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Dr Barbara Newland

National Teaching Fellow 2005 Institution at the time of award: Bournemouth University. Dr Barbara Newland is a National Teaching Fellow with over 17 years' experience of leading educational developments in Higher Education. She is a Principal Lecturer in the Centre for Learning and Teaching at the University of Brighton. Previously, Barbara was Blended Learning Co-ordinator at Glasgow Caledonian University, Manager of the Educational Development Services at Bournemouth University and the Learning Technology Team at Durham University.
Year
2005
Institution
University of Brighton
Job Title
Principal Lecturer in Learning and Teaching
National Teaching Fellow 2005 Institution at the time of award: Bournemouth University Dr Barbara Newland is a National Teaching Fellow with over 17 years' experience of leading educational developments in Higher Education. She is a Principal Lecturer in the Centre for Learning and Teaching at the University of Brighton. Previously, Barbara was Blended Learning Co-ordinator at Glasgow Caledonian University, Manager of the Educational Development Services at Bournemouth University and the Learning Technology Team at Durham University. Barbara was the Project Director of the HEA-funded Pathfinder project on Innovative e-learning with e-resources (eRes http://www.barbaranewland.com/eRes.htm ) and the HEFCE-funded Accessibility in Learning Environments and Related Technologies (ALERT http://www.barbaranewland.com/alert.htm ) project. She is a member of the Steering Committees for the Heads of e-Learning Forum, Quality Assurance and Quality Enhancement in e-Learning (QA-QE) SIG, Supporting Sustainable E-learning Forum (SSeLF) and a member of the Association for Learning Technology Research Committee. Barbara's current research interests focus on strategic educational developments, innovative use of e-resources in e-learning, threshold concepts and academic use of Web 2.0 technologies. She aims to apply her research through the development and implementation of university policies and strategies. Barbara publishes journal articles and book chapters and presents at national and international conferences.

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