Employment
2009 - Present
Research Assistant
Assisting the quantitative and qualitative research in LDC and univeristy wide research supported by the LDC
Organisation:
City University
Location:
London
2008
Oral communication advisor
Planned and coordinated teachers workshop on best practices when using interactive white boards; developed resources to be used by staff and students both locally and nationally; showed ability to work on own initiative in using web authoring software and employing recording equipment; reviewed relevant research and wrote a literature review on improving the utilization of PowerPoint for both teacher and student presentations.
Organisation:
Brunel University
Location:
West London, England
2007
NeuroScience Research Assistant
Part of my professional development within my degree i was at this placement. Whilst at the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, I participated in neuroscientific research methods seminars aimed at post-graduate students; took active part in the day to day process of running successful research; acquitted with the vigorous ethical procedures in carrying out research on undergraduate students; learned responsibility in administrating, handling, analysing and presenting research data.
Organisation:
Centre for Cognition and Neuroimaging - Brunel University
Location:
West London, England
Abilities / Skills
Adobe Presenter is a tool that allows you to narrate your PowerPoint presentations, add in formative quiz questions, and deliver the recording on CitySpace via a web link. The viewer doesn't download anything, making it fast for them to view the presentation. To view the files, the viewer only needs to have a computer with internet access and Flash installed on their computer.
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I have learnt to use Adobe Connect. Adobe Connect is an online collaboration tool where users interact with audio, video and chat, and can share files and screen activities. It has many possible uses, from delivering lectures over a distance to holding private meetings or small support sessions online. The technology has various pedagogical benefits which i hope to use in my life.
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Turnitin is a web-based application that provides a number of functions that facilitate online assignment management including collection, marking, and feedback. It is also used to check electronic assignment submissions for 'originality'. It does this by comparing the text of a submitted assignment against text from a wide range of electronic material including journals, websites, and other students’ work, including work from many UK universities.
It seems that Turnitin is most commonly used to assist in the detection academic misconduct (such as plagiarism or collusion) in an assignment after it's been submitted. Turnitin can also be used formatively to help students learn about the importance of good academic practices and good referencing.
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PebblePad is an e-portfolio which supports Personal Development Planning for students and Continuous Professional Development for staff by providing me with a flexible way to plan, record and reflect on my personal, academic and career objectives.
PebblePad is my personal learning space where I can develop a bank of evidence that demonstrates that growth of my knowledge, skills and abilities over time. I personally manage my PebblePad account and everything that I create within it is private unless you decide to share it.
You are viewing this page within my WEBFOLIO which is one of the many tools within PebblePad.
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Classroom Clickers are also known as Personal Response Systems, Electronic or Audience Voting Systems, Classroom Communication Systems, or sometimes the 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' technology. Classroom Clickers provide a fun way to encourage active participation from your audience, gather feedback and easily gauge group-wide understanding.
Students respond to questions posed during a PowerPoint presentation by pressing a button on their clicker. The responses are then detected wirelessly by a special receiver which is connected to the presenter's computer. Responses are instantly compiled by the computer and displayed within the PowerPoint presentation.
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Bristol Online Surveys (BOS) is an easy-to-use service that allows you to develop, deploy, and analyse surveys via the Web. BOS is used by over 200 organisations - approximately 130 universities plus by other public bodies and companies.
Online reports allow real-time analysis of survey results. You can cross-tabulate results, filter by question response, compare results between surveys, step through responses and download data for use in other packages
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Podcasting is the mechanism by which recorded audio or video files (known as podcasts) are sent through the Internet to an audience of subscribers.
Podcasting is analogous to that of traditional magazine subscription, where the magazine is the podcast. You subscribe to the magazine once, and then you automatically receive new issues on your doorstep at set intervals, e.g. every fortnight. Podcast collectors (such as iTunes) are the digital equivalent of the doorstep, and the new content may be automatically copied across to a portable media device such as an mp3 player for consumption on the move. The benefit to the audience is essentially convenience -they do not have to keep checking for new issues (or new episodes of the podcast) by manually accessing a website as subscription makes this process automatic.
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I have completed my training in Video making and editing, amounting to 7 intensive days of learning.
The video making workshop run over two consecutive days and consisted of instructor-led training and a supported practical task. The course is geared towards beginners or those who are looking to update their knowledge of digital production techniques.
It gave me a solid foundation in digital media, which is highly transferable and helped me gain an overview of planning, filming, and editing a video project, from start to finish.
The first day of the workshop introduced me to digital video and camera operation, filming tips such as framing of shots, types of shots (lectures, program making, interviews etc.), choice of microphone, and lighting techniques. We were then given a video assignment to work on in a group, and the second day concentrated on editing the first day's footage into a complete programme, using Final Cut Pro.
The weeks before the video making course i had completed a video editing course, which i have written about in my achievements.
The Final Cut Pro course leads towards a Pro End-User certificate - an officially-recognised qualification that is evidence that the person has reached a level of skill and competence suitable for work in the industry.
The course was a five-day hands-on training course and introduced me to the primary feature set and basic interface of Final Cut Pro. In this course I learned to perform basic editing functions while familiarising myself with the user interface. Topics include basic setup, adjusting and customising preferences and settings, capturing video and audio, various editing and trimming techniques, audio editing, finishing and final output.
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Referees
Dr Pam Parker
City University London,
Northampton Square, London,
EC1V 0HB
p.m.parker@city.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 70403047
Position:
Assistant Director of Learning Development Centre
Dr Linda Murray
Lecture Centre LC016Brunel UniversityUxbridge
UB8 3PHUnited Kingdom
linda.murray@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 265798
Position:
Director of the Learning and Teaching Development Unit
