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As a senior researcher in Ultralab, most of my work is in exploring the
application of new technologies in education at all levels. I
have enjoyed taking on
consultancy roles
and
presenting at
conferences, though this all has to be fitted in around my current
project to research the delivery of a
fully online work-based Honours
degree with a
geographically
distributed team. I love it - finding out how far you can go
in having a university without a building for either staff or students,
which is an amazingly long way with all the marvellous online tools
available for teaching and learning.
I work with an adventurous group of undergraduates from many different
backgrounds who are all undertaking research degrees, though I'm able
to make good use of a great career in schools (teaching Maths, English,
Philosophy and Computer Science though not usually more than two of
those at a time), commerce (that's a different story) and on other huge
Ultralab projects including
continuing professional development
for headteachers. Having extensive experience of
working with all
sorts of people makes it easy to take time out from my main project
to
talk to
colleagues in other faculties at Anglia Ruskin and
other
universities who are interested in my work.
The focus of my expertise at the moment is in eLearning, though that's
shorthand for an enthusiasm for the development of socially constructed
knowledge in online environments. I have to emphasise "at the
moment" because in a fast changing world its hard to predict where my
curiosity will lead me. That's one of the best features of
working with Ultralab, its probably the first workplace where I've had
so many different opportunities to put my eclectic collection of skills
to good use. I might have said that before in other jobs - but
then I like to get excited by my work.
My current research interests include:
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