Staff Profile

I have worked in the School of Computing since 2005, starting as a Teaching Fellow on the HEFCE funded Centre for Excellence in Learning project: Active Learning in Computing. I was appointed to Lecturer in 2012. I am a Senior Fellow of the HEA and became the Director of Education for the School in 2017. I was appointed Senior Lecturer in 2018 and Associate Dean (Undergraduate) SAgE Faculty in January 2019. I became Deputy Head of the School of Computing in January 2022 and was promoted to Reader in Computer Science Education in August 2023.

Areas of expertise: Software Engineering Competency, Technology Enhanced Learning, Assessment and Feedback in Computing, Computer Science teaching in Schools.

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I teach

CSC8008 Information Systems

Previous modules include:

CSC8005 Software Engineering Group Project (MSc Comp. Sci.)

CSC2022 Software Engineering Team Project  (UG)

CSC3095 Project and Dissertation in Computing

My research area includes Methods for Assessing Software Engineering Competency, Technology-Enhanced Learning in Computer Science Education and Assessment and Feedback in Higher Education (including Metacognition, Peer Assessment and Ipsative Assessment). 

• Articles

  • Allen B, McGough AS, Devlin M. Toward a Framework for Teaching Artificial Intelligence to a Higher Education Audience. ACM Transactions on Computing Education 2022, 22(2), 1-29.
  • Qarabash H, Heslop P, Kharrufa A, Balaam M, Devlin M. Group tagging: Using video tagging to facilitate reflection on small group activities. British Journal of Educational Technology 2019, 50(4), 1913-1928.
  • Scharff L, Draeger J, Verpoorten D, Devlin M, Dvorakova L, Lodge J, Smith S. Exploring Metacognition as Support for Learning Transfer. Teaching & Learning Inquiry 2017, 5(1), 1-14, 1-8.
  • Charlton T, Devlin M, Drummond S. Using Facebook to improve communication in undergraduate software development teams. Computer Science Education 2009, 19(4), 273-292.
  • Devlin M, Drummond S, Hatch A. Using Collaborative Technology in CS Education to facilitate Cross-Site Software Development. Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics 2008, 6(6), 1-6.
  • Pears A, Seidman S, Malmi L, Mannila L, Adams E, Bennedsen J, Devlin M, Paterson J. A survey of literature on the teaching of introductory programming. Inroads - SIGCSE Bulletin 2007, 39(4), 204-223.

