Darren McKie

Darren has been interested in video game development from an early age, having developed his own game engines for early consoles like the Amiga 500.

He has been at the University of Hull since 1997 after completing his studies at the University and then becoming a lecturer. Darren is also the Director of Student Experience for the School of Computer Science.

Darren has recently completed work to create an enquiry-based learning pedagogy Framework that can be used to tach school children the fundamentals of computer programming using robotics. This has resulted in a paper published in the Springer Proceedings of Ninth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology - ICICT 2024, London, Volume 5.

Darren has also completed consultancy to produced Higher Education Teaching Material for Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, UK.

The aim of this project was to design and create an entire module of teaching material on the topic of an 'Introduction to Graphics for Mobile Devices' targeted at Higher Education institutions. These materials were flexible so that most institutions could adapt them for their own needs. These materials have been translated and published and can be used by institutions around the world.