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May 2022May 2023

Head of Learning Lab

Big Innovation Centre (Think Tank)

The Big Innovation (BIC) Centre is a Think Tank, that brings together world leaders, international regulators and the CEOs of the world’s biggest companies and key decision-makers to shape the future of artificial intelligence and blockchain. BIC is the founding Secretariat of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain (APPG AI and APPG Blockchain).

  • Creating and managing an E-Commerce solution to bring eLearning courses on global trends and UK regulation on AI and Blockchain to market. https://biclearn.com/
  • Overseeing business services and user experience for the 'Learning Lab' (online platform)
  • Designing courses on emerging technologies (AI, Blockchain) for B2B and B2C including learning modules, assessment and certification, mapping global and regulatory trends.
  • Participating in APPG meetings (AI in the use of Digital Learning and Education)
Sept 2020June 2021

Digital E-Learning Project Manager

Windsor Forest College Group & Berkshire College of Agriculture
  • College Collaboration Fund (C.C.F) Project for the DfE, to work collaboratively with two colleges
  • Assist in the re-shaping and development of online and blended Apprenticeship delivery to include Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality delivery and finding solutions to adapting the learner journey and learning delivery through the pandemic
  • Support senior leadership teams with measuring learning quality (Teaching and Learning Online Walks), planning staff development around pedagogy, working closely with technology professionals to examine and procure infrastructure needed
  • Liaising with key stakeholders to ensure buy-in and ensuring the project is completed to budget
  • Collating digital resources and staff reflections  https://sites.google.com/bca.ac.uk/bcawfcg-digitalapprentice
  • Engaging teaching teams and E-learning professionals to help develop learning resources and adapt assessment and delivery of learning to include knowledge exchange and sharing of resources between partner colleges
March 2016Aug 2017

Technology Enhanced Learning Manager

Barnet and Southgate College
  • Supporting senior managers to embed TEL within strategic planning and quality processes
  • Setting-up a TEL team and carrying out line management responsibilities.
  • Developing E-Learning Strategic Implementation Plans for all academic areas,  negotiating targets and timelines in collaboration with stakeholders
  • Designed and conducted a Digital Literacy and  BYOD Self-Assessment for students and staff with engagement from staff across all job roles 
  • TEL project planning and organisation-wide implementation of Turnitin anti-plagiarism software within Moodle and lesson capture software Planet E-Stream.
  • Moodle, Mahara e-portfolio, Turnitin, Kaltura, Echo 360, Google Classroom
  • Re-designing learning spaces to be TEL enabled
    September 2012March 2016

    E-Learning Coordinator

    Barnet and Southgate College
    • Wrote and implemented the E-Learning Strategy across the organisation
    • Supporting staff across all curriculum areas and campuses with the use of different pedagogies, promoting flipped, blended, online and gamification learning models. 
    • Developing student induction, online professional development courses for Moodle 
    • Set-up a Social Enterprise Learning Company called the DigiDesk, an E-learning  Helpdesk run by students, providing support and training on digital skills to all students and staff. Managing 15 Student DigiDesk Advisors and monitoring SLAs via the helpdesk. JISC Case Study - Enhancing the digital experience of students and JISC efactor conference presentation
    • Planned and facilitated annual Professional Development Learning Technologies Staff Conference #LTSC14, attended by over 500 staff.  
    • Set-up an E-Learning Steering Group for cross-organisation collaboration with representation from  several academic and service areas as well as learners
    • Conferences and pedagogy -  E-Learning Online Quality Standards to measure blended and online provision, and presented this to colleagues at annual JISC E-Factor Conference 
    • Management - 3 Interns working on various projects including mobile app development (Android), 15 DigiDesk Advisors and 10 E-Learning Staff Champions. 
    • Projects include: Keep Warm Online Induction Courses - our Marketing team won a national Marketing  Gold Award for this initiative, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Project, Student E-Ambassador Project with funding secured from 157 Group and LSIS
    December 2010September 2012

    Business Lecturer

    Ealing Hammersmith & West London College

    Course Leader for 3 tutor groups, teaching BTEC Business, utilising Turnitin for 100% of assignment submissions and feedback (written and audio). 

    March 2007July 2007

    N.E.E.Ts Course Coordinator

    Regent College

    Managing a group of 5 staff. Course management, curriculum design and teaching, enthusing and engaging a challenging group of learners, N.E.E.Ts (not in employment, education or training).  All learners successfully progressed onto further studies. 

    Membership

    I keep abreast of the latest developments in education and am a member of several groups in national organisations, actively contributing to discussions around educational technology and policy. 

    • JISC - Learning and Teaching Experts Group , Change Agents' Network , Moodle  Group, London Learning & Skills Professional Development Managers’ Network, Digital Capabilities Group
    • FELTAG - FE Coalition Learner Led Engagement Working Group    157 Technology Group           

    Education

    20112012

    Certificate in Observation of Learning and Teaching

    University of Westminster
    20052006

    PGCE Post-compulsory Education (specialism in ESOL)

    University of Wolverhampton
    20052005

    Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (C.E.L.T.A.)

    Aston University
    20002003

    BA (Hons) Tourism and Business Management

    University of Birmingham

    Skills

    Technology Enhanced Learning

    Pedagogy and knowledge of various digital tools and platforms (Moodle, Smart Assessor, , Mahara, Zoom, Teams, Xerte, Turnitin, Echo 365, Kaltura, Office 365, Google Apps, social media platforms.  Awareness of mobile responsive design HTML5 and Bootstrap

    Teaching, Learning and Development

    15 years+ experience in FE & HE. Observed by Ofsted, Grade 1 Outstanding for Learning and Teaching. Professional development and needs analysis.  

    Project Management

    Successfully completed projects to deadline under budget (cross-organisation and multi-organisation)

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