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  1. Assessing writing as individual practice

    Article • June 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Derek Irwin

  2. Language anxiety in EFL and ESL academic environments

    Article • Asian Englishes, August 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Derek Irwin

  3. Multimodal Affordances in Diplomatic Interpreting

    Article • July 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Derek Irwin

  4. Microlearning in Immersive Virtual Reality: A User-Centered Analysis of Learning Interfaces

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Derek Irwin

  5. Enhancing learning in design for manufacturing and assembly: the effects of augmented reality and game-based learning on student’s intrinsic motivation

    Article • Interactive Technology and Smart Education, August 2024, Emerald

    Derek Irwin

  6. Creativity Using Generative AI vs. Physical Modeling: A Case Study of Architecture Workshops in a SfHEI

    Article • July 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Derek Irwin

  7. Mobile Microlearning to Scaffold Project-Based Learning Using ARCS Model: A Preliminary Study

    Article • July 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Derek Irwin

  8. Implementing Universal Design through augmented-reality game-based learning

    Article • Computers & Education X Reality, January 2024, Elsevier

    Derek Irwin

  9. Virtual educational environments: an investigation into interactive immersive learning in higher education

    Article • International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, January 2024, Inderscience Publishers

    Derek Irwin

  10. Effects of Augmented Reality Gamification on Students’ Intrinsic Motivation and Performance

    Article • November 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Derek Irwin

  11. Second and Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning through Digital Reading: A Meta-Analysis

    Article • Education and Information Technologies, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Derek Irwin

  12. Using Digital Pedagogy to Redefine Design Education

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Derek Irwin

  13. A Pilot Study Investigating Student Interaction Preferences in Immersive Virtual Reality Environments

    Article • December 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Derek Irwin

  14. Review of Teruya, Wu & Slade (2021): Systemic functional linguistics, Part 1, volume 1 in the collected works of C. M. I. M. Matthiessen

    Article • Language Context and Text The Social Semiotics Forum, April 2022, John Benjamins

    Derek Irwin

  15. Languaging dynamics in interactive lecturing: exploring an embodied approach to deep learning in L2 higher education contexts

    Article • Classroom Discourse, January 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Derek Irwin

  16. Lessons post-lockdown: science and engineering education switching to online learning

    Article • International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, January 2022, Inderscience Publishers

    Derek Irwin

  17. Evaluating Microlearning: A Cross-faculty Case Study of a Sino-foreign University

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Derek Irwin, Dr Chiew-Foong Kwong

  18. Breaking Boundaries: Students' Motivation Toward Interdisciplinary Learning in Higher Education

    Article • December 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Derek Irwin, Tianchong Wang

  19. The Future of Teaching Post-COVID-19: Microlearning in Product Design Education

    Article • December 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Derek Irwin, Tianchong Wang

  20. Towards a systemic functional model for characterizing Chinese loanwords in English: The case of kowtow

    Article • Lingua, December 2020, Elsevier

    Derek Irwin

  21. Reformulating via conceptual translation: What agnation patterns in American Economic student academic writing can reveal for EAP teachers and students

    Article • Lingua, March 2020, Elsevier

    Derek Irwin

  22. Encoding, decoding, packing and unpacking via agnation: Reformulating general knowledge into disciplinary concepts for teaching English academic writing

    Article • Journal of English for Academic Purposes, November 2019, Elsevier

    Derek Irwin

  23. Pushing the Boundaries of Appliability

    Article • April 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Derek Irwin

  24. Perspectives from Systemic Functional Linguistics

    Article • April 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Derek Irwin

  25. On the notion of abstraction in systemic functional linguistics

    Article • Functional Linguistics, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Derek Irwin

  26. Society in Language, Language in Society: Essays in Honour of Ruqaiya Hasan

    Article • WORD, July 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Derek Irwin

  27. Genre Changes and Privileged Pedagogic Identity in Teaching Contest Discourse

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Derek Irwin

  28. Challenges in the Application of Genre Theory to Improve L2 Academic Writing: Effective Reports and Assessment

    Article • ASIAN TEFL Journal of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, June 2016, Yayasan Visi Intan Permata (Centrall)

    Derek Irwin