Dr Frances Tracy
School of Education
Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies
Email: F.E.Tracy@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 5451
My current role is Head of Professional Learning and Enterprise for the School of Education, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies. I oversee a broad portfolio of partnerships with schools, colleges, training institutes and private universities, locally and internationally. I also support the development of new professional learning opportunities for educators across a broad range of sectors. I have an inter-disciplinary background and have supported teaching and learning in Education and Early Childhood Studies at LJMU for several years. My research has focussed on participatory research projects in higher education, often including the development and use of educational technologies to support teaching and learning. I currently use that experience in seeking funding to support the enhancement of professional development which enriches professional careers in education.
Degrees
2008, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, MA Education Research
2005, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, PhD Plant Stress Physiology
2001, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom, MSc Plant Breeding and Biotechnology- Distinction
2000, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, BSc (Hons.) Plant Life Science- 2(I)
Certifications
2022, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, ILM Level 5 Certificate in Leadership
2014, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, PGCert in Learning, Teaching and Assessing in Higher Education
Academic appointments
Head of Professional Learning and Enterprise, School of Education, Liverpool John Moores University, 2022 - present
Subject Head Education and Early Childhood Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, 2016 - 2022
Senior Lecturer Education Studies and Early Childhood Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, 2011 - 2016
Highlighted publications
Shukor NA, Noor NMD, MA’ROF AM, HALIM NDABD, McLain MN, Downes G, Rothwell P, Tracy F. 2023. Designing an Online Course on Learning Analytics for Educators: Preliminary Insights from a Scoping Review Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Computers in Education, International Conference on Computers in Education :899-901 Publisher Url Public Url
Carmichael P, Tracy FE. 2020. Networks of Knowledge, Students as Producers, and Politicised Inquiry Bonderup, Dohn N, Jandric P, Ryberg T, de Laat M. Mobility, Data and Learner Agency in Networked Learning :117-135 Springer DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Tracy FE, Carmichael P. 2017. Disrupting the Dissertation: Linked-Data, Crowd-sourcing and Algorithmic Culture E-Learning and Digital Media, 14 :163-182 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Tracy FE. 2016. Problematising Participatory Research for Developing Semantic Web Technologies Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Networked Learning 2016, Edited by:, Networked Learning Conference Publisher Url Public Url
Tracy FE, Jordan K. 2012. Students as designers of semantic web applications Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 21 :171-188 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Tracy F, Carmichael P. 2010. Research Ethics and Participatory Research in an Interdisciplinary Technology-Enhanced Learning Project International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 3 :245-257 DOI
Conference publication
Shukor NA, Noor NMD, Ma’Rof AM, Halim NDABD, McLain M, Rothwell P, Downes G, Tracy F. 2023. Designing an Online Course on Learning Analytics for Educators: Preliminary Insights from a Scoping Review 31st International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2023 - Proceedings, 2 :899-901
Shukor NA, Noor NMD, MA’ROF AM, HALIM NDABD, McLain MN, Downes G, Rothwell P, Tracy F. 2023. Designing an Online Course on Learning Analytics for Educators: Preliminary Insights from a Scoping Review Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Computers in Education, International Conference on Computers in Education :899-901 Publisher Url Public Url
Tracy FE, Jensen J. 2016. Symposium on Designs for Learning with the Semantic Web http://www.networkedlearningconference.org.uk/abstracts/tracy_symposium.htm, Networked Learning Conference
Tracy FE. 2016. Problematising Participatory Research for Developing Semantic Web Technologies Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Networked Learning 2016, Edited by:, Networked Learning Conference Publisher Url Public Url
