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Margaret Cox (academic)

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Margaret Josephine Cox
Born (1939-07-17) 17 July 1939 (age 85)
NationalityEnglish
Alma materUniversity of London
Known forResearch on Dental Education
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, Education, Dentistry
InstitutionsKing's College London
Doctoral advisorDoug Heddle

Margaret Josephine Cox OBE (born 17 July 1939), is an English physicist known for work in the field of Dental Education. She is Professor Emeritus of Information Technology in Education in the School of Education, Communication and Society at King's College London[1] and Professor of Information Technology Education in the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences at King’s College London.

Professional life

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Cox was President of the National Conference of University Professors from January 2013 – 2017. She is an editorial board of member of the journal Education and Information Technologies[2] and an editorial board member of the Journal for Computer Assisted Learning.[3] Cox directed the Schools Council funded Computers in the Curriculum Project from 1982-1991.[4]

The hapTEL (haptics in technology-enhanced learning) Project[5] of which Cox was Principal Investigator won the following prizes: the Economic and Social Science Research Council Research Award (2011)[6]; Research Project of the Year at King's College London (2012)[7]; and the British Education Training and Technology Award (20212).[8]

Education

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Cox obtained a Bachelor of Science in Experimental Physics from the University of London (1961) and a Doctor of Philosophy in Atomic Physics from the University of London in 1966.[9]

Awards and recognition

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Cox was appointed by Her Majesty the Queen in the 2001 Birthday Honours list as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for outstanding contributions to IT in Education. [10] She was made a Fellow of the Institute of Physics in 2003 and a Fellow of the IT in Teacher Education Association[11] (now incorporated into the Technology, Pedagogy and Education Association in 2012).[12] She is a Fellow of the National Conference of University Professors.[13]

Publications

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Cox's publications listed on Web of Science [1] give her an h-index of 14.

References

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  1. ^ "Professor Margaret Cox". 5 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Education and Information Technologies". 5 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Journal for Computer Assisted Learning". 5 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Computers in the Curriculum Project". 23 June 2021.
  5. ^ "BBC News: Dentists learn with virtual drill". 23 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Economic and Social Science Research Council Research Award". 8 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Research Project of the Year at King's College London". 8 October 2024.
  8. ^ "British Education Training and Technology Award". 8 October 2024.
  9. ^ "SCiProfile Margaret Cox". 6 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Cox was awarded the OBE in 2001 for outstanding contributions to computers in education". 6 October 2024.
  11. ^ "IT in Teacher Education Association". 5 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Technology, Pedagogy and Education Association". 5 October 2024.
  13. ^ "NCUP Council Members". 6 October 2024.