Dr Rosanne English
Principal Teaching Fellow
Computer and Information Sciences
Personal statement
I am a Principal Teaching Fellow in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences. My job focuses on teaching and learning in computer science, in particular my role currently involves the development and delivery of departmental strategy relating to learning and teaching, leadership of teaching committee, and cyber security teaching. In teaching computer science my primary goal is to develop students' ability to be computational thinkers. I believe this can be achieved by encouraging deep learning of the subject material and developing students as independent learners. To help develop students as independent learners I adopt a student-centred approach. To achieve this I use a number of mechanisms. One example is "interactive windows" as defined by Huxham (2005) where at most 10 minutes of content is delivered followed by activities such as paired discussions, problem solving, and quiz questions. As well as my day to day teaching and learning activities, I am also interested in the pedagogy of computer science. I am eager to explore how we can achieve more effective and efficient assessment and feedback and my work has covered aspects such as blended learning, plagiarism and continuous assessment.
Prize And Awards
- Senior Fellowship
- Recipient
- 18/7/2024
- Associate Dean of Learning Enhancement, Faculty of Science 2019- 2023
- Recipient
- 1/10/2019
Publications
- Embedding Scientific Learning Strategies in Disciplines
- English Rosanne, Miller Ainsley, Stewart Ryan
- (2026)
- Scaffolding work-integrated learning through personalised portfolio pathways
- Macdonald Fraser, English Rosanne
- INTED2026 Proceedings 20th Annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference INTED Proceedings (2025)
- From Marco to Maria : Ten years of the Computing Education Practice Conference
- Bradley Steven, English Rosanne, Fincher Sally, Hull Duncan, Zarb Mark
- Proceedings of Koli Calling 25th International Conference on Computing Education Research (Koli Calling ’25) Koli Calling (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3769994.3770003
- Authentic assessment design in science – A case study of three approaches
- English Rosanne, Miller Ainsley, Carlysle-Davies Felicity, Ceniccola-Campos Kristin
- (2025)
- Themes in the declared use of generative artificial intelligence in assessment
- Maguire Joseph, English Rosanne, Cao Qi, Kiat Seow Chee
- Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Computing Education Practice (CEP 2025) Computing Eduction Practice 2025, pp. 17-20 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3702212.3702217
- Principles for inclusive assessment design in cybersecurity education
- English Rosanne, Maguire Joseph, Wilde Adriana
- Advances in Teaching and Learning for Cyber Security Education Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, pp. 192-212 (2024)
Professional Activities
- Documenting Effective Practice in Academic Computing Teaching Workshop
- Organiser
- 7/1/2026
- Richmond American University London (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 1/2026
- Scottish Computing Education Committee (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 12/2025
- Computing Education Practice 2026 (Event)
- Peer reviewer
- 9/2025
- The Future of Technology in Learning and Teaching
- Speaker
- 19/6/2025
- Designing MCQs for Higher Order Thinking
- Recipient
- 27/5/2025
Projects
- Supporting Development of Impactful Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Practice in Context
- English, Rosanne (Principal Investigator)
- 05-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2026
- Re-engaging Students in Learning Development through Subject Specific Resources
- English, Rosanne (Principal Investigator) Ciocarlan, Cristian (Co-investigator) Miller, Ainsley (Co-investigator) Stewart, Ryan (Co-investigator) Vaughan, Helen (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Inclusive Cyber Education for Learners Returning to HE
- English, Rosanne (Principal Investigator)
- This project is the result of the e3 Tech Grant awarded by Echo360. In it, we are exploring the use of echo learning software to support students from a range of backgrounds in reacclimatising to higher education.
Two years with software equivalent funding ($5000 USD each year), totalling $10000 equivalent. - 28-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2025
- Student Resilience: Exploring Inclusivity Impact Engagement with Student Resilience Toolkit
- English, Rosanne (Principal Investigator) Willison, Debra (Co-investigator)
- £720 internally competitive funding. This QAA Enhancement Theme Funded Project reviewed the resilience toolkit from a previously funded project to identify any inclusion and equality concerns not addressed in the original project.
- 05-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2023
- The Impact of Dyslexia on Learning to Program
- English, Rosanne (Principal Investigator) Weir, Catriona (Post Grad Student)
- 03-Jan-2022
- Science Assessment and Feedback
- English, Rosanne (Principal Investigator) Willison, Debra (Principal Investigator)
- This project explored best practice in assessment and feedback in the Faculty of Science, and identified how it aligned with research in the field.
- 06-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2022
Contact
Dr
Rosanne
English
Principal Teaching Fellow
Computer and Information Sciences
Email: rosanne.english@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4301