Money J, Tracy FE, Hennessy C, Nixon S, Ball E. 2016. Student Expectations: what is university really about? Innovations in Practice, 10 Publisher Url Public Url
Tracy F, Daly A, Jepson J. 2015. Developing the Bright Research Network LJMU Teaching and Learning Conference 2015 Book of Abstracts, Liverpool John Moores University Teaching and Learning Conference 2015
Matsom H, Stott T, Tracy F. 2013. The Development of an e-Portfolio for Competency based Training Assessment for a Malaysian Skills Diploma Program http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/Link.aspx?doi=10.5220/0004350003860392, 5th International Conference on Computer Supported Education :386-392 DOI Publisher Url
Tracy F, Carmichael P. 2009. Research Ethics and Participatory Research in an Interdisciplinary Technology-Enhanced Learning Project BERA Conference, September 2009, Manchester, DOI Publisher Url
Tscholl M, Tracy F, Carmichael P. 2009. Case Methods, Pedagogical Innovation and Semantic Technologies SEMHE Symposium, EC-TEL Conference, September 2009, Nice,
Tracy FE, Jordan K. 2007. Reshaping Academic Practice and Relationships within the Department Of Plant Sciences http://www.srhe.ac.uk/conference2007/papers/IND0070IRVINE.pdf, Annual Conference of the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE)
Tracy FE, Jordan K, Johnstone K. 2007. Using the Wiki the Wrong Way: a Case Study in Plant Sciences http://www.scribd.com/doc/101748/Chaired-Panel-2-Frances-Tracy, SOLSTICE Conference, May 2007,
Irvine N, Tracy F, Carmichael P. 2007. Developing a Research Community in Higher Education: from Student Feedback to Knowledge Construction EARLI Conference, August 2007, Budapest,
Tracy F, Jordan K, Johnstone K, Carmichael P. 2007. Using Evidence informed Approaches to Create Online Learning Resources BLU Conference, 14th June 2007, University of Hertfordshire,
Carmichael P, Irvine N, Jordan K, Johnstone K, Tracy F, Truscott H. 2006. Enhancing Small Group Teaching in Plant Sciences: A Research and Development Project in Higher Education BERA Conference, September 2006, Warwick,
Patel U, Tracy FE. Grappling with semantics technologies in participatory design: Multiplicity and ambivalence Computer Assisted Learning Annual Conference Author Url
Tracy F, McLain M, Garden A, Bodfield K. The Self-Determination of Teachers Post COVID-19 Pandemic British Educational Research Association Conference
Tracy F, Downes G. Lessons learned during lockdown- what to keep online beyond the crisis? ALT-C
Tracy F, Garden A, McLain M. Educators’ Views, Experiences and Preferences for Continuing Professional Development in a Post-COVID Environment British Educational Research Association Conference Publisher Url
Chapters
Carmichael P, Tracy FE. 2020. Networks of Knowledge, Students as Producers, and Politicised Inquiry Bonderup, Dohn N, Jandric P, Ryberg T, de Laat M. Mobility, Data and Learner Agency in Networked Learning :117-135 Springer DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Carmichael P, Johnstone K, Tracy F, Jordan K, Truscott H. 2007. Developing Evidence-Informed Practice in Undergraduate Teaching and Learning at the University of Cambridge Good D, Greenwald S, Cox R. University Cooperation for Innovation: Lessons from the Cambridge-MIT Institute Sense Publishers. Rotterdam
Carmichael P, Johnstone K, Tracy F, Jordan K, Burchmore H. 2007. Threshold Concepts: an Emerging Interdisciplinary Research Agenda in Higher Education Research Good D, Greenwald S, Cox R. University Cooperation for Innovation: Lessons from the Cambridge-MIT Institute Sense Publishers. Rotterdam
Journal article
Tracy FE, Carmichael P. 2017. Disrupting the Dissertation: Linked-Data, Crowd-sourcing and Algorithmic Culture E-Learning and Digital Media, 14 :163-182 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Money J, Nixon S, Tracy FE, Hennessy C, Ball E, Dinning TM. 2017. Undergraduate student expectations of university in the United Kingdom: What really matters to them? Cogent Education, 4 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Mat Som H, Duggan P, Tracy FE, Stott TA. 2015. E-Portfolio Development and Implementation in Malaysian Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET): A Mixed Methods Analysis of Stakeholders' and Students' perceptions International Journal of Arts & Sciences, 8 :243-261 Publisher Url Public Url
Martinez Garcia A, Morris S, Tracy F, Tscholl M, Carmichael WP. 2012. Case Based Learning, Pedagogical Innovation and Semantic Web Technologies IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 5 :104-116 DOI Publisher Url
