Responsibilities
- Produce new online course(s) from concept through to delivery and update existing courses within the online course portfolio
- Deliver online course workshops with academic teams and external strategic partners, sharing best practice for designing, developing and producing online courses
- Plan, design, develop and produce a range of innovative, engaging and effective digital learning content across the University’s portfolio of online courses
Areas of interest
- Online learning pedagogies
- Accessibility in online learning
- Widening participation and online learning
Background
I worked at several UK Universities before joining the University of Reading’s online courses team in October 2014. I have collaborated on a broad range of online courses in categories such as health, history, English language, business and computer science. Many of these open online courses are accessible to the general public via the FutureLearn platform, and more recently I’ve worked on small, invitation only, online courses such as Study Smart: Your essential Guide for University.
Recent projects
- Study Smart: Your Essential Guide for University
UoR SPOC which supports all new Reading undergraduates before they arrive on campus, produced in collaboration with colleagues from Study Advice (August 2017)
- Study UK: Prepare to Study and Live in the UK
British Council funded MOOC, produced in collaboration with colleagues from ISLI (September 2018)
Awards
UoR 2018 Collaborative Teaching and Learning Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning
Study Smart: Your Essential Guide to University Small Private Online Course, produced in collaboration with colleagues from Study Advice
European Meteorological Society (EMS) Outreach & Communication Award 2018
Come Rain or Shine Open Online Course, produced in collaboration with colleagues from Meteorology and The Royal Meteorological Society
