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Dr Mark Jones

Profile summary

  • Regional Academic Staff
  • Associate Dean
  • Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
  • School of Physical Sciences
  • mark.h.jones

Professional biography

I am the Associate Dean for Curriculum in the STEM Faculty and a member staff in the School of Physical Sciences.Ìý

Research interests

I am interested in the structure of the zodiacal cloud (interplanetary dust cloud) and more generally in circumstellar dust.ÌýMost of my astronomical research has been based on data obtained from space-based instruments and observatories (EXOSAT, Ginga, ROSAT, IRAS, Spitzer,ÌýSTEREO and TESS).Ìý

I also have a long-standing interest in the use of new technologies in teaching, which started while I worked as a software designer for the Open University (1993-96)Ìýand was in charge of the technical production of the OU's first teaching CD-ROM (for module THD204). At present,ÌýI am particularly interested in the ways in whichÌýlearning can be facilitated byÌýsynchronous communication systems. I am (or have been) involved in the following projects:

(eSTEeM - completed)

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Teaching interests

I am involved in teaching of physics, astronomy and space science at all levels. Notable teaching developments are:

Production team chair for S282 Astronomy, and co-editedÌýthese books:

(eds. Simon F. Green and Mark H. Jones)

(eds. Mark H. Jones, Robert J. Lambourne and Stephen Serjeant)

Member ofÌýthe S382 Astrophysics module team and responsible for developing an online group project for students.Ìý

I was the production team chair of S818 Space science, and was theÌýpresentation chair from 2017 to 2021.

I have also contributed to the production of the following OU modules: S103, SXR103, S207 andÌýSXP288.ÌýI wasÌýthe presentationÌýchair of the undergraduate project module SXP390 from 2007-2013, and I have tutored at numerousÌý¿ìèÊÓƵ residential schools. Ìý

Publications

(2020-05)
Jones, Mark; Haswell, Carole; Barnes, John; Staab, Daniel and Heller, René
Astrophysical Journal Letters, 895, Article L17(1)

(2019)
Campbell, Anne; Gallen, Anne-Marie; Jones, Mark H. and Walshe, Ann
Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-learning, 34(1) (pp. 89-102)

(2017-05-15)
Jones, M.H.; Bewsher, D. and Brown, D. S.
Icarus, 288 (pp. 172-185)

(2016)
Jones, Mark H. and Gallen, Anne-Marie
Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 53(6) (pp. 616-626)

(2013-11-22)
Jones, M. H.; Bewsher, D. and Brown, D. S.
Science, 342(6161) (pp. 960-963)

(2008-06)
Jones, Mark H.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 387(2) (pp. 845-855)

(2015-01)
Jones, Mark H.; Lambourne, Robert J. A. and Serjeant, Stephen
ISBN : 9781107492615 | Publisher : Cambridge University Press/Open University | Published : Cambridge

(2023-03-06)
Pawley, Susan; Jones, Mark H. and Ford, Diane
In : 17th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (6-8 Mar 2023, Valencia, Spain)

(2023)
Wolfe, Christopher; Kolb, Ulrich; Jones, Mark and Jordan, Sally
In : The 12th eSTEeM Annual Conference: Enabling Student Success – Expanding Engagement in Scholarship (19-20 Apr 2023, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK)

(2020-07-08)
Jones, M. H.; Chyriwsky, S. M.; Croston, J.; Kolb, U.; Schwenzer, S. P. and Urquhart, S.
In : 3rd Symposium on Space Educational Activities (16-18 Sep 2019, University of Leicester, UK) (pp. 126-127)