Research Interests



My research interests span the areas of social media, eLearning, mobile computing and mixed reality. I currently have the following PhD students:

Balsam Alsugair

Balsam is currently looking at the use of mobile devices in supporting peer-to-peer learning in key stage 3 children.

Reem Alwashmi

Reem is investigating the effectiveness of collaborative games for learning in key stage 2 children.

Zenah Alkubaisy

Zenah is researching into the use of persuasive technologies for social responsibility.

Sara Almudauh

Sara is focussing how social visualisation might be used to support community building in social networks.

Wesam Shishah

Wesam is researching into location-based services for learning.


I am also second supervisor for the following PhD students:

Abdullah Alturki

Mas Idayu Md Sabri