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Research Group: Design and utilisation of digital technologies

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The Southampton Education School has researchers active in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning; the use of digital technology to support teaching and learning, elearning, in a variety of lifelong and work-related learning settings.

A primary aim of such research is the promotion of opportunities for educational engagement, participation and inclusion. Our work includes:

  • Studying the underpinning pedagogical beliefs and conceptions of teachers who use digital technologies and the impact this has both the design of digital technologies and the student learning experience
  • Exploring the impact of digital technologies on learners and the role digital technologies can play in promoting inclusion
  • Developing enabling frameworks / models for Technology Enhanced Learning
  • Evaluating strategies and methods for improving and promoting access to digital technologies for learners from diverse backgrounds
  • Evaluating strategies and methods for improving and promoting access to digital technologies for learners from diverse backgrounds

Examples of Recent Thesis Topics

  • The contribution of online learning environments to learning in higher education
  • Staff and students' perceptions of e-learning in Saudi Arabian Higher Education
  • The role of e-portfolios and online identity tools in shaping the identity of adult continuing learners
  • The design and underpinning pedagogy of e-learning in Chinese Higher Education.

More information about the Video Learning Environment in the School of Education.

This research area comes under the Lifelong and Work-Related Learning Research Centre (LaWRL).

List of all staff members in Design and utilisation of digital technologies
Staff Member Primary Position
Erika Corradini Senior Teaching Fellow in Academic Development
Martin Dyke Head of Southampton Education School
John Schulz Principal Teaching Fellow
List of related projects to Design and utilisation of digital technologies
Related Projects Status
UK-Sino e-China programme - Dormant Dormant
Use of synchronous digital video for remote observation and feedback - Dormant Dormant
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