educational research symposium, Victoria, Canada, 2013-06.2013.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Digital doings: Reshaping mobilities of online adult work-learning practices
Thompson T (2013) Digital doings: Reshaping mobilities of online adult work-learning practices. 7th European Research Conference: European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA), Berlin, 09.2013-09.2013.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Digital doing: Curating online work-learning practices
Thompson T (2013) Digital doing: Curating online work-learning practices. Technologies of Work and Learning: (In)visibilities symposium, Stirling, 06.2013-06.2013.
Book Chapter
Who’s Taming Who? Tensions Between People and Technologies in Cyberspace Communities
Thompson TL (2012) Who’s Taming Who? Tensions Between People and Technologies in Cyberspace Communities. In: Dirckinck-Holmfeld L L, Hodgson V & McConnell D (eds.) Exploring the theory, pedagogy and practice of Networked Learning. New York: Springer, pp. 157-172. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-0496-5_9
Article
(Re/dis)assembling learning practices online with fluid objects and spaces
Thompson TL (2012) (Re/dis)assembling learning practices online with fluid objects and spaces. Studies in Continuing Education, 34 (3), pp. 251-266. https://doi.org/10.1080/0158037X.2011.613377
Article
I’m deleting as fast as I can: Negotiating learning practices in cyberspace
Thompson TL (2012) I’m deleting as fast as I can: Negotiating learning practices in cyberspace. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 20 (1), pp. 93-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2012.649417
Article
Work-learning in informal online communities: Evolving spaces
Thompson TL (2011) Work-learning in informal online communities: Evolving spaces. Information Technology and People, 24 (2), pp. 184-196. https://doi.org/10.1108/09593841111137359
Article
Interviewing objects: Including educational technologies as qualitative research participants
Adams C & Thompson TL (2011) Interviewing objects: Including educational technologies as qualitative research participants. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 24 (6), pp. 733-750. https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2010.529849
Article
Self-employed and online: (Re)negotiating work-learning practices
Thompson TL (2010) Self-employed and online: (Re)negotiating work-learning practices. Journal of Workplace Learning, 22 (6), pp. 360-375. https://doi.org/10.1108/13665621011063478
Article
Grounding theories of W(e)Learn: A framework for online interprofessional education
Casimiro L, MacDonald CJ, Thompson TL & Stodel E (2009) Grounding theories of W(e)Learn: A framework for online interprofessional education. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 23 (4), pp. 390-400. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820902744098
Article
W(e)Learn: A framework for online interprofessional education
MacDonald CJ, Stodel E, Thompson TL & Casimiro L (2009) W(e)Learn: A framework for online interprofessional education. International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, 5 (1), pp. 33-47. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEH.2009.026271
Book Chapter
Addressing the eLearning contradiction
MacDonald CJ, Stodel E, Thompson TL, Muirhead W & Hinton C (2009) Addressing the eLearning contradiction. In: Rogers P, Berg G, Boettcher J, Howard C, Justice L & Schenk K (eds.) Encyclopedia of distance learning, Volume 1. 2nd ed. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, pp. 33-39. http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/addressing-learning-contradiction/11732
Book Chapter
A case study exploring quality standards for quality e-learning
MacDonald CJ & Thompson TL (2009) A case study exploring quality standards for quality e-learning. In: Rogers P, Berg G, Boettcher J, Howard C, Justice L & Schenk K (eds.) Encyclopedia of distance learning, Volume I. 2nd ed. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, pp. 232-240. http://www.igi-global.com/book/encyclopedia-distance-learning-second-edition/352
Book Chapter
Thompson TL & Kanuka H (2009) Establishing communities of practice for effective and sustainable professional development for blended learning. In: Stacey E & Gerbic P (eds.) Effective blended learning practices: Evidence-based perspectives in ICT-facilitated education. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, pp. 144-162. http://www.igi-global.com/book/effective-blended-learning-practices/301
Book Chapter
Thompson TL (2008) The virtual classroom @ work. In: Zemliansky P & St AK (eds.) Handbook of research on virtual workplaces and the new nature of business practices. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, pp. 272-288. http://www.igi-global.com/book/handbook-research-virtual-workplaces-new/516
Article
Stodel E, Thompson TL & MacDonald CJ (2006) Learners' perspectives on what is missing from online learning: Interpretations through the community of inquiry framework. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 7 (3). http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/325
Article
Thompson TL & MacDonald CJ (2005) Community building, emergent design and expecting the unexpected: Creating a quality eLearning experience. Internet and Higher Education, 8 (3), pp. 233-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2005.06.004
Article
MacDonald CJ, Stodel E, Thompson TL, Muirhead W, Hinton C, Carson B & Banit E (2005) Addressing the eLearning contradiction: A collaborative approach for developing a conceptual framework learning object. Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects, 1 (1), pp. 79-98. http://www.ijklo.org/Volume1/v1p079-098McDonald.pdf
Article
Structure, content, delivery, service, and outcomes: Quality e-Learning in higher education
MacDonald CJ & Thompson TL (2005) Structure, content, delivery, service, and outcomes: Quality e-Learning in higher education. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 6 (2). http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/237/852
