Current projects at the University of York

For details on my expertise and current role description, please see my 'About me' page.

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Current projects and focuses of work

  • Social Media for Social Policy [pilot complete, second run in Summer 2012]
  • Academic Skills for Social Work [second year of running complete, write up stage]
  • Student Feedback and Evaluations [includes the influence of feedback on implementation]
  • Transferable staff training models
  • Implications of new student technical abilities
  • Library Skills supplementary material
  • Department Marketing Review
  • Module Option Choice System (MOCS) [complete, successfully implemented in SPSW for Spring 2012]
  • New Student Welcome Sites [second year of running complete, write up stage and continuing contribution to central 'transition' site project]
  • Use of Facebook as an online teaching and learning space [case study write up of colleague's implementation]

Involvement, presentations and conferences

  • York FELT Conference 2012: Workshop 'Engaging students in online social spaces: experiences of using Facebook for teaching and learning' with Dr Aniela Wenham - Abstract [PDF]; Poster presentation 'Feedback and student engagement in long-thin modules' with Dr Christine Skinner - Abstract [PDF, page 9]
  • Higher York eLearning Network Conference 2011: Workshop 'Time to ditch the reading list?' - Abstract and slides | Cloudworks discussion space
  • York FELT Conference 2011: Poster presentation 'Innovations and collaboration in information literacy and academic skills' - Abstract and Poster
  • Durham Blackboard Users Conference 2011: Presented SPSW Welcome Sites as part of Simon Davis's session 'Delivering transition support through the VLE'
  • York FELT Conference 2010: Presented with the eMA team on study skills for online learners - Event details
  • Digital 20/20 York CMALT session: Presented 'What is CMALT and why is it worth achieving it' - Event details | Download Presentation [PDF]
  • Higher York eLearning Network (participant)
  • Marketing Interest Group (participant)
  • Presentation on Web Strategies for HE (delivered to Web Forum and CPD Forum)