Organising group

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January – March 2021 organising team

Rachelle O’Brien is a Senior Digital Learning Designer at Durham Centre for Academic Development at Durham University. Rachelle has worked in education for 10 years and has particular interests in digital education, play and games. Recently, this interest has led her to develop and deliver multiple Escape Rooms for use in education across the sector. She has also written a paper relating to the use of Escape Rooms for Teaching Technology which can be accessed here https://openjournals.ljmu.ac.uk/index.php/JSML/article/view/395. She is a recent graduate of the MSc in Digital Education from University of Edinburgh, is a Certified member of the Association for Learning Technologists and is a Fellow of the HEA.

Sarah Wright is a Faculty Senior SOLSTICE Fellowship Lead. Her role has seen her develop projects on the use of social media and online teaching, as well as lecture engagement and seminar design.  Sarah is an Apple Distinguished Educator, has written for the Times Educational Supplement,  contributing on a range of educational issues and sat on the Board of Management for NAACE, the national association for educational technology. Last year, she co-chaired the National Conference for Social Media in Higher Education and is now proud to sit on the editorial board for the journal.  Sarah is a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching where she also enjoys reviewing for ‘Impact’ journal.  Sarah was shortlisted for the Guardian Excellence in Teaching award in 2019 and the Educate North award in the same category.  She was proud to win the Student Led Staff Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching.

Steve Rowett is the manager of the Digital Education Futures team at UCL. This role involves horizon scanning and evaluation of new technologies for supporting education at UCL, in partnership with students and staff. He has also been heavily involved in the institution’s COVID-19 response, particularly in supporting teaching staff who are newly teaching from home.

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September – December 2020 organising team

Dawne Irving-Bell

Kate Cuthbert

Safia Barikzai

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April – June 2020 organising team

Caroline Cooke is Head of Library and Learning Services and Acting Head of Student Services at AECC University College. Caroline is responsible for the strategic development and delivery of Student and Library Services, and Technology Enhanced Learning.Caroline has a passion for education, libraries, and information and digital literacy; and particularly how services enhance student engagement when embedded effectively into the learning environment. @CarolineCooke

Kate Wright is the manager of the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit at Aberystwyth University. She has worked as a learning technologist for the last 15 years and has a particular interest in online assessment. She is a Certified Member of the Association for Learning Technologists and Senior Fellow of the HEA. She is also a Welsh learner and is to keen to support the use of Welsh in learning technology software and tools. @kateawright

Emily Chapman-Waterhouse is a Senior Lecturer in Student Academic & Professional Development at Harper Adams University, specialising in postgraduate animal- and veterinary education. @cwaterhouse_e

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(January – March)   The Spring 2020 organising team is:

Dr Nathalie Sheridan

Nathalie is a lecturer in academic and digital development at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests are in creative learning and teaching and marginalized learners. She leads on promoting and supporting SoTL in her institution and is Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and is delighted to support LTHEchat this semester!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Dr Dawne Irving-Bell

Dawne is the Centre for Learning and Teaching Projects Lead at Edge Hill University. Her research interests include the Scholarship of Learning and Teaching and pedagogical approaches to learning and teaching, with a particular focus on STEM subject disciplines. She also enjoys lecturing on visual thinking and advocates for technology and design education. Dawne is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and in her current position chairs institutional enquiries and leads on university-wide strategies to enhance the student learning experience… and Dawne is really looking forward to supporting @LTHEchat! 

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Sept-Dec 2019

Rachelle O’Brien is an Educational Developer at University of Liverpool’s Centre for Innovation in Education and an MSc in Digital Education student at the University of Edinburgh and is currently researching perceptions of using game-informed learning in education.

Emily Chapman-Waterhouse is a Senior Lecturer in Student Academic & Professional Development at Harper Adams University, specialising in postgraduate animal- and veterinary education
https://www.harper-adams.ac.uk/general/staff/profile/173/Emily-Chapman-Waterhouse/

Chris Jobling is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Engineering at Swansea University, where he is currently the Programme Director for Electronic and Electrical Engineering. He has been teaching in higher education for 34 years and has been enthusiastically using technology in his teaching since the invention of photocopiable overhead foils. He is a Chartered Engineer and has recently been appointed as an accreditor of Engineering and Technology programmes in Higher Education Institutions for the Institution of Engineering Technology (IET). However, his biggest achievement so far was the award of the #LTHEChat Golden Tweeter award!

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May – June 2019

Dr Rossana Espinoza is an Online Learning Content Developer at the Centre of Academic Practice Enhancement at Middlesex University, helping staff with active practice based learning, collaborative learning classrooms or social media.  She supports the Staff Development Forum as Communications Officer since November 2016 on a pro bono basis. She is passionate about Education and technology (please note the capital E and lower case t!). She is formerly a lecturer in Languages, Business and Research Methods at Coventry University. Find her on Twitter. Find her on LinkedIn.