Frankham J, Tracy F. 2012. Troubling the field of service user involvement in research Contemporary Social Science, 7 :73-89 DOI Publisher Url
Lally V, Sharples M, Bertram M, Masters S, Tracy FE. 2012. Researching the ethical dimensions of mobile, ubiquitous, and immersive technology enhanced learning (MUITEL) in informal settings: a thematic review and dialogue Interactive Learning Environments, :1-22 Author Url
Frankham J, Tracy FE. 2012. TROUBLING THE FIELD OF PARTICIPATORY OR SERVICE USER INVOLVEMENT IN RESEARCH Contemporary Social Science, 7 :73-89 DOI Author Url
Tracy FE, Jordan K. 2012. Students as designers of semantic web applications Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 21 :171-188 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Lally V, Sharples M, Tracy F, Bertram N, Masters S. 2012. Researching the ethical dimensions of mobile, ubiquitous and immersive technology enhanced learning (MUITEL): a thematic review and dialogue INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, 20 :217-238 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Jordan K, Tracy FE, Johnstone K. 2011. Threshold Concepts as Focal Points for Supporting Student Learning Bioscience Education Electronic Journal, 18 :35-41 Author Url
Edwards R, Tracy FE, Jordan K. 2011. Mobilities, moorings and boundary marking in developing semantic technologies in educational practices Research in Learning Technology, 19 :219-232 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Tracy F, Carmichael P. 2010. Research ethics and participatory research in an interdisciplinary technology-enhanced learning project International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 33 :245-257 DOI Publisher Url
Tracy F, Carmichael P. 2010. Research Ethics and Participatory Research in an Interdisciplinary Technology-Enhanced Learning Project International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 3 :245-257 DOI
Rowland O, Ludwig AA, Merrick CJ, Baillieul F, Tracy FE, Durrant WE, Fritz-Laylin L, Nekrasov V, Sjolander K, Yoshioka H, Jones JDG. 2005. Functional analysis of Avr9/Cf-9 rapidly elicited genes identifies a protein kinase, ACIK1, that is essential for full Cf-9-dependent disease resistance in tomato PLANT CELL, 17 :295-310 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Martinez Garcia A, Morris S, Tscholl M, Tracy F, Carmichael P. Case Based Learning, Pedagogical Innovation and Semantic Web Technologies Transactions on Learning Technologies, DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Tracy FE, Gilliham M, Dodd AN, Webb AA, Tester M. NaCl-induced changes in cytosolic free Ca2+ in Arabidopsis thaliana are heterogeneous and modified by external ionic composition. PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT, 31 :1063-1073 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Report
Bath C, Hirst N, Boyd D, Tracy F, Curtis L, Daly A. 2015. Exploring and Developing Hubs of Early Years Practice and CPD Final Research Report Publisher Url
Bath C, Nirst N, Boyd D, Tracy F, Daly A, Forrester G, Curtis L. 2014. Exploring and Developing Regional Hubs of Early Years Practice and CPD Exploring and Developing Regional Hubs of Early Years Practice and CPD
Bath C, Hirst NJ, Daly A, Tracy F, Boyd D, Forrester G. Interim Evaluation Report of Exploring and Developing Regional Hubs of Early Years Practice and CPD. North Liverpool Teaching School Partnership; Working in Partnership with the National College for Teaching and Leadership
Highlighted activities
Research Grants Awarded:
British Council, i-Digitics: An International Partnership for Graduate Digital Future Work Skills in Data Analytics, Dr Nurbiha Shukor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Grant value (£): £53381, Duration of research project: 1 Year. 2023
Conference presentation:
Educators’ Views, Experiences and Preferences for Continuing Professional Development in a Post-COVID Environment, BERA, Liverpool, Oral presentation. 2022
Lessons learned during lockdown- what to keep online beyond the crisis?, ALT-C, Manchester, Oral presentation. 2022
Professional activities
Other Professional Activity:
Grant application to British Council UK-Malaysia ISPF. 2024
Grant Application to British Council UK-Japan ISPF Fund. 2024
External Examiner for BA Education Studies at the University of Bedfordshire June 2015 until June 2021.
External Examiner for BA Education Studies at the University of Middlesex from June 2022 ongoing.
Reviewer for the journal 'Technology Pedagogy and Education'.
Reviewer for the journal 'Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing'.
