Leading Researcher – Diogo Casanova, Associate Professor in Online Learning and Quality at the University of West London
I have been working in Higher Education since 2001 with different roles and exposed to different realities. Before starting to work at UWL, I was a Senior Lecturer in Technology-Enhanced Learning at Kingston University London where I co-led a University wide initiative aiming at transforming the Virtual Learning Environment, Online Learning and Assessment. I’ve taught and led modules and courses in different institutions and countries related with Curriculum Design, Learning, Teaching and Assessment, and with Quality and Online Learning.
My academic background is in Education and more specifically on Technology-Enhanced Learning. My doctoral research aimed at establishing the foundations of active e-learning by designing a quality framework for sustaining effective learning design and delivery, and in developing procedures for evaluating active e-learning.
I’m passionate about design as a research paradigm and design thinking. My current research interests relate with co-designing physical and online learning spaces; learning design and learning analytics; and quality and policy in Online and Blended Learning. I’m currently interested in supervising PhD and Master students in these areas.
I have been a reviewer of some of the most relevant journals in Online Learning such as Computers & Education, British Journal of Educational Technology, Research in Learning Technologies or Educational Technology Research and Development. I have been invited to be a keynote speaker in different conferences and seminars across Europe and South America.
As an academic I’m particularly fond of linking my practice with research and learning from other contexts and other ways of thinking. I envision higher education as an innovative and creative place wherein students and academic staff learn and experiment with each other as agents of change.
See my research and scholarly output: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Diogo_Casanova
Graham Alsop – Associate professor at the School of Computer Science and Mathematics – Kingston University London
I am Graham and have an interest in Technology Enhanced Learning. I currently teach on our Undergraduate Computer Science degrees. I was recently seconded to the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Centre full-time for 2016-17 (and half-time for 2017-18) to aid the development of Canvas at Kingston University. My substantive role in the School of Computer Science and Mathematics has spanned several years, and has included being Course Director and Module Leader for a number of degrees and modules. In terms of Faculty roles I aided the development of StudySpace at Kingston in the past and looked after the Student Representative System within the Faculty. My research interests focus on learning technology and the methods used to study its use. I have undertaken a large variety of different roles over a number of years.
I am interested in research methodologies and how they can be used to understand more about learning with technologies. I lead the School of Computer Science’s Learning Technology Research Group, which engages in research in educational technology, pedagogy, electronic assessment and feedback.
I was first supervisor for a PhD that considered the methodological issues of using Activity Theory to enhance the learning of Computer Programming, and am currently 2nd supervisor for a study that is using bespoke learning support for learning Computer Programming. I am also working on a comparative study of the support and development of VLEs.
See my research and scholarly output: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/staff/profile/mr-graham-alsop-235/