EdTech Seminar Series - Professor Lawrie Phipps
Channel: Technology Enhanced Learning MTU
Date: 2021-04-28

Before the pandemic, Lawrie Phipps and Donna Lanclos engaged in research around the practices of UK-basedacademics. What they learned while interviewing them about the choices they made around teaching, was thatdecisions about technology primarily emerged from teaching and pastoral care needs, rather than some abstractednotion of technology being “better” or “21st century.” During the current emergency, and witnessing the globalimpact of COVID-19, Lawrie and Donna, and colleagues from across Jisc’s R&D team have continued to talk toacademics and students about their experience of teaching and learning. Conversations they witnessed acrosseducation see-saw back and forth between “Here’s a list of tools you can use to put your class online” and “Here’show I care for my students”.

During this session Gearóid will be asking Lawrie questions about the emergent findings and trends he’s seen duringthe pandemic, and what he hopes might happen next.

Lawrie Phipps is the Senior Research Lead at Jisc, a not-for-profit think tank which providesdigital solutions for UK education and research. His current portfolio includes research intoinstitutional digital practices, digital leadership and a range of emerging issues impactingon digital experiences in education and digital transformation. He is a qualified executivecoach and has worked with a range of individuals and teams to support change initiativesin universities over more than 25 years. He is a professor of digital education and leadershipat the Keele Institute for Innovation and Teaching Excellence(KIITE).He can be found online at: http://lawriephipps.co.uk

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