Research Committee

I am a research mathematician and a teacher of mathematics in a university. My interest to cognitive aspects of mathematics and computer science naturally led me to research in mathematics education, including computer assisted learning of mathematics. I am a Trustee (since 2007) of the London Mathematical society and a member of its Education Committee since 2010.
 

Barbara is a National Teaching Fellow with extensive experience of leading educational developments in Higher Education. She is a Principal Lecturer in the Centre for Learning and Teaching at the University of Brighton. Previously, Barbara was Blended Learning Co-ordinator at Glasgow Caledonian University, Manager of the Educational Development Services at Bournemouth University and the Learning Technology Team at Durham University. Barbara’s current research interests focus on strategic educational developments particularly in the use of blended learning. She aims to apply her research through the development and implementation of university policies and strategies.
 

I have recently retired from the University of Strathclyde but continue to work on projects both at the University and with partners in Spain, Australia and in the UK. I was previously Deputy Director of the Centre for Academic Practice and Learning Enhancement (CAPLE) and Director of the Re-Engineering Assessment Practices Project [REAP], a £1m project exploring how new technologies might support improved assessment practices across three Scottish Universities. My research publications are on assessment and feedback, on e-learning and on change management in higher education.
 

Jane has undertaken a number of key national co-ordination and leadership roles in the field of e-learning and research including President of the Association for Learning Technology and Co-Director of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods. Jane’s research operates at the intersection of education, technology and disability and she has over 20 years of experience examining the role of technology in promoting inclusion, particularly for those with learning disabilities.Currently Jane is convenor of the TLRP Technology Enhanced Learning Digital Inclusion Forum and has produced a commentary which reviews current digital inclusion research and practice literature.

For the past ten years I have worked at the University of Cape Town, first running the Multimedia Education Group, and then setting up and heading the Centre for Educational Technology. I have initiated several initiatives in ICTs in higher education, collaborated internationally and been the principle investigator on research projects on ICT-mediated student and academic practices and related issues. I have a particular interest in the theoretical aspects of the field. My research directions have extended to digital scholarship, and I have been recently appointed as Director of OpenUCT.
 

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I am Professor of Educational Research at Liverpool John Moores University; previously I held posts at the Universities of Reading and Cambridge. I am director of the ESRC-EPSRC project "Ensemble: Semantic Technologies for the Enhancement of Case Based Learning" which is exploring the potential of new web technologies to support teaching and learning in areas where curriculum content is complex, contested or rapidly changing. Other aspects of my research are concerned with the idea of research as a form of learning, in technology-enhanced settings and more generally, and I am the author of 'Networking Research: New Directions in Educational Enquiry' (Continuum, 2011).
 

Rhona is Head of the Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development and Deputy Director of the Directorate of Human Resources at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK. Her interests are around developing online courses and uses of technology and encouraging pedagogic research. She runs workshops, online courses, and offers consultancy on e-learning topics for higher education staff across the UK. Rhona has project directed a number of JISC learner experience projects which have received great interest and national recognition across both the further and higher education sector, in pioneering innovative research methods and techniques for eliciting students’ expectations and experiences of using technology in their learning.