Mubarak Alkhatnai (PhD student)

Mubarak Alkhatnai is a Ph.D. student in the School of Education at the University of Edinburgh working on ICT integration in the Saudi higher education context.

Sian Bayne (Senior Lecturer)

Sian Bayne is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Edinburgh, and is co-director of the MSc in E-learning programme. Her research is focused on the many ways in which digitality changes and challenges education, with a focus on visuality, the uncanny, museum, distance and higher education. website

Michela Clari (PhD student)

Michela Clari is a Ph.D. student in the School of Education looking at changing patterns of participation and learning through the digital collections of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The project is part of Beyond Text, a 5-year programme funded by the AHRC. profile

Dennis Dollens (PhD student)

Dennis' doctoral research is in the area of mobile design e-learning. website

Peter Evans (Lecturer, PhD student)

Peter Evans is a Lecturer and Ph.D. student in the School of Education, having previously worked in the community media and cultural sectors, especially in formal and non-formal learning initiatives. His research interests are in social media and workplace learning.

Rory Ewins (Lecturer)

Rory Ewins is Lecturer in E-learning and Managing Information at the School of Education, and also its Academic Co-ordinator for E-learning. His research interests include online identity and its implications for academics, the effect of university and government IT policies on academic practice, intellectual property, and e-learning in developing countries. website

Tim Fawns (PhD student)

Tim is researching the relationship between technology, memory and learning. website

Jeff Haywood (Professor)

Jeff Haywood is Professor of Education and Technology and Vice Principal of Knowledge Management and Chief Information Officer for the University. He is also Chair of the Coimbra Group Taskforce on E-learning, and an international board member of the Open Source Portfolio Initiative. His research interests are in the evaluation of large national, international or institutional e-learning initiatives, and on learners' attitudes towards, and experiences of, ICT in education, particularly in universities. website

Jeremy Knox (PhD student)

Jeremy is researching critical posthumanist perspectives on the open educational resource movement. website

Hamish Macleod (Senior Lecturer)

Hamish Macleod is a Senior Lecturer within the department of Higher and Community Education, and is co-director of the MSc in E-learning programme. He taught for many years in the University's Department of Psychology. His research interests are in the psychology of computer use, particularly the applications of information technology in teaching and learning. profile

Mark Millar (PhD student)

Mark Millar taught physics for ten years in Northern Ireland grammar schools before working as an Instructional Technology Designer at Harvard. His Ph.D. research at the School of Education is on the impact of technology on teaching and learning in higher education, with a focus on identifying any transformative effects of technology implementations.

Clara O'Shea (Associate Lecturer, PhD student)

Clara O'Shea is an Associate Lecturer in the School of Education with an interest in curriculum design, e-learning, work-based learning and professional identity development, most recently in Scottish vocational educational programmes. Her ESRC-funded Ph.D. research is on the construction and experience of mental disorder in digital spaces.

Jen Ross (Associate Lecturer)

Jen Ross is an Associate Lecturer in the School of Education. She teaches on the MSc in E-learning programme and researches in the area of online learning, place and space, digital identity, reflective practices and cultural and educational institutions online. profile weblog

Philippa Sheail (PhD student)

Phil's provisional thesis title is The 'edgeless university' and the 'extensible self': institution and identity in online distance education.