| Post: | Educational Technologist (ITS Corporate Information Systems, Centre for Material Digital Culture, E-learning) |
| Location: | Shawcross |
| Email: | paolo@sussex.ac.uk |
Telephone numbers | |
| Internal: | 3390 |
| UK: | (01273) 873390 |
| International: | +44 1273 873390 |
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Biography
Education
Professional Doctorate in Education [part time] (ongoing)
Master's in Digital Media [part time] (2003-2005)
Master's in Management and Information Systems (1999-2000)
BSc (hons) Chemistry (1992-1996)
Role
Educational technologist and Systems Developer, University of Sussex, Brighton (2000-present)
Technical manager of Study Direct [University VLE] (2006-present)
Manager of Technical Skills for Researchers [TSR] (2010-2011)
Manager of the Science Postgraduate Support [SciPS] group (2004-2010)
Manager of Lifesci Interactive [University School VLE] (2002-2006)
Software programmer, Travellog Systems, Haywards Heath (1998-1999)
Scientific editor, Derwent Information, London (1997-1998)
Organic chemist (pharmaceuticals), GlaxoWellcome, VR, Italy (1996-1997)
Essays written during my ongoing Professional Doctorate in Education include:
The support of learning through a learning management system in a higher education institution (Nov 2008)
Evaluating teaching staff reaction to and use of a learning management system at a University one year after its full implementation: the adoption process (Sept 2007)
The pilot of a questionnaire: a participatory tool in the shared production of knowledge? (Apr 2007)
The Social Factors Shaping the Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies in Higher Education in relation to Dutton, W. H., Cheong, P. H. & Park, N (2004) An Ecology of Constraints on e-Learning in Higher Education: The Case of a Virtual Learning Environment (Dec 2006)
Essays written during my Master of Arts in Digital Media include:
The Digital Divide: Creation, Aggravation and steps towards Resolution in relation to the Fiankoma Teachers Programme (Sept 2005)
Essays written during my Master of Research in Management of Information Systems include:
Business to business: Integrating the Enterprise
BAE Systems (September 2000)
Process knowledge representation: accelerating the drug development process
Pfizer Central Research (May 2000)
Computing Skills for Lifesciences (Convenor) - 2001-2004
Communications Skills (Tutor) - 2001-2004
Creating web pages (SciPS group instructor) - 2000-2007
Internet Studies (cultural perspective) - 2004-2005
Bromham, Lindell and Oprandi, Paolo (2006) Evolution online: using a virtual learning environment to develop active learning in undergraduates. Journal of Biological Education, 41 (1). pp. 21-25.