Research Grants Awarded:
British Council, i-Digitics: An International Partnership for Graduate Digital Future Work Skills in Data Analytics, Dr Nurbiha Shukor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Grant value (£): £53381, Duration of research project: 1 Year. 2023
QR Research Funding LJMU, The Self-Determination of Teachers Post COVID-19 Pandemic, • Dr Fran Tracy-Head of Professional Learning and Enterprise in School of Education (SoE) • Dr Matt McLain- Senior Lecturer in Education and Professional Learning in SoE • Ange Garden - Head of Education Studies and Programme Leader for Education and Primary Studies in SoE • Dr Kalum Bodfield-Senior Lecturer in Education and Early Childhood Studies in SoE • Dr Avril Rowley-Senior Lecturer in Primary Education Teacher Training in SoE • Dr Kaye Richards- Senior Lecturer in Psychology (Mental Health and Outdoor Therapy specialism) at the School of Psychology • Dr Craig Hammond- Reader in pedagogies and critical theory and deputy director of the Centre for Educational Research (CERES) in SoE, Grant value (£): £4,815, Duration of research project: 2 months. 2023
Liverpool John Moores University QR Funding, Educators’ Views, Experiences and Preferences for Continuing Professional Development in a Post-COVID Environment, Dr Fran Tracy, Matt McLain, Dr Craig Hammond, Dr Avril Rowley, Angela Garden, Dr Anne-Marie Smith, Dr Helen Poole, Dr Kaye Richards., Grant value (£): 1,500, Duration of research project: 6 months. 2022
Liverpool John Moores FREE Research Capacity Building Fund, Investigating the Sources, Analysis and Visualisation of Quantitative Data to Support Inquiry-Based Learning in the Social Sciences, Prof Chris Jones and Simon Morris, Grant value (£): 9000, Duration of research project: 0/6. 2016
LJMU Curriculum Enhancement Student Internships, Developing a 'Research for Learning Network' in Education Studies and Early Childhood Studies, Angela Daly, Grant value (£): Pay for 2 Internship students for four weeks, Duration of research project: 0/1. 2014
LJMU Learning and Teaching Assessment Grant, Video for Personal Reflection in Education Studies, Kate Litherland and Simon Morris, Grant value (£): Internship pay for one student for four weeks, Duration of research project: 0/1. 2012
JISC rapid innovation project on the open educational resources (OERs) programme, Developing Linked Data Infrastructures for OERs, Kate Litherland and Simon Morris, Grant value (£): 25000, Duration of research project: 0/5. 2011
Conference presentation:
Educators’ Views, Experiences and Preferences for Continuing Professional Development in a Post-COVID Environment, BERA, Liverpool, Oral presentation. 2022
Lessons learned during lockdown- what to keep online beyond the crisis?, ALT-C, Manchester, Oral presentation. 2022
Developing the Bright Research Network, LJMU Teaching and Learning Conference, Liverpool, Oral presentation. 2016
Student expectations; what is university really about?, LJMU Teaching and Learning Conference 2016, LJMU, Oral presentation. 2016
The use of quantitative data in inquiry-based learning in the social sciences, LJMU Teaching and Learning Conference 2016, LJMU, Oral presentation. 2016
Staff and Student Evaluations of Blending 'Learning Objects' with Lectures for Teaching Research Methodology, LJMU Learning and Teaching Conference, Liverpool, Oral presentation. 2014
One set of technologies, multiple manifestations: semantic technologies for education, Association for Learning Technology Conference, University of Manchester, Technology Demonstration. 2013
'Using liminality to your advantage: our role as mediator between educational researchers and other domain-specific academics in higher education'., BERA conference, September 2007, Institute of Education, University of London., Poster presentation. 2007
Student Interaction with a Sakai VLE in Plant Sciences, 7th Sakai Conference, 13th June 2007., Amsterdam,, Oral presentation. 2007
Using Sakai to Research and Enhance Small Group Teaching in Plant Sciences., Sakai Conference, Vancouver, 31st May 2006., Oral presentation. 2006
External collaboration:
http://thestudioliverpool.uk/, The Studio School Liverpool; for 14-19 year olds focussed on development of digital leaders and entrepreneurship., Shaun McInerney the Principal of the Studio School.. 2017
http://www.northliverpoolteachingschool.org/early-years-hubs-research-project.html, North Liverpool Teaching School Partnership, Lesley Curtis, Everton Nursery School and Family Centre. 2014
Other invited event:
British Academy Early Career Researcher Workshop, Cairo Helwan University, Building early career researchers capacity to investigate evaluate and disseminate the impact of technology on learning and teaching in schools colleges and universities. 2015
Fellowships:
Fellow, Higher Education Academy. 2014
Teaching qualification:
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. 2014
External PGR examinations performed:
University of Glasgow, PhD, An Investigation in the use of collaborative metacognition during mathematical problem solving: a case study with a primary five class in Scotland. 2013
Universidad de Murcia, PhD, Espacios virtuales para la evaluacion de aprendizajes basados en herramientas de Web Semantica. 2010
Award:
Research into Practice Award for research in 16+ settings, BERA/SAGE, http://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/2008/08/29/bera-sage-publications-2007-awards-winners-announced/. 2007