• Book Chapters

  • Devlin M, Marshall LF, Phillips C. Fair Assessment of Contribution and Process in Student Team Projects. In: Whatley J; Nerantzi C, ed. Teaching with Team Projects in Higher Education. Santa Rosa, California: Informing Science Press, 2016, pp.89-106.
  • Devlin M, Scott T. Using a Speech Technology Agent as an Interface for E-Commerce. In: Liu, J., Ye, Y, ed. E-Commerce Agents: Marketplace Solutions, Security Issues, and Supply and Demand. Berlin; New York: Springer-Verlag, 2001, pp.332-346.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Devlin Marie. Keynote - Subject to Change: A Computing Education Research Journey. In: UKICER '23: Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research. 2023, Swansea Wales Uk: Association for Computing Machinery,New York, NY, United States.
  • Cutts Q, Kallia M, Anderson R, Crick T, Devlin M, Farghally M, Mirolo C, Kobro Runde R, Seppälä O, Urquiza-Fuentes J, Vahrenhold J. Considering Computing Education in Undergraduate Computer Science Programmes. In: ITiCSE 2023: Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. 2023, Turku Finland: Association for Computing Machinery.
  • Cutts Q, Kallia M, Anderson R, Crick T, Devlin M, Farghally M, Mirolo C, Kobro-Runde R, Seppala O, Varenhold J, Urquiza-Fuentes J. Arguments for and Approaches to Computing Education in Undergraduate Computer Science Programmes. In: ITiCSE-WGR '23: Proceedings of the 2023 Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. 2023, Turku, Finland: Association for Computing Machinery.
  • Allen B, Devlin M, McGough AS. Using the One Minute Paper to Gain Insight into Potential Threshold Concepts in Artificial Intelligence Courses. In: CEP '21: Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Computing Education Practice. 2021, Durham, UK (Online): ACM.
  • Alkhalifa A, Devlin M. Student Perspectives of Peer Assessment in Programming Courses. In: UKICER '21: United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research conference. 2021, Online: Association for Computing Machinery New York NY United States.
  • Al-Khalifa AK, Devlin M. Evaluating a Peer Assessment Approach in Introductory Programming Courses. In: UKICER '20: United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research conference. 2020, Glasgow: Association for Computing Machinery.
  • Barnes J, Colquhoun J, Devlin M, Heels L, Lord P, Marshall L, Napier C, Solaiman E, Speirs N, Talbot L, Ushaw G, Witty C. Designing a Portfolio-Oriented Curriculum using Problem Based Learning. In: CEP 2020: Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Computing Education Practice. 2020, Durham, United Kingdom: ACM.
  • Russo-Abegao F, Venn-Wycherley M, Vasilchenko A, Dyson M, O'Malley C, Law R, Adamson H, Joyce S, Norman R, Goss J, Devlin M. Teaching Students How to Code Using Physical Computing Tools. In: ChemEngDay 2019. 2019, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Phillips C, Devlin M, Napier C. Taught modules are dead, long live assessment modules. In: Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE 2019). 2019, Malaysia: APAIE.
  • Heels L, Devlin M. Investigating the Role Choice of Female Students in a Software Engineering Team Project. In: CEP '19: Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Computing Education Practice. 2019, Durham, United Kingdom: ACM.
  • Vasilchenko A, Wilde A, Snow S, Balaam M, Devlin M. Video Coursework: Opportunity and Challenge for HCI Education. In: AVI '18: 2018 International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces. 2018, Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy: ACM.
  • Devlin M, Marshall LF, Phillips C. Fair Assessment of Contribution and Process In Student Team Projects. In: Informing Science + Information Technology Education Conference. 2017, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
  • Devlin M, Heels L, Marshall LF. It's the transition that's troublesome. In: HEA STEM Annual Learning and Teaching Conference. 2014, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Colquhoun J, Devlin M, Marshall L. SHAPE your CLASS: Improving the Lecture Experience. In: Learning & Teaching Research Conference (CLTR). 2011, Ormskirk, Lancashire.
  • Phillips C, Devlin M. Helping Students Understand Programming through Active Learning. In: Tenth International Workshop on Active Learning in Engineering Education. 2011, Santiago, Chile: Escuela de Ingenieria Universidad de Chile.
  • Devlin M, Phillips C, Marshall L. The Impact of Peer Assessment on Academic Success. In: 11th Annual Conference of the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences. 2010, Durham University: The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences.
  • Gorra A, Finaly J, Devlin M, Lavery J, Neagle R, Ross JS, Charlton T, Boyle R. Learning with Technology: What do Students Want?. In: 5th International Conference on e-Learning. 2010, Penang, Malaysia: Academic Conferences Ltd.
  • Charlton T, Devlin M, Marshall L, Drummond S. Encouraging Interaction and Status Awareness in Undergraduate Software Engineering Projects: The Role of Social Networking Services. In: IEEE Engineering Education. 2010, Madrid, Spain: Universidad Politecnica de Madrid.
  • Devlin M, Phillips C. Collaborating with Industry to Improve Realism and Employability in Undergraduate Software Engineering. In: International Conference on Engineering Education. 2010, Gliwice, Poland.
  • Devlin M, Phillips C. Assessing Competency in Undergraduate Software Engineering Teams. In: IEEE Education Engineering Conference (EDUCON). 2010, Madrid, Spain: Universidad Politecnica de Madrid.
  • Devlin M, Phillips C, Marshall L. Web 2.0, Technology Ownership and e-Learning in Computing Science. In: 4th International Conference on e-Learning. 2009, University of Toronto, Canada: Academic Publishing Limited.
  • Vemury C, Devlin M. Personalised Approach to Learner Autonomy. In: Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education. 2009, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia: Australasian Association for Engineering Education.
  • Devlin M, Phillips C, Marshall L. Assessment in Software Engineering- Towards a new Framework for Group Projects. In: Proceedings of the ICEE & ICEER 2009 Korea International Conference on Engineering Education and Research. 2009, Seoul, Korea: Se Yung Lim, Korea University of Technology and Education.
  • Devlin M, Drummond S, Hatch A. Using Collaborative Technology in CS Education to facilitate Cross-Site Software Development. In: 2nd International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics (IMSCI 2008). 2008, Orlando, Florida, USA: International Institute of Informatics and Systematics.
  • Devlin M, Phillips C, Marshall L. Organised Chaos - Learning Outcomes from trialling Active Learning Methods in Computing Science. In: International Conference in Engineering Education. New Challenges in Engineering Education and Research in the 21st Century. 2008, Pécs-Budapest, Hungary: Pollack Mihály Faculty of Engineering, University of Pécs.
  • Devlin M, Drummond S, Phillips C, Marshall L. Improving Assessment in Software Engineering Student Team Projects. In: 9th Annual Conference of the Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences. 2008, Liverpool Hope University, UK: Higher Education Academy, Subject Centre for ICS.
  • Charlton T, Marshall L, Devlin M. Evaluating the extent to which sociability and social presence affects learning performance. In: 13th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITICSE 08). 2008, Madrid, Spain: ACM.
  • Devlin M, Phillips C, Marshall L. Making Computing Science Students More Employable with Problem-Based Learning and Cross-Site Teamwork. In: International Conference on Engineering Education and Research (iCEER). 2007, Melbourne, Australia: International Network for Engineering and Education Research.
  • Drummond S, Devlin M. Software Engineering Students' Cross-Site Collaboration: An Experience Report. In: 7th Annual Conference of the Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences. 2006, Trinity College, Dublin: Higher Education Academy, Subject Centre for ICS.
  • Devlin M, Marshall L, Phillips C. Active Learning in Computing: Engaging Learners in a Cross-Site Team Project. In: SOLSTICE Conference 2006. 2006, Edge Hill, Ormskirk: Edge Hill Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.

• Reports

  • Devlin M, Phillips C, Marshall L. Organised Chaos - Learning Outcomes from trialling Active Learning Methods in Computing Science. Newcastle upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2008. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1110.
  • Devlin M, Drummond S, Phillips C, Marshall L. Improving Assessment in Software Engineering Student Team Projects. Newcastle upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2008. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1111.
  • Devlin M, Drummond S, Hatch A. Using Collaborative Technology in CS Education to facilitate Cross-Site Software Development. Newcastle upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2007. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1060.
  • Drummond S, Devlin M. Software Engineering Students’ Cross-site Collaboration: An Experience Report. Newcastle upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2007. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 996.
  • Devlin M, Phillips C, Marshall L. Making Computing Science Students More Employable with Problem-Based Learning and Cross-Site TeamWork. Newcastle upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2007. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1055.
  • Devlin M, Marshall L, Phillips C. Active Learning in Computing: Engaging Learners in a Cross-Site Team Project. Newcastle upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2007. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 997.