Profile
| Name: | Professor Diana Laurillard |
About: |
Currently holds the Chair of Learning with Digital Technologies in the Faculty of Culture and Pedagogy. Current research is in two related areas (see LKL Research tab): developing an interactive learning design tool to support teachers moving to blended learning, andIn both cases the intention is to bridge the gap between teaching and research. Previous appointments include Head of the e-Learning Strategy Unit at the UK Government’s Department for Education and Skills, the Visiting Committee on IT at Harvard University, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for learning technologies and teaching at The Open University. Current appointments include the Board of the Observatory for Borderless HE, the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies at the University of Cambridge, the Council for FernUniversität in Hagen, the Panel for the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme, and external examiner at the University of Oxford. |
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Personal
| Personal Information: | Professor Diana Laurillard: Brief Curriculum Vitae Recent academic and professional posts 2005 - Chair of Learning with Digital Technologies, London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education, University of London 2002 - 05 Head of the e-Learning Strategy Unit, Department for Education and Skills. 1995 - 02 Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Learning Technologies and Teaching), Open University 1988 - 02 Senior Lecturer, then Professor of Educational Technology, Open University Academic qualifications 1978 PhD on 'A study of the relationship between some of the cognitive and contextual factors in student learning', University of Surrey. 1969 BSc Mathematics and Philosophy, University of Sussex. Recent externally-funded research projects 2008 – 11 PI for ‘A Learning Design Support Environment’, EPSRC/ESRC/ (£1.25m). 2008 – 09 PI for ‘Digital interventions for dyscalculia and low numeracy’, Becta (£50k). 2006 – 08 PI for ‘User-Oriented Pedagogic Planner for Learning Design’, JISC, (£150k). 2006 – 07 PI for ‘User-oriented Support Tools for Learning Analysis and Design’, Centre for Distance Education, University of London, (£50k). Management and administration 2002 – 05 As Head of the e-Learning Strategy Unit (Department for Education and Skills), developed, and published a cross-sector e-learning strategy, for the Secretary of State; 1995 - 02 As Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Learning Technologies and Teaching (OU): designed and led a three-year restructuring programme to enable the university to support staff in more effective use of learning technologies in teaching Academic honours 2005 Honorary DSc, University of Brighton 2003 Honorary Fellowship of University College, London 2002 Honorary DPhil, Open University of the Netherlands 2001 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts 1998 Honorary DSc, University of Abertay. Selected public service 2007 - Supervisory Board of the Fern Universitet, Hagen, Germany 2006 - Advisory Board for CARET, University of Cambridge. 2006 - 07 ESRC/EPSRC/TLRP Academic Panel for the TEL Programme 2002 - 06 NSF/JISC Advisory Board for the Digital Libraries in the Classroom 2000 - 05 Joint Information Systems Committee, HEFCE 1999 - 02 Visiting Committee on IT, Harvard University, USA. |
Publications
| Publications: | Recent publications (2009) The pedagogical challenges to collaborative technologies, International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 4(1) 5-20. (2008) ‘The teacher as action researcher: Using technology to capture pedagogic form’, Studies in Higher Education, 33(2), 139-154. (2008) Digital technologies and their role in achieving our ambitions for education, Professorial lecture, Institute of Education, University of London, ISBN: 0 85473 702 2, 38pp. With San Diego, J., Laurillard, D., Boyle, T., Bradley, C., Llubojevic, Neumann, T. and Pearce, D. (2008) ‘Toward a user-oriented analytical approach to learning design’ ALT-J, 16 (1) 15-29. (2008). Open teaching: The key to sustainable and effective open education, in Opening Up Education: The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge, Toru Iiyoshi and M. S. Vijay Kumar (eds), MIT Press. (2007). Pedagogical forms of moblie learning: framing research questions, in Mobile Learning: Towards a research agenda, Norbert Pachler (ed), Occasional papers in Work-based Learning, I, WLE Centre, Institute of Education, London. (2007) ‘Modelling benefits-oriented costs for technology enhanced learning’ Higher Education, 54, 21-39. (2005) ‘E-Learning in Higher Education’, in Changing Higher Education: The Development of Learning and Teaching, Paul Ashwin (ed), RoutledgeFalmer. (2005) Harnessing technology to personalise the learning experience, in Personalising Learning the 21st Century, Chris Yapp & Sara de Freitas (eds), Network Educational Press. (2003) With Patrick McAndrew. ‘Reusable educational software: a basis for generic learning activities’, in Reusing Online Resources: A sustainable approach to e-learning, Allison Littlejohn (ed), pp81-93, Kogan Page. (2002) Rethinking University Teaching: A Conversational Framework for the Effective Use of Learning Technologies. 2nd edition. London: RoutledgeFalmer.
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LKL News
LKL Events
| List of events at the London Knowledge Lab with Diana Laurillard: | |
| Date | Title |
| Wednesday, 15 July 2009 | 5th Birthday |
| Wednesday, 13 May 2009 | LKL showcase |
| Tuesday, 28 April 2009 | Scoping a vision of formative e-assessment |
| Tuesday, 27 March 2007 | Introducing theory to practice in pedagogical planning |
| Monday, 19 February 2007 | Digital approaches to researching the relationships between learning strategies, and representations |
| Thursday, 25 January 2007 | The Community Development Model of Learning |
| Thursday, 11 January 2007 | Learning design tools to support practitioners' innovation w learning technology |
| Thursday, 19 October 2006 | Knowledge Cumulation in TEL |
| Tuesday, 04 July 2006 | LAMS V2 Beta Launch and Workshop |
| Monday, 27 March 2006 | Innovating e-Learning 2006: Transforming Learning Experiences |
| Friday, 17 February 2006 | Introducing LAMS V1.1 |
Full LKL event listing | |
LKL Research
| Diana Laurillard is participating in the following LKL research projects: | |
| Title | |
| Learning Design Support Environment for Lecturers | |
Full LKL research projects listing | |