Dr Hassan Osman FHEA is a lead lecturer in research methods in the Faculty of Health & Wellbeing at the University of Bolton. Main academic interests: technology driven pedagogy, accelerated learning & education development in crisis or emergency settings (@drhassanosman1).

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January – Easter 2019

Dr Katherine Haxton – is a Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at Keele University @kjhaxton

Sarah Honeychurch –  is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Glasgow @NomadWarMachine

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Sep 2018 – December 2018

Dr Jen Lawrence PFHEA, AFSEDA is a Teaching Enhancement Advisor at the University of Hull, Advance HE Associate, and independent consultant in academic practice. She is interested in radical critical pedagogies and HE teacher and student wellbeing.

Dr Marianna Karatsiori is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece. Main academic interests: teacher education and professional development, educational policy guidance and reform. Classes taught: Intercultural Education, Pedagogy, ICT in Education, Adult Education. Loves traveling, libraries and the Aegean sea.

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April 2018 – June 2018

Hala Mansour – Associate Professor of Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at the University of Northampton. @HalaMansour

Laura Burden – Currently an MA Journalism student at Sheffield Hallam Uni with an interest in teaching and learning in higher education, particularly looking at the uses of social media within that context. Laura is part of the #hallaminsiders student marketing team at Hallam. @lburdenmedia

Suzanne Faulkner – Teaching Fellow in Prosthetics and Orthotics at the University of Strathclyde @SFaulknerPandO

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Jan – April 2018

Kathrine Jensen – Anthropologist working in Higher Education. Developed a Higher Education Academy project ‘Students as Teaching and Learning Consultants‘ which included a student and staff partnership model and worked with students to publish their research in Fields: Journal of Huddersfield student research. Interested in learning spaces, collaborative learning, qualitative research, user experience and open access @kshjensen

Kiu Sum – Currently studying MRes Clinical Research (Human Nutrition) at Imperial College and previously graduated from BSc(Hons) Human Nutrition at University of Westminster. Kiu was heavily involved in a number of ‘Students As Co-Creators’ Projects at Westminster with interests in student engagement, and qualitative and quantitative research. @KiuSum

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Sept – December 2017

Jenny Lewin-Jones – University of Worcester
@JennyLewinJones

Rebecca Sellers – Leeds Beckett University @becksell2001

 Dr Scott Turner – University of Northampton @scottturneruon

April – June 2017

Dr Rebecca Jackson – University of Sussex @chasing_ling

Santanu Vasant – City, University of London @santanuvasant santanu.vasant.1@city.ac.uk

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January – March 2017

Sally Burr – The University of Sussex
@sallyburruk  S.Burr@sussex.ac.uk

Haleh Moravej – Manchester Metropolitan University
@HalehMoravej  H.moravej@mmu.ac.uk

Will Haywood – University of Warwick
@willhaywood  W.haywood@warwick.ac.uk

Neil Withnell –  The University of Salford
@neilwithnell  n.withnell@salford.ac.uk

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Sept – December 2016

Hayley Atkinson – Manchester Metropolitan University @ladyculottes  h.atkinson@mmu.ac.uk

 Isobel Gowers – Writtle University College  @Isobel_Gowers isobel.gowers@writtle.ac.uk

Teresa MacKinnon – Warwick University @WarwickLanguage t.mackinnon@warwick.ac.uk

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April 2016 – June 2016

 Debbie Baff – Swansea University @debbaff deborah.baff@swansea.ac.uk

 Chris Jobling – Swansea University @cpjobling c.p.jobling@swansea.ac.uk

 Kate Soper – Manchester Metropolitan University @KateSoper k.soper@mmu.ac.uk

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January 2016 – March 2016

Dr Stephen Powell – Manchester Metropolitan University
@stephenp  stephen.powell@mmu.ac.uk

Ian Tindal – Anglia Ruskin University
@iantindal  ian.tindal@anglia.ac.uk

Chris Jobling – Swansea University
@cpjobling c.p.jobling@swansea.ac.uk

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Sept 2015 – December 2015

Sue Beckingham  – Sheffield Hallam University
@suebecks  s.beckingham@shu.ac.uk

Dr Jenny Fisher  – Manchester Metropolitan University
@jennycfisher  j.fisher@mmu.ac.uk

Neil Withnell  – University of Salford
@neilwithnell  n.withnell@salford.ac.uk

Chris Rowell  – Regents University London
@chrisrowell  rowellc@regents.ac.uk

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Oct 2014 – June 2015

Chrissi Nerantzi @chrissinerantzi – Manchester Metropolitan University

Sue Beckingham @suebecks – Sheffield Hallam University

Dr David Walker @drdjwalker – University of Sussex

Peter Reed @reedyreedles – University of Liverpool