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Chair:

  • David Waters
    Department of Earth Sciences
    University lecturer in Metomorphic Petrology
    Curator of Mineralogical and Petrological Collections, University Museum of Natural History
    Lecturer in Metamorphic Petrology

Co-ordinator:

Members:

  • Adam Marshall

    Head of Virtual Learning Environment Development Team (VLE), OUCS

  • Grazyna Cooper

    Head of Information Technology Learning Programme (ITLP), OUCS

  • Peter Robinson

    Principal Investigator, Steeple & OpenSpires (HEA & JISC funded) programmes, OUCS

  • Dr. Kathleen M. Quinlan
    Head of Educational Development, Oxford Learning Institute
  • Dr Philip West

    Dr Philip West works on early modern English literature, with a particular interest in poetry of the seventeenth century. His previous research has focussed on George Herbert and Henry Vaughan, and he is now editing the poems of James Shirley for Oxford University Press.

  • Dr. Karl N. Harrison
    IT Coordinator and Training Officer based in the Chemistry IT Centre for the Department of Chemistry
    Currently his research group works on the construction of multimedia virtual chemistry environments and learning objects.

  • Marion Manton

    Marion Manton is Senior Manager: Learning Design and co-manager of TALL. As well as the day to day running of TALL she is responsible for the ensuring that all TALL programmes are best practice examples of learning online for their audience. In her role Marion works closely with course teams to specify the learning they want to achieve with their programme and to identify the best uses of technology to do this. She also maintains currency with the latest research in eLearning, to ensure that TALL is aware of and exploits the best current knowledge of what works in terms of effective eLearning. Two programmes that Marion worked on the learning design for (MSc Public Policy and Management, University of York and MA War in the Modern World, Kings College, London) have been runners up in HEFCEs eTutor of the year competition.

  • Thaddeus Lipinski

    Oxford University Library Service. Web Applications Developer

  • Dr Rebecca Eynon

    Rebecca Eynon graduated in Psychology with Statistics from Royal Holloway, University of London in 1995 and gained a distinction in her Masters in Mass Communications from the University of Leicester in 1997. She completed her PhD in 2003 at City University, London. Prior to working at the OII Rebecca has worked at the Centre for Mass Communication Research, University of Leicester, the School of Education, University of Birmingham, the Department of Sociology and Cultural Studies at Birmingham and the Department of Sociology, City University. Rebecca currently holds a joint appointment between the OII and the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, carrying out research and teaching in both departments.

  • Dr Robert Vanderplank

    Dr Robert Vanderplank is the Director of the Oxford University Language Centre. He studied Modern Languages at the University of Kent and obtained his Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics at Edinburgh University. His most recent published work was included in the English as a Global Language debate (in Teaching and learning English as a global language. Native and non-native perspectives, Gnutzmann, ed., Stauffenberg, 2000). He has also taught at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England and Helsinki University, Finland.

  • Sandra Meredith

    Sandra Meredith, Teaching and Learning Officer, organises and teaches the undergraduate Legal Research Skills Programme, together with Angela Carritt in the Bodleian Law Library. She is also involved in teaching graduate researchers in the Course in Legal Research Development; the development of OSCOLA, the guide to legal citation, and Endnote for OSCOLA; and the Faculty's Learning and Teaching in Law discussion group. Before joining the Law Faculty, Sandra worked as an educational developer in UK and Australian universities. She has an MA in Education, based on research into how students apply legal research skills in learning law, and how they relate a stand-alone legal research skills programme to their main area of learning. Her current practical and research interests focus on the use of electronic tools, and particularly wikis, in learning and teaching law.

  • Dr Vivien Sieber
    Dr Vivien Sieber is the Senior Learning and Teaching Officer for the Medical Sciences Division

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