I am an education professional with over 20 years of working at a senior level in the higher education sector. My work has spanned public and private sector roles, representing companies across the EMEA region in global companies, and having active responsibilities in pre-sales and customer success teams. Learning Futures Consulting offers consultancy services to help individuals or teams build new, or enhance existing, online training courses. It also provides expert advice and sales advocacy for organisations aiming to introduce new products into the UK and EMEA region.

I'm a creative and versatile learning designer with 20 years’ experience in online and distance higher education (18 years at the Open University). Particularly adept at harnessing the expertise of subject matter experts and media/technical professionals to deliver accessible, constructively aligned learning for adults.

Experienced at developing digital capabilities in a range of training contexts and enthusiastic in the application of social media in HE and professional development.

Trained facilitator, accomplished artist, qualified publishing editor.

I work in University College London's Interaction Centre (UCLIC). I teach Human-Computer Interaction. I am known for use of innovative learning technologies. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I was chair of the annual international conference eLearning 2.0 concerning technology-enhanced learning and social media.

I am an experienced practitioner in the area of online/blended learning having taught at HE and FE level and having worked in a senior manager role at University. I have been freelance since 2006, working with many clients nationally and internationally. I provide 3 main types of service to clients; Training, Consultancy and Content development, across the learning technology spectrum. In recent years most of my work has been around the effective use of VLEs (mainly Moodle or Totara) .

As well as working with FE and HE institutions, many of my recent projects have been with other organisations such as Governing Bodies for sport, Charities, Government Organisations, and Private sector organisations.

Senior digital education consultant with a solid background and pedagogical expertise. Design and delivery of international HE programmes in Europe, Latin América and Middle East countries.

I have led the development of online and blended leaning international programmes for Heriot-Watt Online (UK), Commisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado (Spain), Nicosia Medical School (Cyprus) and Dundee Medical School (UK)

Languages: English (Bilingual), Spanish (mother tongue), German (Grunstufe), Chinese (beginners).

I have been teaching in Higher Education for over 20 years, predominately in the school of Health, Early Years and Adult Education on a variety of courses from Higher National Certificate, Higher National Diploma, Diploma of Higher Education and Foundation Degree. I have a specific interest in Communication and Counselling and have been Course Director on the Ulster University FdSc Integrative Counselling Practice from 2011 to 2021.
I am the Learning and Development Manager at South Eastern Regional College (SERC), this is a staff-facing role supporting lecturers across the curriculum in maintaining teaching standards, enhancing pedagogy, and developing digital skills to engage learners.
My current role as Learning and Development Manager encompasses that of Pedagogy Mentor, a position attained in August 2013. Mentoring staff provides the opportunity to further explore my commitment to a constructivist learning approach, where staff can be supported to make sense of their own teaching experiences through the mechanism of mentoring. The mentoring programme includes 6 hours of tailored training, demonstration lessons, team teaching, learner feedback and supportive observations. The uniqueness of the one-to-one mentoring relationship is what allows for an effective contribution to teaching and learning. I also manage the Getting to Grips with Higher Education’ programme which supports HE staff and students via various workshops to build a best practice community for HE in FE.

I am a lecturer in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and MSc TESOL in the English for Academic Study Department at Glasgow University. I am also the TELT (Technology-Enhanced Learning and Teaching) Officer for the School, which involves providing support and staff training on educational technologies.
My research interests focus on learning and teaching English with technology, EAP pedagogy and online educational research. I am a doctoral researcher and currently doing my PhD studies in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning at Lancaster University.

Enabling academics to deliver outstanding student experiences through application of enhanced digital innovations.
I am passionate about the use of technology in learning and teaching. I am driven by my strong belief that Artificial Intelligence will improve education, and that educators have the responsibility to prepare their students for a future that includes ethical and skilful use of AI, and hybrid work environments. Learning technologies enable, facilitate, scale, future-proof our students.

In 16+ years in higher education across the UK, Canada, and Austria, I have won, been nominated, and shortlisted by students and staff for a number of teaching awards. I am Associate Professor in Higher Education, an Empowered Presenter and university lead in Mentimeter, and a YouTube content creator (find me at youtube.com/@drgeekay).

Educational Design and Engagement